In this guide I am going to list free and paid traffic resources that I have either used personally or I am aware that they provide decent results
FREE Traffic
No such thing as totally free traffic because to generate free traffic requires an element of your time, it can be clicking ads to earn credits, posting in social media, forum posting etc and all can work very well but it does all take time to get results
Here is a list of the free resources you should check out, it is very much a case of checking the requirements of each platform until you find something you like and can produce results based on the time you have available and once you have found a couple of options concentrate on them to get as good as you can possible be so your results more than justify the time invested
Internet Marketing Forums
Good source of targeted traffic from like-minded marketers looking for help, make sure you always research any questions asked so your answer is always on point and much like the guest posting, lots of other marketers will click on your link in your signature to find out more about you, make sure you always link to a free offer on a squeeze page to collect the email details to add to your list
www.warriorforum.com – Members: 801,991
http://forums.digitalpoint.com – Members: 737,201
www.wickedfire.com – Members: 180,107
www.sitepoint.com/forums Members: 762,632
www.freshmarketingforum.com – Members: 31,996
www.v7n.com/forums Members: 248,382
www.affilorama.com/forum Members: 225,144
www.geekvillage.com/forums/index.php – Members: 26,317
www.thefreeadforum.com – Members: 165,136
www.clickbanksuccessforum.com/forum – Members: 18,964
www.theimforum.com – Members: 11,158
Traffic Exchanges
A traffic exchange website receives website submissions from marketers that join traffic exchange networks. The person who submitted the website then must browse other member sites on the exchange program to earn credits, which enable their sites to be viewed by other members through the surf system. This increases the number of visitors to all the sites involved.
Exchanges enforce a certain credit ratio, which illustrates the number of websites the surfer must view to receive one hit through the program for their promoted website. Many sites offer the ability to upgrade one's membership level for a more equal credit ratio.
Depending on the offer, you can generate good amounts of traffic and whilst it may seem other people are clicking to earn credits and not really taking notice of the site, I have bought and sold many products using this strategy so a great entry level program to get some traffic
Easy Hits 4 U
10k Hits
https://www.10khits.com
TE Racing League
http://teracingleague.com/
Neobux
BuxVertise
http://buxvertise.com
Clixten
http://clixten.info
Twickerz
http://www.twickerz.com
Clickyclix
http://clickyclix.com
Legacy Clix
http://legacyclix.com
GPT Plannet
http://www.gptplanet.com
OKIK https://okik.me
Video Sharing sites
Video hosting services are websites or software which allow users to distribute their video clips. Other kinds of websites such as file hosting services, image hosting services and social network services might support video sharing as an enhancement to their primary mission, but in general they are not listed here.
Video marketing is deemed to be easier to rank for keywords and you can make simple 2-3-minute power point videos that can rank and drive free traffic for a long period of time and you can find lots of free tutorials on how to post your videos for maximum exposure
www.Vimeo.com
www.flixya.com
Social Media Sites
www.Linkedin.com
www.friendster.com
www.Flixter.com
Guest blog posting
Back in the day I spent a lot of time posting as a guest blogger and you will be amazed at the amount of traffic 1 post can generate providing you post on a busy blog
Basically, you write a post that must provide great informative content and people reading it will click the link in your signature to find out more about the person (You) who has provided such a great article.
You need to find blogs that are in your niche and contact the blog owner to ask if you can provide a post, always a good idea to provide a sample of your work to get the gig, some blog owners now making a small charge to post but still a good investment if you can find a high traffic, related blog
PR 7: www.copyblogger.com/blog
PR 6: www.seobook.com
www.businessopportunities.biz
www.contentmarketinginstitute.com/blog
www.socialmediaexaminer.com
www.adrants.com
www.moz.com/ugc
www.econsultancy.com/uk/blog
www.raventools.com
PR 5:
www.lkrsocialmedia.com/category/blog
www.12most.com
www.ejunkie.info
www.onlinebahvior.com
www.socialfresh.com
www.blog.marketo.com
www.convinceandconvert.com
www.scottmonty.com
Q & A sites
Great way to find highly qualified buyers in any niche normally looking for answers to help make a purchase decision
Some sites require you to build up sufficient points from previous answers before you can add a link but well worth doing and something that doesn’t take a lot of time
Try to create a routine to log in to the sites on a daily basis and search for questions posted In your niche
The downside is not all niches have loads of questions but conversions are fantastic providing you give a good answer so do your research before posting the answer
PR 8:
www.wolframalpha.com
PR 7:
www.answers.com
http://wiki.answers.com
PR 6:
www.chacha.com
PR 5:
www.askmehelpdesk.com
PR 4:
www.theanswerbank.co.uk
http://able2know.org
eBook And Document Sharing Sites
Another good long-term strategy is to create eBooks and short reports that you embed your links and distribute for free using document sharing sites, this strategy can bring a steady flow of long term traffic for doing the work once and good for brand building
PR 9:
www.issuu.com
PR 8:
www.docs.google.com
PR 7:
www.freeebooks.net
www.docstoc.com
www.box.net
www.manybooks.net
PR 6:
www.feedbooks.com
www.filestube.com
Social bookmarking
Social bookmarking websites are sites on which Internet users share their web pages, articles, blog posts, images, and videos. There are several advantages to submitting your content to one (or more) of these sites. For one thing, they help to increase your brand awareness.
The more people who have access to your great content, the more likely that your content will go viral.
These sites also help to get your blog posts indexed more quickly and increase your website traffic. Any SEO company will be familiar with this strategy and use it as part of its marketing strategy.
PR 9:
www.pinterest.com
PR 8:
www.librarything.com
http://boingboing.net
www.citeulike.org
www.scoop.it
www.reddit.com
www.delicous.com
www.stumbleupon.com
PR 7:
http://lifehacker.com
www.techdirt.com
http://readwrite.com
www.fark.com
www.newsvine.com
http://technorati.com
http://slashdot.org
www.digg.com
www.bibsonomy.org
www.diigo.com
www.webseoexpertservices.com
http://ideaoverten.net
www.balltribe.com
www.dzone.com
Paid traffic
The obvious paid traffic sources are pay per click and display ads using Google, Bing and Facebook, this can be expensive, and you do need a firm understanding of how each program works because going in blind can result is big losses.
Always consider lower investments in more targeted traffic to make sure your offers are converting and perhaps then you can consider scaling further with paid traffic
Solo ads
Ideally suited to the Internet marking space you buy clicks from a marketer’s email campaign to his list and because the marketer is mailing his list on a regular basis the traffic can be classed as warm and therefore can convert very well
You send the traffic to a squeeze page where you provide a gift in return for the visitors email and you can then direct the subscriber to a one time offer to help pay for the traffic
Warning
As this form of traffic has got more popular so have the unscrupulous traffic vendors who can send fake clicks and even fake sign ups so on the surface you may get 50% of the clicks appear to be subscriber sign ups but the majority are fake so the only person making any money is the vendor, below are the resources I have used but you must do your own due diligence on each vendor and make sure you know that the clicks are from their own list, they don’t use any bots to generate clicks and you get to see plenty of real life testimonials
The 2 providers below provide good quality bot free traffic
Facebook Groups (Do a search for solo ad sellers)
Other paid traffic platforms to consider
http://adlovenetwork.com/ self-serve banner and cpa network. good conversions
http://www.adside.com – self serve ppc contextual inline text ads
http://www.reseauselect.com – banner and offline targeted at Quebec
http://web.blogads.com – banners/text ads on high traffic blog network
http://elephanttraffic.com – ppv type ads on parked url’s – cheap
http://mediatraffic.com – ppv ads
http://casalemedia.com – self serve banners
http://www.widgetbucks.com – self serve text/widget ads
http://tribalfusion.com – media buy banner network
http://adclickmedia.com – self serve interstitials, banners, and contextual widgets
http://premiumaccess.com – premium banner ad network
http://kontera.com – inline contextual text ads
http://www.adroll.com – self serve banners
http://pubmatic.com – ad network
http://bidvertiser.com – contextual and banner ads
http://cpmstar.com – banners display aimed at gaming sites only
http://adengage.com – banners/text, similar to adbrite, allow weekly buys
http://finditquick.com – text ads
http://technoratimedia.com – banners
http://chitika.com – search related contextual display ads
http://www.mediawhiz.com – banners/display, media buys
http://cpxinteractive.com – banners/display, media buys
http://clicksor.com – banners
http://advertising.com – display/banners, media buys
http://www.interclick.com – banners, high volume media buys
http://adtoll.com – banners/display/text ads, adbrite clone, cheap
http://valueclickmedia.com – banners, display/media buys
http://google.com/adwords – you already know about this…
http://advertising.aol.com – variety of solutions on AOL inventory
https://adcenter.microsoft.com – search and content text/contextual ads
https://marketingsolutions.yahoo.com – search/content contextual ads
http://miva.com – cheap search ads
http://www.specificmedia.com – banners/video display, media buys
http://www.canoeklix.com/accueil – text ads on the canoe.ca
network http://undertone.com – premium banners/display/media buys
http://7search.com – cheap search/direct domain ads
http://advertising.microsoft.com/adnetwork – microsoft banner display/media buys
http://adbrite.com – display/contextual ads
http://www.adconion.com – video/banner ads, media buys
http://myads.com – self serve banners on myspace & a host of Fox network sites
http://facebook.com/ads – self serve ads on Facebook
http://plentyoffish.com – coming soon self serve ads
http://www.collective.com – media buys, banners/display
http://buysellads.com – self serve banners on a range of design blogs
http://sponsoredtweets.com – sponsored twitter posts
http://ad.ly/ – more twitter ads
http://trafficvance.com – good ppv ad network
http://www.tattomedia.com/advertisers/ – banners/display/media buys
http://platforma.com aol banner ad/media buy network
http://www.adready.com/ads/public display ads/self-serve banners on yahoo sites
http://adsonar.com – text ads on high traffic US site
http://adblade.com – self serve display ads, very good service
http://adsdaq.com – banners/media buying exchange
http://traffiq.com – self serve banners, media buy type thing
http://openx.org/market – banner exchange on open x ad network
http://adbuyer.com – media buying search/display exchangeConclusion
Whilst none of the free strategies will produce thousands of targeted clicks, providing you are consistant you will over time build up your daily traffic flow, always ensure you collect the visitors email address at every opportunity and never link directly to a paid offer, the money is in the list especially from cold free traffic