At the start of each year, I like to look
through my stats then share my top traffic sources with my
subscribers.
For the past 14 years I've managed to get all the traffic I need without costly
pay-per-click advertising, or other paid methods. No, I don't
make a million bucks a year, but my reliable six figure income
supports my family of 4 pretty well.
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A quick note before you read my 2010 traffic report...
It's not the volume of
traffic that supports a web business, it
is the QUALITY of the traffic.
I could pay a few hundred bucks
today and get 100,000 "guaranteed visitors" to my site tomorrow.
The stats would prove they arrived. But I might not make even a
dime from those visitors.
The methods I use result in traffic that converts into leads and
sales. Please keep this in mind as you read the list below, and
more importantly, as you setup your own traffic sources online.
The traffic included in today's
report arrived at my main sites...
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Traffic Source #1: Joint Venture Partners
In 2010 joint venture partners sent some 68,000
high-quality visitors to my sites.
What is a joint venture partner?
It is a webmaster or list owner in the same or a related
niche as yours, that agrees to promote your products or
services. In most cases, you promote their products or services
to return the favor. Hence
the name, joint venture.
The last couple years I've taken a more pro-active approach
to teaming up with related businesses in joint ventures. Not
only have I seen an increase in sales, I forged new alliances with some
of the web's top marketers. These relationships
result in increased profits not only last year, but
for years to come.
So what do YOU need to start
profiting from joint ventures at your website?
A. a product or service of
your own. (You can get something with private label rights if
you're not up for creating something of your own.)
B. an affiliate program
management solution (I use both Clickbank.com as well as my private label copy of the
1shoppingcart system --
webbusinesswizard.)
C. A system for contacting
potential JV partners on a regular basis
D. A growing opt-in list you can mail your partner's offer to
If you have all of those
items or can get them, and you're not doing joint
ventures in your business, what are you waiting for? This is the
top traffic and sales strategy for many companies on the web. It
can work for any business including yours.
Traffic Source #2: Affiliates
My number two traffic source this year is my affiliate force.
My affiliates sent thousands of visitors a month to my sites. While my joint venture
partners mentioned above are included in this affiliate force,
they are just one part of the entire force of thousands.
If you have not started an affiliate program for your best
products and services, I highly recommend you do so.
Although there are some minor costs
involved with starting your own affiliate program, it is well
worth it. Justify the expense by telling yourself that you are
hiring thousands of sales people and paying them only when they
sell. A web based affiliate program is just that.
A few secrets to success with my
affiliate programs include paying decent commission rates (I pay
40% - 50% commissions), paying on time every month and offering
lots of tools and tips for my affiliates. I also actively seek
out potential super-affiliates (JV-Partners!) on a regular
basis. Like with any marketing strategy, a pro-active approach
works best.
These days, sites such as clickbank make it is easier than
ever to start an affiliate program. Just remember to set up
a pitch page like this and you'll attract more affiliates.
Traffic Source #3: Repeat
Visitors
A perennial, top traffic generator at my sites is "repeat visitors." You know, people
coming to my site who have already been there before. The importance of getting repeat
visitors is
something you used to hear marketing experts talk about a lot.
Lately, it seems that the value of repeat visitors has been
overlooked.
Yet repeat visitors are usually the people who end
up making purchases at your site. And there are lots of ways to
get these valuable repeat visitors.
I get most of my repeat visitors through
my follow-up autoresponders and my broadcast messages. (I use both
aweber and
webbusinesswizard) I send them
helpful content as well as a new issue of this BizWeb eGazette newsletter
every other Friday.
If you are not already getting lots of repeat visitors, I
suggest you try publishing a free web-based or email newsletter.
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affiliate products, you can also earn money from advertisers who
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Traffic Source #4:
Links/Content
Getting lots of incoming links to your site is important. Not
only will traffic arrive via those links, but a site with lots
of incoming links does better in search engines than sites with
few links.
The best strategy I've used to
get links, starts with content. You write articles based
on your niche, post the content at your site AND share the
content with other webmasters and article directory sites.
Doing this can benefit greatly - your links will grow
continually and your search engine ranking will improve in your
niche. That's because your content and links will be from sites in the right
'neighborhood', your niche. This goes a long way with the search engines.
Traffic Source #5: A Free Traffic Network
Though I've never been a big fan of traffic exchange programs, I'm glad I tried one called
TrafficSwarm.
It quickly developed into a top traffic source and has remained
near the top for years now.
There are lots of traffic networks to choose from on the web,
and the few I had tried never impressed me. However, TrafficSwarm delivers hundreds of
targeted visitors a week to my sites.
I now have a PRO account and at just thirty bucks a month it
has been a self-propelled traffic (and income) generator. Don't
expect conversion rates as high as you get with joint ventures
or content based links, but the conversion has more than covered
the cost of my Pro account.
Traffic Source #6: Search Engines
In sixth place last year, and still delivering lots of traffic
to my websites are search engines such as Gogle, Bing and Yahoo! The web's top search engines
have changed a lot over the last few
years, but still deliver high-quality traffic to my sites.
In fact, I've
managed to help a growing number of my members grow their search
engine
traffic as well. There are no tricks to it. It really is as simple as making sure your site is
properly optimized with the right keywords for your niche. The
rest happens by getting good links.
If you're a Gold member of my coaching site you'll see
exactly how I do it by watching
this video.
Well, that's it for today's
gazette.
See ya in a few weeks...
Jim Daniels
JDD Publishing Co.
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