Comments on: How to Get a Bunch of Useless Traffic to Your Website http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html Business-Building Secrets for Growth-Obsessed Companies Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:39:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: buy targeted traffic http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-3198 buy targeted traffic Fri, 23 May 2008 07:26:12 +0000 http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-3198 <strong>buy targeted traffic...</strong> ... buy targeted traffic…

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]]> By: bridge http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-2162 bridge Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:50:05 +0000 http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-2162 If you get a load of traffic and you have something that most use or want, surely there are going to have  a certain percentage interested in your product and will buy. Some added clients are better than none and considering the cost and effort to get this traffic, isn't it worth it to use this form of advertising? If you get a load of traffic and you have something that most use or want, surely there are going to have  a certain percentage interested in your product and will buy. Some added clients are better than none and considering the cost and effort to get this traffic, isn’t it worth it to use this form of advertising?

]]> By: Julie McManus http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-2123 Julie McManus Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:21:42 +0000 http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-2123 Well done Patrick!  Although I'm experimenting with social marketing, I too am a big advocate of paying for traffic and am very successful sometimes making $2 to $3 dollars back for every dollar I spend.  It's all in finding your core demo online.Chris, it's not about list brokers and importing names into auto-responder services.  It's about buying an endorsed e-mail from a site that people trust.  By endorsed, I mean the e-mail is sent by the list owner... not some third party service that is nothing better than SPAM.  So as a for instance... if you were selling a financial service, you might buy an e-mail from Thestreet.com or fool.com.  They would send the e-mail on your behalf to their opt-in subscribers.  These are two very expensive list choices, but hopefully you see what I'm suggesting. Hope it helps, Julie McManus editor, In the 'Net Trenches Well done Patrick!  Although I’m experimenting with social marketing, I too am a big advocate of paying for traffic and am very successful sometimes making $2 to $3 dollars back for every dollar I spend.  It’s all in finding your core demo online.Chris, it’s not about list brokers and importing names into auto-responder services.  It’s about buying an endorsed e-mail from a site that people trust.  By endorsed, I mean the e-mail is sent by the list owner… not some third party service that is nothing better than SPAM.  So as a for instance… if you were selling a financial service, you might buy an e-mail from Thestreet.com or fool.com.  They would send the e-mail on your behalf to their opt-in subscribers.  These are two very expensive list choices, but hopefully you see what I’m suggesting. Hope it helps, Julie McManus editor, In the ‘Net Trenches

]]> By: Forrest http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-2093 Forrest Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:34:49 +0000 http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-2093 From a techie stand point there is another danger from a flood of social media traffic. If you get your product on the front page of Digg you are going to get tens of thousands of visitors coming to your page in a matter of minutes. Unless your IT guy is on his game your site will crash. It will be off-line for the better part of the day. It's called "The Digg Effect." From a techie stand point there is another danger from a flood of social media traffic.

If you get your product on the front page of Digg you are going to get tens of thousands of visitors coming to your page in a matter of minutes. Unless your IT guy is on his game your site will crash. It will be off-line for the better part of the day. It’s called "The Digg Effect."

]]> By: Chris http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-2092 Chris Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:33:36 +0000 http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-2092 Very interesting article Patrick... but the most interesting part of it, at least to me anyway, is where you say 'Don’t be afraid to pay for traffic through e-mail list rental'. Are there any reputable e-mail list brokers you can point me towards? And which autoresponder system would I use, that allows the importation of these lists? Very interesting article Patrick… but the most interesting part of it, at least to me anyway, is where you say ’Don’t be afraid to pay for traffic through e-mail list rental’.

Are there any reputable e-mail list brokers you can point me towards? And which autoresponder system would I use, that allows the importation of these lists?

]]> By: Alice Flanders http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-2087 Alice Flanders Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:46:17 +0000 http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-2087 I signed up for a yahoogroup for business exposure once. I then went to work. When I came home I immediately unsubscribed. It took me three days to clean up my inbox. Another idea here. that person who succeeded in the bluetooth thing was working with his target audience. my target audience is older. Not so likely to be in social media. I signed up for a yahoogroup for business exposure once. I then went to work. When I came home I immediately unsubscribed. It took me three days to clean up my inbox.

Another idea here. that person who succeeded in the bluetooth thing was working with his target audience. my target audience is older. Not so likely to be in social media.

]]> By: Sheree Motiska http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-2086 Sheree Motiska Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:22:27 +0000 http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-2086 But, by the way, you still need the foundation of an Internet business. Such as your site, great product(s), autoresponder, lead capture page, etc. Sheree But, by the way, you still need the foundation of an Internet business. Such as your site, great product(s), autoresponder, lead capture page, etc.

Sheree

]]> By: Sheree Motiska http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-2085 Sheree Motiska Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:20:24 +0000 http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-2085 Why do you have a bookmarking button if it's so useless? That's not even my point though. Social media marketing is so much more than just bookmarking sales letters and articles. As Liz said, it involves building an entire online presence. I've been using web 2.0 marketing for over a year and 1. I don't ever pay for ads. 2. I don't ever pay for leads 3. I don't ever pay for traffic So, it works if it's done right. It's not all hype if I, and others, have built their business this way. Sheree Why do you have a bookmarking button if it’s so useless?

That’s not even my point though. Social media marketing is so much more than just bookmarking sales letters and articles. As Liz said, it involves building an entire online presence. I’ve been using web 2.0 marketing for over a year and

1. I don’t ever pay for ads.
2. I don’t ever pay for leads
3. I don’t ever pay for traffic

So, it works if it’s done right. It’s not all hype if I, and others, have built their business this way.

Sheree

]]> By: Shaun O'Hagan http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-2084 Shaun O'Hagan Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:19:09 +0000 http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-2084 Each time I sit down to begin to really work on Social Marketing I read something like this post and it puts me off again !  Having said that I can say the same about most "techniques" including PPC and SEO.  Well one thing that might be worth considering is that I've noticed that Google really likes to spider these sites like twitter.com and therefore the content you add to these sites can make it into the SERPs the old fashioned way.  I guess with your post content benefiting from googles high PR of the sites themselves.  Therefore not strictly are you benefiting from "social" traffic, rather good old fashioned search.   Having said  all of this if i can get 80 "free" signups in my autoresponder i'll take them any day. Each time I sit down to begin to really work on Social Marketing I read something like this post and it puts me off again !  Having said that I can say the same about most "techniques" including PPC and SEO.  Well one thing that might be worth considering is that I’ve noticed that Google really likes to spider these sites like twitter.com and therefore the content you add to these sites can make it into the SERPs the old fashioned way.  I guess with your post content benefiting from googles high PR of the sites themselves.  Therefore not strictly are you benefiting from "social" traffic, rather good old fashioned search.   Having said  all of this if i can get 80 "free" signups in my autoresponder i’ll take them any day.

]]> By: Patrick Coffey http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-2083 Patrick Coffey Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:07:21 +0000 http://www.makepeacetotalpackage.com/patrick-coffey/how-to-get-a-bunch-of-useless-traffic-to-your-website.html#comment-2083 Thanks for all the comments on this recent article.  Ultimately, I do think we will find a way to better monetize and use this traffic. And if it's just adding a button or two to the bottom of your website I'd say go for it.  However I wrote the article to show some of the short comings.  The fact is there are people who are sinking all sorts of time into making this work.   They hear about the instant boat loads of traffic you can get on a site like digg or stumble upon and their eyes widen like a virgin on prom nite.  Though the truth is your most valuable asset isn't: your list, your product line, or even your cash flow... It's your time!!! So have fun with it and see what you can do to make it work but please remember to focus on your core and proven business building functions.  Like better copy, better products, and better marketing. I know this is an upopular thing to say in the I want something for free world that is the internet.  But why not try... PAYING for traffic!!! Pound for pound I have found this to be the most profitable responsive traffic your website will ever receive.  Just find the right lists that work for your offers and you'll be sitting on a gold mine that doesn't suck up the most precious resource TIME. Thanks for all the comments on this recent article.  Ultimately, I do think we will find a way to better monetize and use this traffic.

And if it’s just adding a button or two to the bottom of your website I’d say go for it.  However I wrote the article to show some of the short comings. 

The fact is there are people who are sinking all sorts of time into making this work.   They hear about the instant boat loads of traffic you can get on a site like digg or stumble upon and their eyes widen like a virgin on prom nite.  Though the truth is your most valuable asset isn’t: your list, your product line, or even your cash flow…

It’s your time!!!

So have fun with it and see what you can do to make it work but please remember to focus on your core and proven business building functions.  Like better copy, better products, and better marketing.

I know this is an upopular thing to say in the I want something for free world that is the internet. 

But why not try…

PAYING for traffic!!!

Pound for pound I have found this to be the most profitable responsive traffic your website will ever receive.  Just find the right lists that work for your offers and you’ll be sitting on a gold mine that doesn’t suck up the most precious resource TIME.

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