Social Marketing Traffic

Learning the skills to research and leverage the social media space is a very important part of setting up your traffic system. With Social media, you are able to use microblogging platforms like Twitter as well as online communities like Squidoo and Facebook to grow your outreach and target your targeted markets quickly and easily.

While you are a marketer first, friend second, you want to form a personal connection with your target audience. Here are some of the best social communities to get involved with: Twitter: Friend Feed: Facebook: Stumble Upon: Del.icio.us: MySpace.

Article Marketing Traffic

The concept of article marketing is a very simple one: You write high quality content and distribute it amongst popular article databases and directories online, generating tons of traffic from the back links in the attached resource box. It really is as simple as that.

Think about it, writing a 1,000 articles that don’t convert, versus 12 that do, which one would you choose. If you rush your articles without conducting some keyword research and coming up with articles that consist of a solid headline, fluid content and no call to action, not allowing the reader to click the links within your resource boxes, leaving the article directory itself to find out, you are literally throwing money away.

If these readers fail to follow through, your article was for nothing. You should think of your resource box as a 20 second commercial. What is the strongest message that you can use to motivate your readers to click on your link?
If you are not sure what you can offer within your resource box, here are a few things I have used successfully for over a year now:

- A Free Report
- Subscription to your newsletter
- A free eBook
- A free sample of your product
- A Free Membership
- A Free Video Guide
- A audio transcript or call

Forum Marketing: Quick Back Link Strategy

Forum marketing is probably the easiest ways to generate quality back links to your website (higher ranking in the search engines), as well as potential subscribers and customers. .Don’t burst onto the scene, spamming all the threads “me, too!” responses, because before long your find yourself banned or simply ignored. start off helpful, share tips, resources and information, approach forum marketing as you would approach social networking, by offering help and building your brand.

Viral Marketing: Spread It Like Wild Fire

You’ve most likely heard of Viral Marketing, but might not really know how to set up a Viral marketing campaign that is likely to go viral, basically being carried from person to person, eager and willing to share your website link with friends, family and online acquaintances. Creating a viral marketing campaign is nowhere near as difficult as most people believe, and can yield an impressive return on investment if you do it correctly. Here are a few simple ideas to help you set up a viral marketing campaign of your own:

#1: Offer Incentives Viral marketing always works best when a valuable product or service (including tangible items) are offered.

#2: Be Incredibly Different If you want to generate a buzz around your website.

#3: Run A Contest Or Challenge One of the easiest ways to create a viral campaign.

#4: Save People Time & Money
Consider creating a package that you can give away with resell rights.

Squidoo, HubPages, Blogs – Instant Traffic

There are three tools that I use to instantly generate traffic to my website, at absolutely no cost, and they are: Hub Pages: Squidoo Lens: Blogs: & Blogger.

Here are a few tips to help you create your first
Hub:

#1: Use ORIGINAL content only!

#2: Add modules to your HubPages for additional revenue.

#3: Add links with your keywords within your hub page content, leading to your websites, blogs and landing pages. Add at least two text capsules.

#4: Do NOT post affiliate links within your HubPages

#5: Add fans to your hub and be active within the community and its sub groups.

#6: Encourage RSS subscriptions to build a following and expand your outreach.

Press Releases: Quick Traffic Bursts

Press Releases are one of the easiest ways of getting your message in front of thousands of prospects in your target market very quickly, as well as picking up affiliates and potential JV partners. You want to make sure your press release appears to be news, rather than an advert. The back links that a press release creates is phenomenal, I have seen a huge surge of traffic literally within minutes of the press release being published, and months later, I was still receiving traffic from the circulation of that press release. What you do need to be careful of is that you model your press release so that it provokes an emotional response in your viewers. Your press release title should be no longer than 150 characters in length.

If you’re reading this article, there’s a huge chance that you’re one of those people who have taken the huge step in taking their business in the online arena. First, let me congratulate you as this is the smartest decision you can ever make in growing your sales and revenue exponentially. Now, let me help you get started on the right foot. Here are the 5 first steps to start your internet marketing campaign:

1. Start by registering a domain name. Think of an attractive domain name that is closely relevant to the products and services that you sell. As there are now millions of people who have their own website, it can be tough to get your desired domain name. Mix-match keywords related to the type of business that you’re running and see if they’re available. If not, you can contact their owners and see if they’re selling their domain names. It’s very important that you get something that is very easy to remember and something that is relatively short as this will help in attracting more traffic to your website.
2. Create your own website/blog. The next step is to build your own website. It’s okay if you don’t have the needed skills and expertise as you can easily hire professional web builders/designers to do the legwork. Work with them to create a website that compliments the preferences and profile of your target audience. Ensure that it’s well-designed, easy on the eyes, and easy to navigate. Your visitors must not have any problem looking for a specific page each time they give your site a visit.
3. Write your web content. Fill your websites with useful information to give your visitors a reason to keep on coming back. Fill your pages with solutions to their problems or offer them with useful guides. For example, if you’re selling digital cameras, you can offer product review type of articles and help your prospects make well-informed decision when choosing which camera to buy. Don’t forget to make your web content keyword-rich so your website will come up on relevant listings each time your potential clients search for the keywords that are related to the products or services that you sell.
4. Promote your website. Don’t just sit there and wait for online users to find your website. Make your online presence felt by promoting it using article marketing, PPC advertising, search engine marketing, blogging, forum posting, social media marketing, etc. Then, secure better page ranking through link building campaigns and by through off and on-page optimization.
5. Launch list building campaign and distribute newsletters. Get as many visitors as possible to sign up to your email marketing list. The more subscribers, the better your chances of making decent sales. Send these people with newsletters every week and follow-up on their desire to buy your products and services. Do this until you can get them to swipe their credit cards.