TommyCarey
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Now I know we all have our favorite traffic generation methods, but I want to figure out what everyone else's favorites are.
I love a few for different reasons
Adwords and Adcenter (aka Bing Ads): These are my top favorites because they are instant traffic and sales since you can get your ad to the top of the search results pretty quick if you know what you're doing. Now this is a double edged sword since it may cost an arm and a leg to get to the top and you may just break even. Breaking even is never fun because even if you pay to be on top and make your money back, you've invested a lot of time in the work and technically you're now behind.
Third party ad platforms: I like using buysellads since webmasters can build up their websites and once they feel they are getting enough traffic they can apply for BSA to list them and get some ad sales. You can cherry pick what sites you want to be shown on based on the niche and category. You can even search for sites out of you niche, but I wouldn't recommend advertising on them. The only downside of this is that people can most likely falsify their traffic and ask for a higher dollar for an ad spot which is actually worth nothing because you won't get any clicks or sales.
SEO (Search Engine Optimization): I love doing SEO, it's one of the reasons I've stuck with online marketing for so long. It's not an overnight success type of thing so I always pair my SEO campaigns with a PPC campaign on either adwords or adcenter (bing ads). Doing SEO will pay off in the long rung, I look at it as a kind of branding so I don't get my hopes up like a lot of newer webmaster do. Doing SEO the right way is like getting on adwords or bing ads for free since you'll be on the first page and getting all the traffic.
Facebook ads: I like facebook ads, I don't exactly love it yet. Why don't I love it? Because I haven't had an extremely successful campaign just yet. I can get my cost per click down to $0.01 if I target third world countries, but that never converts into a sale 
I'm running a campaign right now for the online marketing niche and I've gotten my campaign down to $0.12 per click, so it's successful in my eyes so far even though I haven't made a sale yet (I'm selling a $500+ service).
Social Media Marketing: I'm not a huge fan of social media marketing because honestly I'm not too experienced with what I should be doing lol I know how a lot of it works, but I've been successful in other methods that I haven't had time to dive into SMM.
What's your favorite method to generate traffic?
Is it one of the above or do you have one that I didn't talk about?
Thanks,
Razzy
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hitmeasap
I use social media and forums for generating traffic mainly, but I've also used Facebook ads. I usually go with Forums and Facebook in particular, as these have given me the best results so far. I manage multiple facebook pages and whenever I launch a new product for instance, I make an announcement on all the pages simultaneously. Forums are another extremely good source for traffic and I've had great results using that too. With that being said, I've seen hundreds, perhaps even thousands of people using forums to drive traffic as it's totally free (except the time you put in), but nowadays, and this have been going on for quite some time, people are doing everything they can to drive their traffic so they spam and promote their services/products and websites in each and every thread they can find.. This ultimately leads to a decrease in traffic. At least it has for me. This also usually brings other circumstances too, such as more moderating, approvals of topics etc. Which also affects the flow of traffic.
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hitmeasap Hi Razzy, I use social media and forums for generating traffic mainly, but I've also used Facebook ads. I usually go with Forums and Facebook in particular, as these have given me the best results so far. I manage multiple facebook pages and whenever I launch a new product for instance, I make an announcement on all the pages simultaneously. Forums are another extremely good source for traffic and I've had great results using that too. With that being said, I've seen hundreds, perhaps even thousands of people using forums to drive traffic as it's totally free (except the time you put in), but nowadays, and this have been going on for quite some time, people are doing everything they can to drive their traffic so they spam and promote their services/products and websites in each and every thread they can find.. This ultimately leads to a decrease in traffic. At least it has for me. This also usually brings other circumstances too, such as more moderating, approvals of topics etc. Which also affects the flow of traffic. Best Regards, hitmeasap
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