How to get free traffic and signups using Safelists and Traffic Exchanges

 

One of the most popular ways to build your list with subscribers is to use Google Adwords. Adwords is such a dominant force that you can test new markets and send traffic immediately as long as you can afford to do so.


But what is the best way to get traffic and signups for free?

The best way is probably by creating a lot of great content in a bid to generate organic traffic. But that takes time and lot of effort.

There is another couple of great ways to build your list for free. One is by using Safelists, or now also known as List Builders. The other way is by using Traffic Exchanges (TEs).


Matt Z's Guide to using Safe Lists

If you do not know how safelists work, the concept is simple. You sign up (usually for free) to be able to email your message to the safelist owners list of subscribers. What's in it for the owner? Well they can send you their own messages and there is also a chance you might pay to upgrade to a higher level of membership.
 


 

Safelists came about after the recent canspam laws were enforced. Offering 'safe' lists of prospects that have all agreed to become members, there is no chance of being accused of sending spam.

To benefit from safelists you really need to sign up to as many as possible. But because each safelist has its own restrictions on how often you can send messages, this presents a problem. If you want to squeeze the most out of using safelists you have to keep track of when you are allowed to send the next message for each safelist.

There is a program called Viral Mail Profits that allows you to manage all your safe lists in one place. It is free to use so definitely worth looking in to if you want to get the most out of using safelists.


But which safe lists should you try?

Well I have compiled a list of ones I have personally tried and know that they produce results, I recently put up a new site and tracked the stats. It was no surprise that a majority of the NEW leads I generated were due to list builders. Here are just a few of the stats:

ViralAdStore: 76 Leads (2 Emails)

Adsolution-line 52 Leads (3 Emails)

TargetPro Blaster One of my favourites, you earn $10 for every referral!

ListQuik: 10 Leads (1 Email)

Another good complete package is Ads and Cash which links a lot of your programs together and also offers you $250 worth of advertising straight away! The idea of 'portal-sites' like Ads and Cash is that if you promote and refer a signup, that sign up may sign up to a number of programs as your referral, not just one. 

 

Matt Z's Guide to using Traffic Exchanges

Traffic Exchanges (or just TEs) are another great way to get free traffic and hopefully some extra leads for your sales funnel. The way they work is that you surf a bunch of websites on a TE earning credits as you go. You can then spend those credits on advertising so other members view your site whilst they are earning credits themselves.

Now you do not need to be a genius to work out that TEs do not provide a great quality level of traffic. Similar to Safe Lists, other members are only viewing your site to earn credits for themselves. So to grab their attention, do not simply point them to your home page. You need a very simple eye-catching splash page with a graphic and maybe a couple of lines of text that will either have your opt-in form on it or direct the viewer to your opt-in page.

The downside to using TE's (similar again to using Safe Lists) is that it can be a bit repetitive earning credits as you are basically clicking for as long as you can stand.

A great tip to generate traffic fast is to sign up to as many of these traffic exchange sites as you can, and then surf the sites each in a different window or tab so you can click 'next' to load the next site but instead of waiting 30 seconds or so you can click through all your other open windows so you won't be waiting at all!


So, which TE's do I recommend?

 
 
Below are a few that I use and have had some good results from, so sign up to as many as you can.


Revenue Magic - Surf based - earn credits by surfing (my favourite!)
 
Ads and Cash - Portal site, join to get $250 of advertising FREE on 'Grade A Traffic'

Easy Surf Exchange - Surf-based

FreeViral - Text ads based, works the same way

 
 
 
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A great way to make money Online is via Affiliate Marketing, or as otherwise known 'Internet Marketing'.

You may have come across the term before, so let me explain what it is if I may.

Internet Marketing is all about selling digital information products on
the Internet. This could be a PDF document or a video explaining how 
to do something such as how to fix a laptop, or how to use eBay effectively.

The product could be about anything, as long as it provides value and 
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The beauty of information products is that there are no physical items
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as long as people want them of course!
 

Click on each step for the article.

Step 1 - Choose your Market (what subject interests you?)

Step 2 - Start and establish a blog or website

Step 3 - Track traffic and create a sign-up form

Step 4 - Use your list to Sell!