by Paul Turner Marketing.com

[Paul talks about the most important asset that an internet marketer can develop ... good traffic that you generate through interest in a topic.  His comments apply just as well to boosting your blog traffic.  Gren. Bingham]

You can boost your web site traffic today day, not tomorrow, today. It doesn’t have to be expensive and if you have got a few funds then by all means out source at sites like E-lancer to get people to do some of the work for you.

Blogging - do you own your own blog? If not you can set one up today for no money at all by using www.blogger.com or www.wordpress.com and start getting links to your site. Some of those links will generate their own traffic, so the trick is to get the word out about your post. What do you do is write a post with keywords related to your topic or niche, and then use the ping services to get the word out. Try using www.pingomatic.com and www.pingoat.com that will send your link out to lots of blog directories and sites. Traffic will grow the more you do it.

Forum posting - there is a forum out there for most subjects and you can usually join for free. To find them just search on Google for your keyword plus the word forum. You can’t blatantly promote in your forum post but if you write sensible posts, offer help and advice you are likely to get people check out your site and this can happen for free on the same day.

Write some articles - article writing is one of my favourite ways to generate traffic. You can get longer term traffic but usually a flurry when the article is accepted. Try not to send the same article out each time to the different directories, rewrite them to make them unique. Some will fail, some will be average and some will be superb, so it is a case of not relying on just the one article.

Digg it - Digg is a great site with high page rank and high traffic. Boost your own traffic today by placing links to all of your website pages. If you don’t have a web site then set up a free blog and point traffic there.

Email your list - what? You don’t have a list yet? Surprisingly lot’s of people on the web haven’t built up there own email list. If you haven’t already done so I can send you some more info. Just visit my blog. The good thing about a list is you can preset a series of messages to offer them, and you can send out an email broadcast at any time telling them to visit your site for the latest special offer or piece of advice - voila - instant boost to web traffic.

Joint Ventures - politely ask another list owner in your business if you can form a mutually beneficial partnership and let them promote to your list, or put a banner on your web site. In exchange you get to do the same, but emailing to their list is the most beneficial thing to do and this can bring you a boost to your internet traffic. Make sure you aren’t in direct competition with each other. To use a popular example, if you knew a business that sold gold clubs and you sold golf shoes then you have a product that will be of interest but not in direct competition.

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by Simon Whincop

[Simon is right on in advising having patience and getting advice if you are new to list based marketing.  Gren. Bingham]

Does this scenario sound familiar to you?

Having read countless articles, sought endless expert advice and heard numerous success stories of how people have built unimaginable wealth on the Internet using the power of opt-in lists, you finally decide to have one of your own. Presuming you know everything there is to know about opt-in lists you follow all the advice to the Tee. And you fail to make even a single dime.

In fact, you’re leaking money, fast. A bit here whan you hired writers to help out with your articles, a bit there on advertising, and an even larger chunk on the latest can’t-possibly-fail traffic generating scam. Perhaps your list even got quite big. But only a tiny percentage actually converts to sales.

However you look at it, your quest to make even a tiny profit, has failed. After a few months of scrutinising your statistics and sales figures, you come to the conclusion that your dreams of Internet wealthbuilding are doomed.

You ask yourself what could possibly have gone wrong. You wonder why others have succeeded where you have failed. You begin to think you were too hasty, diving straight in like that. You begin to doubt the validity of your product, or worse, your own ability.

Have similar thoughts ever crossed your mind?

Take heart, however - just because you emailed people on your list does not mean they’ll buy instantly. Patience is the key!

If you’ve already started an opt-in list and think you failed, or even if you’re just starting out, here are three quick and easy steps that you should try and follow:

1) Make sure you are selling product or service is one that people really need.

And learn all about your product. Many people forget this vital element of their affiliate business. Do they really think their subscribers are going to buy something they haven’t bothered to learn about themselves? Not very likely. Your knowledge and belief about your product, or lack of it, is transferred onto your customers. Time spent researching your product thoroughly is time spent wisely.

2) Join forums, where you can provide expert advice and recommendations, allowing you to build an aura of trust around you. By doing this you can build a base around other forum users, inviting them to join your opt-in list. Because they know and trust you already, they will make good customers. Through your forum posts link to your site they will be able to see what your business is all about. They’ll begin to believe in you and your products. You can increase your credibility even more by writing and submitting articles and posting blogs, which will also build more potential subscribers and customers.

3) Get a mentor. Forums are great for this too - if you can find someone who has already launched a successful opt-in list, they will be able to tell you what to do and what not to do, as they’ve gone through it themselves. These people will be able to point out the many pitfalls and mistakes to avoid. There is nothing like getting it first hand. Learn from the mistakes of others!

Building a profitable opt-in list doesn’t happen overnight. It takes great preparation and effort. Opt-in lists have to be built from scratch and, once built, take some maintenance. Keep yours organized and manageable. But use it to Keep your subscribers happy and they’ll be willing to buy from you time and time again. Build your list, build Internet wealth!

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