by invisiblekid2007 [1]
*21 proven ways to send a flood of traffic to your Web site. Viral*
Hello and welcome to Nonstop Viral Traffic article. Over the course of
this article we'll be looking at 21 provenways to send a flood of
traffic to your Web site.
Viral traffic has always been and will always be the best way of
sending quality traffic to your site or
business, so it's a vital part of your marketing arsenal.
We've all experienced viral traffic in one form or another. Have you
ever had a friend of yours
recommend a restaurant to you at which they've recently eaten? Have
you ever recommended a car
that you've owned and enjoyed? How about a new cell phone that you've
purchased and been really
impressed with? All of these are examples of viral traffic. Why?
They're viral because you've taken a message and told some friends
about it. They're likely to pass the
same message along to their friends, and so on. Just like a virus!
We're going to take these proven ideas and apply them to internet
traffic, and we'll see just how
effective this can be. And in particular we will be looking at 21
different ways that you can use to send a
huge amount of traffic to your Web site.
We'll talk a little bit about the background and principles of viral
traffic first, and then we'll jump into
each of 21 methods of generating viral traffic.
Let's get going.
*What is Viral Traffic?*
Viral marketing on the internet has exploded in recent years. We've
all seen the likes of YouTube and
Facebook soar in popularity - these are great examples of viral
marketing. What makes them so
successful is the way in which they spread their content – through
word of mouth (or the internet
equivalent). When you consider that the population of the internet is
360 million people and growing,
you can begin to appreciate how effective viral traffic can be!
So how does viral traffic work? Well, in a nutshell, visitors to your
site see what you have to offer, and if
they like what they see they'll tell their friends. They'll either
email their friends or post it on a site like
Facebook. Their friends will see these emails or site postings and
visit the site that their friend
suggested.
Chances are that they'll also like what they see, and they'll tell
their friends. The message spreads like
wildfire, just like a virus - it doubles and doubles and doubles every
time. That's viral traffic in action!
As you can imagine, the traffic potential here is limited only by the
population of the planet. I mean,
that's outlandish and it's not realistic but the potential here really
is unlimited as the population of the
internet grows and the growth in social Web sites takes off. Word of
mouth spreads incredibly quickly.
If we take the analogy that we spoke about earlier and you assume that
one person tells two of their
friends and they tell two friends and so on and so forth, it only
takes 10 generations of that to happen
for one message to reach over 1,000 people.
What would happen if you started not with one person but with 100 or
500 or 1,000 people? Can you
imagine how much more quickly your message will spread if you tap into
this incredible resource?
Consider social networking sites like Fark, Digg, Reddit and
StumbleUpon. They are hugely popular, and
the traffic that these sites get everyday would make you green with
envy.
Visitors come to these sites because they're looking for
recommendations to find stuff on the internet.
These sites have built a reputation of showcasing interesting web
sites, and so when people visit these
sites and find a link to your site they're going to be far more likely
to visit.
We want to use that trust element to our advantage when building our
viral marketing plan. As you're
about to see, building that trust relationship between you and your
visitors is key to successfully
generating viral traffic.
*Why should you care about viral traffic generation?*
Viral marketing is not just for the big boys out there. You might
think that you need a huge marketing
budget to take advantage of viral traffic, but that is simply not the
case at all. You don't need any flashy
ads to be produced to benefit from viral traffic, and it should
definitely be an important part of your
overall marketing effort.
There are several reasons that you should be using viral traffic
generation, so let's take a look at some of
those right now.
*It's Fast and Effective*
We've already touched on just how fast it can be.
*It's Inexpensive*
Viral traffic generation does not have to cost you a single dime.
*It Shields You from Any Negative Comments*
As soon as you start making yourself known on the internet by offering
a product or service, nine times
out of ten it's going to be received very well.
But remember, the internet is a voice box for everybody out there.
And there is always the chance that someone will say something
negative about your site or service,
probably for no reason other than to be nasty. By utilizing viral
marketing and taking advantage of viral
traffic, you shield yourself from negative comments. How? Because
you're beating them with sheer
numbers. If you've got so many positive comments out there, the
occasional negative one will get lost
in the noise.
*It Can Find Customers*
Viral marketing can find customers that you never knew you had. Your
current marketing plan might
target very specific niches, while viral marketing could open up your
traffic income to whole other
demographics you just didn't even know were there.
*How much will it cost me?*
The 21 methods that we're going to follow here range from free, which
is the vast majority of them, to
some that could start to cost you a little cash. But remember, the
majority of the techniques we're
going to look at are free.
Once the message is out there, the message takes care of itself. The
population of the internet takes
care of spreading your message for you. The only cost that it may
incur would be to pay for the extra
bandwidth that you're going to need because of the huge amount of
traffic you're about to receive!
*How it Works*
Now that we've talked about the benefits of viral traffic let's get
down to the nitty gritty and talk about
some of the questions that you may have right now. And first and
foremost in your mind is likely: how
do I make my message go viral? Well there are no guarantees, obviously
in life, and also in viral traffic
generation. But there are things you can do that will increase your
chances of success.
Successful viral marketing is a mixture of skill, timing, know-how and
luck. You might get lucky right out
of the gate and find the technique that works best for you. It might
take you ten times to find the one
that really works for you. But the key here is to keep at it because
you will find at least one method that
will drive quality traffic to your Web site.
The key to successful viral marketing is to be unique. We've probably
all received emails (I know I have)
from friends that point me to a YouTube video. And it's something that
obviously caught the attention
of millions of people because it's unique in some way. It's either
really funny or it's a new take on
something that's been done before. Perhaps it's visually unique. Any
one of these will cause people to
pay attention and pass the message along.
If you can think outside of the box with your message, you're really
going to increase your chances of
success.
It's important, before we get started, to remember that internet users
are pretty savvy. They're not
gullible people (for the most part). Typically they're not the
12:00-flashing-on-the-VCR type of people.
If they've spent any amount of time on the internet, they've been
exposed to a number of different
things. Always keep that in mind; don't assume that you're smarter
than they are or that you've got one
up on them in any way. Just always keep in mind that they're just as
savvy as you are and therefore it's
easy for them to recognize a cheap knockoff.
Why do I mention this? Well, if you were just replicating and
duplicating something that you've seen
out there before, they're not going to waste any time on it. They're
going to skip along to the next email
or Web site link or whatever. What we want to do in order to be
successful with viral traffic generation
is to give them something useful and unique. If we can do that, then
as has been proven countless times
before, the message will spread like wildfire.
If you can become skilled at viral traffic generation the traffic
flood that results from this simply won't
stop. Once your message is out there, it propagates and spreads and
multiplies. The traffic might start
as trickle at first but quickly develops into a torrent and it spreads
to corners of the world that you never
expected.
It's important to remember that there might not be any one method
we're about to discuss that will
give you huge success. It's more likely that you're going to have to
employ several of these methods to
create that flood. One or two might bring in a trickle at a time.
Others might bring more traffic. But
added together the greater the likelihood you're going to succeed and
drive a huge amount of traffic to
your Web site.
Find the ones that you're most comfortable starting with and give it a
shot first. And again, as I said
earlier, think outside of the box. If you find an existing message out
there, a Web site, or a YouTube
video and it caught your attention, start with that. Work with that as
a base, try and adapt it, make it
unique, but there is certainly no harm in starting with an existing
good idea, and taking it from there to
create something that's completely your own.
Okay, without any further ado, let's start looking at the 21 traffic
generation methods!
Adam Baf
http://adambaf.com/FreeGift.html
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