When you are trying to make money through promoting articles and affiliate links, you will need a good, simple, and easy to navigate website to put them on. There are two ways that you can accomplish this: you can try to do it yourself if you have any web design skills or you can hire someone. Doing it yourself, unless you were a pro to begin with, can be difficult for some. You will need to read many tutorials and it may take some time to get going. You could also risk having a site that looks very badly made and thrown together. It is also important (for visitors and search engines) that your site is easy to navigate, which may be a problem if you do not know what you are doing. Making a Do It Yourself website can be hard, but if you accomplish your goal, maybe you will learn so much that you can write a few articles on it to add to a new DIY niche site! If you cannot write this kind of content of your own, there are many ways to pick up free or paid content to place on your affiliate website. There are many reasons why paying for such articles would be to your advantage. First, you will be able to tell the writer exactly what you want, what product you are trying to sell, and what direction they can go in to keep your readers interested and informed. On the other hand, when you search for free content, you are limited to what is already out there. Secondly, you will own the copyright to this content. That means that no one else can reuse it without your consent. If you opt for free content, you will be sharing that content with an unknown amount of other affiliate websites, plus the original author will be able to place their byline at the bottom of the article which could result in them stealing your traffic. Making Money with Articles: How to Choose a Web Designer There are two important things to remember when looking for a web designer: First, it is important to go with a freelancer if you are looking for a small and simple site. You can probably get one done for $30 to $50. There are many freelancing companies on the web that you can tap into to find the designer for you. Second, it is important that you ask to see a few sample sites that the web designer has done and that you check any ratings that may be available for the designer. This may keep you from getting wrapped up in a project with someone who will not finish or cannot do the type of job that they claim they can do. If you cannot put together your own website to host your articles on and you don't want to pay the extra $7 to $12 dollars per month that it may cost to get a host that offers a What You See Is What You Get website builder, then your only other option is to hire a web designer. The good thing is that, if you are looking for a very basic 2-5 page site and you hire a freelancer rather than going with a web design company, then it will be relatively easy on your wallet.
But not all traffic is equal. And while some methods to generate traffic for free are a pure waste of bandwidth, others will really help you to generate an incom^e.
One easy question you should ask yourself when choosing a method to generate quality traffic is:
Would I pay attention and notice this kind of an ad myself?
If you answer that question with no or most likely not, than chances are that many others will also not notice your ad. And this means it's just a waste of bandwidth as people won't buy what they don't notice.
But if you can answer that question with yes or most likely, then chances are that many others will notice your ad as well. This method will in fact help you to generate an incom^e through quality traffic.
Now, let's take a closer look at several free advertising methods and evaluate their effectiveness.
This free program allows you to advertise via email to twice as many people as you and your downline members have referred to this program.
The unique twist in this list building program is that it builds a second reverse matrix for you of people you couldn't contact otherwise. This way your possible exposure is increased easily.
Members receive email from their upline at their regular email account and not a secondary spam account like it is practice with safelists. This improves the chances of your message actually being read dramatically.
One downside of TLM is that you need initial traffic to build a list. But their unique twist allows you to double your efforts.
Ask yourself the question... do you read and pay attention to well written emails that arrive in your regular mailbox? My answer is most likely.
Other list building tools in alphabetical order are...
This free program allows you to generate traffic to your web pages in exchange for you visiting other peoples web pages.
Usually any kind of auto surf program has the problem that most people will not even see your sites and this way they just waste your bandwidth.
AutoHitsNow tries to overcome the problem by offering more credits for manual surfing and a random, but rather often offering of bonus credits during surf sessions that you can only receive if you pay attention.
This easy method of generating traffic will only get the attention of some people. It's more or less a numbers game. Other traffic exchange tools in alphabetical order are...
One of the best ways to get tons of free, super effective traffic is to write your own articles and publishing them all over the net.
To find free places that accept your articles, simply visit www.google.com and search for: submit article for free
If you don't mind to invest a few $ to save yourself hours of work, then take a closer look at this tool that does not only allow you to submit your newsletter to hundreds of places all over the web, but also your articles: EzineAnnouncer - http://add2it.com/see.pl?EzineAnnouncer
5. Creating Content Web Pages
Search engine traffic is another very effective source of traffic and highly recommendable. Simply create as many content web pages as you can. The more pages, the more traffic you will get over time.
You can publish your own articles, product reviews, endorsements and much more on your own content web pages.
Tip: To get your new pages faster into Google, the most important search engine, get your home page added to at least one high Google PR page (see: http://toolbar.google.com).
A low cost way of getting your own domain & hosting is GDI. For just $10 a month you don't just get all you need to get started to put your own content web pages online, but also an excellent way to earn yourself an extra incom^e.
A final tip: Once you got into the habit of using free methods of generating quality traffic you will find the following program very helpful. It allow you to promote everything from a single page...
Home-Income-Team - http://add2it.com/see.pl?HIT
I am sure that you agree that the lesser you have to promote, the easier and more effective it gets. :)
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