5 Ways To Get New Traffic
by Jo
Han Mok
Most
people have the notion that generating traffic is a one-off
event, and it involves spending huge sums of money on advertising.
Nothing
can be further from the truth.
First
of all, it's possible to open up streams of autopilot traffic
geometrically, surely and steadily over time.
Secondly,
it costs next to nothing to do it, if you know how.
Here
are 5 instantly implementable methods to open up new traffic
streams without needing to spend a dime.
Free
Traffic Method #1: Contribute Content
Writing
an ebook is a time consuming and arduous task. In comparison,
writing a chapter of rock solid content is much easier and
more achievable.
I've
personally been invited to contribute content to many people's
info-products, usually in the form of 'chapters', and this
has resulted in a lots of quality traffic that is not only
free, but presold.
While
I understand that a person who is little known might not receive
invitations to contribute, one can always solicit permission
for your content to be included by publishers.
It's
all a phone call and email away, and if your content is good
and your approach is right, a rejection is unlikely, and even
if it happens, it's not gonna kill you, so just tell yourself
'next' and move on.
Free
Traffic Method #2: Give away Free viral Reports
Put
your best content into reports and give them away.
Articles
are great, but when you package them as Portable Document
Files, there is a greater "perceived value".
Give
away free reports. Allow people to give away your free report
to their visitors. Then, their visitors will also give it
away. This will just continue to spread your ad like wildfire
all over the internet.
Obviously,
your reports will have to be 'viral' in order for that to
happen.
The
best way to make your reports viral, is to include a monetary
incentive.
The
links within the reports can be made brandable, and it'll
be to your advantage to find some sort of multi-tier affiliate
program that will increase your earnings exponentially, because
you make money when the person giving away your reports makes
money.
It's
a win win situation, and also allows you to use these magic
words "make money by giving this report away".
Free
Traffic Method #3: Help Other Publishers
It
may surprise you, but your own website visitors may be info
publishers as well.
Help
them help you by using these magic words, "Use Our Free
Content On Your Site Or In Your E-zine" Allow your visitors
to use your articles on their own web site or in their e-zine.
Just ask them to include your resource box. This will spread
your advertising all over the internet.
Free
Traffic Method #4: Offer Testimonials
If
you're reading this article, chances are you're an info-junkie.
If you've bought lots of info products, why not offer an unsolicited
testimonial to the info-product creator?
Simply
include your URL under your name when giving the testimonial,
and if it's used, you'll have additional exposure, and traffic.
Obviously,
you'd only give a testimonial to a product that you think
has value and is good, and not endorse anything or everything
under the sun.
Testimonials
can bring you traffic and top of the mind awareness, so don't
underestimate the use of something as simple as this.
Free
Traffic Method #5: Syndicate Your Content
A
word of caution: don't use JavaScript. Why not? Because search
engines don't 'see' JavaScript, so JavaScript feeds are useless
for SEO. To make newsfeeds visible to search engines, their
text has to be embedded into your page.
FACT:
If you view the source of your page and you don't see the
actual text of the newsfeed, then search engines aren't going
to see it either.
Intead,
do try using Real Simple syndication, or RSS. It's the buzzword
on the Internet. RSS is a lightweight XML format designed
for sharing things like news headlines and other web page
content.
You
have a variety of opportunities for increasing traffic to
your website. Publishing your own feed is a great way to cut
through all the noise and clutter and get your message directly
to your target market. On the other end of the spectrum, importing
feeds from other sites or even other parts of your own site
and displaying them on your webpages can increase your search
engine rankings by automatically keeping your website full
of fresh, relevant information
If
you're a little lazy and not too motivated, you'll be glad
to know that regardless of what topic or subject matter you've
built your website around, there's valuable content out there...
articles and information written by an "expert"
in that particular
field.
Because
a large portion of it is available through the magic of RSS
feed capability - YOU don't have to create the content yourself!
Yes, you can profit from other people's content.
There
you have it, 5 easy ways to start getting free traffic fast.
Now,
go get it!
Jo
Han Mok is a frequent guest and featured speaker at
Internet Marketing bootcamps and conferences on subjects such
as copywriting and Joint Venture Marketing. Find out how he
can help you flood your website with red hot traffic that
is 'primed' to buy at:
http://www.InstantVisitorSurge.com