No one can deny that you need traffic to your website in order to succeed online. And nothing beats free traffic. So where do we get free traffic? Google and other search engines.

How does free search engine traffic work?

The process works in a way that you have experienced many many times. You load up Google or another search engine. Enter in a word or phrase you want to research. Then you click on one of the pages that in displayed. Well, the link you clicked on just send free traffic to that website owner. So the real question is how you get that free traffic.

If you’re like most people you only click links on the first page or two. Actually, almost 100% of the free traffic goes to this first page of results. And what’s more, the first 3 get over 70% of the clicks.

So to get any significant amount of free traffic from Google, you really need to be on the first page. To do that, you need to be “ranked” in Google’s Top 10 results. And this bring us to…

What is search engine optimization?

SEO means that your website is clearly about something specific, Google knows that that is and thinks others will agree and find your site useful. The intricate formula Google uses to figure this out is really only known by Google. There are several factors that we do know.

Getting indexed

Before your website can begin gaining ranking, you have to alert Google to it’s existence. This is called getting “indexed.” When your website gets indexed, Google stores information about it in their massive database.

To get indexed, you have to help Google find your site. Getting a link from another site will accomplish this easily. Since some of these site will already be indexed, Google will follow the links on their pages and find you.

Use your Twitter and Facebook updates to get quick indexed links to your site. Because these sites are indexed multiple times every day. And follows new links it finds immediately.

Gaining ranking

Once you have been indexed, you will start working on increasing your rank. Just getting indexed does you almost no good, considering that Google has billions of pages in their database.

Here’s what’s important in ranking:

• Content
• Links
• Activity

Optimized content

This is the SEO work you do on your page. And it means that the content on your page matches the keywords you’re targeting. Clearly this article is about search engine optimization. Google knows that not just because the words search engine optimization show up. Another reason is because there are related words, like website traffic, too.

You also need to make sure the title tags, outbound links and the domain itself match the topic of the page. These all play a part in helping Google determine what your website is about.

Link juice

The next thing to consider is your links. The links coming in and the links going out are included in this. You want to make sure you have more inbound links than outbound links. So the number of inbound links is important.

Article spinning is a super easy way to get a bunch of inbound links. To use this technique you write articles related to the topic of your websites. Then you have to create multiple versions of this articles. And then upload a different versions to a bunch of sites that allow you to add content. The more sites you can do this for, the more links you’ll get back.

Make your site active

Finally, we know that Google gives you credit for the activity on your site. You can’t just put up a page and leave it alone and expect it to rank well. Regular content updates to your site are expected. RSS feeds are an easy way to keep your content changing.

Comments from other people on your page are another fantastic way to keep your content updated. To get comments from others, you need to get others to visit your site. Online forums are simple source of real live visitors.

What you need to do is sign up with several forums in your niche. And post their often. And link back to yourself in your signature file. This generates even more links back to your site. And it also gets people to your web page.

Conclusion

Each step listed above is critical. But let’s face it, writing multiple versions of the same article. Setting up tons of profiles on forums. And visiting all the sites to post up your comments and articles takes a really long time. Which means you probably won’t end up doing it.

Fortunately, you can get rank builder software to do all the grunt work for you. So the best thing you can do is to automate this process. And then you’re sure to get it done. And not doing it means you will never get free traffic from Google.

OK, forget everything you know about affiliate marketing. The simple truth is that the old rules no longer apply. And if you don’t change your tactics, you cannot survive.

The promise

You’ve been told it’s easy to get started as an affiliate. And it is – sort of. It’s far easier that developing, selling and supporting your own product. But starting your own business is really hard, so it’s all relative.

The cold hard truth

To top it off you’ve been given false information. The first thing you’re taught is to pick some great products. Next do some keyword research. Then to use these keywords to buy ads promoting the product. And finally get a fat check for all the sales. But it doesn’t work.

Forget keywords

Keyword advertising used to work. But the competition has shot the price of keywords through the roof. It’s time for a paradigm shift.

A better way

There is a solution to this problem. Here’s how to win at this game.

• Do CPA marketing instead of product promotion
• Do demographics research
• Do image ad marketing

Start using CPA marketing

CPA means Cost Per Action. It’s far superior to product promotion. Because it doesn’t involve payment. You get paid when they take an “action”. Such as filling in a form. And it’s much easier to get them to do that.

Instead of researching keywords, research demographics

You’re not even going to use keywords (explained below.) But demographics are highly important. Once you’ve picked the CPA offer to promote. Then hop over to Quantcast.com. And discover the exact demographics of your ideal prospect.

Market on display networks

So far, you’ve got your CPA offer and your target demographics. You can advertise directly to them on display networks. And use images as your ads. And there was no keyword research required. The biggest advantage is price. Display networks charge a fraction for image ad clicks vs. keyword ads.

In closing

This is a great way to make money fast. Because it’s free to get started in CPA. Image ads are cheap. You can use demographics to target your ideal prospect. And you get paid for having them take a simple action.

Think about this: What’s the biggest reason millions of people log onto the internet each day? You probably already guessed that it’s to find information. Information seeking is so huge that Google alone hosts 400,000,000 searches every day! So what does this mean to you? This quest for information is an opportunity for you to fill a need. And if you do it right . . . to make some money along the way.

Info marketing explained

This is by far the simplest business you can start. You create a product that provides information. And other people buy this product to get the info. Sounds simple enough, right?

How do you make it work?

OK, the concept is simple. However, to succeed you’ve got to provide information people want. So the key is to figure out what people want. How do you do that?

One very simple method is to do a little research. Just go to Yahoo! answers or ask.com and see what kinds of questions people are asking. You want to find something a lot of people are asking about. For things that are causing people discomfort. Then just give them the answer in your ebook.

Think about this:

Don’t worry! Info product creation is easy… Think about this: An ebook is just a series of articles. Writing a whole ebook can be overwhelming. Focus on one article at a time. And when you’ve got a few finished, expand and embellish them and combine them into a single ebook.

OK, what’s so hot about digital products? Funny you should ask . . . How about 7 reasons why:

1. Ease

An info product business runs on auto-pilot. Custom support is all but non-existent. So it’s nearly a 100% hands-free business. You’re building a completely automated business.

There’s no inventory. You don’t have to ship anything. It’s all delivered online.

2. Product combos

Once you have a few info products created. You can put together bigger more expensive information products. It’s a simple matter to merge a few ebooks into one. And you’ll be able to charge much more for this “new” product. People will be willing to pay a lot more for one big ebook. Versus multiple smaller ones.

3. Resellers

Since it’s your product, you can offer other people the resale rights. Recently, resell rights have become extremely popular, because people just don’t want to invest the time and money into making their own. And the best part is you get to charge two to three time as much for these rights.

4. Leverage

Leverage means doing something once and reaping multiple rewards. Take parts of your info product and turn it into a email training series. And build your list with it. A list is it’s own reward!

5. More leverage

Don’t stop there . . . break it into several smaller reports. These reports can then become lead generators for your ebook. You can give them away or even charge a small amount for them. Either way, you win because you’re feeding your funnel. Taking this technique to the max, you can let your affiliate give the reports away for you. Which brings us to…

6. Affiliates

This is a real power strategy. Once you have your own product. You’re able to let other people market it for you. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a bunch of other people doing your marketing for you? Well, you *need* your own product to get affiliates.

7. Joint Ventures

OK, this is by far the biggest reason why. Setting up joint ventures is the fastest way to gain success. Period. That makes this is the biggest reason for creating your own info products. Because if you don’t have you own product, you’ve got nothing to JV.

In closing

If you can’t see the power of info product marketing, then you haven’t been paying attention. You’ll become the ruler of your own fate. Because it’s your business and you control it. So, don’t waste any more time:

• Visit an “answers” site
• Discover what questions are being asked
• Write about the answers

The steps on how to write an ebook are really that easy. And in short time you’ll have the foundation for your own info product.

There is no doubt that web page audio significantly increases results. If you’re not using audio on your sites, you’re making a mistake. Adding it raises your opt-in conversions. It boosts sales, too.

What makes it so effective?

It’s simple. Most of the web is cold and impersonal. It adds a human touch to your site. And makes people feel they’re dealing with a real person. Basically, audio brings your site to life. And people like to interact with things that are alive!

Some more benefits

Adding audio increases your profits in two ways. First, you’ll make more sales. And second you’ll save money on the sales letter. Instead of having to pay a professional to write you a great sales letter. You can just add your own audio. An authentic message from you will do more than the best ad copy.

You’ll also get better conversions on your list opt-ins. The reason this works so well is because people need to be told what to do. So you just add a simple audio that says: Put your email and name into the form and submit. That alone can increase opt-in rates up to 310%!

Some web audio ideas

Put a welcome message that plays automatically on your site, Most websites are cold and in-human. Grabbing their attention like this helps you keep them on your site.

Lead them by the had. Just like in the opt-in example. Use an audio message to lead your visitors through a process. And take them all the way through buying your product.

Testimonials for your product or service. A written testimonial is good. But what’s even better are audio testimonials. It’s much hard to fake an audio testimonial. Using audio makes it much more believable. And will definitely increase your results.

Here’s a bonus tip

What about creating an entire product using audio? This is by far the easiest content to produce. And it still has a high perceived value. Podcasts are still popular, so this is a great format. And you can get someone to transcribe them for very little money. This is the easiest way to “write” an eBook!

Is adding audio hard?

It’s actually really easy. You can find a lot of programs that create audio buttons for you. The software does all the work. The software creates the audio button code for you. Just paste the code you copy from the software. So don’t let this stop you.

In closing

Just a reminder of why you want to start using audio. Putting streaming audio on your site will boost all your results. You’ll get more sales. You will also increase your subscriber opt-ins. And you can quickly produce products and website sales copy. You’ll be one of the few you use these strategies. So you’ll be one of the few reaping the rewards. Don’t be lazy! Add some audio today.

It is extremely difficult to get started in affiliate marketing. The reason is because there is a lot of competition. In order to survive you have to beat your competition. There’s also a lot of information out there about how to do affiliate marketing, so it can be confusing. Here’s one trick that almost no one else is using.

Marketing with video

No one would deny the power and popularity of video. The reason it’s so pervasive is because everyone loves it. About the only thing that keeps people’s attention anymore is video. So you can put this to great advantage in your affiliate marketing.

Here are a few ideas for creating affiliate videos:

• Do a testimonial video
• Walk-throughs
• Ordering
• Sneak peak

Testimonials

This is probably the easiest of all. Just click record on your web cam and start talking. It does not need to be polished or pro. Just seeing another real person endorsing a product helps your viewers decide to buy. And honestly, if you mess up it just makes it seem more authentic. You really can just click record and start talking. If you don’t want to be in front of the camera use one of the other methods.

Do a video walk-through

This is a great way to promote something without selling it. You’re taking the role of teacher and showing how to use the product. And seeing it being used is a great way to make people want to buy it. As long as the product is good, the tutorial makes them want it. So just make sure you’re demoing a good product.

Ordering

This technique is super powerful. Do a screen capture of the ordering process. There is nothing more motivating than watching someone buy something live. First, it’s social proof. People will feel more comfortable buying after seeing you do it. This also makes your viewers trust you. Your advice is easier to trust if they can see you’re doing what you tell them to do. And finally, it creates envy. They see you getting the satisfaction of making the purchase and that makes them want it. You can add additional juice to this one with: In order to get to see the inside, you gotta buy the product.

Sneak peak

This one is perfect for building up the value of what you’re promoting. You do a tour of the members area. And show them everything they get by ordering. And it helps soften the skeptics. It’s much easier to trust they’re getting something if they actually seen it.

You can do this!

No special skills are required. Some very easy to use programs make the videos for you. All the work is done by the program. So you don’t have to worry about the technical part of this at all. Remain focused on the benefits:

• More sales Using videos in your affiliate marketing will dramatically increase your sales. People love video, so please use them.
• Reduce refunds Less of your commissions will be clawed back, too. Now they know what they get before they purchase. So, very few of them will cancel their order.
• Outdo your competitors! This is such a simple technique. And almost no one is doing it. So, you’ll be way ahead of the crowd.

Get started right now and take your affiliate marketing to the next level. The bottom line is that if you’re not using video, you’re losing money.

Honestly, everyone making money online has an email list. This is the most important factor in your long-term success. After it’s built, it’s yours to use any time you want. It’s a resource you can tap at any time and generate income.

So, how do you build a list?

There are 3 factors in list building you need to consider:

• Your Landing Page
• Your Bribe
• The Thank You Page

The Squeeze Page – The squeeze page is the first thing your visitor is going to see. This page is the one that asks them for their email. So, obviously it has to be well designed. And it needs to be simple to see how to opt in. And your call to action must be clear!

If you fail to make a strong close, you’re wasting your efforts. This is a definitive message that tells your visitor what to do. Without this your opt-in rate will plummet. It’s strange, but if you don’t tell people what to do, they won’t do it.

One way to really spice up your squeeze page is to add a video to it. This will grab your visitors attention and keep it. And you can repeat the call to action several times int he video. And after the video, you can make it just say “fill in the form now”.

Now, don’t worry if you have no idea how to make videos. It’s very easy to hire people for a couple hundred bucks to make one for you. There are also list building systems that include video squeeze pages.

The Incentive – The second component is the reason they are opting into your list. People won’t give you their email for nothing. Most people are very protective of their email address. So you have to give them a good reason to do it.

The only way to make this work is to provide real value. That means you make it something people would actually want to receive. And something from which they can derive a benefit. This can be:

• A report
• Some useful software
• A video tutorial
• An email training series

You’ve got to create some great content. And make it both helpful and informative. And of course it has to be free. But to get the email, it’s got to be a good offer.

Now, if you don’t know how to create the bribe don’t worry. You can just pay someone else to make it for you. Just give them a topic and they will write the content. One easy and effective bribe is a 5-part email training series. You can have ghost writers create emails for under $25 an email. And whole thing will only cost a hundred and fifty buck.

There are also list building products that include the follow up email series. Two critical aspects of using a follow up series. First of all it has to give the subscriber what you promised – valuable information. It also has to generate revenue for you! Mixing some affiliate products into your email series is a great way to do this. This is such a simple solution because you don’t have to create the product. And it enables you to generate cash right away from your new list.

The Thank You Page – Finally, you need to consider your opt-in confirmation page. This is the page your subscriber sees after they opt in. A great thing to do here is provide some immediate value. This helps them feel they’ve made the right decision giving you their email. And it helps you establish the relationship. Then they’re more receptive when you email them.

You can use a “done for you” email marketing system. Or you can go the DIY route. And write it all yourself. Or have someone ghost write for you.

Summing it up

It makes no difference whether you build your opt-in, bribe and thank you page. Or hire someone else to do it for you. Or go with a complete package. The important thing is that you build your own list starting now. Because once its built… You can basically write your own meal ticket.

The importance of preselling

The number one strategy to increase your affiliate sales is preselling.

Before we begin, we need to first define what preselling is. There are two components to it – art & science. It’s a process of taking your reader and getting them ready to buy. Then sending them to the product sales page to make the purchase. If you do it well, it’s completely invisible.

In a nutshell, you provide value. And give them a link to the product you’re preselling. We’ll get into how to do it correctly in a minute. But before we do, you need to know why it’s so important. Here are a few benefits of preselling:

• It helps your reader trust you – Readers who trust you are more likely to click your links. And the more clicks you get the more sales you’ll make.
• It takes your reader out of defense mode – When you’re not hyping or pitching a product, your reader lets their guard down. And in turn they read to understand what you’re saying. And your intention is conveyed more easily.
• It puts them in a buying mood – Now they’re open to hearing what you’re telling them. And in turn, they’re open to other messages, as well. For example, the sales message on the page you’re linking to. Sending them to the sales page in this state makes them more receptive to the actual pitch.
• It increases your sales – You’ve prepped them and referred them in the right state of mind. With the guard down and trusting your recommendation. This dramatically boosts your sales rate!
• Your customers are happier – Plus, they feel they’ve made the buying decision on their own. Versus being pitched or convinced. And this leads to greater satisfaction with the product.
• Your profits go up – Satisfied customers are less like to refund. And that translates to more commission staying in your affiliate business.

The need to presell is clear. You earn more commissions. And increase your customer satisfaction. Everybody wins!

How does it work?

You’ve learned the importance of preselling. So, hopefully you’ve decided to start preselling. You’re ready to learn how to do it properly. Remember, there are two components – art and science.

Becoming an artist

Effective preselling requires gaining your readers trust in order for them to let down their guard. And the only method of doing this is to give exceptional value to your readers. The art of this is to provide enough information to be of value, but not enough to satiate the hunger. That is, they have to be wanting more when you refer them to the product sales page for the product you’re trying to sell. And because you’ve gained trust, they’re more receptive to the sales message and more likely to buy.

The science component

There’s also a specific formula you need to follow.

One of these key elements is the presentation of the information. You have to have your end in mind. Your goal is to sell the product you’re promoting. How can providing information accomplish this goal? First, you can provide useful but incomplete information. Or you can give them so much information that it feels overwhelming to do what you’re talking about. Whichever method, you send them to a product website that solves the problem you just created.

But you can’t link to your affiliate link. You have directly to the home page of the product. That’s because nobody likes to click on affiliate links. But how will you earn affiliate commissions if you don’t use your affiliate link? There’s a trick to make this work… You use the “covert cookie” strategy.

Next, you want to make sure you’re linking on related words and phrases. It’s habitual to click on words and phrases that are hyperlinked. And when the words are in context like this, it makes perfect sense for your reader to click them.

Putting all of this together creates a powerful affiliate marketing formula for success.

OK, here’s the not-so-good news:

This process is not easy – at all! Let’s talk about everything required to put this plan into action: Awesome content. First and foremost, you have to be able to write a great article that provides valuable information. This means you have to be able to write well, and have enough knowledge to be useful. Preselling skills. First, you have to give good information. But, you also need to know how to present the information in a way that give value to the reader. And still leave them wanting more. Or make the information so overwhelming they realize they can’t do it on their own.

Product selection. Next, you’ve got to pick the right product to presell. If you can manage to get the article written well. All your efforts are wasted if you send your reader to the wrong sales letter.

Techy stuff. To be most effective you have to use the “covert cookie” method. This is pretty easy – you just make a 1 pixel X 1 pixel image with no border and make the “source” of the image your affiliate link. (But if you mess it up, your referrals won’t be tracked.)

Wrapping it up:

Now you know exactly how to presell effectively. Using these techniques will increase your affiliate sales by 500% or more! The important thing is to use these techniques for everything you promote as an affiliate. Please don’t be lazy. Put in the effort to reap the greater rewards.

Everyone knows the number one thing you need to be successful online is traffic to your website. Of course you also need to have a valuable offer for your visitors – a reason for them to transact with you. After getting the traffic you just need to convert it into subscribers and customers . . . but that’s the easy part. The important thing is getting the traffic and sustaining it.

Here are some tips for generating website visitors:

Here’s a short list of great, free traffic generating methods:

• Web 2.0
• Article Websites
• Video Marketing

OK, so how do they work?

Web 2.0

A Web 2.0 site gives its users the ability to interact with each other and create the site’s content together. The exciting thing about Web 2.0 sites is that you get to add your own content and it becomes part of these sites. And because of the highly interactive and popular nature of these sites, Google and other search engines “index” their content regularly. Which means the content on them gets “indexed” faster and with more weight. By placing links to your websites in this content you’ve created, you get traffic from the site and search engine ranking for the keywords you choose. This is the hidden benefit of using Web 2.0 sites. How to generate web 2.0 traffic is something we’ve only scratched the surface on. I don’t want to be exhaustive – I want to give you an overview of all the methods…

Articles Sites

The natural next topic is article marketing. Article sites are in essence web 2.0 websites. In typical web 2.0 fashion, article sites rely on user-generated content (i.e. your articles). Just as with the other web 2.0 sites, having your content included gives you immediate traffic and search engine ranking. And in addition to this, other users can take your article and place it on their own website. And in return for getting to use your content, these other users include links back to your website that gives you further search engine ranking and more free traffic. Here are a couple article marketing traffic tips:

• Figure out what keywords you want to go after
• Tailor the content of your article for the keywords
• Hyperlink these keywords to your website – both in the content of the article and in your author’s info section.

Video

And finally, we need to talk about getting traffic from videos. Here to we’re really looking at a web 2.0 sub-category. And it carries all the same benefits of article marketing. The extra top secret benefit of video marketing is that it’s much easier to rank for competitive keywords than in any other medium.

OK, so how do you do effective video marketing?

• Get a YouTube account
• Turn off all the modules in your account profile
• Use the tags in your profile to enter the keywords you want to rank for
• Add a link to your website
• Add 1 or more videos to your profile
• Include your keywords in the title, description and tags

Summary:

This is a great overview to get your started generating massive traffic to your site.

Let’s talk about niche selection. This is very important to ensuring the profitability of your membership website.

First – Look for Fanatics

If you want your membership business to be profitable, you have to find a marketing with fanatics in it. What’s a fanatic? It’s someone who is so excited about a certain topic that they will spend their time and money on information about it. Here’s how to find fanatics:

• Here’s something you may not have considered – magazines! We’re so internet-based these days, it’s easy to forget about them. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to run a print magazine. So if you see one on the shelves you know they are making money, which means that there are enough people interested in what they’re saying to make it profitable. That doesn’t mean definitely that it will make a good membership business, but it’s a good starting point.
• Watch and listen for fanatics in your daily life. Pay attention to conversations, social events, TV, restaurants, public places to see what people are talking about. If people are talking about it, they are interested in it. And this means there may be a market for information about it.
• Don’t forget about clubs and organizations. If there are enough people to to build a club, there are certainly enough people to start a membership site on the same topic. By the same token, if enough people are interested to hold a convention on a certain topic, you can definitely find enough people to build a membership business around that same topic.
• And of course there are all the things you have an interest in, too! Chances are that if you like a certain topic or hobby, other people do, too. The icing on the cake here is that you get to build a business doing something you love.
• One simple and easy way to find out what’s hot is Google Trends. Google Trends tells you the most popular current search terms. These are the things people are actively searching for in Google. They’re searching because they want information. Hot topics that people are excited about make great niches for your membership website.

Next – Figure out if there’s money in it

OK, so you’ve got a great idea for your niche membership business with lots of fanatics. But will they actually spend money? One way to figure this out is to see if other are making money in it.

Here’s how to determine if you can make money in your chosen niche

• Are there blogs or forums in this niche? Take the name of your niche and search for “niche name blog” & “niche name forum” in Google to see if there is an active group of people talking about and interested in the niche. This tells you there are people who are actively interested in your niche.
• Search Amazon, Google shopping and eBay to see if people are creating and selling products in the niche. If other people are creating and selling products in this niche, it means there is money to be made.
• Watch Google Adwords for a period of time and look for ads the run again and again. Adwords ads are expensive, so people only run them repeatedly if they are profitable. And to be profitable, they have to be selling products and making money.

Last, but not least… How hard will it be to break into this niche?

After figuring out a good niche and determining that other people are making money in it, the last thing to do is decide if you will be able to enter the market. Here’s how to make this determination:

• Look at the product types in this niche. You want to find a niche where information products are being sold as the norm. The easiest membership website to create and maintain are information membership sites.
• The next thing to look at is the competition. You don’t want to try to break into a saturated marketing, so figure out how many people are already selling in this niche.
• Unless the market is just so big that it doesn’t matter how many competitors there are, you want to limit the competition. So evaluate the size vs. the competition.
• How quickly do people in this market make buying decisions and are the ready to buy? Some niches are made up of people who require lots information and have a very long lead time, and some markets are filled with people who will spend lots of money right now.

In Summary

At this point you’ve figured out what niche you’re going into. You found your fanatics, you know they spend money and you’re confident there’s room in the market for you. If you’ve done your homework, your business will be a success because you already know your market is a profitable one with room for you. Learning how to run a membership website is a topic for another article…

The best way to ensure your success is to build automated traffic sources to send you visitors day and night.

Before we begin

Keyword research is really the first step in getting traffic to your website. The reason this is so important is that you are going to be building content and traffic sources for specific keywords. Which means you need to put some thought into the keywords you’re targeting.

While doing your keyword research, keep the following in mind:

• Are the keywords you’re interested in attainable? Take a look at the “strength” of others websites (and how many) are already targeting these keywords.
• Are these “buying” keywords? Some keywords will bring lots of traffic, but none of them will buy. This is not what you’re looking for.
• Will these keywords bring affiliates? If you want to build a huge business, you’re going to need affiliates to help you. This means that some of your traffic focus should be on getting affiliates to your site.

Although this is an essential step, doing it all by hand can take a very long time. And hiring an expert is very expensive. And that’s why most people skip this step! If you’re smart you will use website traffic software to help you with this process. Using tools like this speed up the process and improve your results, too!

Only then can you start getting traffic

Now that you’ve completed your keyword research, you can begin using these keywords to get traffic to your website.

Here are a couple of clever ways to do this…

• Most people overlook the power of Surveys!
• “Help” Websites
• Video Sharing Sites

Surveys

People love filling in surveys. And smart website owners know this, so they will include your survey on their site if you make a good one. It’s a win-win. They get a great perk on their site and you get a link back to yours. The beauty of this is that it generates website visitors for you with no work on your part. Most people think surveys are just for collecting data, but in this case you don’t even care about the answers. The only thing you have to do is think of a novel question for your survey.

“Answer” Sites

Sites like Yahoo! Answers allow users to ask and answer each others’ questions. Once again, the main reason for this site is not the reason you’re interested. You are going to generate traffic, leads and sales from them. One thing you can do is to visit sites like Craigslist and Yahoo! Answers and manually extract contact info to contact other users. So, if you’re smart, you’ll use website traffic software to do it all for you. This allows you to do the things in your business that can’t be automated and let the software just give you the leads.

Video Sharing Sites

No doubt you’re aware of YouTube and other video websites. YouTube is one of the most highly traffic and search websites on the entire internet! If used properly, video sites can get you more website traffic than you know what to do with.

Even if you don’t think you can make a good video. One super easy thing to do is take an article or website you’ve written. And use free screen capture software to record yourself reading it. You can even get software that will automatically do this for you.

Summary

Figuring out how to get some visitors to your site is not hard at all. Use your noodle and come up with things other people aren’t doing. And today there are tons of options for software tools that can help with every part of this process.

So, start right now and:

• Keyword research first is key
• Next, set up a survey or two with viral appeal
• Make sure to use the “answer” sites
• And definitely include video sharing sites