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I am often asked about the best ways to get traffic to build your list.  In fact, most of the questions I get are about traffic or the lack of traffic.  I can see that is a real challenge for people.

As I have mentioned in previous posts, article marketing is my favorite source of traffic.  It’s high quality traffic.  If you struggle or don’t like to write articles, I like the 30 minute article ebook.  It helps break down the process so you can write fast and easy articles.  Here is the link for more info:

30 Minute Articles Easy

Another creative source for traffic is classified ads.  I use classified ads both for list building and then also pay per action promotions.

Here is a real example of how easy it can be to get search engine results.  Last night I was trying something out and placed an ad for a free $250 gift card from Dunkin Donuts (keyword is “free dunkin donut coupons”) — this morning it ranks about 12 on Google.

I just placed the ad on the classified ad service and bam it shows up.  I did make the ad keyword rich so that helped it get ranking.

The classified ad service I use costs $9.95 a month but it’s unlimited ads and really gets a lot of love from Google (I understand it owned by Google).  You can get more info here:

Free Ads Bring Traffic

I am thinking about creating a step by step video tutorial for placing an ad on this service.  Would that be helpful to you?  If so, please send me an email to let me know.

Many people are hearing about how bad duplicate content can be for your online business. However, there are still some people who are asking the question “What is duplicate content?” In this article, we hope to explain a bit about what it is and how to ensure that your sites or articles do not contain it.

I do not mean that the whole page or article is copied word for word. In fact, only a small amount of the text can be similar for it to be considered to be a duplicate of something else.

Submitting the same content to numerous websites in order that you can get more traffic to your site is one of the main causes. When you are submitting details of your site to numerous directories then ensure that the details you submit are different for each one.

The best thing that you can do when you are registering your website with any directory is to first produce 10 to 20 different detailed descriptions of it. Then as you register with each directory randomly select a description to use when submitting the sites details.

Another way of avoiding this problem within a site is with the use of a duplicate content checker. There are plenty of these available online and all it requires is you to enter the URL of the site that you wish to be analyzed. Within a matter of minutes, you can see if there are any problems and if so, make the necessary changes.

For many people knowing what duplicate content is and how to avoid it is essential to their online businesses. Luckily, with the invention of programs such as DupeFreePro and other types of checkers these issues can easily be avoided in the future.

I just wrote an article about building your business using article marketing.

Check it out here: Article Marketing Techniques

You can check it out here:

High Performance Articles

Here is video demonstrating a software tool that I am giving to you for free. The program will help you identify duplicate content and excessive use of the same phrases in your articles. If you put it a little extra time and use this software, you will increase the number of backlinks you get from your article submissions dramatically.

Download Link: Duplicate Content Checker

Video Demo: Video Duplicate Content Checker

I am always amazed at the power of article marketing. The classic saying “a little effort goes a long way” was probably first said by an article marketer.

A little over a week ago, I decided to promote a product on ClickBank that had good gravity and a great sales page. I put together a decent landing page with an optin form for a free 7 day eCourse.

I decided to try out a distribution service for articles that I had heard about quite a bit but just never got around to it.

On Friday, I started to get a couple of subscribers to the eCourse so I went to Google to check my article and sure enough it was popping up on various sites. To my surprise, when I got up this morning, I had 2 sales totaling almost $50 that I can tie back to this one article and the distribution service.

Wow is all I can say! I hope this wasn’t just a case of me being lucky. I guess time will tell.

If you are interested in the article distribution service, here is the link: Article Distribution Service

This free Article Submitter software was produced by the creator of Keyword Elite, SEO Elite and Affiliate Elite and is a great tool for article marketing.

This version is a free download — no tricks here. There is a paid version that adds a few bells and whistles but the free version is a definitely worth downloading.

It saves quite a of time submitting to article directories plus it helps keep you organized. Download Here

I thought I would jot down my top free traffic sources.  All of these sites have provided me with decent traffic at a cost of zero.  Please feel free to add to the list:

 EzineArticles.com- A great place to submit articles.  They can be a little picky to get your articles in.  But once your article is approved it typically leads to very good traffic.

Digg.com - a little harder to get traffic but if you hit the right topic it can be explosive.

StumbleUpon.com -  Participation is the key here.  Put meaningful comments on people’s sites and it typically leads to good results.

Yahoo Answers - Ask and Answer questions and with little effort you will get traffic.  Plus, giving your opinion in the area you have knowledge can be helpful to people in need.  I have received several personal thank you notes which makes me feel good.

Squidoo- Create a decent S lens with a low competing niche topic and you should see traffic in a day.  Just put a good lens together and your off!

 Bonus 

Social Bookmarking - sites like Technorati.com, Twitter.com and Blink.com can lead to great traffic.  Like all of these sites, a little effort and time and you will be surprised at the results.

 Have a good one.  Tyler