In this article, I want to discuss 3 different approaches to generating traffic to your website; how each approach can help
you promote YOUR website; and who REALLY benefits from these
methods.
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Question: What do the following sites have in common?
StartBlaze; Trafficology; and TextMeFree.com .
Answer: In one way or another, they all provide successful ways you can generate traffic to your website.
If you are a keen follower of all things 'website promotion', you have probably heard of StartBlaze and you may well have heard of
Trafficology, but you will not have heard of TextMeFree.com (but
may well understand the concept behind it).
So let's look at each website promotion idea on its own, explaining how it works and who really benefits...
ARTICLE UPDATE ALERT : StartBlaze is no longer an active site, so the information presented in this article has been removed for Site 1, the other 2 promotion concepts are still active and recommended.
=> Site 1: StartBlaze
=> Site 2: Trafficology newsletter
* So what is the Trafficology newsletter?
Every month, they pay $1,350 in "cash bribes" to our readers fortheir BEST traffic ideas.
And every month, people submit ideas by the hundreds!
Frankly, a lot of them are lousy.
But invariably... a handful of them are GREAT web promotion ideas that I would have never thought of... and that I promise you've
never heard of!
Here's the best part:
They put all the BEST stuff they get in their newsletter and send it out FREE to their subscribers! Yes... FREE.
(Trafficology runs an affiliate program! They pay out $1350 to the referrers of winning contributors!)
* Verdict on Trafficology newsletter
Trafficology newsletter is just that, a website promotion newsletter. Nothing too inspirational about that, then. However,
because of the prize money involved you are BOUND to discover the
very latest website promotion ideas, sooner rather than later.
And you may well make some money too, if you refer a subscriber
with a winning idea!
You still have to put the website promotion ideas into practice, though, so you may not actually benefit at all.
* Who really benefits from Trafficology?
Answer: Trafficology AND (maybe) you.
Trafficology becomes the ONE website promotion newsletter everyone reads, because of the excellent content. And you get to
read some excellent website promotion ideas; you simply have to
put the ideas into practice (hence the 'maybe').
* The real website promotion idea?
Probably contained in each issue of the Trafficology newsletter.
=> Site 3: TextMeFree.com
* So, what is TextMeFree.com ?
A worldwide guide to free SMS text messaging services !
(You're looking puzzled, I can tell!)
...And as such, TextMeFree.com will not help you promote YOUR website at all. "So why do I mention it in this article?" I hear
you ask. I'll explain in a moment.
TextMeFree.com is also an example of a theme-based or niche site, designed around a high-demand/low-supply concept - free sms.
* Verdict on TextMeFree.com
Okay, I admit it, TextMeFree.com is a site I created; more as an experiment in building traffic than anything else. But get this!
I
finished the site at the end of June 2001, and it is already
receiving over 1000 page views a day, in the middle of July. Yes,
one thousand per day!
(Are you starting to get interested, yet?)
I have created enough websites to be impressed with 1000 page views and 200 unique visitors per day. (Especially when the site
is less than a month old, and after only the most basic of
website promotion on my part; no money spent.)
How can a guide to 'sending free text messages' help you?
TextMeFree.com is irrelevant, in itself. It is simply an example of a site that meets a high demand - free SMS text messaging
services - with little or no supply. It is simply an example of a
theme-based site that gets word-of-mouth and repeat traffic, and
will soon get search engine traffic too!
And if I can create a 'TextMeFree.com', then you too can create a site with high demand and low supply; a site that focuses
on a niche, or theme; a site designed around so-called
'profitable' keywords. How?
Visit Wordtracker and use their free keyword suggestion tool!
Wordtracker determines keyword 'profitability' based on keywords
that you choose, and measured against the Alta Vista search
engine. For each keyword, it calculates a Keyword Effectiveness
Index or KEI (invented by Sumantra Roy of 1stSearchRanking).
Generate keywords with a KEI over 100, like 'free sms' or 'mobile
phone ringtones' and you have a site concept worth developing.
The paid-for Wordtracker service determines keywordprofitability against all the major search engines and
directories, including the pay-per-click search engine GoTo. It costs less than $10 for one day!
I also confirmed my results using SBI Manager, part of Site Build It! - an innovative all-in-one system that lets you convert your
passion into a theme-based, search-engine-friendly site, no HTML
required.
TextMeFree.com or high-demand/low-supply niche site
* Who really benefits from TextMeFree.com?
Answer: You benefit.
You don't benefit from TextMeFree.com in itself, but you will benefit from creating a site like TextMeFree.com - theme-based,
focussed on in-demand keywords, with few competitors. (Believe
me, it's a lot easier promoting a site that people *want* to
visit! You're simply doing people a favour when
you tell them about it. And then people genuinely *do* tell their
friends.)
* The real website promotion idea?
Create a theme-based or niche site, about an in-demand subject with few competitor sites.
So which website promotion idea works best for you?
Trafficology newsletter lets you learn
from the best, but there is no guarantee of success. And
TextMeFree.com will not help you promote your website, but is a
great example of getting traffic when you simply 'meet a need.'
Why not visit the sites, and see for yourself!
About the Author
Steve Nash is editor of the popular bi-monthly newsletter called Promote! Promote! Promote! To subscribe, simply send an email
mailto:pppromote@getresponse.com . Best traffic generators?
You can decide for yourself! Visit:
* TextMeFree.com
* Trafficology |
