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The Top 10 Sources of Free Traffic – DISSECTED [Traffic and Conversion #11]

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How to Increase Blog TrafficIt’s time for another edition of the Traffic and Conversion Series!

The idea behind these posts is to show what’s actually working with my traffic generation efforts.  By following this series you’ll get ideas and tactics that can be used with your online business.

I’m writing this post after completing a seven week cross-country trip across the United States. 

So I didn’t get a chance to do much in the way of blogging.

Did my traffic go up?  Did it go down?

More importantly, what am I doing to grow these numbers moving forward?

I’ll answer these questions.  Plus I’ll analyze ten different traffic sources for the last 1.5 years – Showing what’s currently working and what’s not.

There’s lots to cover today.

So let’s get to it…

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How I Generated 1,861 Visitors from a Single Forum Post [Traffic and Conversion #10]

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How to Increase Blog TrafficWelcome to the tenth edition of the Traffic and Conversion Series!

This monthly post describes what I’m currently doing to drive traffic to my blog and email list.

I missed last month’s edition.  (Long story)

So this time, I’ll compare traffic growth from July to what happened in May.

Plus, I’ll talk about how a single forum thread post generated 1,861 blog visitors and eight steps you can follow to get the same kind of traffic numbers.

To start, let’s go over the stats from last month:

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14 Free Traffic Strategies for 2012 that DON’T Depend on Google [Traffic and Conversion #9]

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How to Increase Blog TrafficWelcome to the ninth edition of the Traffic and Conversion Series!

This monthly post describes what I’m currently doing to drive traffic to my blog and email list.  By listing these techniques, I hope to help YOU increase your own traffic numbers.

Today’s post will talk about how to get web traffic – Even if you’ve been penalized by the recent Google Penguin update.

Many site owners have become a victim of the changes to the search engines.  That’s why it’s important to use these fourteen strategies to get more web traffic.

But, before dive into the main topic of this article, let’s go over the stats from last month:

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8 “Minimalist Blog Tricks” to Build a Massive Email List [Traffic and Conversion #8]

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How to Increase Blog TrafficWelcome to the eight edition of the Traffic and Conversion series!  This monthly post chronicles the specific actions I take to expand the reach of this site.

Today’s post will talk about eight different ways a simple blog layout (ie: “minimalist”) can quickly build an email list.

Before we get to that, let’s go over the numbers from last month:

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First lets recap the stats from March:

  • 46,413 Visits
  • 77.45% Bounce Rate
  • 0:57 Average Visitor Duration

So what happened in April?

Here is a screenshot from last month:

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How to Master the “Deep Inner Game” of Traffic Generation

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Inner Game of Web TrafficTraffic generation is one of the most important things you’ll need to do as an affiliate marketer.  Simply put, without traffic you don’t have an Internet business. 

The problem most people have with traffic generation is they understand the techniques, but NOT the mindset behind many of them. 

Fortunately Logan has a great guest post which details a number of “Inner Game” strategies that can take your web traffic to the next level…

You’ve read all the blog posts, you’ve spent DAYS on social media, you’ve written until your hand aches and your pen runs dry…

…but the people are elusive.

They won’t come.

No matter what you do, your site remains a barren wasteland of unseen dreams.

Empty.

Worthy of attention, but invisible to the masses.

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The #1 Mistake for Converting Blog Traffic [Traffic and Conversion #7]

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How to Increase Blog Traffic Welcome to the seventh update of the Traffic and Conversion series!

This is a monthly post where I detail traffic optimization strategies for this blog.

Today’s post will discuss a mistake I made over two years ago.  It was something I did when I first started this blog.  And the goal of this post to help you avoid making the same mistake.

Before we get to that, let’s go over the numbers from last month:

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Build My Rank Has Been Shut Down!

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Build My Rank - Closed for BusinessFor the last few months, I’ve recommended the “Build My Rank” service in a number of posts.  This is a tool I’ve used to increase search engine rankings to many of my niche sites.

Unfortunately, Build My Rank (BMR) has shut its doors because most of the sites in their blog network have been de-indexed by Google.

You can read about the details on this blog post.

In a weird way, I was kind of expecting this to happen.  In the last week, a few of my sites have been “Sandboxed.”  On two of them, the only thing I did was write a few BMR posts.  So I (had) have a suspicious feeling that Google is penalizing any site that’s connected to this service.

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How a 19.98% Traffic Increase Can HURT Your Site [Traffic and Conversion #6]

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How to Increase Blog TrafficWelcome to the sixth update of the Traffic and Conversion series!

In this monthly report, I list the exact strategies I use to increase traffic to this blog {and other websites.}

Today I’m going to talk about how SteveScottSite.com experienced a 19.98% growth in traffic in February.

Specifically, I’ll discuss how this increase might actually be a bad thing.

I know most people get excited by any growth in traffic.  However there are times when a traffic increase can have a negative consequence to the success of your website.

Before we get to that, let’s break down the metrics from last month…

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How Do We Find Replacement Rapport (Online)?

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Replacement Rapport OnlineIn today’s post, Alan is going away from the standard authority post.  Instead, he asks a lot of questions that are related to networking and interacting with other online entrepreneurs. 

I think this is an important read because you CAN’T run an Internet business without building relationships.  So read through Alan’s article and leave your thoughts in the comments section below…

If you’ll permit me I will not be writing a very ‘authoritative’ post here, rather I’d like to explore something with you – the idea of rapport.

Well, not so much rapport, more the lack of it – or at least the question of whether it’s there or not. Online.

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13 Ways to Use Fiverr.com as the ULTIMATE Link Building Service [Niche Affiliate Income #4]

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Niche Affliate Income SeriesIt’s been almost 2 months since I’ve talked about my niche affiliate income series.

Much has happened during this time.  I’ve shifted my focus on a number of sites and learned a lot about building small niche web properties.

The one thing I’ve discovered is you can make money with niche sites in a number of ways:

  • Information based affiliate products
  • Amazon physical products
  • Amazon Kindle books
  • Google Adsense
  • Product Launch Jacking
  • Cost-Per-Action

The end result is I’ve decided to branch out and build a whole series of niche sites – Each focusing on different income models.  (I promise to provide specific examples in the next update.)

Now the MAJOR obstacle to building niche sites is search engine optimization (SEO.)  Frankly, it can take a long time to build links and get your niche site ranked in search engines.  Sometimes it seems like I’ll spend an entire day doing one thing for a single site.

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How to Get 5293 (Automatic) Monthly Twitter Visitors [Traffic and Conversion #5]

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It’s time for the 5th edition of the Traffic and Conversion series!

In this monthly report, I list the exact strategies I use to increase traffic to this blog {and other websites.}

Today I’m going to detail a specific technique I used to generate 5293 monthly visitors from Twitter.

The best part?  I did this by only spending an hour (in the last month) on this social media site.

Some people might *disagree* with this strategy.  But I’ve found this is the best way to maximize your Twitter results.

Now before we jump in this month’s topic, let’s go over the current statistics:

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10 Ways to Use Google Analytics to Increase Web Traffic

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What’s the secret to getting more web traffic?

Is it promoting your site in a variety of places?

Or is it maximizing one source of traffic?

I think it’s neither.

My web traffic philosophy is simple:

“Find what’s working and do more of that!” (Tweet This)

It’s a straightforward strategy.  You concentrate on the traffic strategies that are working and ignore the rest.  It’s like that famous expression: “Starve the Ponies, Feed the Stallions.”

So you might wonder: How do find out what’s working?

Easy… you install and monitor Google Analytics on your site.

In my opinion, Google Analytics is the best tool for monitoring your traffic stats.  Unfortunately not many people know where to get started.  In this post, I’ll show ten ways to use Google Analytics to increase your web traffic:

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