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We are now just 1/3 of the way through our 21 day traffic generation series.

If you are applying any of the traffic methods provided so far, then without question you should be generating more traffic, if you apply them consistently then you will experience an overwhelming amount of traffic.

Now, one of the best ways to quickly monetize traffic is to send it to offers already proven to convert.

Many offers proven to convert can be found at Clickbank.com, ShareASale.com or PayDotCom.com. There are actually thousands of sites that offer affiliate products, however these three are a great starting point.

Once you start generating traffic you need to quickly monetize it. One of the worst things that can be done with good traffic is to throw bad offers in front of it. That is a formula for failure.

So always look to test different offers to your traffic.

In a later post we will explore the different ways to monetize all of this traffic you will be generating. So stick with me here.

Also, so that you and I are on the same page here… what we are covering in this 21 day traffic generation series are what I consider to be the tried and true traffic fundamentals.

As the internet matures and grows there are all kinds of exotic traffic methods that are born. And while I’m an advocate of testing everything, it shouldn’t be at the expense of building or sustaining a strong traffic foundation with proven fundamentals.

Also, with the fundamentals, while truly effective, they can also get to be truly boring and repetitive. And once you get that bored and tired feeling, you then open yourself up to be seduced by stuff that looks more exciting, but is either unproven or it’s a fad that will have a short shelf life.

Chase the exciting shining fads if you’d like… just please don’t do it at the expense of the fundamentals, okay?

Good.

It’s a very solid, long lasting, sustainable traffic foundation that I’m really hoping to help you to build here.

With that said, let’s turn our attention to generating traffic from eBay.

eBay is a great place to sell your products (not ebooks), and we have found it to be an even better place to generate targeted traffic and leads.

And while there are various ways to go about using eBay for traffic generation. You can click here now to download your eBay Traffic Generation Checklist and get a few proven ideas that you can test.

That’s it for today. If you’ve posted questions over the last few days, please go back and check for my response later today.

While you’re here be sure to TalkBack to me. Let me know what you think about this 21 day traffic generation series. Is it helpful at all? Do you have any questions. Whether you have questions, comments or feedback. I welcome it. So I’m listening… TalkBack to me.

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This method is old… but OUTSTANDING!

I originally started using ezine marketing back in 2001 to sell more of our trading products. However when I released my ebook The Whole Truth back in 2003 and found an over abundance of ezines to serve the market I was looking to reach… that’s when I really uncovered the amount of juice and power running simple ezine ads could have.

In fact, I wrote in The Whole Truth (and it still stands today) how I couldn’t understand why ezine owners would sell ads so cheap to list so large and responsive.

Recently, I paid $500 to go into  a higher end ezine to market our MRMI book (free +shipping) offer. In return for that $500, I got over 2,500 visitors, more than 1,400 opted in to our list, we sold over 300 books of which more than 30 took the upsell which is $97 + $39.97 monthly.

So I turned $500 into +1,400 new subscribers, +300 new customers, +$2,900 in immediate revenue and additional monthly revenue of an extra +$1,100 a month… from just one ezine that took me less than 30 minutes to write the ad for and place the order to run it.

SIDE NOTE: To give you some perspective here, by combining what you are learning here in this traffic generation series, I tend to pull in over 1,000 BUYERS A DAY to our different sites!

So how often do you think I’m out there secretly running ezine ads?

Yep, you guess it! ALL THE TIME!

Now if $500 sounds like a lot to run an ezine ad… it’s not when you compare it to the results. Also, it’s not when you consider you can run an ad in most ezines for under $50.

And I’ve taken many $50 ezine ads and turned them into $500, $1,000 and more again and again and again.

Now, just imagine if you have 10, 20, 30, 40 or even 50 ezine ads running every one or two weeks?

As part of our recommended marketing calendar to our coaching students, I give them a list of ezines and insist that they run at least 1 ezine ad per week. Reinvest profits to go into 2 ezine ads per week, then 3 ezine ads per week and so on until they max out the ezine ads in their target market.

By doing this one thing, you can experience hyper growth in your traffic, list building and sales.

Now keep in mind though, not all ezine ads will have the same response or results. For the ezine ads that don’t work out, you can do 1 of 2 things…

1. Cut it! (Remove it from your ad list)
2. Continue It! (Test a different ad or offer)

For ezines you run ads in that do work, the next move is obvious… CONTINUE IT!

Keep running it until the wheels fall off.

Okay, so there are three types of ads you can run in ezines. And I’ll list them here in order of preference as well as effectiveness.

1. Solo Ads
2. Top Sponsor Ads (some offer Middle Sponsor ads)
3. Classified Ads

Running ezine ads is a way to do fast measurable direct-response advertising that can allow you to turn dimes into dollars, dollars into hundreds of dollars, hundreds of dollars into thousands of dollars and thousands of dollars into tens of thousands of dollars.

In our training programs I provide a list of the best ezines to market biz ops, mlm, work at home, etc products in. That list exceeds over 100 different ezines. And yep… because I take this so seriously I PERSONALLY compile the list and run ads myself to measure effectiveness.

The response in this market is growing rapidly because people are looking for additional income or a whole new income source and since it’s easier to start your own business today than it is to get a job, running bizop offers are racking up huge revenue right now.

If you don’t have a bizop offer, all you have to do is take whatever is you’re selling and follow these instructions.

The 5 Step Instant BizOp Package

1. Create an affiliate program for your stuff if you don’t have one yet.
2. Create training materials & tools that show how to market your stuff as well as other peoples stuff.
3. Package it as a business opportunity for under $50.
4. Place ads online and offline.
5. Help people and make tons of money.

It’s as simple as that.

Most people don’t know that they can turn an affiliate program for selling shutters, skis and even dog training into a packaged business opportunity. The above 5 steps is an over simplified way, but it works.

Okay, okay, okay. Let’s get back on track here. In your eZine Marketing Traffic Generation Checklist You will find a site that will lead you to finding tons of ezines.

For starters, here are three quick ezine resources you can explore right now to locate places to run your ezine ads.

• eZine Locator (Free Resource)
• eZine Directory (Free Resource)
• Directory of Ezines (Paid Resource and worth it)

And you can click here now to download your eZine Traffic Generation Checklist.

That’s it for today. Be sure to TalkBack to me while you’re here as I always look forward to your questions, comments and feedback. I’ll be sure to catch up on answering all the questions here. So please, TalkBack to me… I’m listening!

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Let’s get started with the fast and easy stuff.

Before we do though, I’d like to share with you a quick perspective that I have on traffic generation.

First is this, I have one simple mantra when it comes to directory submissions, in fact all submissions. And that mantra is simply…

“COMMIT & SUBMIT!”

That simply means being committed to the marketing process and submitting with consistency.

Another quick note I’d like to make here if you don’t mind… I like to put traffic into two basic categories.

Those two categories are:

• Slow but Solid: (The traffic here comes in slowly at first, it builds up over time and it’s solid for the long term)
• Fast but Fleeting: (The traffic comes in fast. It pops like fireworks, but it can fade fast.)

And I also like to think of traffic as having “2 natures.”

Those 2 natures being…

• Interested: (Interested traffic are people “just looking” and are not ready to buy.)
• Committed: (Committed traffic are people already buying the types of stuff you’re selling and are more likely to buy, than not to buy.)

Perhaps later we can dive deeper into the “2 Traffic Natures” …for now, let’s look at today’s traffic generation method, which is directory submissions.

Directory submissions have been a long time staple of generating long term traffic and is part of the “Slow but Solid” category.

It’s important to have proper expectations from directory submissions. So, what can you expect? Well, you can expect the traffic to grow “gradually then suddenly.”

Directory submissions impact your site PR (Google Page Rank), your search engine position, your link popularity, it helps build site authority and of course all of these can lead to more visibility and more traffic.

All of this makes directory submissions a solid starting point in building a firm traffic foundation.

What we will cover here are the basics.

I’m sure for every person you meet that successfully uses directory submissions to generate traffic, they will have their own twist, spins, tools, ideas and so on. So, I welcome you to add to what I put here and to share your experience and ideas from your own directory submissions.

While I do have simple basic traffic generation methods that work, this isn’t about me having all the answers. So I welcome your contribution as well as your questions.

So let’s begin with Directory Submissions for Directory Traffic.

Preliminary

• Identify the URL(s) you want to submit.
• Research & identify keywords.
• Identify categories you want to submit to.
• Create a short description of your site.

NOTE: Many directories require you to submit a short summary of your site in 50 words or less. Keep it concise yet appealing and relevant to the category under which you will be submitted your site.

Directory Selection and Submission

• Choose manual, semi-automatic software or outsourced submissions.

Manual Submissions

• Identify directories relevant to your product/service, niche or industry.
• Ensure the directory is geographically suitable.
• Sign up to directory before submitting if required.
• Submit your site using the site’s submission procedure.
  
  These are different for each site, but usually involve completing a standard form with the url, description, and category of your site.

• Check your email inbox for confirmation urls.
  
  Some directory sites require you to confirm your submission by opening an activation email with a link to a special code on their site. Also note that some sites are hand-edited so your entry may not appear immediately.

Ready to start submitting your site? Click here for what I consider to be the best FREE semi-automatic, manual directory submission site I’ve ever used. You can start using it right now. It’s FREE! The ease of use will delight you… the number of directories you can submit to will surprise you. And all you have to do is “commit & submit!” …that means get started submitting.

If you want some serious desktop directory submission software, then I recommend you click here and download this free software. I’ve tried every single directory submission software I could find. And while some were pretty good, nothing produced the results of this program. So, if you want to do your own directory submission, this is my best pick. Test it out for yourself and decide if it’s right for you.

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Tomorrow, I’ll offer you a few ways to Optimize your directory submissions to improve traffic generation.

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A website without traffic is like a body without a spirit… it’s dead.

So without question, one of the critical skills that must be harnessed is the ability to generate traffic.

More specifically, generating the RIGHT kind of traffic.

While the entire equation looks like this…

RT + RO = MRMI

Decoded, this means the “right traffic” to the “right offer” means “making real money on the internet.”

For this 21 part series however, we will focus on what I consider to be the top 20 ways to generate website traffic.

As a result of this series you can expect to increase website traffic to whatever you’re selling online. And I mean really, really get more traffic to you website.

And as long as what you’re selling online fits the traffic you will be generating, you can expect to be making mo’money, mo’money… mo’money!

Now, there are two basic principles I advocate when it comes to generating traffic.

1. Get F.I.T. (Get Free Internet Traffic)
2. The P.I.T. (The Paid Internet Traffic)

There are dozens of ways to generate traffic to any offer, at anytime, anywhere.

However, there are methods of traffic generation that remain solid and fundamental to successfully making money online.

I consider those Top 20 ways to generate traffic (in no specific order) to be…

1. Facebook Marketing for Facebook Traffic
2. Article Marketing for Article Traffic
3. Banner Ad Marketing for Banner Ad Traffic
4. Blog Marketing for Blog Traffic
5. Classified Ad Marketing for Classified Ad Traffic
6. Directory Submissions for Directory Traffic
7. eBay Marketing for eBay Traffic
8. Joint Venture Marketing for Joint Venture Traffic
9. Link Building for Link Traffic
10. MySpace Marketing for MySpace Traffic
11. Podcast Marketing for Podcasting Traffic
12. Pay Per Click Marketing for Pay Per Click Traffic
13. Press Release Marketing for Press Release Traffic
14. Search Engine Marketing for Search Engine Traffic
15. Social Network Marketing for Social Networking Traffic
16. Social Shopping Traffic
17. Squidoo Marketing for Squidoo Traffic
18. YouTube Marketing for YouTube Traffic
19. eZine Marketing for eZine Traffic
20. Forum Marketing for Forum Traffic

Starting tomorrow, I will be giving you a basic, yet detailed step-by-step checklist to help you jump start your traffic generation with each of these 20 traffic generation methods.

You we can look at this as our own “Make Mo’Money March Madness!” …mo’traffic so you can make mo’money.

One other quick note. Where appropriate I will suggest the same tools that I use for automating, outsourcing and streamlining your traffic generation processes.

So, see you back here tomorrow.

In the meantime, be sure to let anyone you know that could benefit from learning these top 20 ways to generate website traffic, about this new series. This is my gift to you. And you can make it your gift to others.

As always, I look forward to your feedback. So TalkBack to me while you’re here and let me know what you think about this new 21 day series. What do you look forward to most? I’m listening… TalkBack to me!

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The old saying of “if you fail to plan, you plan to fail” is
not entirely true anymore.

Today’s marketing strategies require a different foundational
perspective. One that I’ll share with you in today’s TalkBack.

Click the play button below and listen to today’s TalkBack that
runs a short 5 minutes and 47 seconds.

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Then, talk back to me here on the DTAlpha TalkBack blog.

I want to hear your ideas, feedback, perspectives, experiences
and even frustrations around today’s important topic.

And I will be back with you on Wednesday for another DTAlpha
TalkBack session.

Your feedback is critical… so listen to the audio, and talk
back to me know.

I’m listening,
Stephen Pierce

Coming up this week on DTAlpha TalkBack.

Wednesday December 12th: How To Predict The Future And Position Yourself For Success.
Friday December 14th: The 3 Set Move To Winning Without Planning

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TalkBack is a blog where you can get updates and leave your comments! We want to hear from you! Let us know what you think!

Cheers,
Annie

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