Update: The video is now in the feed, you can see the link to it if you’re subscribed.
Upon my official “retirement” I announced where you could get a free, early stage copy of a product I’m developing. Apparently the window was too short to collect, so I’m opening the update up for 100 downloads/online views. If you have some feedback for me on it, please leave it as a comment to this blog post.
Known issues not yet fixed:
- Volume too low, feedback
- Quality of video varies when re-sized
- You want a longer (?!) product in several smaller parts.
How to Get It
Subscribe to the Blog. Yes, this blog. Even if this is your home page, you’re missing out if you aren’t subscribed. Not all the material in the feed actually shows up ON the blog.
If you already know how to subscribe to the feed, do that, in which case you can stop reading.
If you don’t know how to subscribe to the blog, you’ll be happy to know that you can use RSS, iGoogle, My Yahoo! or My AOL! if you’d like, or you can subscribe via email.
UPDATE: As long as you can verify that you’re a subscriber, if you can’t find the link in the feed (it’s there now), I will reserve you a copy if you comment. Be sure 1- you subscribe by email if you’re confused, 2- be sure that your email address in the comment is the same as the one you’re leaving AND the one you’re using to subscribe.
Thanks,
Tinu
How to Subscribe – Quick & Easy
To subscribe by email, go to the Free Traffic Tips Email Subscribe page.
Fill out the form, click the “subscribe me!” button and you’re done.
If you’d rather subscribe by RSS, Google, Yahoo or AOL, go to the Free Traffic Tips Feed.
Click on the button in the upper right corner that goes with your favorite way to subscribe. In some browsers, it will default to the format you normally pick.
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And if you know all the cool reasons that you should be subscribed or are just tired of reading you can stop reading here. For good or just come on back and finish tomorrow.
Because guess what? Now that you’re subscribed you’ll have this information handy forever and ever.
And ever.
Seriously, if you didn’t read this right when you got the newsletter, you might want to make sure you’re all subscribed before finishing this. There’s only 100 downloads, remember. So if you want a free copy, hurry up.
But If I Already Get the Newsletter, Why Subscribe to the Blog?
I’ll admit up front that’s it’s partly an ethical bribe. I’m hoping when you try subscribing to the blog you’ll say to yourself — why wasn’t I doing this before?
And then you’ll stay subscribed.
But the main reason for having you jump through this particular hoop is tracking. This is going to be part of a product really soon. I want to track everything possible. Feedburner helps me do that.
Now at first, it may not make sense, subscribing to the blog as well as the newsletter. However, there are things in the newsletter that won’t be in the blog and vice versa. The frequency isn’t the same either. Sometimes the blog is only updated one day a week, with long, step by step instructions or background information on a traffic technique. The Zero Gridlock newsletter is a short, daily tip and freebie.
The blog serves the function of sharing tips that aren’t affected by how many people are aware of it. Some people reserve their list for sales pitches, but my team isn’t like that. We’re just as likely to have links to our premium offerings in the blog as we are in our newsletters.
We use our newsletter to give more focused information, much of which is a bit more sensitive to share. These are the types of things a spammer could easily find a way to manipulate, for example, and so I wouldn’t broadcast them on my blog. (Already made that mistake talking about RSS, blogging, and pinging.)
You also get:
- Related links that I save to Delicious.com that are related to traffic, including search engine and blogging news, before it hits the blog (if ever).
- Links from other marketing-related blogs that I own or am affiliated with,
- First notice of special downloads, and,
- A heads-up on special offers
Some of those special offers include chances for free 15 minute coaching sessions with me, free product giveaways in exchange for testimonials, as well as time-sensitive rebates and coupons for items sold on the site.
So you see, it’s really not enough to read the blog, even if you do every day. You have to be subscribed to get the extra links.
How Will I Know When It’s Download Time?
Download time is now. Once subscribed, click through to the link in the feed about “Precursors”, then instructions and click whichever you prefer. Again, if you can’t find it, subscribe and then reply to this blog post. I’ll reserve you a copy up until the first 100 are gone.
The link will stay live until it has been downloaded 100 times, and the video will stay live until it’s been viewed 100 times, after which both will be taken down. A future, more expanded version, will become one part of the membership site that’s pre-launching in the next seven days.
We Hope You’ll Stay Subscribed
You might be tempted to subscribe, get the download, and be on your way. And that’s fine with me, I don’t want to trap you — getting you subscribed is more about tracking downloads and views than anything else.
Give it a week though – you’d be surprised just how much great information comes out of both the blog and the feed, and how it integrates seamlessly into the new, daily version of the newsletter.
Thanks so much for being a subscriber. (And of course, if you didn’t come here from the newsletter, you’re welcome to sign up.)
