The first steps to creating a free traffic generating system, are 1: committment, and 2: tracking….I will explain..

Assuming that you have  a domain, niche, and your carefully chosen keywords that you are targeting……. you must commit  to this task, and ONLY this task. This takes some w-o-r-k, but will pay back handsomely for a very long time.

By ‘task’ I am referring to setting up a list of things to do each and every day to start driving traffic to your site.

As an example:

Monday: write an article about one keyword, at least 400 words, and submit it to 5  article directories. slightly alter each of the 5 articles. once they are published, copy the url to the article,then  tweet (using twitter,facebook,etc.) and ping (pingler.com) the url once per week. Create a Squidoo lens about your niche (being careful to follow their tos) linking back to your article, and website.

Tuesday: Compose a press release about one of your niche keywords with links to your article url and website. submit this to Free press release.com. copy the url of the press release when published to later tweet and ping. If your website does not have a blog…start one, either on your site or a free site such as blogger or wordpress. I suggest your own hosted wordpress blog with your top keyword in the url. Post useful, relevant information at least two to three times a week. and of course, tweet and ping the posts…..almost forgot to mention, put a link to your article within the post.

wednesday:  Create a free Hubpage around one of your keywords…..very much the same as the Squidoo lens.

I am going to stop here, because you should be getting the point about committment. You cannot write ONE article, submit it and then do NOTHING for weeks while expecting droves of visitors……wont happen. setv a continuing schedule that you feel comfortable with and keep at it. Do not stop creating content, articles,releases,free web 2.0 pages, and interlink them to your website. ping the urls of all….I call this ‘promoting the promoters’.

This is not pushbutton, or a traffic explosion at the drop of a dime, BUT something even better! This will get you started ranking in the organic (free) search results for at first, some obscure long tail keywords, and then over time, more and more higher ranked keywords, untill you start seeing your site on page one for a bunch of different keywords, some of which will even be highly competitive ones.

On to part two…tracking

I know that everyone has knowledge of tracking clicks, sales and such, but your tracking needs to start at the very beginning with traffic generation. When you know where your traffic is coming from, ie press release, hub page, article, etc…..you can then follow through to finding what traffic sources are bringing the most visitors, the most sales, spending the most time on your site, demographics and much much more.

There are some very good tools to accomplish this….one free one that I like to use is Statcounter.com

easy to set up and use…..a very useful cache of information.

Do the things that most people fail at, and you are on your way!

Here is a FREE software program that you can use to quickly and easily submit articles, press releases, videos and more!         Free Software

much more to come….this is just scratching the surface!

This is quite easy with just a little work on your part.
I’ll take a totally random topic such as “landscaping” and type into Google search, “what is landscaping”

Several results are returned. One to catch my eye is from wisegeek.com, and it tells us…
“Landscaping is a profession which involves manipulating the natural environment in an area to make it look a certain way. This profession often relies heavily on gardening, but landscaping also involves the installation of walls and other features, the construction of buildings, and the consideration of an area as a whole. There are a variety of reasons to practice landscaping, ranging from a desire to make an area look attractive to a push to make an area functional for recreation.”

Just one paragraph, yet this information could be a fantastic start of an article, e-book, or blog post. This site, along with several others that the search returned, are chock full of good information that you could use.

Next, I typed in “landscaping how to”
When you type into the Google search box, there will appear below, suggested searches that people are activly searching.

This tells you what people in that niche are interested in, and what areas that you should be focusing on.

There is a really cool tool available that I use often, and is a tremendous time saver for researching new projects. It is called “Answer Analyst”

and there is a video on this page that describes what it will do for you.

It is a software product that is for sale, however, the time it has saved me in writing articles and researching new niches is priceless.

With some good information under your belt you can now easily compose a free report that can be given away to your readers, as well as some quality articles and many blog posts. You are now labled as an expert! keep up the good work.

By list, I’m referring to the subjects that you are knowledgeable or passionate about. You know, those things that you could go on about for days without repeating or being boring.

Those are the subjects that you are going to blog about.
Subjects that you are going to build lists around by offering a monthly newsletter for each one.

There is a pattern to follow that will set your online business in motion.

* Website (blog about (niche))
* List (followers of your niche)
* Post 4-5 times a week or more (build traffic)
* Offers (free information, advice,tips)
* Monetize (offer products(good ones)) sell ad space (adsense, other) monthly subscription newsletter?

What does that mean?
simply put, build traffic to your website or blog, while also building an auto responder list.
Give good, useful information to your subscribers. When you find an affiliate product that could really be of benefit to your list, show them the offer through an e-mail…..don’t try to sell, just offer.

As your lists grow, so will your income, but remember. Only offer value to your subscribers.

Not all topics will have a huge following, or search volume, but that is o.k. I know of marketers who have as few as a couple thousand subscribers, yet earn a very good living…..how?

By building relationships with your subscribers. Always offer items of great value, and over deliver. One of the secrets to becoming a successful marketer is by NOT selling.

Where do I Start?

How do I start?……..these are probably the most often asked questions that new marketers have when first starting out.

Most courses will tell you to “start a blog” or “find a niche that is profitable”, and yes, those could be good places to start, however, those two statements are very general in nature, with little or no real direction.

Let’s tackle the first one…..blogging.

Blogging is great….even awesome, if you have a clear and solid path that you are following. Such as…
* What is your topic
* Are there a lot of people interested in this
* Is this something you are knowledgeable about

These are a few things to consider before jumping right in.
Next, on to Niches….

Everyone tells you to “find a profitable niche”
I have a problem with that. What we should be teaching is “how to profit from your niche”

Now, not every single niche is going to be a goldmine, but most of them can be monetized in some manner.

Your First Step

I want you to write out as many topics that you care deeply about and have some knowledge in.

This should include hobbies, interests, opinions, likes, dislikes, everything.

*Do you remember this book?

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It became a best seller and spawned a series of “chicken soup” spin offs that sold millions of copies. This book was nothing more than a compilation of OTHER people’s short, yet inspirational stories. The authors had an idea to compile some short stories into a book and see what happens. They didn’t even write the stories, just put them together into a book.

Why am I telling you this?

Just as an illustration of how easy it can be to make money with an idea. Granted, not every idea will be as successful as chicken soup, but you never know if you don’t try.

Compile your own list of interests and such.

Check back here for the next post to see what to do with these interests.

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All About Niches

When you create your own information product, the first step is to find a profitable niche, or market to go into. This is a very simple process when you know the steps to take.

Here you can download a free Niche selection pdf that tells exactly how to locate niches in a clear and simple format.

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There are three areas in which people trying to make money online struggle, and fail. One, not knowing how to pick a product or niche. Two, not knowing how to drive targeted traffic to their site. And three, not taking action on either one or two.

Seriously, this is not rocket science, it’s just a matter of following a plan of action, and sticking to it. I know that I have said this before in other posts, but it deserves repeating….If you are indeed SERIOUS about an online business (yes, business!) then before you put in the time and effort of building a traffic system, get your own domain name, hosting, and auto responder. There are several, if not hundreds of reasons to have your own domain and hosting that I will leave for a later discussion.

O.K. hopefully you have your name, hosting and traffic getting blog in place. Now what?
The SEO blog software that you downloaded for free will optimize your blog, ping many different search engines every time you post, and more. Your job is to add content regularly……a couple 2 or 3 times a week is good. Next comes articles. short 300 or so word articles written around the different keywords for your chosen niche, with a link back to your site in the author bio box. Submit each article to about 25 free article directories. Book mark the articles using social bookmarking sites, such a “delicious”
Articles bring traffic. plain and simple. with some practice, you should be able to see your article in the first few pages of search results, if you chose your keyword phrases carefully. This will become steady, long term, free, targeted traffic!

Another source where you can get almost immediate traffic is with “Backpage ads” This is a free ad site that Google loves. In fact, you can get fast search ranking with Craigs list as well.One more free tool that gets good rankings, is Squidoo. The only problem with Squidoo nowadays is that they have gotten very fussy about what topics you can write about and number of links that you can post. However, if you just stay within their T.O.S you will not have any problems and should enjoy some quality free traffic from there as well. I could go on and on with more resources, linking strategies, video, audio, out sourcing and more. The fact is, if you write articles and keep writing articles, this alone will bring hoards of traffic. The key is to get busy and DO something. Stay focused on your task and you will get there.

Years ago, when I was trying my hand at MLM, there was a fella who spent roughly 10 hours a day on his vacation from work (he teaches school) surfing traffic exchanges. The results you get from traffic exchanges are dismal at best, however he kept surfing, and tracking his results, and managed to fill his matrix!…….I use this example only to show that action is truly a factor. There is no magic button, there are some programs that can help, but short of outsourcing everything, nothing takes the place of taking action.

The absolute secret to making money online is this…………There is NO secret!

Let me explain……..I was one of the ones searching for “the missing piece” or “the secret code” or whatever other type of B____T! that they try to sell you on.
Not to burst anyone’s bubble, but there is no “magic” button to push, or program that you can “plug into” and start making massive money……sorry……The reality side…..yes you can make money online…….No, it is not difficult………Yes, it Does require work………And Yes, if your serious about this and not just screwing around, you need a domain name…a Hosting account….and an Auto responder.

For some reason, the last sentence turns many people away for whatever reason, and they continue to throw money away on this program or that program, that promises the sky, and of course, fails on delivery. If the reason that people get turned away is because of not wanting to spend money, lets break it down………Your domain name is about $8 to $10 a year……yes, a YEAR……Web hosting, is anywhere from $5 to $12 a month…….An auto responder costs roughly the same as web hosting……..How many $47 or maybe $67 e-products have you bought?……….And how much money have they made you?

Think about this….You have a domain name, a hosting account and auto responder set up, online and getting traffic. You then come across an incredible niche that you are really excited about…..what would be the cost of a second domain with hosting and a new series of messages for a new mailing list? answer: the cost of your second domain name, or about $12 a year! My Hosting account lets me host nearly unlimited domains, and my Auto responder allows me to run multiple e-mail lists. What other type of business is there that you can get into with such a minimal expense, and then expand at will for $12 a year?

This is THE secret that all of the big guns of internet marketing use.

Create (a product) …Promote (to their list and the lists of their guru friends)
Then Repeat Repeat Repeat…

So the cost is really irrelevant …what about the techno stuff, like a website…..simple, and very effective,your Hosting account lets you install a WordPress blog with one click of the mouse. Then you download and install a FREE traffic getting plugin and you now have a website that only needs some content.

The short and sweet run down on how this all fits together is as follows……You find a niche that you want to market….you don’t even need to have a product of your own, you can market someone else’s from sites such as Clickbank…..You purchase a domain name related to your niche……set up your Wp blog on your hosting site, offer something for free to your visitors, such as a free e-book,and capture their name and e-mail in exchange for the free download, which goes to your auto responder that starts sending a series of follow-up e-mails delivering good free content to them with an occasional mention of a product that you are selling…..Thats the short version of the big secret to making money online…….a little work, (I will explain in detail…easy)…..yet once set up, requires only updating.

Once you have an established niche site up and functional, it’s time to start another one.

This has been a very general post, but will be followed up by a series of future posts expanding on niche research,how to find one…….picking a domain name…..Setting up your website…….writing follow-up e-mails for your auto responder, and putting up a lead capture page.

Click Here For Part 2

Before you begin the task of building your backlinks, articles, social bookmarking, etc., you need to have drilled down your keywords to the most targeted to the market you are trying to attract.
Try to pick the “buying” keywords, as well as the ones with decent search volume and low competition.

Once you have your chosen “core”
words or phrases, you are ready to start the task of building your system.
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