How To Build A List Using These 5 Free Traffic Methods

If you have a low budget, there are many effective ways to drive free traffic to your site to build a list (assuming you already have a capture page and auto-responder setup correctly). Like anything, you need consistent action to gain massive momentum. Successful online marketers have used each of these 5 methods to build their lists.

1. Forum Marketing: A way to set yourself as an online authority. When you make connections, people are much more likely to trust you. People usually buy and listen to those they like and trust. Just like how you would with your best friends or those you trust most Add value to conversations you are interested in and offer knowledge which others may be seeking. Setting up an account is easy. You can then customize your signature which contains your website’s link. Finally, do not spam or your account will be suspended.

2. Article Marketing: Easy to do and one of the most effective ways to gain very high quality visitors. You establish yourself as an authority and build trust with readers through information rich content articles. You can also optimize your articles for targeted, specified keywords so that they appear in the search engines when prospects search on your keywords. There are many websites to distribute your content such as EzineArticles, and many article directories. My advice is to just start and get writing. No need for perfection. With articles, you can reveal great content but not all of it. To get more information, you encourage a prospect to go to your capture page where they must opt-in to obtain it. This is what helps you to build a list.

3. Blogs: Like articles, a great way to provide content and also own it it is self-hosted. The content (text, images, video) you put on each day is called a post. These can also be aligned to categories. It can drive free traffic since if what you provide is valuable, you will build rapport with people. They will then seek you out on recommendations or wonder what you are using to be successful. If you then have for example, a page with Recommended Resources, this can then drive traffic to a capture page.

4. Video Marketing: Very powerful, plus most enjoy watching clips, movies and TV. It is a reason why YouTube has become such a powerhouse today. Other video sharing sites have grown too. Videos can be about you, your opportunity or product. You can offer training or “show and tell” how to do things and more. One of the main reasons video marketing has become popular is that people can see you, hear you, experience you… Add to this the ever expanding bandwidth capacities and increases in speed of internet connections, you have a winner. Like articles, creating a video as a teaser to a solution can aid to build a list. You give a teaser, and the prospect must opt-in to see the solution you are offering.

5. Link Exchange: The final method is trading links with sites. This works well especially when both sites target the same niche. It can even be with competitors. If both sites have great page ranks it also provides a solid backlink. The efforts are even more beneficial if both sides are working harder to generate more traffic. The more links exchanged, the more traffic you can expect. And again, you don’t have to spend a cent. All you have to do is to find and chat to another website owner and reach an agreement.

One of the biggest mistakes marketers make is changing to another method simply because it did not bring enough leads from the start. If these free marketing methods are bringing you 5 leads, they can certainly bring you 50 then 100 then 200.

Stay consistent for optimum results. Good luck whenever you decide to start to build a list (or continue if you already have)!

Confused or need help with online marketing / making money online? Samuel Seeto is an online marketer that utilizes a powerful style of online relationship building to generate success. Can Sam help you succeed online? Want help with how to build a list? Click to kick things off with your journey online and grab your free report.

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