Introduction I’ve seen people fail time and again… even with all of the resources they need right in front of them. I’m writing this introduction because I don’t want that to be you. You downloaded this book for a simple reason… You want to increase traffic to your web site and increase the results from that traffic. I’m happy and confident to say that you’ve just downloaded the most comprehensive FREE guide to accomplishing that task… plus more! In this guide I will cover many of the most productive ways to driving visitors to your web site and I’ll teach you how to do it all step-by-step.
Congratulations on getting access to the Instant Traffic Secret guide! The fact is, though, Instant Traffic Secret is much more than that 🙂 Before we get into the details of generating traffic, I want to share with you how our site Instant Traffic Secrets can help you to do much more than just generate traffic. What else can InstantTraffic Secret do for me? Instant Traffic Secrets is actually a fully re-brandable ebook and giveaway item, that will enable you to: • Generate Leads and Sign-ups by giving away this guide Increase your downline in ANY of the recommended resources in this book,and earn commissions from them, passively. This means results on a massive scale! Get more customers for your business or affiliate sites while you refer new members to Instant Traffic Secrets. Build a responsive EDUCATED list of downline members! • • • • As you can see, our guide will accomplishes many tasks, in a very planned out and perfected way. You will soon see that we have made it extremely easy for you and others you refer to create massive results promoting this free guide. Don’t you want your affiliates or downline members to be educated? What better way to educate them than through an educational resource like Instant Traffic Secrets! If you’ve wanted to make money you can still promote this ebook and earn commissions, and have the pleasure of helping others!
Introduction to Web Traffic Insiders
Traffic is how many visitors you have viewing your web site. We know that without
traffic you will generate no sales and thus have no business. This makes traffic the most
vital part of your success online. EVERYONE NEEDS TRAFFIC!
What you may not know is that you can get tons and tons of visitors to your web site,
but if they are uninterested, non-buying, non-targeted visitors you will still make no
money. Some people have had millions view their videos on youtube, but haven’t made
a penny from it. This means that it is key to attract and advertise to people who want
what you sell or provide.
There are three categories of ways to get traffic to your web site. You can either buy,
borrow, or redirect traffic. Over the years I have tested dozens of resources and
strategies for driving traffic to my sites. Tested is really the key word there.
-If you do not know what is working then you do not know what is costing you or
making you money. You do not know what is worth your time or just wasting yourtime.
So in this guide I will NOT include the wasteful strategies of getting traffic and instead
provide only the most productive and time worthy options. Time is money too. I will
discuss both free traffic and paid traffic.
I will probably discuss a lot of strategies that you are already aware of but I will give
you deeper understanding of the inner workings of these networks and what it takes to
be successful using these strategies.
Knowing HOW to do it is more important than knowing WHAT resources touse.
Many people will use the same resource. Some people will say ―This doesn’t work!‖ and
others will know otherwise and create huge results from it.
The fact is, if a resource is working for someone else and not for you, then the problem
is in your strategy. If you simply adapt and use the resource the same way as the
successful people then you will be successful with it too.
Again, I’m here to show you the proven and tested strategies that will work for you and
your team, this will not be a quick written and unhelpful guide with a hidden agenda. All
I need is your promise to follow the steps to a tee, be coach-able, and to not try to create
your own way of doing things. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. It’s really quite
simple… follow what successful people are doing and you will be successful too.
-Tools To Keep You Sane
Trust me, while going through this guide if you are NOT using these tools you WILL
feel overwhelmed, confused, go crazy…or if not… just be wasting time unnecessarily.
I personally use these tools on a daily basis to keep my business and activities more
organized and save me a lot of time.
Take a good look…
Google Calendar – This is my organizer that I look at and use DAILY! It helps me
organize my day by setting daily tasks, and keeping a to-do list. It is FREE, USE IT!
Tip: I will mention to put stuff in your Google Calendar within the guide, this is it!
RoboForm – This tool is a TOTAL time saver! Without this I would be wasting hours
and hours each day, literally. This is another tool that I use daily.. you can use either the
free or paid version the difference is the paid allows you to save more data (which I
needed).
Another important note: Roboform is secure, make sure to set a master password and
none of your other passwords can be accessed without it. You will be joining dozens if
not hundreds of sites, and you NEED to use a unique password on each site – NO
EXCEPTIONS. You will regret it if you don’t. Roboform will remember your logins for
all of these sites, plus more… and allow you to login with a push of a button.
Skype – Free Phone and instant messenger service. If you’ve been online much, you
probably know what it is, pretty much every online marketer uses it. This is THE
communicator that you should use for your team and downline. You can have group
chats, one-on-one phone or text chats, you can share your screen, and more all for free.
Encourage all of your team members to download Skype and add each-other to their
Skype contacts. You can have members from all around the world using Skype and it
won’t cost you a thing to keep in touch 🙂
Action Steps For “Tools To Keep You Sane”
Complete Now!
Download the three tools above by clicking the links to visit the site and find the
download links.
Set Up Google Calendar with a reminder to spend at least one hour working on
your business and going through the Instant Traffic Secret guide each day.
Remember: This is a business… not a hobby!
It PAYS To Know Your Sources…
I feel it would be totally worthless for me to share with you the best strategies to drive
massive amounts of traffic – if you don’t know which of your efforts are bringing in the
RESULTS.
You see, just like it doesn’t matter how much traffic you have if it’s not targeted (there
would be no conversions) , it is just as bad to spend hours (or even money) on getting
traffic and not know what paid off and what didn’t.
Tracking is often thought of as a scary topic, because many think that it will be
hard to understand or difficult to set up.
Although that may be the case for a lot of people, it doesn’t have to be for you – because
I’m going to share with you a resource that can help you set up tracking (even on sites
that you don’t own or have any control over – like affiliate links)
minutes.
in less than a couple
You won’t have to touch ANY code, or go through any lengthy learning process!
I promise it will be as easy as humanly possible!
Anyone who is marketing online seriously is tracking their ads.
Take it from the experts… Tracking your ads IS that important. Start doing it whether
you are sending a solo ad to a list mailer, rotating your site in a traffic exchange, or any
other advertising resource. Once you know what is working and what’s not, you can
switch over your advertising to the sources that are creating results for you, and keep
testing new and other sources in order to constantly get more signups week after week.
We recommend using HitsConnect for tracking your ads, you can start
with a free trial, or upgrade right away to save.
Learn How To Get 3x More Sign-ups…
I’m going to talk about the big mistake that a lot of marketers make that holds them back
from achieving greater results in their marketing. That mistake is trying to directly
promote their MLM website, long sales page, 5 page website, or generic affiliate pages
provided to you by the programs.
Are you making that mistake? It’s OK, because you didn’t know. But now that you do it
requires change.
What you should be doing instead is advertising an opt-in page that quickly grabs the
attention of visitors with the intention of later sending them to your opportunity directly
while you follow-up with them.
The fact is that in a lot of the advertising you will do online, you only have 10 seconds
or less to grab the attention of the visitor. If you fail to do that, you have lost them…
forever. So if you have been caught up advertising your main opportunity website, I’m
sorry to be the one to break it to you, but it has been blocking your true success!
What is an opt-in page?
An opt-in page (also known as squeeze page or lead capture page) is a short, quick
loading, and attractive page with the sole purpose of stopping a visitor in their tracks to
check out what you have to offer. An opt-in page also has a form that the visitor is asked
to fill out with their name or e-mail address.
You may also have heard a variance of this called the splash page. The only difference
from this and an opt-in page is that it has a link to another website instead of an opt-in
form. I always recommend to include the opt-in form so you are building a list…
Use an Autoresponder System…
To get your own opt-in form you need to have an account with an autoresponder
company. There are many to choose from, but I recommend 12 Seconds Commute.
They have a lot of great tutorial videos showing you how to use their service once you
are inside. You will want to create a campaign and then get a web form, you simply use
the code they give you and place it on your pages. It will be easy to do with the opt-in
page maker that we will recommend to you shortly, but first you need to get your
autoresponder so go here to sign-up for 12 second commute.
You can become a paid customer of GetResponse, or start off with a free account. To
start off with a free account click on the Pricing link and then look for the Sign up free
option. You will be able to get 100 subscribers in your autoresponder for free, and then
you will need to upgrade your account. Having an auto-responder is one of these
MUST have tools in your online business.
The important thing is that you need to be using an opt-in page in ALL or MOST
of your marketing so you are building YOUR list, you can’t do that effectively
without an auto-responder!
Got it? …..Good!
If not I’ll tell you this. Opt-in pages have been tested over and over again and
consistently proved to increase results! If you want to start experiencing solid results,
you need to use one. Don’t worry, I will show you everything you need to know.
I’m going to start with an example. When you joined Instant Traffic Secret you joined
through an opt-in page.
Go here to see it.
Let’s discuss the main elements of the opt-in page:
It makes a strong visual impact. It looks lovely, doesn’t it? This is important,
even if it’s not beautiful it can’t be ugly. Simple is OK with catchy wording!
It gets to the point quickly and the visitor knows what is being offered by first
glance. When someone is looking at this they know it is a Free value
and guidebook being given away that provides traffic generation strategies. In
fact, it only takes a few seconds to realize that.
There is a clear purpose on what you are asking the visitor to do. It is important
that the visitor only has one choice. No links to other pages, No confusion. This
page is extremely clear in asking them to fill out the form to gain instant accessto
the material. If it was a simple splash page you would have a clear graphic or
button telling them to click there to go to your web site. The point is that they
know what to do next
Now of course, you can use this same page as an affiliate. That enables you to use our
professionally created opt-in page to generate leads, build a downline, educate them,
contact them, earn money..
But then again, it will be even more beneficial to create your own opt-in pages too…
and that’s what I’m going to show you how to do… just keep reading!
What I recommend doing is creating your own opt-in pages to test out (I’ll show you
how soon). The more pages you create and test the better you will get at it, so don’t be
afraid to mess up the first time.
Here are some guidelines before we get started:
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Follow what I told you above… make it appealing and captivating.
Make it personalized. What I mean is add a photo of yourself, put your name in it,
BRAND yourself. Let people get familiar with you right off the bat.
You can create your own personalized opt-in page to give away your Instant
Traffic Secret re-branded e-book.
Make sure to use HitsConnect for tracking your pages!
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So what is this opt-in page creator we recommend?
Inside 12 second commute you have access to landing page builders! And it makes creating
stellar looking opt-in pages (or splash pages) point and click easy!
12 second commute also has many video tutorials to show you how to create your own opt-in
pages (also known as squeeze pages) and put your auto-responder form into them.
Note: Obviously because the autoresponder would be set up to work with your own
personal opt-in pages you would need to write and create your own autoresponder
messages to match what you are doing. Write a minimum of 7 messages.. if you can
write up to 12 or more to follow up with your leads.. the more the better! Once someone
has joined through your custom opt-in page, you will want to send them to sign up for
Instant Traffic Secrets.
So far… You have learned enough to be more successful than 95% of all other
marketers who are trying to make money online! Will you apply this knowledge
and cash in?
Action Steps: Do Now!
From what you have learned in the previous lessons complete these steps…
Test it yourself BEFORE advertising the capture pages to make sure it works
technically. (Does the opt-in work? Does the autoresponder message getsent?)
Set up your 12 second commute account by creating your first campaign. Next, create a
follow up, and a series of a minimum of SEVEN auto-responder messages that
will be sent to people who opt-in to your mailing list. On average it takes seven
exposures for someone to act, so that is why I said to create a minimum of seven
follow-up messages. As a tip.. why not invite them to Instant Traffic Secret using
your affiliate link?
Create a minimum of two capture pages using 12 second commute.
Introduction To Traffic Strategies
Now we’re about ready to dig into the main course, the information that will teach you
where and how to promote your splash pages. (and probably what you joined our site
for!)
But before we get started I want to go over a few things. Within this guide you will have
noticed many resources that we will ask you to join. The links to these resources are
most likely the links of the person who referred you to Instant Traffic Secrets,
you can
share Instant Traffic Secrets with others without purchasing
Next thing to discuss.. All the sites in this report are either free sites or they have a free
affiliate program. However, a lot of them will also offer a ―one time offer‖ when you
join them. This is an offer that you can only accept when you first sign-up. In the sites
we have provided, these offers are incredibly valuable, and I highly recommend
investing especially in the list mailing sites.. trust me that the return you receive on your
upgrade will come back to you easily. Plus as you refer people to Instant Traffic Secret
you will earn commissions on all of those sales
List Mailers
List mailing sites are my #1 traffic Insiders secrets. Just by using this one strategy you can
consistently build a list and income. The key is to have the ability to mail to at least 2 or
more different list building sites each day, that way you are constantly sending out your
offer and reaching more people. I actually send to about a dozen per day, there is no
limit to how many list mailers you can or should use.. keep TESTING and expanding
your reach by using more and more of them.
Online list building sites help you generate random leads or e-mail their lists in return
for receiving mail from other members on their site.
In the instructions that follow I will introduce you to each of our recommended sites
(each are highly effective with responsive members) and how you can use each one to
profit the most.
Usually in these sites if you are a free member you need to earn credits by clicking
credit links in other members e-mails to you in order to send your message to other
members. But if you choose to upgrade (especially by taking the one time offers.. just
one payment for a lifetime account), you will be able to send to a set amount of
members every few days without having to work towards earning credits. If you can
afford nothing else… make sure at the very least to take the one time offer upgrades in
Adchiever, List Surfing, and List Jumper. You will learn more about them soon in the
guide.
Before we begin I want to give you a suggestion to reduce e-mail in your personal email account. I have two addresses that I use.. one is my personal e-mail address and
one is my list e-mail address. The reason why I have two is because I regularly check
e-mail in my personal e-mail address but I expect to receive a lot of e-mail in my list email address that is mail I won’t be reading all the time. This limits the amount of
messages I receive or am forced to look at because I can simply just delete the messages
in the account used for my list e-mail if I choose to. Also, when I’m earning credits I can
simply login to my list e-mail account and I’ll have all the e-mails to receive credit from.
What I would suggest before signing up under any Online List Mailing site is to signup
to that site using an e-mail address that you will expect to receive a lot of mail. These
sites I am showing you will not give you an extreme amount of mail but it is still in your
best interest to start using this strategy. By signing up in these sites you will agree to
receive mail from a few other members as well, so if you use a list e-mail address when
you sign up you can remove the bother of looking through all of the e-mail. To get a free
e-mail account I would suggest either Gmail or Viral Inbox as a great resource. They
have no problem with blocking mails.. I do NOT recommend yahoo, msn, aol, att,
comcast, or many other free e-mail accounts.
Action Steps: Complete Now!
- Create 2 e-mail account at Gmail that you will use for signing up at List
mailing sites. - Sign up to the following sites using your new List e-mail address…
Quick note: Upgrading in these sites is highly recommended, when you join for
free you will be usually given a one time offer… if you have the money then take
it because it will be well worth it giving you the ability to mail members on a
regular basis for life (or yearly, depending on the site)!
Join these sites now: My Lead Gen Secrets, Viral Traffic Genie, and Ad Powerline
―I’m in! How do I use these sites on a daily basis?”
As a member you will start receiving mail from other members of these list sites. You
will want to login to your list mail account and go through these e-mails to earn credits
by clicking on the provided credit links. As you earn credits you will be able to spend
those credits towards mailing other members (unless you took the upgrades in some of
the sites.. then you won’t need to earn credits towards sending mail, but any additional
credits you earn can be used towards sending to even more members). That is the
difference between the free and paid memberships. I recommend going through each site
individually to learn how they work. You will probably want to join even more list sites
than we have provided, so go through the downline builders in these sites to find even
more to join.
Action Steps: Complete Now!
You will want to spend no less than 10 to 30 minutes each day sending out this report. If
you are even slightly serious about being successful online then you must have 10
minutes plus to spare each day. Make sure to include this in your Google Calendar
schedule as a daily task. (To create recurring tasks in Google Calendar go first to
Create, as you are creating the event check ―Repeat…‖, then you can set how often
it will repeat. But don’t forget this last part.. make sure ends is set to never so
that this event you set up will not expire.)
Also insert your new list builders into your Google Calendar. Add them
individually. Some list sites will enable you to send a mail every 3 days, some
every 4 days, etc. If you are allowed to send mail every 3 days on one site I would
recommend setting Google Calendar to recur that task every 4 days, that way the
time will not overlap and you will not have to wait before sending mail.
Make sure to keep on schedule and send your mails on the day scheduled!
My Main Free Gmail Email Sending
Traffic Exchanges
Many people do not know the true value of traffic exchanges.. or they underestimate
them just because they are a free traffic source. I will now teach you about this free
marketing strategy used by many to generate many leads each day, and sign-ups daily,
into their programs! Combining this knowledge with the tools I will provide you with,
you can see the same results….
A traffic exchange is basically a site that exchanges traffic… for viewing other peoples
sites enables you to earn credits so others view your site! You will not get traffic to your
site unless you earn credits by surfing, buy credits, OR refer other users to their site.
So lets look at how to effectively use a Traffic Exchange.
Some important advice is to NOT use Auto-Traffic Exchanges. People just turn these
on, and do not even look at the sites that are showed. Always use Manual Exchanges,
and your results will be much higher (manual means you have to actually click to view
the other members websites) . On average you should be able to generate at least one
sign up for every 1,000 to 2,000 credits spent. If not.. you need to improve or change
your splash page.
But in this training I’m going to specifically cover the newest and biggest trend in
Traffic Exchanges called Social Surfing. Traffic Exchanges have become social by
allowing users to interact and opening up a variety of branding opportunities. This is
huge for the users because it turns it a likeness of a social network that will enhance
your results all across the platform if you take advantage of it
Action Steps: Complete Now!
-Download Mozilla Firefox – This is definitely the best browser for using these
advertising networks.
Sign-up for the following exchanges to get started using the best of the best right
away: List Surfing, EasyHits4U, TrafficG, and Tezak Traffic Power.
You can also check out the downline builders of List Surfing or Tezak Traffic
Power to find even more traffic exchanges to use. Don’t just stick with social
traffic exchanges, the other ones work incredible as well!
Go to the top of your firefox browser under bookmarks and then “manage
bookmarks”. Create a folder named Traffic Exchanges.
Bookmark all the traffic exchanges into the folder by going to each url and
clicking Bookmarks > Bookmark this page. Now when you click to open that
group/folder, it will open all the pages for you, so you don’t have to redo it every
time. (Just go to the folder and choose “open all in tabs”)
Set up your accounts and url with the traffic exchanges. Always promote splash
or squeeze pages! NO exceptions!
Open all pages and start surfing. Simply go through all the tabs clicking for the
exchanges, and once you get back to the beginning you simply start all over again.
For the ones that have chat make sure to say hi to the other surfers to get your
name out there and be seen even more!
After you finish surfing, login to each account and make sure to assign available
credits to your sites. For List Surfing go to Ads > Member Mailer since credits are
used towards sending a mailing instead of putting your site in rotation.
Put a reminder in Google Calendar to surf daily!
A little warning: Do not spam in chat or site comments of these sites – it will only
get you banned and hurt your reputation with other surfers! Anything self-serving
is not tolerated (advertising/links/requests to check you out) – be helpful and
friendly.
The key to remember is that these exchanges are like a built-in advertising machine for
you. As you promote your Instant Traffic Secret website through these and other
strategies discussed in this guide you will automatically be referring new members tothe
exchanges and you’ll earn extra advertising credits for each new member that joins
under you and as they use the exchanges themselves, they will also be contributing to
daily growth of your free advertising credits!
If you want to earn even more free credits from any of these exchanges, you might want
to consider their upgraded version. I’m upgraded in all of these myself and earn
thousands of free credits along with a solid residual income too simply by promoting my
Instant Traffic Secret Site.
I suggest making sure you click at least 20 minutes to 60 minutes each day (if not
more) with these exchanges for best results. Once you get more referrals doing the
clicking for you then you can do it less and less (if you want) as your downline creates
traffic for you! Personally my downlines are earning me THOUSANDS of free traffic
credits EACH DAY! If you follow this book and strategies then you can achieve the
same thing!
Social Media & Social Networking
Marketers (and, well, everyone) are beginning to embrace social media and networking
more and more. Social Media allows like-minded people to connect and share with one
another. It’s an environment where professional relationships come first before selling.
New social networking sites are popping up every day. My goal is to direct you to the
business social networks, where you can find and grow relationships with other people
with online businesses.
Networking Sites are a great way to build relationships and your downlines through
meeting like-minded people. Basically how it works is you join the networking site, add
friends, and build relationships with them while advertising your site through your
signature, your profile, or other indirect ways. As we just touched on Social Traffic
Exchanges, those are also places where you can take these tips and put them to use, but I
will be sharing some specific social networks you can begin using right away.
Netiquette is the acceptable behavior within a social marketing (Web 2.0) or social
networking atmosphere. Failure to recognize these unspoken rules could mean little or
no marketing results, or even worse, a disastrous effect on your image.
It is actually quite common for people to misuse social networks, and thus, receive no
real benefit from them. In fact, more than anything among professional social networks
people naturally have the wrong idea, and the few that do know what they are doing are
experiencing great results.
What is the common problem? The problem is that marketers view these sites only as a
means of advertising and sponsoring people into their businesses. Don’t get me wrong
though, if used properly these sites will increase your businesses and income, but with a
much stronger foundation.
First let’s go over what not to do through social marketing. As a side note, social
marketing can mean any Web 2.0 social book-marking, content sharing, or social
networking site. You should not blatantly shove your product or opportunity. Instead,
you should be attracting people to you by offering value and information to other users.
If you are becoming friends with users just to send them advertisements without
attempting to build a personal relationship then you are misusing the site. In most cases
it is also true that these users will not be responsive at all to your message and will just
block or report you. However, once you have built a relationship with your contacts it is
ok to send them an announcement of your product or opportunity along with an
informative message on how it will help them. You should limit how often you do this,
do not promote your stuff to them every day, try to keep it to once per week. Instead,
bring them value 90% of the time and 10% promoting yourself or business. You will
find that you are attracting more and more people to you instead of chasing people.
Another pitfall that some people fall into is conflicting with others within the social
network. Know the difference between discussion and attacking. If you have a different
view than someone else it is ok to voice your opinion but make sure to use facts and
keep a constructive atmosphere.
Now let’s go over some tips for what you should try to do and accomplish through
social networking sites.
Help connect people to others
One thing you can do that will earn you major points with others is by introducing
people to each other. You can do this through recommending friends who have similar
interests. If your friends are involved in the same opportunity or sell the same product
connect them so they can share with each other. If one of your friends sells something
and another friend is looking to buy it, then that is a simple connection you can make.
Now your friends will want to help you and the favor will be returned.
You should build relationships
This one is obvious, but still needs to be mentioned because of its huge importance.
People buy from people they like and trust. If that is you they will buy from you.
Introduce yourself to other users, but spend more time asking and talking about them
than yourself. Discover their goals and needs and help them achieve them. A simple way
of showing value to your contacts is by teaching them how to use the social network if
they have questions about certain features or customization options. You also need to
keep a regular communication with your friends, are you creating new content such as
blog posts? Let them know and ask for their input. The communications should be value
based and mostly informational, this will increase the likelihood of their interest in what
you have to offer.
-Evaluate your perspective
Are you constantly thinking about what others can do for you? Instead consider what
you can do to help them. If your goal is to help others first you will build solid
relationships and receive phenomenal results in your business. Ask others how you can
possibly help them and they will see you as a valued friend.
Trying to constantly pitch your businesses or affiliate sites will NOT work in these
environments.. just forget it!!
Upload a photo and build a quality profile
Profiles with photos receive up to 70% more exposure. This shows the importance of
adding a photo to your profile. If you do not have a photo of yourself you can put a
photo of anything (but I highly recommend it be you), the important thing is that you
have a photo uploaded on your account. You also need to take the time to build a quality
profile. First, write briefly about yourself, provide some marketing tips or advice, and
then feel free to write about the value that you can provide to others. Every friend of
yours should be visiting your profile at least once, and if the network allows for you will
be having views from non-friends or even non-members also.
Add and accept unlimited friends
Finally, your goal within the social network is to connect with as many people as
possible. The more people you are friends with then the more exposure you can
potentially have to your products or opportunities as they see your updates.
Social networks offer you the ability to get exposure but so much more. A huge benefit
to social-networking is learning from others and being in an environment of shared
knowledge. Take advantage of everything social networks have to offer and take the
time to build quality relationships. I still work with other network marketers I metonline
over six or more years ago and these relationships have become highly valuable!
The important thing with social networks is to simply PARTICIPATE! The results will Follow…
Action Steps: Complete Now!
-Join the Apsense business social network.
Once joined, set-up your profile and start to add new contacts, comment on their
blogs and articles, and get ready to start spreading your own content! (more on
content next…)
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than
you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
We also have a community forum, where you can get rewarded with mailing
points just for making posts! It’s called Marketing Checkpoint.
Make sure to join us and earn some free advertising while you network! I’ll
see you there!
Article Marketing and Content Creation
Now I will teach you how writing articles and creating valuable content will build your
business as well as sustain it long-term! If you don’t want to write a single article I will
also show you how you can get that taken care of for you!
It’s time to write YOUR OWN article or have one written for you so that you can post
it on your own blog AND get it published in other people’s blogs, websites, e-mail
newsletters, article directories, and even social networks for FREE.
Why would you want to do that?
Because getting YOUR OWN articles written, distributed and published on the Internet
is one of the very best FREE Internet marketing technique in existence. Think about
it…
Once you have an article written where YOU are the author, you become an instant
authority. When people find your article, read it and get some good information from it,
they appreciate you. That appreciation quickly grows into trust and when they click the
link in your article resource box to visit your website (or visit your profile and then your
blog or site), they will be much more likely to sign up with you in one of your
recommended business opportunities or buy one of your recommended products.
The more links you get on quality websites pointing back to you, the more money you
will make online.
It’s really that simple.
Plus, once you get one of YOUR ARTICLES published on someone else’s blog or
website, that article and the links within it are probably going to remain there
FOREVER. In fact, people who distributed articles years ago are still pulling in traffic
and profits to their website today and they will still be working for them 20 or more
years from now… for FREE! Think long and hard about that…
Getting your articles published on other people’s websites is 100% FREE advertising for
life.
Again…
-Getting your articles published on other people’s websites is 100% FREE advertising for
life.
So why aren’t you doing it yet?
OK, then…
Let’s get started IMMEDIATELY!
First, you need to decide if you want to write your own articles or pay someone to write
articles for you.
Let’s examine these 2 choices.
1) Write your own article.
The main benefit of writing your own articles is that it’s “free” and only costs a little bit
of your time. Also, writing your own articles will give you a sense of pride in
accomplishment. Further, many people are “natural educators”. You might ENJOY
writing articles and sharing information about what you know.
NOTE: You might not feel like you know enough to write a good article. I couldn’t
disagree more. If you’ve gone through this guide up till now, you know more about
affiliate programs and marketing online than most people EVER will. Simply write a
short article about 500 words long about things you’ve learned in your journey of
building an Internet business. Take 15 minutes or so to brainstorm for ideas about what
you want to write about, put those ideas into a short outline making 3-4 major points
within the body of the article and then fill in the blanks with your own point of view. It’s
pretty simple and I know you can do it if you really want to! 🙂
2) Hire someone to write articles for you.
This is a great solution for people who are not comfortable writing their own articles.
You might feel like you don’t know enough or you simply might not enjoy writing…
You should NEVER let either of these factors stop you from authoring your own articles
and getting them published online. Simply use an article ghost writing service from
Fiverr.com or Elance.com
I write articles myself because I enjoy it and am able to personalize the content more to
-fit my audience exactly.
At those websites you will be able to find professionals who will write articles for you at
a cost. Make sure to review them first so that you know you will be paying for high
quality articles. Don’t just go with cheaper, the quality is usually much worse… you
should be willing to spend $12+ or so per article.
NOTE: For article marketing on the Internet, I suggest having articles written that are
somewhere between 300-500 words. The purpose of your articles is to promote your
blog or splash pages so the topic of your articles should be related to: “working at
home”, “home business”, “Internet marketing”, “Network Marketing”, “making money
online”, “promoting a website”, “advertising your business” etc. Therefore, when
choosing to write your own articles or to hiring someone to write articles for you, you
will want to have your articles written about one ore more of these topics — or
something generally related to these topics.
Why do you want to write articles that relate to the content of your website?
Because once people start reading your articles, you’ll be viewed as an authority on
whatever subject matter your article is about. Once you’ve established that “expert
status” in your reader’s mind and they come to visit your website through the link in
your article resource box, your website needs to supply additional information,
opportunities and resources related to the content of your article. That’s how you turn
targeted visitors into sales. People will read your article, visit your website (this site,
your blog, or another opt-in page of yours), click on the links to learn more about the
opportunities and products presented inside your site, and get started!
As a note, all of your articles should be purely informational.. not promotional in
nature.. your resource box is where the readers will find out more about you, and that is
included at the very end of the article.
Now you need to make decision.
Will you…
Write your own articles? If so, DO IT NOW!
Will you hire someone to write articles for you?
Whatever you decide, DO IT NOW!
Nothing in the world happens without ACTION!
Article writing and distribution is your path to 100% FREE advertising for life! 🙂
There are only 2 steps in this magical process…
Get your article written AND get your article distributed.
You can accomplish both of these things today!
OK, get your article written NOW!
Remember, if you don’t want to write your own article…
Hire someone at Elance.com or Guru.com to do it for you!
YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE TO FAIL.
Action Step: Get your article written now!
OK, now that you have your article, let’s put it work so you can get 100% FREE
ADVERTISING FOR LIFE!!!
Are we done yet?
You’ve got to be kidding me, right?! 😉
You want to make some serious money with this strategy, don’t you??? Well, writing an
article is NOT ENOUGH…
Now that you have YOUR OWN article, it’s time to actively get your article
published on hundreds of other websites.
Here’s how:
One of the best ways to promote your website online is to write and submit articles to
article directories. As discussed earlier, people primarily get online looking for
INFORMATION. If you start providing information that other people can find and
benefit from, you’ll become an “expert”. As an expert, people will trust your
recommendations and they will buy products, services and opportunities that you
recommend.
The reason you want to write and submit articles to article directories is so that other
people can find your articles through various websites, read your article and then visit
the link in your article resource box which points to your website. An article resource
box is basically just an ad at the end of your article that allows the reader of your
article to learn more about you and the products you promote (because you won’t
be promoting anything in the article itself).
Here’s how the process usually works:
Other email newsletter (ezine) publishers visit those article directories looking for
articles they can reprint in their newsletter. Ezine publishers are constantly lookingfor
new articles to include in their newsletter. When they publish your article in their
newsletter, they are required to include YOUR resource box. (and website!)
So the ultimate benefit of submitting articles to article directories is that you will
become an “expert”, you’ll get free traffic to your website and you’ll start making sales
through the sites you promote in your resource box! 🙂
Pretty awesome stuff, isn’t it?! Let’s get started…
Your next step is simply to submit your articles
Doing it by hand: Submitting your articles by hand to the following sites is
recommended. To submit your article you simply go to the article directory and find a
link for “submit articles”. It used to be that you wanted to spread your articles to every
possible article directory, and people would use automated submitters to do that. That
actually has a negative impact on you, so don’t do that. Simply submit your articles to a
FEW high quality directories and social sites, and your blog (we’ll talk about setting up
a blog later)
Article Directories to Submit to:
GoArticles
Social Networks to Submit to:
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Apsense
Plus any others you are a member of that accept articles or blogs
Article marketing is one of my personal favorite Internet marketing strategies. You see,
I’d rather submit articles that get listed on other people’s websites for free than to
continue paying a lot of money to advertise my site. What about you???
You can make money both ways but there’s just something about the word free that
really motivates me. 😉
By submitting articles, I can stop working anytime and the traffic and profits will keep
coming in like clockwork! Do you think those free listing’s on Google are going to
disappear anytime soon? Don’t count on it!
GET STARTED NOW!
Submitting your articles and getting them re-published on other people’s websites and
newsletters is probably one of the most powerful Internet marketing strategies of all.
And, for the most part, it’s free. Once you get your article re-published on someone’s
site, that’s prime-time advertising space that you NEVER have to pay a dime for!
Plus, once you get the article submitted, it can be working for you forever. There are
articles that I submitted years ago that are pulling in traffic and sales for me today. In
fact, I expect that many of those same articles I submitted years ago will still be working
for me 20 or more years from now… That’s because most webmasters don’t remove your
articles from their site. Instead, they just keep building their own site’s content with your
articles and working hard to drive traffic to their site. Now, with your article on their
site, they will be working hard to drive traffic to YOU too!
Now get busy writing and submitting your first article RIGHT NOW!!! 🙂
Repeat this process with each new article you write. Article marketing is very
powerful. There are marketers online who make a full-time income using ONLY
this strategy.
I encourage you to start submitting at least one new article every week from now
on. This entire process can take you as little as 30 minutes of work per week… However,
it will be the most rewarding 30 minutes of your life because article marketing can
bring you free traffic and profits forever. It will take a little bit of time to get the ball
rolling, but once it’s rolling, the only way to stop it is to shut down your own website.
But Wait.. Read These Bonus Article Distribution Strategies!…
Always make sure to attach a resource box to your article! (this includes your name and
website) This is VERY important.
In addition to posting your article on the social-networking sites, I should also remind
you that you should ALWAYS be posting your articles on your blog! We will discuss
how to set up your blog in the next section. With fresh articles constantly being added to
your blog your visitors will want to continue to come back and you will generate more
visitors to your blog from the search engines!
Blogging
Creating and managing your own blog can have many benefits.. if you are unsure what a
blog is you can take a look at my blog here. This is an easy way to both build trust and
long-term relationships with your list while getting placed in search engines for creating
on-going free traffic! Plus you can do a lot of other cool things on your blog… like
putting widgets on it, advertising, and more!
The software I use for my blog is WordPress. Did you know you could even create your
very own website using this blog software? Unlimited pages and everything! It is the
most popular blog platform in the world.
You have two choices when setting up WordPress, you can either have wordpress host it
for you, or download wordpress and install it on your own hosting account.
Using the wordpress hosted option has limitations in your control, but if you want to do
it this way you can create a free blog hosted by wordpress by going here.
If you want more control you will need to get your own hosting account and domain
name, and then install wordpress on it. To get wordpress you can go to wordpress.org –
once you become more familiar with online marketing you should definitely consider
hosting your own blog anyway.
Since this training is about driving more traffic to what you have to offer, I’m not going
to go into the specifics of setting up a blog, and honestly that could be a whole other
course, but I am suggesting that you set one up because it can be a huge traffic source
from the content you should be creating.
You can also pay someone to set up wordpress for you after you get a domain name and
hosting account. There are many people on fiverr who may do it for only five dollars.
Otherwise you can also outsource that task through Guru.com or Elance.com
One way to get more traffic back to your own blog is by commenting on other people’s
blogs. Many blogs will allow you to put the URL to your site while making the
comment, so your name will be linked with your own URL. This creates more links
back to your site and especially if you are one of the first to comment on a very popular
blog post – everyone else who reads the comments will see yours as one of the first. If
you provide great input they will be likely to check out your blog as well… you may
have then earned an active reader and commentator!
Viral Tools
Using Viral Tools is a completely hands-free way of getting extra traffic.
I am able to generate many signups by doing NO extra work whatsoever.
Let’s look at the specific types of Viral Tools that I use.
EzineArticles
ArticlesBase
You write an article (or hire someone to write an article for you).
You submit that article to article directories (websites that accept articlesubmissions).
Also submit it to social networks that accept articles.
Other people visit those article directories or social networks and read your articles. If
a person likes your article, they are very likely to visit the website listed in your resource
box… or check out more of your articles.
Other webmasters visit those article directories looking for articles they can reprint on
their own website. Website owners are constantly looking for new articles to includeon
their site. When they publish your article on their website, they are required to include
YOUR resource box. (including your website). This is massive free exposure!
Viral Text and Banner Ad Blocks
Using Viral Ad Blocks is another way to leverage your blog, or any other website
you own – while leveraging the traffic other people are getting to their own blogs or
websites!
Viral Nugget is another site owned by me that makes this possible. You can copy and
paste some simple code into a widget on your blog or into the HTML section of your
site to display the ads on your site. Every time you get legitimate clicks, you will earn
credits or cash! You will also earn free credits down 5 levels from whatever your
referrals earn!
How To Use E-mail Signatures
Before we close, let’s get back to the basics! E-mail Signatures are practically the same
thing as Forum Signatures except the fact that they are automatically placed below each
e-mail that you send. No matter what you are selling you should ALWAYS have an email signature!
It’s surprising how many people don’t use an e-mail signature, and how much traffic they
are missing out on!
How Do I Change My E-mail Signature?
Changing your e-mail signature depends on what client or service you use to send
and receive e-mail. Most of them will have an options or preferences menu where
you can choose to edit your signature.
If You Use Gmail (recommended):
Click on the gear icon on the top right of your inbox while logged in and click Mail
Settings. On the general tab (default) you can put in your email signature, make sure to
create a signature for every e-mail address you have set up within Gmail.
How Will This Help Me?
You probably have business contacts, these people will see your signature and take a
look. E-mail Signatures and Forum Signatures are a great way to passively build
your business, it takes no further effort after you have them set up! All you need is
one simple line with a website link.. that’s it!
Learn Even More
For a free guide, I trust that this has provided a lot of valuable information to you and
some tips to help you start getting massive traffic to your sites.
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Thanks for reading and I wish you the best success!
Contact me Erving Croxen
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