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Ok, I’ve been blogging a lot about Driving Free Traffic to your blogs lately via Social Media Marketing. I went back to reviewing Traffic Secrets by John Reese and checked out what still works and what doesn’t…

From what my subscribers tell me, one of the toughest and most asked questions is how to get traffic to your site. Their are free methods to drive traffic to your site if you go about it the right way. traffic is the lifeblood of your web site and if you don’t get enough traffic to the site it will die a slow painful death and we don’t want that to happen do we. Here are some that you can still use and still work.

Many great free methods to drive traffic to your site is out their. Let’s go over some of these traffic generating ideas so you can have a better grasp of what you need to do.

One of the more popular ways are through traffic exchange programs. These programs are widely used by people with various success. Many times it depends on alot of different factors that you have no control over. The best part about traffic exchanges is you will get some free traffic to your site which can only help.

Another free traffic method is using articles to drive it their. Writing articles and submitting to article directories will drive traffic to your site and it’s a great free way that people are using more today than ever before. The biggest advantage of this method is it keeps working as most of the articles are picked up by search engines and can stay on for years thus giving you traffic month after month.

Social network sites are the newest craze and a great way to drive traffic to your sites. Social networking is where you meet people like yourself and you can exchange ideas about growing your business. The best part about social networking is the relationships that are built through these organizations. These are great traffic builders for your business. I’ve been writing a lot about Social networks and I highly recommend you test and try it out for yourself. I already compiled a list of Social Media sites that you can use.

Using splash pages(some call it optin pages or flycatchers) and a free gift to drive traffic to your sites. A splash page is a fancy designed or even a generic page that let’s you give away a free gift in exchange for their email address and name. These pages can also redirect these customers to your web site once they sign up. Sure they may only sign up for the free gift, but you now have an email address to market to and their taken to your web site. You win twice in this method. Blogs is probably the hottest thing right now in Internet marketing and it gives you a way to get tons of free traffic to your site in various ways.

You can also use blogs like this one your reading, I know a lot of people who use blogs to drive free traffic to their sales pages. Since you don’t really update your one page salesletter(unless you constantly test different headlines and update it) then having a blog assures that you continue to update your site and in return the Search Engines love you.

Some free traffic methods that still work well, but have been overlooked are free classified ads. Free classified ads are still used on the Internet and contrary to popular belief they do work. People visit them and actually see what people have to offer. Classified ads don’t pull like they once did, but don’t kid yourself they are still a valuable resource. I’ve saved the last two as they are my favorite.

Signature files are usually what is attached below your signature be it in an email or a post on the Internet. These signature files will get clicked on and free traffic is the result from them.

The last and in my opinion one of the best ways is to visit lots of forums. Forums let you create a signature file and most will let you post free ads to drive even more traffic to your web site. Each day new forums are put up and it doesn’t look like that will stop anytime soon. Forums are one of the best free traffic methods that exist today.

As I always say, test and track it and see if it works for you and your business model. It really doesn’t hurt you if you hit a home run if it boost your traffic five percent here or ten percent there. It all adds up in the long run.

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Blogs are all the rage and that isn’t going to change anytime soon. Why a blog is a must in today’s world can be answered many different ways. One guy who has a nice blog and uses it for many purposes is John Delavera. Delavera has learned that connecting with customers and friends is very important if you really want to take your business to the next level. His blog does that and more. let’s dig deeper into why blogs have become a very powerful marketing arm and something that as a business person or just an individual you should consider them very carefully. Blogs are just what I call mini web sites that people or businesses post things on and people come to read. This can be beneficial in many different ways. Businesses benefit as they can introduce new concepts or products into the market and get a feel for how people like them or even dislike them based on a blog. Surveys can also be put up on blogs to judge how your business is progressing or what the public may think of it. Over 50,000 blogs each day are created and that trend doesn’t look to slow down anytime soon.

One of the main things people come to blogs for though is information. No matter what information drives people back to a blog that is always updated. It’s like a built in generator for traffic. Once you get it going most likely repeat people will come in and see what you have to offer. It’s just the nature of the beast. Blogs can also be a platform for your business to launch new things without a great cost to you. People launch products and other things from blogs to see what kind of a response they will receive before they spend the money for a total Internet launch. It just makes good sense to do it that way. Blogs can help you build a mailing list for your business. Your blog can be customized to have places to signup for updates and even newsletters to give your customers a heads up to what is going on. This is an invaluable resource to the company and even the people signing up for the newsletters. Blogs are search engine magnets which is another reason why you need one. Search engines love new content and blogs give you that. Getting good search engine rankings mean more people can find your site and see what your offering and in turn this could mean more money to you in the long run. Blogs build many different things for you from relationships to product awareness. As more people blog eventually they run into blogs they like and bookmark them. This means a good blog will get a following that will be loyal to your brand. Many people don’t realize this and blog just for fun. Their is nothing wrong with that, but imagine how businesses that really put an effort into blogging how their time would be cut in half as would their expenses. It’s alot cheaper to send 1,000 emails than it is to send 1,000 letters announcing a product launch. I guess in the end can you really afford not to have a blog in this money driven world of ours. The answer is no you can’t. The ones who embrace blogs are going to profit real well and the ones that don’t are going to get left behind. Hopefully you will be the one moving ahead of the crowd and use blogs to grow your business and make your life better.

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This is probably one of the most asked question on the Internet among new people who enter the fray of Internet marketing. First, we need to understand what exactly is an ezine. An ezine is an electronic newsletter that can be sent through an email or many people now put them on blogs or web sites that people may visit to read. With time being limited and sometimes lost in spam filters, more and more people go to blogs or web sites to read their favorite newsletters. The real question maybe why it’s a must to have an ezine. Many different factors contribute to why you need an ezine, so let’s look at some of the main reasons an ezine will take your business to the next level.

Ezines are meant to connect with your readers in many different ways. if you talk to people who operating an ezine they will all give you various reasons they offer an ezine. I will give you the most basic reasons which will make it easier for you to get off on the right foot if an ezine is the way you may want to go. First and foremost an ezine is a place where you can connect with people. Relationships no matter where they are have to start somewhere’s and a ezine is a good way to start that off. Ezines help you grow your business in many ways besides building relationships. People love information and many times that is why they sign up for an ezine, getting that information to the consumer is what an ezine is all about.

Ezines are probably the best business builder you could ever have if your real serious about taking your business to the next level. An ezine gives the business your in many options. Over time your subscribers build a trust in you and the ezine you publish this will transfer in more sales for you and your company growing at the same time. Publish a very good ezine and world will get around about it and even bring you more business. That’s the power of an ezine. Most Internet marketers started with an ezine and have built very successful businesses from them. Ezines are also very cost effective for a company big or small. before the Internet became big the cost of a newsletter was very expensive. You had mailing costs, printing, content seem to always be a problem. Now with the Internet basically everywhere these problems have been solved and businesses can connect with their customers quicker and more efficient than ever.

The future of ezines are always changing and businesses will need to adapt to them. The business that doesn’t have an ezine is really losing out and that will continue. The benefits of having your own ezine are to many to just ignore and act like they don’t exist. For any business to survive they need to bring in new business and a ezine can help you do this. Introducing new products through an ezine is very cost effective as your already delivering to a warm market, plus people who believe in you is another reason that ezines are a must in today’s electronic publishing world. Businesses that don’t consider using a ezine aren’t going to be around as long as the ones that do. The key to lasting is building relationships and making sure those relationships are kept. Using an ezine is one tool that can help you do that. Without the ezine your just making it alot harder to succeed in your line of chosen work.

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Blogging Internet Marketing Life Updates

We’ve had an awesome weekend with having the baby shower in Kellyville and celebrating it with our closest friends and family.

All the boys…. thank you for participating with all the games even though some you ruined your shirts.

All the girls…. thank you for supporting Jamie and I as we prepare to welcome our First BABY!!!

We will post all the pictures sometime this week. There’s some classic pics that you will enjoy.

Here’s my short video… Don’t laugh.

Have a Great Week Everyone!!!

God Bless,

Carlo and Jamie

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I’ve had great feedback with Sunday Success Quotes.. It looks like it will be a permanent sunday posting for me from now on.

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