Hey everyone. I just wanted to give a quick post on a topic that seems to haunt almost everyone who tries it. It’s list building. I’ve been working online as a graphic designer for a while now and admit I haven’t done my due diligence in creating and maintaining a mailing list. Only recently have I been giving away a graphics pack to build my list.
I came across something that has given me 53 subscribers in just a few hours and by the time this post is up for 24 hours I will let you know even how much more it has grown.
Hey I decided to make a video to show how in the world I figured out how to get traffic for free and fast to your website or blog without paying anything.
To save time I signed up to Youtube and created my account. I included everything necessary to upload videos and even created my own channel.
Then I downloaded a free 30 day trial of Camtasia Studio 6 to make my free videos with. I made my first video and uploaded it to Youtube and watched the results.
If you want to know how to get people to come back to your blog, then let me suggest to you that you begin to interact with the people who leave comments on your blog. Many people go and leave comments on blogs just to promote their products and get backlinks to their own website.
Remember guys, Alex Jeffreys warned to “Not Pimp Your Sh-t!” People who read your comments can tell if you are trying to sell to them or not so just don’t do it. If you are offering real value when commenting on other people’s blogs it will pay off over time.
I have noticed that when I focus on writing content for my blog, that is all i end up with. What good is the content if there are no visitors to read them and comment on them. Isn’t that why we started a blog for anyways?
I have also seen a sharp drop in visits to my blog when I stop visiting and commenting on other peoples blogs. So I have decided that I need to do two very important things in order to make my own blog effective and social.
As I try to generate more traffic to my blog, I find that there are really a ton of different ways to do this. On this very day as I was trying to install some necessary widgets on my sidebar, I had an idea. What if there was a way to have my blog posts in a widget that someone could then put on their website?
As I searched in Google, I came across Widgetbox.com. In about half an hour I came up with this little widget that shows my most recent posts and has links directly to the post embedded in the widget. Also I have a logo at the top that links to my blog.
Alex Jeffreys challenged us to see who could come up with the most traffic from December 17th until January 3rd. Obviously I did not do as well as other students have done but I am going to post my results anyways. After adding Google Analytics to my blog I was able to see each and every day how much traffic comes to my blog and here is what I’ve got.
My Traffic Results From Dec 17th 08 to Jan 03rd 09
I am completely impressed by many of Alex Jeffreys other students who have taken massive action when it comes to “just doing it.” Alex has given some great advice and coaching on getting the traffic to out websites but man, what good is it if I haven’t much content on my site?
I admit that I have been slow to write concerning the training and implementing the much needed work that it takes to get this website flowing. This is proof however that it does take work and effort to successfully build a profitable online business that provides value and service.
