Willie Crawford Teaches Internet Marketing

My New Top 10 Free Website Traffic Generation Methods - Part 1
Copyright 2010 by Willie Crawford

In 2008, I wrote an ebook that revealed my most effective
methods of generating free website traffic. As online
conditions and technologies change, I feel it’s now time
to update that ebook.

However, instead of revealing my new top 10 free website
traffic generation methods in ebook format, I’m going to do
it in a 10-part article series.

While I do list these methods in order of my preference,
it’s not necessarily by which ones produce the most traffic.
Instead, I list them also considering which  produce the
highest quality traffic, and therefore adds the most to my
bottom-line.

Let’s get started…

My number one favorite method of generating free website
traffic is via an affiliate program.  I like releasing
simple, inexpensive products that pay as much as 100%
commission on the front-end.  Properly done, this can create
thousands of affiliates all working frantically to send you
highly-qualified BUYING traffic.

They find and send you traffic that you wouldn’t otherwise
have, and you reward them for doing so.

If you’d like to see a live example of how I do this, visit:
http://sellmorebigticket.com The product there is a
$17 audio/ebook combination where I pay affiliates 100%
commission.  That ebook is called “The Secrets To Selling
More Big Ticket Products” and is an MP3 and PDF transcript
where I share exactly how I do that

There are a number of keys to making this most effective,
and I see many people who attempt this tactic missing
some of the most important elements.  Those keys are:

1) You want to make managing the whole system as easy
as possible.  If your system is too burdensome, you won’t
use it for very long.  I use the Rapid Action Profits
system, developed by my friend Sid Hale, to manage this
affiliate program. I use it because once I set up a site,
RAP makes management practically hands-free.  The script
can be configured to pay any percentage commission that you
desire on a front-end and/or back-end product.

The beauty of the system is that when a sale is made,
the affiliate is paid instantly directly to their Paypal
account, and the customer is redirected to a download
page.  At that point, my affiliate has sent me that
prized traffic, but as importantly, is also building me
a mailing list.

2) You need to also have a good back-end product in-place.
I typically have a second product that I offer
immediately after that first sale. You can offer
affiliates any percentage commission on this sale,
and I often don’t offer any since I’ve given them all
of the money from the front-end sale.

The key though, is that if you do offer a back-end
product (or one-time-offer) you will often get a major
percentage of customer take it.  So, if you don’t have
that offer in place, you’re leaving behind much of
your profits.

3) You need to have follow-up in place.  It does little
good to build that list if you don’t later follow-up
with them.  Another reason that I like using Rapid
Action Profits is that it builds a database right within
the software.

Since some web hosting companies limit the number of
emails that you can send from their servers (at one time),
RAP also offers the capability for automatically
building your list on a third-party system (such as
Aweber.com or ProfitAutomation.com).

I have at least 30 sites built using RAP. Those are all
traffic generation systems.  Can you tell that I like
RAP?  You should check out RAP at http://timic.org/RAP

4) Here’s where a lot of people using this traffic
generation method cut corners, and fail…

You need to give affiliates lots of great tools so that
it’s really, REALLY easy for them to register as
affiliates and then promote like crazy.

Many of your affiliates won’t feel comfortable creating
tools on their own. So, if you don’t give them the
tools, they’ll end up doing nothing.  Tools should
include:
- Banners in a variety of sizes
- Solo emails
- Blog posts
- Tweets
- Classified ads (suitable for Google AdWords)

The tools should have the affiliates’ links automatically
inserted in the proper places - something RAP handles
beautifully.  If you force your affiliates to have to
track down links, and then manually edit the tools you
offer, many won’t bother.

5) Here’s how you make your traffic generator go viral…

Invite your customers to become affiliates after they
purchase.  I’ve seen many merchants put links to their
affiliate program right on the sales page. I don’t like
this technique since I feel that it can distract customers
that your affiliates worked hard to send you. So, I
don’t feel that it’s fair.

Instead, I put links to sign-up for the affiliate
program on my product download pages, AND often in the
products themselves.  Simply explain to customers that
they can register, promote the product, and earn instant
commissions.  This is very effective, especially when
you have all of those great affiliate tools in place.

It’s also very effective because the INSTANT commissions
helps those who need the cash now!

Ok, I’ve just shared with you my very favorite method
for generating free website traffic.  I basically get
others to send me the traffic, and then I have tools
in place to leverage that traffic.

Stay tuned for part 2.

—————

Willie Crawford has been marketing goods and services over
the internet since 1996, and teaches many of his tactics
in his free ezine.  Be sure to not miss the rest of this
series by subscribing at http://WillieCrawford.com

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See you on the call…

Willie Crawford

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It’s Odinn Sorensen’s birthday on February 17th
and he is also celebrating his 2nd anniversary of
J.O.B. Independence Day - two full years of being
a full-time Internet Marketer.

In celebration of this, he is running his “Daddys
Birthday Giveaway” again for the third time.

I invite you to join Odinn and me as JV Partners
in Daddys Birthday Giveaway now!

http://timic.org/HappyBDOdinn

NOTE: The Partner Upgrade on his giveaway is VERY
attractive, so I definitely recommend that you grab
it to you improve your gift ranking, get more
subscribers and earn greater commissions.

Have a great day!

Willie

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That is the title of a 2-hour audio interview that I
recorded with Super Affiliate Doug Champigny.

In it I share the exact in-depth tactics and
techniques that we use to generate many times more
sales than your “average” affiliate.

I share with you how I sometimes easily generate as
much as $70,000 in affiliate sales in mere days,
during a major product launch, using tactics that
ANYONE can use.

My secret is that I do have a system and I’m very
methodical, deliberate, and do things that have
proven to work for me and my peers.

How do you get this free MP3 audio?

Just visit The International Association Of Joint
Venture Brokers member-only forum. The link is near
the top  of the forum.

We’re offering this MP3 for free to generate more
members and activity in IAJVB.

*** You can get the Silver Membership  free at:
http://IAJVB.ORG

The heart and soul of the IAJVB site is a database
of upcoming product launches and events. This is the
perfect place for your to find out about product
LAUNCHES early!

If you have any product launches or relaunches
(or live events) coming up any time soon, you DO want
them in the IAJVB database. We just launched a
MASSIVE membership drive. You do want your products
that you are looking for JV partners or affiliates
for to be in that database.

Willie

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At the recent Niche Affiliate Marketing System (NAMS) Workshop,
I gave two presentation… one on list-building to the beginners
group, and one of traffic generation to the intermediate group.

I also helped with FOUR workshops

If you missed NAMS3, you can get the recordings very
inexpensively at: http://timic.org/NAMS3

NAMS is not a pitchfest… instructors go very in-depth
in their presentations, and then in follow-on hands-on
workshops, have attendees actually DO what they just
taught… with assistants walking around the room helping
anyone who gets “stuck.”  It’s this level of training
that you’ll get  in the recordings, so again, they are
VERY worth getting.

A common thread in both of the presentations that I gave,
plus in many of the workshops that I helped teach, was
that you really do need your own affiliate program

I preach that having your own affiliate program allows
you to get OTHERS to send you website traffic and new
list members who are PROVEN BUYERS.

The affiliates will do all of the heavy lifting if you
just give them a great product and the right tools.

Since with an affiliate program, you only pay for
performance, it really costs you nothing.  I’m
presuming that your affiliates are reaching customers
that you wouldn’t be reaching. In many of my markets,
I assume that I’m not reaching even 1/10th of my potential
customers.

I NEED affiliates to introduce me to their contacts.

I need affiliates to make recommendations for my products
since they are already know and trusted by their list
members and followers. This allows you to borrow or leverage
someone else’s credibility.

Setting up an affiliate program can be really, really
simple.  I explain a lot of what I do in this PowerPoint
presentation that you can download free here:
http://WebsiteTrafficPhD.com/PowerPoint.htm

As I said, you need to give your affiliates a great product
and the right tools.   I cover both in my slides that I
offered above.

The two easiest ways to create a product quickly is to
record an interview with an expert, or to find a good
private label rights product and rework it.  Let’s talk
about how I do both.

For the record product with the expert, I simply ask
someone who knows a LOT about a topic that my
audience is interested in, if I can interview them.
MOST say yes… they love talking about their area of
expertise, and appreciate the value of the free publicity
for them and their products.

I use Audio Acrobat to record our call right over the
phone. Audio Acrobat cost $20 per month, and you can
make an unlimited number of recorded calls and have so
many benefits that you simply need to check out the site
at http://williec.audioacrobat.com

I’ve used Audio Acrobat for over 4 years, which tells you
how satisfied I am with them

Within minutes of hanging up from the phone interview, I
can download the MP3 recording. I use Audacity or Sound
Forge to clean up the audio if necessary… removing
coughs, excessive pauses, small talk, etc.

Then I pass the audio to my transcriptionist to have
them type it our so that I can turn it into a PDF
complete with live hyperlinks.

I want the live hyperlinks because that is where I often
build in backend profits. If the interviewee has an
affiliate program, I often ask if I can use an affiliate
link when discussing their products as a solution to
some problem.

As soon you get your audio and transcript ready, you
have a product ready to roll. You could even offer just
the MP3, or offer the transcript as an upsell.

I typically set these products up on a site designed
just for the ONE product.  I power my affiliate program
with my friend and neighbor, Sid Hale’s Rapid Action
Profits script.

The reason that I use Rapid Action Profits is that it
allows me to pay affiliates INSTANTLY… with customers
making payments directly to affiliates Paypal accounts
before Paypal redirects the customer to my download
page.

Affiliate who need cash NOW rather than having to wait
a month or more to get paid really appreciate products
the instant commission. I also often pay 100% commission
on the front end product, making the product even more
attractive to affiliates!

You can check out Rapid Action Profits at:
http://timic.org/rap

The second way to come up with a product FAST is to
start with private label rights.  I think of private
label rights as a product where someone else has done
the research and created “the first draft.”

With PLR I recommend that you:
- Revise it, making sure it’s accurate, in your own
voice, and even has links to additional resources that
you recommend (your affiliate links).
- Give it a new title
- Have new graphics created
- Revise any provide website to make it more powerful
and of course to reflect the new product name.

If you do a good job with PLR, the original creator of
the product should not even recognize it… that’s when
you know that you have something that delivers a lot
of value, yet is unique in the market place.

After you have your product ready to roll, you just
need to get the word out.  You can do that in numerous
way that I’ll cover in a future post… one I’ll write
shortly… after I’ve taken care of a few other things

Bookmark the site and drop by often.

I will recommend that you list your new affiliate product
in the database at http://TIMIC.ORG That requires a Gold
or higher membership.

You can also post that you are looking for affiliates/
JV partners on many popular forums.

A way to grow your affiliate program, and as a result
your subscriber/customer base, and your website traffic
REALLY fast… is to recruit your new customers as
affiliates. Rapid Action Profits makes it really easy
to do this.

Just stick a link to your affiliate program on your
download page. I DON’T like links to the affiliate
program on the sales page as I feel this a disservice to
hard-working affiliates. They send you customers ready
to buy, and instead of encouraging them to buy you
short-sightedly entice them to become affiliates
instead.  I do think that is fair, but many of my peers
will disagree

You can also recruit your customers as affiliates by
adding a page to your product (ebook) inviting the
customer to join. You can do the same thing in a
follow-up autoresponder message

Customers who have already used, and therefore know
and hopefully LIKE your product make some of the best
affiliates anyway.

Ok, so grab my slides at:
http://WebsiteTrafficPhD.com/PowerPoint.htm

Grab RAP at:  http://timic.org/rap

If you need a new domain name you can find one dirt
cheap at http://WillieCrawford.com/domains/
I set that up to offer domain names to my clients at
near cost.

You may also be able to find a domain name that’s
already aged, and therefore may rank higher in the
search engine, in my database of domain names that I
have for sale at:  http://DomainsForSaleByWillie.com

When you see a domain name that you want at the url
listed above just click on the link next to the domain
name and make me an offer… if it’s reasonable, I’ll
accept it

Ok, what are you wait on

Willie

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I just returned from the Niche Affiliate Marketing
System (NAMS) hands-on Workshop, where I gave 2
presentations, helped to teach 4 workshops, and
participated in actually creating a product that is
now being marketed by numerous affiliate marketers.

This was one of the best seminars/workshops that
I’ve ever attended.  I’ll be blogging about it,
sharing some of the photos that I took, and some
of the insights that I gained  while at the
workshop.

One of the BIGGEST ah-ha’s for me was how much people
trust me and are depending upon me to guide them
through the minefields they often have to cross
while learning Internet marketing.

Events of the past weekend renewed my commitment to
be that beacon of light in the midst of a storm of
deception, inaccurate information, and people
needlessly struggling to build online businesses.

One of the biggest minefields that “newbies” face
is all of the BAD information being spread by
the pretend experts.

These pretend experts, who believe that you have to
“fake it till you make it” are a real danger to
those who don’t know any better because…

- They spread inaccurate information

- They teach you theory rather than what they KNOW
or do in their day to day businesses

The sad part is that they don’t need to pretend to
be experts. Most of them could use all of that
energy and creativity to deliver real value to their
customers.

For example, they could create information products
with incredible value, and 100% accurate information,
simply by being “a report.” They could just interview
the genuine experts.

Even though I have developed expertise in many areas
of Internet marketing over the past 13 years, this
is exactly how I create many of the product that I
sell.

Here’s an example of a product that I created that
could easily sell for $197, and it would be worth
every penny…

I interviewed a dozen search engine optimization
experts on exactly how they use SEO to power their
businesses. These were fairly “ordinary” online
marketers who use SEO tactics to:

- Get top search engine ranking for some VERY
competitive keywords.

- Build huge affiliate marketing teams

- Make a LOT of affiliate sales without having a
large list, a busy website, name recognition, or
any of the things most of us would thinks were
essential

- Redirect traffic from some of the busiest websites
on the Internet using little-known tactics that
you’ll never hear the pretend experts talking about

- Build huge, very responsive mailing lists of proven
buyers that they can market to for years to come

- Use free tools and Web 2.0 platforms to intercept
a mind-boggling flow of traffic and redirect it
anywhere that they choose

You see, when you really understand what search engine
optimization actually involves, and then actually
USE that knowledge, you become a master at generating
website traffic and sending it anywhere that you want.

Sorry… I went off on a bit of a tangent, but when I
look at the biggest problem that struggling Internet
marketers face…

The problem that NONE of the pretend experts solve,
it’s how to get more eyeballs on your webpages.

Mastering this knowledge is so critical that I’m
going to GIVE you my course IF you grab it in the
next 7 days.

I do plan on selling this course, and in-fact have
my graphic artist working on the website design
right now.  I’ll roll these interviews out as a stand-
alone product within the next 30 days.

At that point it will cost you, but if you’re
decisive, and quick-acting, I’ll give it to you.

Yes, there is a catch.  I want to get you to take
a look at another tool that I use EVERY DAY to
help me with my SEO.

It won’t cost you a penny… I just believe in the
product so much that I want you to take it for a
test drive.  Just check out:
http://timic.org/test-drive

Try it for a week - it won’t cost you a anything.
After you’ve registered for the 1-week free trial,
just fill in the form here:
http://timic.org/10FreeMP3s

and I’ll give you the dozen free SEO interviews.

Getting back to how easy it would be for the
pretend experts to create and roll out a high
value product, all they would need to do is
model me.

Here’s exactly what I’m going to do with those
audio interviews (that you can get for free from
now until February 7th):

1) Offer the MP3’s packaged with the transcripts
and perhaps a bonus or two from a website set up
solely to market that one product.

2) Roll it out through an affiliate program to
really ramp things up, while cutting promotional
costs to practically ZERO!

3) Offer related products to buyers of the SEO
interviews who have demonstrated that they are
serious about generating more traffic to their
websites, and want to do it now. That starts you
building a real business instead of making
one-time sales.

4) Invite customers to become affiliates (on the
download page) to grow the affiliate program
many times faster.

That’s actually a simple plan that I’ve used
several times in the past, and I’ll be expanding
on that in a future newsletter

I was motivated to write this editorial because
the pretend experts are so very dangerous.  A
naive beginner, or even a seasoned expert who
falls for their “smooth talk” could end up
wasting a lot of valuable time and money.

Don’t you do that.

Instead grab those free interviews where I teach
you how to actually get a lot more  traffic to your
websites.  I teach you that by sharing the know-how of
other experts who have proven to me that they walk the
walk.

Get those interview now. It’ a 2-step process:

1) Register for this free trial:
http://timic.org/test-drive

2) Fill in the form here for immediate access
to the 10 interviews in MP3:
http://timic.org/10FreeMP3s

Don’t delay. Decisive business people who take
immediate action become successful.  Others just
spend their lives planning and watching the world
pass them by.

Willie

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Everyone knows that it’s impossible to
make any real income on the internet
without a list.

But how do you build a list if you’re
just starting out?

For many it’s the one problem that they
just can’t seem to figure out.

If this describes you, I have some
great news for you!

http://timic.org/social

This is just starting pre-launch now.

This is an amazing ebook on the exact
methods you can use to generate a
huge list using social media.

*How to set up your networks
*How to post to 50 sites at once!
*How to build relationships fast
*How to convert them into buyers

and way too much more to list.

The best part is you can get this
now for $7 while it’s in pre-launch!

AND you get to keep 100% of the profit
in their affiliate system. Hey, 7 bucks
paid instantly to your Paypal is a great
deal.

So grab it now, learn to generate a massive
income with the business of social media
and make instant commissions at the same
time. Pretty awesome!

http://timic.org/social

Willie

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Well, I’ve got to tell you… I’m blown away!

Stephanie, Rodger & Gary over at the Self
Improvement Gifts Giveaway 4 have just done
it again!

Not only has this been the most talked about
giveaway in months (if not years!)…

NOW, they’ve just told me that YOU have a chance
to win a CASH prize just for joining & looking around!

If 500+ gifts isn’t incentive enough for you, I know
that the chance to win $50 CASH is too good to
pass up!

Here’s how it works:

1. If you HAVE NOT joined FREE yet, do so here
quickly:

http://timic.org/SelfImprovement

or…

2. If you’ve ALREADY joined the event, just head
back to:

http://www.selfimprovementgifts4.com/members

Either way, when you start browsing & downloading
the $1000s of free gifts at this site…

There is a “hidden gift” that one lucky winner will
find!

When you enter your name & email to receive this
special “hidden gift,” instead of going to a
download page - you will be surprised with a
page filled with balloons and instructions on
how to claim your $50 Cash to Paypal gift!

But only the first person to find the gift will
win the CASH (based on date/timestamp)…

So you better not delay - people are already
combing the site to find the special gift!

I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it will be YOU!

To Your Success!
Willie Crawford

P.S. There are only 3 Days Left Before this historic
giveaway closes it’s doors until 2011 - don’t miss
out!

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Radio Show: How To Build A Highly Targeted, Responsive,
List Of Buyers In Any Niche Using Free List-Building Giveaways

Many people in Internet marketing look at free
list-building giveaways, and view them as largely
unproductive. Yet, when properly set-up and
orchestrated, you can build a very focused list
of your ideal customers, in ANY niche, faster
using free giveaways (with less risk) than about
any other method that I can think of.

In Internet marketing, the saying is “the money
is in the list,” and that’s because many list
owners have learned that they can expect to earn
an average of $1 per list-member per month. That
of course varies by niche, by what types of
products and service you offer your subscribers,
and how skillful the list owner is at building
a solid relationship with list-members.

I personally have known people who used free
list-building giveaways to grow their businesses
to the point where they comfortably walked away
from corporate jobs. One friend walked away from
a six-figure job mere months after he started a
serious list-building campaign.

Join me on Saturday, November 7th, at 3-4pm EST,
as I share with you some of the secrets I’ve
learned over the past 4-5 years as I’ve participated
in dozen of free list-building giveaways and even
hosted several of my own.

You can listen right over the internet and ask
questions or share comments at:
http://BlogTalkRadio.com/WillieCrawford/

If you don’t yet have a large, responsive list,
I’m going to end all excuses during this show.

Please join us, and also encourage any struggling
online friend to attend.

Willie

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Here’s an audio interview that Cyndi Parker and I did
on how to create and post short, focused videos to
video-sharing sites, and generate tons of traffic,
sales, and subscribers.

In the audio we mention Easy Push Button Traffic.

Click here to take advantage of a $1 trial that allows
you to literally submit an unlimited number of articles,
videos, podcasts, and press releases.

Easy Push Button Traffic will save you so much time
that you’ll wonder how you EVER got along without
it. At least that’s the case for me. Some days I write
several press releases, and as many as 10 articles,
and submit them all that day. That’s how powerful
Easy Push Button Traffic is!

Willie

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