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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!

Also, if you enjoyed this post, will you be so kind to social bookmark us? Thank you! See you back here tomorrow.

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okay…

So, this is another easy one.It wasn’t in the list of Top 20 because I had it as a sub group of Social Networking.

Anyway… this rocks like crazy! So much so it can be addictive.

I mean really… you don’t get any easier than this for traffic generation.

I can quickly get pages listed in Google on page 1 or 2 in less than 24 hours by doing this one thing.

And for sure, this method of traffic generation is in the “Fast But Fleeting” category.

You can get fast traffic, but it will fade quickly until you create a strong enough social presence to sustain the positions your establish.

I love this… it’s exciting

So let’s get started.

Preliminary

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

I should state here that KEYWORD RESEARCH is the most important part of this.

You can give a partial effort to social bookmarking but if you use the right keywords it will stay pay off in spades.

If you use the wrong keywords, it makes no difference how much effort you put into social bookmarking… even if you outsource it your results will be nonexistent.

Social Bookmarking

• Choose manual, semi-automatic software or outsourced.

Manual Submissions

If you’re ready roll up your sleeves and get started doing some social bookmarking to see traffic in a matter of hours, I can think of no better free site to use than this http://socialmarker.com.

Sure, there are many sites out there, however this one has proven itself to be worth the manual effort.

I should also note here that I do social bookmarking is a very specific way. A way that’s a little to complex to describe here so I only teach it in my live training workshops.

That said… social bookmarking is sooooo straight forward as long as you use the right keywords anyone can see results in a matter of ours and see traffic just as fast.

Semi-Automatic Software

While this program could use a better name, It’s worth the semi-automated effort to get faster results with your social bookmarking. Click here, check it out for yourself and see if you like it.

Outsourced

I wouldn’t recommend outsourcing this to a company the provides social bookmark services. The reason why would require a huge list here.

While not all services are created equal, I’ve personally hired many different services only to find them social bookmarking in accounts that get banned, social bookmarking on crappy networks and in one case, getting my site banned.

So careful, careful… careful.

For now, I would suggest you grab some semi-automatic software and either do it yourself, have a partner do it, have one of your children do it or do some direct cheap outsourcing …which we will cover later on.

If you only wanted to focus on a handful of social sites to social bookmark your sites, I suggest you focusing on these 7 sites…

1. http://www.stumbleupon.com
2. http://digg.com
3. http://technorati.com
4. http://delicious.com
5. http://www.reddit.com
6. http://buzz.yahoo.com
7. http://www.mixx.com

Okay, that’s it for today. I’ll see you back here tomorrow. In the meantime… get to social bookmarking your sites.

Before you do though. I’d love to hear back from. Please TalkBack to me by posting your comments and questions and I will respond. So, TalkBack to me!

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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.

RECOMMENDED FOR BEST RESULTS: For more than 2 years now I’ve been outsourcing our directory submissions. And for every site I’ve submitted using this service, I have 100% of the time achieved page 1 and page 2 rankings in Google for relevant high traffic “targeted” keywords. Click here to check them out for yourself and see if their service is right for you.

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

Be sure to TalkBack to me while you’re here. I always look forward to and enjoy your feedback. If you enjoyed today’s post, please be so kind to Buzz us up on Yahoo! Buzz by clicking on the “Buzz Up!” graphic above.

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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!

Also, would you so kindly click on the “Bookmark It” link below and bookmark us to your favorite social bookmarking site? Appreciate you for doing that. Thank you.

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Here is a 4 minute and 18 second video that gives you what I call, “3 Tips To Get A Grip On The Money Game!”

#1: Prepare your _______ for ______________.

#2: _________________ what you have.

#3: Improve your ______________________.

To fill in those blanks above and get a grip, watch this 4 minute and 18 second video now.

These are three simple, proven insights that are sure to improve your financial situation
if you follow through on them.

Enjoy!

God Bless YOU and YOURS,
Stephen Pierce

P.S. Be sure to TalkBack to me and let me know your thoughts, insights, and feedback from today’s video. As always, I look forward to you Talking Back to me… so I’m listening. TalkBack!

Now let’s begin…

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This FREE REPORT will be the most important first reading for you for the new year… so I encourage you to read it immediately.

In this report we will discuss the most overlooked secret to building massive financial success.

What is that overlooked secret?

It’s simple… INCOME before business.

Think about this… if you check the detailed archives of some of history’s most amazing business success stories, you will find they all have a similar tune as to how they started.

Ray Kroc built an INCOME before he built his billion dollar McDonald’s franchise.
Mary Kay built an INCOME before she built her billion dollar Mary Kay Cosmetics business.
Even Bill Gate’s built an INCOME before he built his billion dollar Microsoft empire.

So without question, if you want to follow in the foot steps of the greatest business builders… INCOME is the OUTCOME initially. And that’s the title of this Special New Year’s Report.

However, before you download it and devour it… there’s more.

You may be concerned about the economy. And if you listen to the news and marketers trying to sell you on how it will get worst so you can buy their stuff… let me be the first to tell you… that’s NOT true.

You see, people do bad in good times and they do bad in bad times. The difference is not so much the economy as it is their personal psychology.

Let’s take a quick look at history to prove this point.

Estee Lauder started its billion dollar monster business in the heart of the great depression of the 1930’s.

During the Eisenhower Recession giant corporations to include Hyatt Corp., Burger King and IHOP Corp were founded.

In the midst of the oil crisis of the 1970’s FedEx Corp. and Microsoft Corp. had the audacity to buck the trend and start companies.

During the recession of the 1980’s is when CNN and MTV Networks were started.

Rising out of the ashes of the dot com bust were AOL, Amazon, Dell, eBay, eTrade and many others.

So what do you think is most important at this time… what’s happening to you or what you do next about what’s happening to you?

It’s my hopes that you embrace the ideas in this special report and that it opens for you a new or different path, both physically and psychologically for you to make 2009 the beginning of your best ever.

So if history is to repeat itself… and I’m willing to say it is… now is not the time to get mad… it’s the time to get rich… and you can start with this special report.

With that, click here to download your FREE 16 page report, “Income Is The Outcome!” …and discover why it’s smart to build the income, then build the business.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

God Bless YOU and YOURS,
Stephen Pierce

P.S. I would love to hear back from you and get your thoughts, feelings and perspective on this report. So by all means, please… TalkBack to me!

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Merry Christmas to You and Yours!

As a special gift to you this Christmas I’d like you to feast your eyes on this 21 page report and devour its every word. A report so powerful that when understood and it’s principles applied, it’s sure to make you substantially richer in 2009.

Not only can the difference between 2008 and 2009 be staggering… you’ll be shocked at how such little effort and the use of leverage can have you leapfrogging competitors in business and jumping for joy as you experience a dramatic positive shift in your quality of life.

Now listen up, because this is not a temporary fix. When followed consistently, this will yield you permanent never-before seen increases in your financial and personal performance.

I call this report “ForeCOSTing!” …predicting success based on the cost you’re willing pay.

Click here to download your 21 page “ForeCOSTing” Report.

It’s contents has already been the jackpot for many others… and I’m sure it will be the same for you.

So let’s get started… and again… MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS!!!!!!!!!

Click here to download your 21 page “ForeCOSTing” Report.

God Bless YOU and YOURS,
Stephen Pierce

P.S. Be sure to TalkBack to me after you read the report and let me know your thoughts, feelings and feedback. As always, I look forward to your perspective and you talking back to me… So TalkBack to me!

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Do you grunt and groan when you look at how much money you’ve made… versus how much you would like to make?

Do you feel insulted when looking at the gap between where you want to be financially and where you actually are?

There is one thing that can close that gap.

Without this one thing, your business will have clogged financial arteries.

So indulge me for a minute and allow me to massage into your mind today “the obvious secret” to ditching the financial dumps and trading up to a money soaked lifestyle.

In today’s DTAlpha TalkBack Session we discuss the missing ingredient that can turn your business from a ghost town to creating a parade
of buyers.

The audio is only 9 minutes and 09 seconds.

So listen now and your senses will be awakened to the one single element that can have you sprinting to bigger and faster success.
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This one insight back in December 1999 helped me to make over $500,000 in my first 12 months on the internet in the year 2000 with a list of only 1,200 people. And now my wife and I operate a real 8 figure business, and still work from home. “Yea Baby!”

Be sure to TalkBack to me while you’re here. I’m waiting… I’m all ears… I’m listening!

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Okay, so what does it really, really take for you to win at the marketing game (as well as in business and life)?

Sure, we can break the game down and get lost in the tactical world, which is the world where most people live.

However, that’s a sure-fire way to not only get lost… but to lose.

So what does it take?

Listen to this 28 minutes and 39 seconds audio and uncover EXACTLY what it takes for you to win, regardless of who you are, where you are, what you sell, who you sell it to and what’s happened in the past.

Open your hands (by clicking play below) and I promise to hand over to you, the keys to unlimited success in business and in life.

You will also discover what the game of Tic Tac Toe has to do with your success.

Once you’re finished, please talk back to me. I’m all ears.

Ready?

Go…

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I’m listening…Talk back to me,
Stephen PierceAfter talking back to me, if you enjoyed this TalkBack session, please share it on StumbleUpon, vote for it on Digg or bookmark it on del.icio.us. Your support is important and appreciated.

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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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