Instead of covering well-known sources like SEO, video marketing, article marketing which probably you already know anyway, I’ve decided to take a look at 27 completely different (untapped) type of traffic sources that is working very well for me. So, if you are ready, let’s dive into it:
dive into it:
1. Image/Photo Sharing
There are many image sharing sites, such as flickr.com, where you can share your images (in any niche) and include a link to your own site/blog. Here’s a complete list of photo sharing sites you can use: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_photo_sharing_websites
Did you know, that you can share a .doc or .pdf files with your link included inside the document? These doc sharing sites gets a decent amount of traffic and can bring you some nice amount of visitors to your site/blog in a short period of time. Here’s a top 20 document sharing sites:
1. scribd.com
2. docstoc.com
3. slideshare.net
4. crocodoc.com
5. Issuu.com
6. docshare.com
7. wepapers.com
8. myplick.com
9.powershow.com
10. slidesix.com
11. gotomyfiles.com
12. my.huddle.net
13. twidox.com
14. pex.webexone.com
15. docuter.com
16. slideboom.com
17. authorstream.com
18. slidelive.com
19. slideserve.com
20. slideburner.com
3. ebay.com traffic.
eBay is one of the biggest internet sites on the internet. And as with other big sites out there, there’s always a way to get a slice of that traffic. You can do this by selling reports and e-books you write in your niche (write some useful how-tos and sell them for very low price, the point in this case is the traffic, not the money). Also you can create an about page , where you can put a link to your blog/site.
4. Craiglist.com
Craiglist is the most trafficked classified ad site on the internet. I’ll be honest with you, I haven’t used craiglist yet, however I’ve heard some incredible success stories who cracked the code of craiglist. One thing to keep in mind, that most of the CPA networks don’t accept craiglist traffic, so your best option is to send them to a squeeze page, build a list and then promote stuff through email marketing.
Craiglist traffic can work for any niche: bizz-op, dating, free stuff, local lead gen.. you name it.
You can also try these classified ad sites:
ablewise.com
adoos.com
adpost.com
allfreeads.com
american-classifieds.net
backpage.com
classifiedads.com
classifiedsgiant.com
domesticsale.com
ebayclassifieds.com
eclassifieds4u.com
epage.com
finditclassifieds.com
freeclassifieds.com
geebo.com
inetgiant.com
kedna.com
locanto.com
newfreeclassifieds.com
olx.com
oodle.com
pennysaverusa.com
salespider.com
usfreeads.com
webclassifieds.us
6. Misspelled domain traffic
This goes more into the grey hat area. I’m not doing this nor do I recommend, however I’ll cover this anyway if you want to take a risk:)
Miss-speled traffic is essentially a traffic that comes from missspelled web addresses. For example, there are millions of people everyday typing google.com into the address bar, a small % of these people sometimes make a mistake and put gppgle.com by mistakenly clicking “pp” instead of “oo”. So, if you owned gppgle.com I bet you’d received a great amount of traffic every single day. Get the point?
This is just an example, however you can still use this idea on other websites. Here’s a hint: trending events. Such us popular movies. At this moment when I’m writing this article, The Dark Knight Rises is all over the place. Having this in mind, you can buy all sort of variation domain names: www.darllnight.com, www.darkknoght.com and etc. I’m not 100% guarantee you will see traffic with this, however if the website or the event is super popular, I’ve no doubt you will see some traffic coming in.
7. Coupon traffic
If your business offer coupon codes for your product or services (and I highly recommend you do), don’t forget coupon directories. People love discounts and coupons. Groupon.com is a living example. Make sure you add your coupons to the following coupon/deal of the day directories:
bensbargains.com
couponcabin.com
couponcraze.com
couponcraze.com
coupongirl.com
couponmountain.com
currentcodes.com
dailyedeals.com
dealcatcher.com
dealhunting.com
dealofday.com (Forum)
deals2buy.com
deals4dummies.com
dealtaker.com
edealsetc.com
gottadeal.com (Forum)
happycoupons.com
headlinedeals.com
jackscouponcodes.com
keycode.com
mycoupons.com
promotioncode.org
quicktoclick.com
ultimatecoupons.com
wanting.com
Above sites are hugely popular and get incredible amount of traffic everyday. Don’t have a coupon code yet? I’m gonna write a whole post on creating a coupon code for your product/service very soon. Coupons are great not just because it increases conversions, but succesfully combining it with social/incentive aspects, your coupon code can go viral at the speed of light.
8. Podcasting traffic
People love video, but they also love audio too. Podcasting is a great way if you are shy in front of the camera and feeling more comfortable talking in to the microphone. Podcasting can be used for any niche. What I like about podcasting is that it highly improves your credibility and authority. Especially if you are interviewed by other person. Very powerful stuff.
allpodcasts.com
digitalpodcast.com
feeds4all.com (podcast category)
fluctu8.com
getapodcast.com
gigadial.net
godcast1000.com (Christian)
ipodder.org
itunes.com
learnoutloud.com
mirpod.com
podbean.com
podcast411.com
podcastalley.com
podcastblaster.com/directory/
podcastdirectory.com
podcastingnews.com
podcasting-station.com
podcastpickle.com
podcastpup.com
podfeed.net
rimpodcast.quickplay.ca/rimpodcasting/ (Blackberry)
social.zune.net/podcasts/ (Zune)
stitcher.com
techpodcasts.com
9.Tutorial traffic
Tutorials are a HUGE untapped traffic source online. If you have a website related to graphic design, wordpress, web development, SEO, marketing, or programming, then you can use tutorials to send thousands of visitors to your website.
Some of the popular tutorial sites:
Good-tutorials.com (Graphics/Photo/Programming)
Tutorialized.com (Web design and marketing)
tutorial-index.com (photoshop, coding, video, etc)
tutorial-center.com (computer related)
geekpedia.com (Programming)
tutorialsphere.com (web, video, audio, etc)
tutorialsgarden.com (photoshop & coding)
thewebblend.com (Design)
fstutorials.com (Web design)
noupe.com (Graphics related)
tutorialized.com
noupe.com
instructables.com
pixel2life.com
psLover.com
tutorialkit.com
ehow.com
instructables.com
(there are dozens more)
10. Ebook traffic
There are plemty free and paid ebook sharing website where you can upload your own eBook.
Here are some of them:
free-ebooks.net
getfreeebooks.com
ebookdirectory.com
e-booksdirectory.com
free.yudu.com
manybooks.net
witguides.com
bookyards.com
bibliotastic.com
smashwords.com
sharewareebooks.com
ebookjunkie.com (Free ebooks category)
ebookmall.com (Free ebooks category)
Amazon.com (Kindle version)
Hope you will like this post. You can also add more topic in the comment section.
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