10 tips and tactic to bring traffic to your niche part 6
Tip
Number 51: Traffic exchanges can help you get traffic.
After joining a traffic exchange,
you will then need to browse through other members’ webpages and in doing so
you will earn credits. These credits can
then be used to get traffic for your own submitted website, and the cycle
continues.
Tip Number 52: List builder sites help you get e-mail addresses for
your own list.
Of course, this could just as
easily be made into a lead generation method, wherein you will send e-mails to
those e-mail addresses that you got.
One example list builder sites is www.ViralURL.com
Tip
Number 53: Ads IRL.
IRL stand for “In Real Life”, so
in this case we are talking about ads with a physical presence. The basic idea is to print a stack of flyers
and posters, then slap them wherever a chance presents itself.
Some good places to stick these
are in hallways and in toilet stalls.
Hallways always have people moving through them, so simpler ads with
less text are recommended. In toilet stalls,
you can be a bit more verbose since people will be taking a bit of time to do
their thing. Your ad will become worthy
reading material, and might prove useful if the toilet paper runs out. Just kidding – or not.
Tip
Number 54: Social bookmarking.
Sites like Digg, Reddit, and
StumbleUpon are what are called social bookmarking sites. These sites basically allow users to mark
certain pages on the Web and share these bookmarks with fellow registered users
and casual visitors. Then, as more people
mark the page positively or negatively, its position of prominence on the
social bookmarking site will change.
It is in a way a social
thermometer for the popularity and interesting qualities of a Web page. You can get you page in the lists, and if
it’s set up well, then you might see a meteoric rise in popularity!
Tip
Number 55: Viral PDF works in a way similar to viral videos, though it is not
quite as big a deal
The concept lies in writing a PDF
file with useful information and spreading it amongst networks and individual
people. If it proves interesting or
useful enough, they’ll then share it with their friends and acquaintances, and
those people will do the same, and so on and so forth.
Why a PDF? PDF stands for Portable Document Format. It can be read on a wide variety of devices
and platforms, plus can be secured for both the protection of intellectual
property and against malicious attachments.
It serves as a secure format for both the giver and the receiver.
Tip
Number 56: Yahoo! Answers.
Yahoo! Answers is a site where
people can ask questions and get answers from the members of the
community. The idea is that people will
post relevant items that answer the questions.
In your case, you should search for questions that you can answer, post
a reply, and then stick your business URL in the footer. If you can find questions that relate
directly to your field of business interest, then all the better, because you
can stick your URL inline as part of the answer.
Tip
Number 57: Micropatronage?
This is basically a term that was
invented to refer to the online equivalent of an ages-old activity – asking for
money for your performances. Basically,
you ask visitors and watchers to donate money to you, since you gave some sort
of performance for free.
A good example is the model used
by webcomic authors. The webcomics are
free for anyone to view, but you have the option of donating to the author (via
PayPal, et cetera) to “keep the webcomic going”. It’s like dropping a coin into a street
performer’s hat. Now, this works to
build your list because you get identity information from donations!
Tip
Number 58: Crowd funding aka crowd financing aka crowdsourced capital
Related to micropatronage, but
different, crowd funding is the concept of getting grassroots-level people to
send and pool resources to be used to some end.
The goal may be things like disaster relief, or support for a new
invention, or political campaign funds, or in your case of interest, support
for a startup company.
There are several models to how
this is executed, which may involve some money-back guarantee to the people who
gave their money. For example, if the
target amount is not reached, the funds held in escrow will be returned. If you really want to make this work, then
you will need to feed the buzz to fill the tank, so to speak.
Tip
Number 59: Google Knol – what’s a knol?
Well, Google is passing the
“knol” off as “the unit of knowledge”.
Questions of branding and naming aside, Google Knol is Google’s answer
to the concept of a collection of user-submitted articles, categorized and
indexed by topic.
Google seems to be getting its
hands into every cookie jar in the house that is the Internet - don’t bother
thinking about how many hands it has.
Some people argue that it is like Wikipedia, others argue against that
argument. Google is trying to
prevent the vandalism that Wikipedia faces by requiring real identities for
user accounts (which may be verified by phone or credit card number). In theory, this should make the organic
database to be more truthful and unbiased.
For you though, it can be just
another way of publishing articles and getting yourself noticed. Check it out when you have the time.
Tip
Number 60: Commenting on blogs and other online content
This is a good way to get the
word out about your business, but be warned – if your reply is irrelevant to
the subject of the posted content then you face the problem of being marked as
a spammer. Keep your comments
intelligent and relevant, then insert your URL as a footer or in the comment
content if it is strongly relevant.
No one likes spam, so don’t make
the same mistake as so many other aspiring Internet marketers.
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