10 Ways to Get Others to Send You Traffic
If you’re trying to build a steady stream of traffic on your own, you’re in for an uphill climb. You’ll need to spend a lot of time (such as on tasks like search engine optimization), a lot of money (such as on pay per click marketing) – or both.
Fortunately, there’s an easier way to get loads of traffic very quickly – and for free. All you have to do is leverage other people’s traffic and resources. Read on to discover ten ways to get other people to send you their traffic…
1. Be a Guest Blogger
Some bloggers solicit guest articles, in which case you can create a blog post and submit it for consideration. However, even those that don’t advertise accepting guest articles may be open to the idea if you give them a reason why they should.
For example, you can:
• Trade articles with the blogger (so that they get to post an article on your blog too).
• Use the blog owner’s affiliates links in your article, so that they make money when their readers buy a product.
• Offer something else attractive in trade, such as an endorsement in your newsletter.
2. Recruit Them to Your Affiliate Program
One quick and easy way to sell more products using other peoples’ traffic is by asking them to join your affiliate program.
If you’re selling digital products, you should offer at least a 50% commission rate to affiliates, and even higher for “super affiliates” (those who can send you a lot of traffic and sales). You may even offer additional perks, such as bonuses or discounts for their customers.
Tip: You can quickly and easily set up an affiliate program for your digital products using Clickbank.com (which is also a payment processor).
3. Trade Blog Links
Instead of trading content, you can trade blog links with other people in your niche (AKA “blogrolling”).
The first benefit is that it’s visible for a long period of time, as usually these links are permanently placed on the front page of the blog.
Secondly, you can also get a search engine optimization benefit if the blog has a high Google Page Rank (and if you use your keywords as the anchor text for your link).
4. Trade Newsletter Articles
If you like the idea of trading content, then consider trading newsletter articles with other people in your niche.
Tip: Look for those who also post their newsletter issues on their blogs, as then you’ll get the benefit of a backlink and ongoing traffic!
5. Co-Promote On Your Download Pages
If you have products or services that are closely related to another marketer’s products, then you may agree to trade product links on your thank you / download pages.
Alternatively, you can ask the marketer to use his affiliate link to point to your product sales page.
Either way, this tends to be responsive traffic, since they’re customers who just bought something (and thus they’re in the buying mood).
6. Swap Links On Your Subscription Confirmation Pages
Another place you can trade links is on your newsletter subscription confirmation pages. You may even agree to trade endorsements in the welcoming emails that you send to your new subscribers.
7. Do Joint Mailings
If you ship physical products, then seek out other marketers who’re selling physical products in your niche. Then ask these people to send out a flyer advertising your products in every shipment they send, and you’ll do the same for them.
Tip: Look on eBay® to find marketers in your niche who’re selling a high volume of physical products.
8. Ask to Interview Them
The biggest marketers in your niche might not be open to some of the other suggestions we’ve talked about so far, such as content swaps (especially if you’re relatively unknown and don’t have a busy blog yet). However, they may be open to you interviewing them, perhaps on a teleseminar. And if so, then they’ll also likely help you advertise the call, which means you get free traffic.
Tip: Be sure to mention your website link on the call, because then you’ll get traffic months or years from now if you distribute the recordings.
9. Co-Write and Promote Articles
Instead of creating a recording with another marketer, you can create an article together.
Example: You can each share five niche tips. Or one of you can share the tips and the other person can write the article.
Either way, you’ll get traffic because your partner will help you distribute the content, perhaps by posting it on his blog and telling his list about it.
10. Create Rebrandable Reports
Finally, you get others to send you traffic by creating rebrandible reports (using a tool like ViralPDF.com). This is where you allow others to change the affiliate links in a report to their affiliate links, so that anyone who distributes the report has the opportunity to make money on the backend.
Summary
You don’t have to invest months of work or thousands of dollars to get traffic – not when you simply leverage other people’s traffic!
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February 23rd, 2010 at 11:09 am
Hi Jimmy,
I use a lot of these tips myself, and I can say that they work really well.
Looking forward to see what’s next in your retirement plan.
Franck
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:17 am
Hi Jimmy,
I constantly use the Joint Mailing technique you explained above. It works wonders. If you ever need a huge day of traffic, do a joint mailing with someone in your niche and you should be able to get tons of subscribers and sales!
Thanks,
Bryan
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:17 am
Hi Jimmy,
Thanks for your “how to get more traffic” post, and that it was not the same old “Pay, borrow, steal” thing tha is so commont to see elsewhere.
This was a good reminder for us who have been doing Internet Marketing for a while,.Tip number 7 was something I need to look at a bit more!
Virpi
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:33 am
Love those ideas and the fact that they are free!
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:37 am
Great tips Jimmy, i’m using just a few and i know i can add the
others to my task and stop being lazy.
February 23rd, 2010 at 11:48 am
Thank you for these ideas, Jimmy. They’re super!
There are several here that I use often; most, however, are ideas I hadn’t considered for getting traffic. So I’m more than thrilled that I stopped in here today after following the link in your email.
See, email marketing does work!
Karen
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:24 pm
Jimmy,
Your article just came in the right time. just launched my site in sunny South Africa. I’ll surely be using them. Thanks for your contribution in some of your reports in my development in understanding internet marketing.
Retiring? Take time to visit my country!!
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Thank you for the tips. I just launched my website and am looking for new ways to promote it
February 23rd, 2010 at 12:59 pm
This was a good post… I’ve been looking for ways to generate more traffic with not many results. Hopefully I can master one of these ten techniques and then move on to the next one!
February 23rd, 2010 at 1:44 pm
Hi Jimmy,
I want to let you know how much I really appreciate your help. Thanks so much for taking the time to provide honest helpful content.
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:14 pm
I’ve been following your emailings and Blog for some time now. Always useful information, carefully put together, and no B.S. I particularly liked the idea of trading articles/Guest Blogging, and the trading Newsletter articles, too. Thanks. Keep ‘em coming, and never really retire!
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Thanks Jimmy,
I’m just launching my site and am pretty new to IM.
Thanks for all the great free info.
Brent
February 23rd, 2010 at 2:55 pm
All of this is what I already know. However, I have never put them to use.
Your post acted as a reminder for me.
February 23rd, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Great article Jimmy! I wish you all the best with your retirement. All the reports I’ve purchased from you have been top notch and I’m thoroughly enjoying Membernaire and Affiliatenaire!
Glennette Goodbread
February 23rd, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Great suggestions as always.
This works well in the social networking field too. I once sent out a tweet that read “RT swap” — You RT 4 ME & I RT 4 U. It worked really well. Ought to consider doing that again sometime soon.
Anything to buid synergy between people is extremely valuable on the Web.
Thanks again for your great content.
Guy Siverson
PS: Even the world’s best mousetrap goes unnoticed if it can’t be found.
February 23rd, 2010 at 7:58 pm
Cool post Jimmy, thanks very much. Am enjoying your Affiliatenaire training … and good luck with the ‘retirement’ … have to say I’m glad to see it ‘cos I get some stuff cheaper!
Best wishes (and my first product and list through blog building are courtesy of your products).
Al
February 24th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
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February 24th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
Jimmy,
Great stuff!
I’m still amazed at how many subscription confirmation pages aren’t being taken advantage of. It’s a dull window that 99% of people will expect to see something, but see nothing. So doing adswaps here is a great way to help reciprocate traffic.
Keep it coming,
Neil
February 25th, 2010 at 12:38 am
Great tip to cross promote on the download page.
Thanks for ALL the memories — MR. PLR. …
Have more fun with your family.
God, 1st, Family 2nd, You 3rd.
February 25th, 2010 at 10:39 am
Jimmy,
Great article on generating traffic !
Be encouraged. You are very valuable to God.
Walk in love, faith, peace and victory.
May God continue to Bless You Richly !
Robert
February 26th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
Jimmy,
Just a note to tell you how much I appreciate your products. Membernaire is great. Just started Affiliatenaire. Bought a bunch of ebooks before you retire them.
Thanks!
– Kurt
February 27th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Hi Jimmy,
These promo ideas are great, i have been looking for ways to add to my article marketing methods, and i have to say these will do quite nicely, actually i am in the run up to doing a viral marketing campaign of my own?
Thanks Jimmy….Ed.
http://www.skincareprofitsgoldmine.com
March 2nd, 2010 at 3:03 am
hi jimmy,
you are fantastic with sharing your ideas & i have been an avid follower for a long time. the points of getting others to send me traffic are 1) recruiting others to join my affiliate program, 2) co-promoting on my download pages, 3) co-writing and promoting articles, and 4) creating brandable reports.
your advice always delivers. I am thankful to say it has consistantly increased my traffic stats on a regular basis. you are KING! thank you for your sincerity and sharing email marketing tips thank have worked in exploding my online marketing efforts.
much thanks always,
mic
March 2nd, 2010 at 3:05 am
hi jimmy,
you are fantastic with sharing your ideas & i have been an avid follower for a long time. the points of getting others to send me traffic are 1) recruiting others to join my affiliate program, 2) co-promoting on my download pages, 3) co-writing and promoting articles, and 4) creating brandable reports.
your advice always delivers. I am thankful to say it has consistantly increased my traffic stats on a regular basis. you are KING! thank you for your sincerity and sharing email marketing tips that have worked in exploding my online marketing efforts.
much thanks always,
mic
March 5th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Hi Jimmy, I have enjoyed receiving the Membernaire and Affiliatenaire courses. You are truly a wealth of solid information. Also having access to your emails and this blog helps keep all of the info in the front of my mind.
Thank you for sharing,
Kathryn
May 19th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Hey Jimmy, I so enjoy reading your posts, they are so much more informative than so many other blogs. Your tips are great, particularly #5 and #6. I hadn’t really considered those before, thanks