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Add me on SphinnI’m not going to post a mega tutorial that will hold your hand and help you make thousands, but I do want to hint at you guys.
There are A LOT of ways to get free traffic and send it to affiliate offers. This idea is not new, and has been used for years. People made a killing spamming Craigslist and Gumtree (classified ad sites). Those aren’t the only 2 places people interact for free.
Think about forums for example. There are THOUSANDS of forums on the web that people interact in, and most forums are niche forums. Find forums that have the potential to sell a product in, and test it out. Just thinking from common sense, the best way to actually get conversions is to be legit – which takes time. Post for 30 minutes or so and get a bunch of posts in, let your account sit for a couple weeks so it doesn’t look like you’re a brand new member, and then pitch your offer like you’ve used it yourself. Find a forum about cars or something and say that you got a great auto insurance quote for free…could be easy money there.
I’d test something like that out but I’m way too lazy haha, so a small tip like this may be better in one of your hands. I’m more of a throw some money into ppc and let it run by itself kind of guy. But the traffic we’re talking here is 100% free, minus the time you spend on it.
There’s other sites out there where people are interacting and you can join in and pitch your product…just have to do some outside of the box thinking ;).
June 11th, 2008 at 8:21 am
cool
June 11th, 2008 at 8:27 am
Nickcakes just wrote a pretty detailed post about getting some free traffic and monetizing it with an affiliate offer. worth checking out http://www.nickycakes.com/affiliate-product-blogs/.
June 11th, 2008 at 9:00 am
haha nice he’s probably going to say that I copied him, didn’t even see that though.
June 11th, 2008 at 10:27 am
oh don’t worry, i’d be insulted if someone suggested that this post was related to anything that i’ve ever written.
June 11th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Nickycakes when you get bitch slapped by me at ASE don’t say your bitch ass was not warned! think I am kidding?
June 11th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
better record that shit for youtube
June 13th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Oh this is turning ugly…
June 13th, 2008 at 8:12 am
flex them e-muscles.
June 11th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Good post to you Paul, and definitely a decent resource there Neil that you posted.
I really enjoy the comments and the posts that are made at this site. I continue to read it daily! Keep it up Paul :)
June 11th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Good post? Nicky posted about it before. And well, I just unsubscribed. Did you notice that you are telling me to test things out for you? LOL!
June 11th, 2008 at 9:20 am
How am I doing that?
Have a good one brohan.
June 18th, 2008 at 8:13 am
hahahahahahahaha who are u talking about? paul or nickycakes? hahahaha thats funny!
June 11th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Forums can be a gold mine for free traffic, it really isnt hard to find 2-3 in your niche and participate occasionally.
June 11th, 2008 at 9:46 am
wow, so your “out of the box” idea is to do spammy sales pitches on forums for free traffic?
now i can see why you charge 5k/month for consulting
June 11th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Another idea is to go into flickr or any other photo site and search for images that match your niche. Seen a lot of people do this. Not sure on the success rate and you need to watch your throttle on how much posts you make.
June 11th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Would you think direct linking or a landing page would convert better on this sort of stuff? I know it depends on the offer… but lets use diet pills as an example.
June 11th, 2008 at 11:14 am
>> and then pitch your offer like you’ve used it yourself
Or, here’s an original thought: Only vouch for products IF you’ve actually used them yourself.
But, hey…that would require too much work, eh?
I’m not advocating that you have to use a product to promote it…but if you’re gonna SAY you did, then maybe you should. There’s a bunch of people behaving like idiots in the world already…why not make a decision to make a change for the better…starting with yourself?
June 11th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Very true. Very true.
I’m still pulling 5,000 uniques a day from CL.
June 11th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Masterm1nd,
Wow, how the hell are you able to pull that off. I’ve done some posting but not as close as what you’ve done.
June 18th, 2008 at 8:20 am
forum posts work very well especially for blog sites so thats it..nothing much here just that nobody is paying attention!
June 11th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
Masterm1nd,
Wow, how the hell are you able to do that. I’ve done some posting but not as close to what you have done.
June 11th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
what’s CL
June 13th, 2008 at 7:23 am
craigslist
June 11th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
In two weeks I’ll be offering a great site were affiliate marketers and bloggers will be able to get some free traffic. Wait for it!!!
June 11th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Youtube is one. Free traffic.
June 11th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Out of the box… said before… whatever you want to call it, a free tip is a free tip. Perhaps someone offered this idea before, and perhaps 50 people have. The point is, if 1 person reading this blog didn’t know about it prior to reading the post than it was worthwhile. Nickycakes might be upset that this is “duplicate” content or whatever but I honestly never heard of him prior to today. Now I will check him out… so Nicky, be a nice boy and say thank you to UA for helping to deliver a new visitor to your website. Most of the “tips & tricks” out there are recycled from blog to blog and ebook to ebook, but not EVERYONE has read ALL OF THEM! Again, I will spend all year reading this blog if it gives me a few free tips that pays off. Isn’t that what happens with affiliate marketing anyway, you fail much more often then you win?
June 11th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Somebody said they had pretty good luck promoting ebooks and stuff over at WickedFire. Might be worth checking out.
June 13th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Hell yeah, I make 5,000 dollars a month from promoting ebooks on WickedFire! Pure Gold….Pure Gold…
June 11th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
There are many different ways to utilize free traffic. Entrecard, forums, blog posts, article marketing, link bait… the list goes on. Just set a certain amount of time aside each day or week to utilizing free traffic.
June 11th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Dont ya guys know that Nickycakes does it on purpose.
He knows from he’s log files how many visitors he gets from here and there by being in your face and contreversial.
They ‘Both’Uber/Nicky feed of each other almost on a secret agreed deal i feel :)
June 18th, 2008 at 8:23 am
i partly agree with you man….them fuckers are always fighting and it pulls attention of the others…very funny way of getting traffic…check out how many subscribers nickycakes has…awesome but you both are fuckers! :D
June 12th, 2008 at 8:00 am
Free Traffic is always the best.. You can make a killing on PPC but you get natural rankings for thsoe terms and you aren’t paying a dime :)
June 12th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Well, I can definitely say that I’ve tried the forum route and it does bring in great traffic… if you do it right. I haven’t tested out the AM aspect of it though, but I’m sure it shouldn’t be hard if you’re getting good traffic and not spammy.
Jay
June 13th, 2008 at 1:07 am
Free Traffic Sources Is Always the best great blog post
June 13th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Free traffic is all good and well, but how bout teaching about how to get it in a bit more detail :D
June 14th, 2008 at 11:45 am
I’d love to hear about some other free traffic sources than just forums. I know this is a huge opportunity, and I love the concept of getting hits to aff marketing projects. Thanks for the info :)
June 14th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Great tips, thanks for sharing :-)
Maria Reyes-McDavis
June 15th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
This post is worthless – check out wickedfire.com where they are already making fun of Uber.
June 16th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Paul, this post is a great one!!!!! I just found out your blog and really happy about it!!! Hope will enjoy all your posts!!1
June 17th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Free traffic requires a lot of time and you have to be constant and dedicated. You can’t be lazy about it.
June 18th, 2008 at 1:09 am
Why so rude. Any post has at least some really useful info … The key thing is to apply this piece of info properly
June 20th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
How about chat rooms? Nobody ever talks about chat room marketing, but from past experience I can say it works very well. It’s real time traffic generating!