5 Hot Ways To Generate Free Viral Traffic

I watched a fantastic webinar on ways to bring about free viral traffic a few days ago and thought I would share my summary with with you today. The main thing to bear in mind when adding content to your website with an idea of generating free viral traffic is that your readers are not stupid. They will be able to discern if you are offering something they want. If it is they will pass the word along. If it is useless they will leave you site quicker than my son goes racing for the cat food bowl! You've probably heard this earlier, but I'll say it again:

YOU and YOUR CONTENT must be UNIQUE and you must offer VALUE

With that said, let me offer my readers some value and get straight to method #1 for generating free viral traffic.

1. Give Something Away

A great early example of this is Hotmail. Do you have a Hotmail account? I know I do, even though I'm more on Gmail these days. Hotmail started offering free email accounts in 1996 and by 1997 had over 8 million users, when it was then bought by Microsoft. They offered something USEFUL (an online email account) for free and included a link at the bottom of every email how others could get their free Hotmail account. Genius. Every time a Hotmail user sent an email, they were helping to spread the name of Hotmail. This is a classic example of generating free viral traffic on the internet.

It is human nature to be drawn toward things that are free. If it looks interesting, and it's free, people are more than happy to give it a try. It's the conversion into paying customers that is the challenge.

2. Create a Viral Video Clip

This is a great one to use with Facebook to create free viral traffic. If a YouTube of Facebook video is not copyrighted you can download it to your computer then upload it to your Facebook page in the hopes of it going viral. I have some awesome training with my friend Kevin Sousa I can offer you on this as part of our Prosperity Team bonuses.

3. Create a Brand-able E-Book

Have you noticed the amount of sites that offer a free E-Book to subscribers? Give your email, click the link and get access to an E-Book full of useful information. I know I've downloaded my fair share of free E-Books! This method of advertising really works, why? Because you're both providing value AND giving something for free!

Here is how you can leverage this strategy. Write a short E-Book on a topic that relates to you business, and at a few key places include a link that will drive traffic back to your website. Post it on your website and let interested people download their free copies.

Although why stop there? Encourage others to offer it as a free E-Book on their website. If the book is useful and well written the number of websites offering your E-Book will grow. which can keep driving free viral traffic back to your site for years to come. Make sure you don't alter the links you put in the book!

4. Use Social Bookmarking Sites

Something that's really flourishing recently is the popularity of social bookmarking sites like Pinterest, Digg, Stumble Upon. These sites allow users to search, set bookmarks, organise, read and rate anything on the internet. If something listed on here is well written and worth sharing it will get more votes. More votes move it up the rankings, getting it more exposure.

Even if the reader doesn't vote for your article, they may still visit your site and read what else you've been up to.

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5. BLOG

In order for your blog posts to go viral, people have to know your blog exists. For a blog to be compelling, you will need to post 4 or more times per week. Try to give your posts elements that could make them viral; an unique point of view, fresh information and be entertaining. You will also need to work at marketing your blog. Leaving a comment on other peoples blogs with a link back to yours is a way that could allure readers to your posts.

If you can write good blog posts and can effectively market your blog your readership will grow. The more readers you have, the greater the chance of one of your blog posts going viral.

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