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I’m slowly going to start shutting down the archives.
That doesn’t have to be bad news for you - now you can enjoy flipping through my Free Traffic Tips in your favorite recliner.
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What’s the fuzz about Instant Buzz?
(Get it? You see, what I did was, instead of “fuss”….
Never mind.)
This free traffic generation tool is invite only. So now that I have an invitation, I thought I’d give it a whirl, and let you know if it’s worth the sign-up time.
Read my initial thoughts on Instant Buzz in the Members Area.
Or try Instant Buzz yourself if you’re fast enough to grab this invite..
Just got back from the doctor’s office, so I’m going to lie down awhile. Later on I have a surprise for you. A 400 page surprise you can get in the mail — if you’ve ever wished you had more time to read all the Free Traffic Tips archives, you’ll kick yourself for missing this…
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You probably think I’m going to talk about my own book.
Well, no.
Sure, Marketing Success with RSS was the earliest marketing book geared towards Online Business Owners with some technical know-how about the potentials of RSS Marketing. And though I’m pleased and honored to be considered one of the marketing pioneers with this technology, my guide is not a cover-all book and was never meant to be.
It was meant to show you how to take advantage of the free traffic implications of having an RSS feed at your site.
But there’s so much more to RSS.
So when asked what the most comprehensive guide to RSS Marketing and RSS Publishing, I take my hat off to the R.O.K, who’s running this RSS Thing.
That’s Rok Hrastnik, for those of you who don’t speak Hova-lese.
He has compiled a monster of a guide to RSS Marketing and Publishing, pulling strings to bring in just about every expert who has ever said something important about RSS. (Yes, including me. *insert laugh at my Huge ego*).
Once you’ve learned the basics of RSS use and RSS publishing and have done it yourself, you will need to pick up this book. Well worth a small investment of less than $40 - you’ll be reading and referencing this Unleash the Marketing Power of RSS for years to come.
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You have to laugh when you hear about the elaborate schemes people cook up in order to get three or four clicks through to their site, when there are plenty of legitimate ways to get attention for your web site – from dozens to hundreds of interested prospects. It’s one thing to think creatively – it’s another to try and buck the system for a few hits from people who won’t subscribe, return or buy.
Speaking of creative thinking, one of the ways you can get above-board, quick and free traffic is from using link services. Without even a hint of abuse, you can use these services to bring visitors to you – in minutes sometimes.
The first two services that you and I can use without stepping on any toes are the two link services at http://Furl.net and http://del.icio.us .
Also called “social bookmarks managersâ€, these sites allow you to start up a free account where you can start a link collection which can be sorted by theme. Using a system that makes use of categories – at del.icio.us they’re called a “tag†– there are times when it is quite acceptable to include your own site. Both make use of RSS to allow you to keep track of either your list or someone else’s – you can even subscribe to any public collection.
So where does the traffic come in? Sign up with either of these services, and start collecting links on the same topic as your site, sprinkling in your own links.
Notice I said “sprinkling inâ€.
Treat this as you would a blog – you don’t want post your sales page. You’ll just get put on public link lists that collect spam entries – bad publicity may be great in Hollywood, but online it’s an income killer. So again, do Not gratuitously begin to link to your entire site and think you’re helping yourself.
What typically happens is one of three things.
1- Your link will be displayed on sites that share these tag lists with the world,
2- Your site will be visited by someone who is interested in the tag you’ve chosen, or,
3- Your link library will be so diverse, varied and helpful that other users will subscribe to your tag to find new links to add.
I find it a good practice to use your real name or your site name as your login because it shows up as part of your link collection’s name. You can also use your own name or very targeted keywords to create custom tags.
As you’re adding the links to your collection, be sure to add a topic or tag to target your desired type of visitor. As an added bonus, if you use FeedBurner.com to study your feed statistics or to reduce your bandwidth load, you can integrate these link collections into your own feed as well.
So should you use Furl or del.icio.us for this? If you are going to be making personal use of this link collection, want the 5GB archive space and a place to save an archive snap shot of a web page, Furl is for you. Want to keep it simple? Stick with del.icio.us.
You can also use the Bloglines clip service, with or without Feedburner, to achieve similar ends – if you’re more focused towards blogs than RSS, you’ll probably have more success here. The Bloglines clip service is more geared towards the verbose user, as it is set up much like a blog.
The third tool you can use to draw traffic is at a site that blatantly asks you to use it, and they’ve created it solely for that purpose – to connect certain kinds of web readers and publishers.
The catch? Unlike the other three services, this really can only be used by bloggers – you’ll have to verify that you own the blog in question just to participate.
Good news if you blog though, or plan to - the web resource in question is run by one of the most important sites a successful blogger needs to be visible in.
In mid-January 2005, Technorati.com took the idea of tags to a global level.
Now if you’re writing about travel, you can appear on their travel tag page automatically. You can bet that your post will cross the paths of blog enthusiasts who are specifically interested in travel. This works on any claimed blog in the blogosphere, on every platform. And it’s so easy to do.
If you have the category capability built-into your blog software, you need only claim your web log and ping Technorati with updates using your blog software, if it’s set up to auto-ping, or their form : http://www.technorati.com/ping.html . How easy is that?
If you use Blogger or some other system that doesn’t include categories, never fear. You can come to the party.
From now on, when you post links to your blog, you’ll want to include the special tag code. It works with any link, or you can link to Technorati – see an example of it on their site:http://www.technorati.com/help/tags.html .
With a little time and patience, Bloggers especially can use any of these methods to bring free targeted traffic to their doorsteps. Bottom line : don’t be tempted to cheat at traffic generation - there are so many ways to get better results honorably.
Learn how I saw a 75% increase in both traffic and sales from using my blog and its feed at http://freetraffictip.com/rssbook . For free reprint rights to my articles (and a potential $500 bribe) send a blank email to moneyarticles@freetraffictip.com .
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If you’re using Blogger.com’s software to create your blog, take a look at this page by Biz Stone. Most people I know who have been blogging less than three months find out something from this page they wouldn’t have suspected.
Blogger Knowledge: Promoting Your Blog
A quote…
“Pitch your posts via email to other bloggers. This is a touchy technique and should be approached with caution. Blogger Eugene Volokh has published a short treatise on how best to pitch one’s blog via email and it’s filled with great tips and advice. Assuming your blog is actually worth pitching (of course it is), here are some tips from Volokh.
1. Pitch the post, not the blog.
2. Include the full text and your URL.
3. Submit only your best posts.
4. Don’t only pitch to high traffic blogs.”
Not just the regular stuff that would occur to us all eventually…
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