Instant Traffic For Free
There is only one way to get instant traffic without paying for it and that is through the use of traffic exchanges.
At a traffic exchange you surf other sites to earn credits to send people to you URL`s.
Traffic exchanges are far from the perfect solution to getting traffic; Coversion rates are horrible because the people who are surfing at these exchanges are doing the same thing you are - Trying to earn credits so they can have their websites shown. After a while surfing at these sites can become rather boring.
On the plus side traffic exchanges can be fun to use, and the are incredibly simple. They are also one of the first places newbies go when trying to generate traffic.
Traffic exchanges do work and by using the following tips you can maximize your results from them.
1) Use a splash page. A splash page is a simple page thats loads fast and has a clear call to action, usually that action is to just click on the page and then the viewer is taken to your main site.
2) Use a squeeze page. A squeeze page is similar to a splash page except it asks the viewer to leave contact information, such as their name and email address, in exchange for a free gift, usually a ebook, but it could be any time of downloadable information product such as graphics, videos, or software. The best place to find these kind of products is at Information Ninja
3) Surf multiple traffic exchanges at the same time. Do this by opening 5 or 6 of them in different tabs in your browser. Then use the ctrl key + tab key to switch from tab to tab as you click on each traffic exchanges anti-cheat bar.
Here are 3 of the top traffic exchanges in no particular order:
1) Traffic Splash
2) StartXchange
3) TS25
There are also websites that help you build a downline on several traffic exchanges - By Promoting a site such as this you may never have to surf to earn credits again, instead you will receive credits from your downline automatically. Traffic Tornado has brought me several recruits into my downlines of other traffic exchanges, Now when they surf the exchanges I earn credits.
So in spite of the cons of using traffic exchanges I can honestly recommend them, as they have worked for me in my list building efforts. Once I started getting traffic from the search engines I stopped using traffic exchanges regularily, but every once in a while, when I am looking for a relaxing brainless activity I will load up a few exchanges and start racking up the credits.
Another thing to keep in mind is to offer products on traffic exchanges that the people who surf these sites would be interested in. The most obvious being Traffic related products, after all thats why they are all there in the first place.
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Trend Tracking
September 22nd, 2008
Hanging on to the coat tails of the latest trend could be your ticket to success, but how do you go about discovering what are latest hot trends? Google offers several tools that you can use at Google Zeitgeist.
Other sites have Zeitgeists as well such as 43 things a site where people list their goals.
Yahoo’s Buzz index reports on popular news as rated by readers and top overall searches. Technorati lets you see what people are blogging about.
There is even software that makes trend tracking easier by putting some of the main sites used for analyzing trends in one place; Read the Trend Cockpit Review to find out more.
Another way of keeping up to date with what is going on in specific industries is to subscribe to rss feeds related to your business; Then whenever a new product or new news comes out you will know about it right away.
So how do you use all the information you have gathered during your trend research? It takes some intuition and lucky guesses but if you track trends on a regular basis you will find you are able to position yourself in a way to profit from popular topics in a variety of ways such as creating niche websites, or products related to todays trends. By staying informed you may be able to fill a gap that has been created by a recent trend.