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There is one particular viral traffic echange style site that is alot different from the rest - in a good way.  This site has you visit other sites daily to move up your place in the directory where other members will visit your site and so on.  Kind of like a traffic exchange mated with a directory.

I have been using LinkReferral for some time, usually to get a site “kick-started” or to test various copy.  It works well for this purpose because the traffic is nearly instant.  The downside is to continue recieving traffic, you need to at least log in daily.

The other side of LinkRefferal is that you can give and recieve reviews to other members.  Nice if you are looking for input on your site because most of the reviewers actually give you decent feedback and suggestions.

I mention this because I was just using it to get feedback on a landing page copy and just had to smile at how fast and easy it is.  Now, this won’t give you a flood of traffic, but an extra 20 - 50 visitors a day plus a chance to network seems worth it to me.

If you want to give it a try, heres the link: http://www.linkrefferal.com - Enjoy & I’ll see ya there!

Website Traffic & Traffic Tips & Free Web Traffic & Text Link Exchange & Viral Traffic Amber on 24 Feb 2007

Heres a quick free traffic tip that uses PRWeb, but not as a press release. I stumbled on this by accident because it is so subtle, but now that I am wise to it…

Well, here goes. If you are blogging, why not from time to time touch on Industry news with information from a press release? It’s good content, relevant information. Ok, so you make a post about a news release on your blog and trackback PRWeb.com using the trackback link in the press release.

This will give you a link on the pressrelease at the bottom under “Trackbacks”. See this example:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/1/prweb499960.htm
(Scroll to Trackbacks/Comments Recieved)

Obviously, to be most effective, you would want to choose popular press releases. I know this only scratches the surface of the free traffic available to bloggers using trackbacks, but we will save the rest for another time. For now, this is a simple and effective trick. Have fun!

Website Traffic & Traffic Tips & Free Web Traffic Amber on 18 Feb 2007

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, I have been sooo busy with my latest projects that I simply havent had the time. More to come soon on those including the scoop on my “live experiments” in viral traffic building.
I decided to to some reading last night for the first time in what seems like forever and I read a really good free ebook that some of you might be interested in.

The ebook is “Super Blogging” and it was released yesterday by the guys from LightMindSoftware.

I started reading this and simply couldn’t stop - it was good, relevant and brand new info on how to get traffic and make money with blogging. I will warn you, it discusses some black-hat techniques, so if thats not your style you may want to pass, but for those who wear hats of any color - this is an excellent read.

It’s free to download, just go here and sign up: Super Blogging

The download also includes a free copy of the “Article Infuser” software. I haven’t taken this one for a spin yet, but I will soon and Ill let you know what tricks it does. If your curiousity cant wait, you can grab it yourself at the link above for free.

Let me know your thoughts on it, mabye we can share some ideas…

Website Traffic & Free eBooks & Traffic Tips & Free Web Traffic & Web 2.0 & Blogs and Traffic & Black Hat Amber on 17 Feb 2007

Well, actually this one is more about getting juicy one way backlinks than direct traffic, although that will happen as too. Going back to the age old concept of giving a little to get a lot, this tip is an excellent way to build long term natural backlinks and traffic to your site while giving away useful stuff that people really want.

As more and more people discover the joys of blogging, there is a seemingly insatiable demand for blog templates. It’s not just people who need templates for a new blog, many long time bloggers regularly update the look of their site as well.

So, here are the makings of a win-win situation. We need backlinks, they need blog themes. If you are crafty, you can make some nice looking Wordpress themes and give them away for free, with a small sponsor credit link (with keywords as anchor) back to our target site.

If you aren’t so handy, it’s not terribly expensive to have wordpress themes developed for this purpose. Heck, it’s a lot cheaper than buying backlinks.

As for the actual giving them away part, this does involve a bit of work. You can start by submitting to the Wordpress theme viewer site. And, then also contact smaller theme directories (a Google search yields plenty). You can also directly contact bloggers who keep up to date lists of WP themes and politely mention that yours is available. Be sure to have a demo, screenshot and download link ready - make it easy for them to add your theme to their blog.

The benefits of this technique are one way backlinks where you control the anchor (tip: have more than 1 version, vary anchor) that grow over time naturally. Also, curiosity clicks that translate to direct traffic. Plus, of course you are giving back to the Internet community - now, doesn’t that give you warm fuzzies?

Website Traffic & Traffic Tips & Free Web Traffic & One Way Backlinks & Blogs and Traffic Amber on 23 Jan 2007

When most people think of Private Label Rights, they think of articles to use in their websites.  Articles are great and content does equal traffic, but there is another cool way to use PLR to drive traffic to your site.

If you arent familiar with the concept of PLR, here is the 2 second explination… You know how most people hate to write?  Well, PLR solves that.  You can buy PLR articles, ebooks, etc… that you can slap your name on and call your own.  You don’t have to write a word or credit anyone - it’s as if you wrote it.  You can repackage them, slice and dice them and use the content any way you choose.  Neat, huh?

There are tons of PLR sites out there with a variety of content on many niches.  Here are a couple to get you started…

Automatic Niche Profits

Niche Content Elite

Well, private label articles don’t only make great content for websites, they also make great content for free ebooks.  Take a PLR article pack and add links to your website and affiliate products.  Use one of the many free PDF conversion softwares out there to turn it into a PDF file.  And, give that puppy away.

Give it away to as many people as you can.  Give it away with resell rights and other people will give it away for you.  To be most effective, you will need to write a short sales letter to go with it.

The idea is to make your free ebook go “viral”. If enough people see and share your ebook, you will have a ton of free traffic for years to come, not to mention comissions from the affiliate links you included in the book.

Once you do it once, do it again and again.  Let the viral nature of free ebooks promote your site for you.  It’s a great residual traffic technique that you will swear by once you give it a try.

Website Traffic & Private Label Rights & Free eBooks & Traffic Tips & Free Web Traffic Amber on 21 Jan 2007