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By Iszuddin Ismail aka Kidino
Tuesday, 12 September 2006

How to Attract Massive Traffic and Build a Huge Mailing List Quickly

I get emails from my readers almost everyday. And some complain about how hard or how expensive it is to get traffic to your site. To some extent, maybe that is true. But that doesn't mean you have to go by it ...

I may have a few tricks up my sleeve ... perhaps seven tricks. And these are cheap and free traffic strategies specifically for your name squeeze page.

And I am going to share them with you today.

You are question about these secret strategies that I am about to share with you, I want you to know that these are the strategies that I use myself. And these strategies have been bringing traffic over and over again.

If you apply these strategies, you can be doing one thing today, and the traffic keeps coming for months to come. Believe me on this ... I still get new subscribers today.

Secret #1 - Versus Articles

One of the most successful list-building secrets is writing and submitting articles. I know you've heard this dozens of times but I'm actually going going walk the walk and show you how to do it. I did an article a while back called "Blogs Vs Content Sites" and it's still pumping in traffic to my website today.

It's no ordinary article though - it's called a "Versus Article". The title itself grabs your attention immediately, since it's a pretty straightforward comparison between two different type os profit-generating business models.

A versus article is more powerful than any other type of article you can write, especially if it's about something that many people are into.
Here's a few examples of "versus" articles (you can add something at the end if you want to narrow down the topic):

• Yahoo vs. Google - Converting Traffic?
• PC vs. Mac - For Video Editing?
• Windows vs. Linux
• Honda vs. Mitsubishi
• Nokia vs. Motorola
• PHP vs. ASP
• Intel vs. AMD

You'll see that articles like these are discussed over and over again - people never get tired of it. One reason is that each new version of the same topic improves the debate or takes it to the next level. People like to discuss about it and which ever sides you take, the actual answer is that "it's a never ending discussion".

Secret #2 - "How I Achieved Something" Articles

Achievement speaks louder than anything else as it's social proof of your ability and knowledge. Achievement can be documented and copied, and that's a huge attraction factor to almost everyone.

Your article's title should start with "How I..." and can be anything that others may be considered an achievement. Detail out your exact strategies, and presell your product or website, but don't make it a sales pitch. And try having a timeframe on how long it took for you to achieve that result.

Here are some title examples on "How I" articles:

• How I lose 10 pounds in 10 days
• How I made $2,109 in 5 days
• How I build a PR6 website

Secret #3 - Cheat Sheet or "Top 10" Articles

A "cheat sheet" article reveals short cuts, and everyone love short cuts although not everyone will admit it. If you can help someone save 15 minutes a day with your own short-cut, this can be turned into a killer article that gets passed around more than a dollar note.

A "Top 10" article on the other hand serves as a reference list on current affairs related to your niches. People generally read these type of articles out of curiosity and the need to be up-to-date with information. You can write an article about:

"The Top 10 Reasons..."
"The Top 10 Mistakes..."
"The Tops 10 Ways..."
"Top 10 Checklist for..."

Of course, your article can easily be "Top 3" or "Top 5" articles, but in general it's a bad idea to go beyond 10 main points. Make sure that the top few points relate to your product or website, which you will mention in your author profile at the bottom of the article.

And the best thing that you can do with this "Top 10" article is to relate with current affairs. Every marketer knows that whenever there's a chance to relate your marketing with the current affairs, it's big.

Secret #3 - JVs with Friends and Network

The best JV strategy I can tell you is to start with people you already know, and people who already know you. Some time back I wrote about a few networking strategies for online businesses.

In that article, I detail out why the best way to get another person's attention to make your name recognizable before asking for the JV. You can do this by:

1. Participating in private forums owned by the person
2. Commenting on the person's blog posts
3. Putting blog trackbacks for related posts
4. Join their teleseminars and introduce yourself during Q&A sessions
5. Buy their products and give them feedback

To get started with your JV quest, you can look back at the things that you've bought, the people you've bought from, the ezines that you subscribe to, and emails that you've got replies from. Start with these as you already have a connection with the person in some way.

I am a member of TurningIdeasIntoDollars.com (TIID) which is unfortuately no longer accepting new members. Lynn Terry and Andre Chaperon are the co-founders of TIID. Since I am paying member, I started with them first.

With DIYMiniSite.com, I offer something for free with absolutely no strings attached. No upsell, no one-time-offer. Just valuable free resources. I said to my JV partners, "I am sure your readers would like it if you
tell them about this free resource."

After that I added, "I would appreciate it if you could just make a mention or a blurb to your list."

To my delight, many of them did exactly that! I got Lynn Terry, Andre Chaperon and Alice Seba. After that, I started contacting others saying, "Hey, Alice Seba and Lynn Terry promoted this to their list." It just gets easier from there.

Of course, if you have a one time offer, you can tell them that and play with their greed for the commission. Seeing what Mike Filsaime did with his Butterfly marketing, perhaps it's easier to get the big guns when you have a good one time offer, or any other way for the big guns to make money with.

Secret #4 - Forum Posting

I know this doesn't sound too exciting, but it works. A forum with thousands of eyeballs that come day after day is something special. Forums usually cater to a specific topic, so all you need to do is to find one that best suits your product or website.

Then, participate. Notice what I just said - I didn't say "promote" simply because in forums the best way to really promote is to have your website URL in your signature file, and offer help to answer other people's enquiries and problems.

I like to start participating active threads because that's where the "action" is. Other people participating in the same thread are eager to see new replies and that gets many eye-balls to read my post, in which contains my signature and link back to my site.

It's a lot better than starting a new thread. If your answers give value to the discussion, people will notice your posts, and they will always be asking, "Who's this guy." And that will bring traffic back to your site.

Visiting forums every day may be too much for some. If this is the case, you can easily outsource forum posting to freelance sites like RentACoder (http://www.rentacoder.com). Just prepare you list of forums.

Take note however that you need to inform the poster exactly how you want to participate and gain exposure in the forum. Set some guidelines and ask for a report on all the URLs that document how he replies and interacts with others in the forum. You don't want the hired poster to start spamming forums as this will give you a bad name.

Now here's something more about forum postings. When you have spend enough time in forums, I am sure you'll have thousands of posts, along with your signature. Anytime you are promoting something new, you can just change your signature from the Profiles and thousands of posts will be directing to your new site.

Secret #6 - Viral Referral System

Perhaps the BIGGEST secret I can share with you on list-building is something I call "Viral Referral Systems". This strategy is still bringing in new subscribers to my DIYMiniSite.com and my WOWPopUp.com to this very day.

Similar to what Mike Filsaime called "Butterfly Marketing", I developed my own script that can easily triple any amount of traffic you send to a website.

Viral referral systems work best with mini-sites, where the main focus is to get the opt-in to a free or paid product. The product can be a report, ebook, videos, audio or anything that has value to the visitor.

Part of my success with DIYMinisite.com is the fact that I gave away free reports, templates, case studies (extremely effective) and even instructions videos on how you can set-up your own mini-site.

Since almost everyone else was selling what I was giving away for free, my site attracted visitors like hungry bees to honey. These bees ate happily too, since I provided them with excellent quality information.

All I asked for was referrals, and I made this so easy for them to do. Once a subscriber signs-up, s/he gets a special referral code that will unlock access to certain parts of the site once he has referred three (3) other subscribers. Since there was no risk, i.e no purchase involved, almost all my subscribers started recommending my site to their friends.

In an instant, I started a viral referral frenzy that I couldn't stop even if I tried. Not that I wanted to, though :)

Secret #7 - Viral Referral Contest

Now here's a strategy that will double or maybe triple the number of your subscribers in a month. I know that I doubled mine.

But this only works if you have the Viral Referral System.

When you have the Viral Referral System, at anytime, you can run a Referral Contest.

When you have a referral script in place, you can always offer gifts, cash, telephone consulting, free website design, or other rewards to the top referrer of the month. My referral contests are promoted throughout the month, and I select the winner at the end of each month.

You'll need to announce the winner publicly so that people know that it's real. The lure of recognition will then work to motivate them to refer people to your website. Don't underestimate the power of recognition - most people work extremely hard to win a $10 t-shirt or an autographed book that they can easily afford, because of the recognition they get for their achievements.

With the referral script, make it easy for them to refer others and track referrals. Remember that the end rewards, i.e access to private forum or main bonus, also needs to be attractive anough.

How To Get Your Own "Viral Referral System" Up And Running With Your Existing Subscribers

When I created my Viral Referral System, I started with zero subscribers. I didn't have anyone in my list. But later, I figured out that you can also put this system to work with an existing mailing list. With existing subscribers, it'll be even easier and faster to kick-start the viral effect.

Let's put the Viral Referral System to work for you. How would you like to double the number of your subscribers in a month?

Now, my Viral Referral System can do that. Yes, it can work with your existing subscribers.

Here's how we'll do it...

We'll export the subscribers out from your current mailing list, and put a copy in the Viral Referral System's database. And then, using your current mailing list, you can mail out a message to your subscribers telling them about the freebies. All that they have to do is login to the system to get it.

And then, you can tell them about the hidden gift you have for them when they have referred new subscribers. Yes, you can set how many new subscribers you want before you unlock the hidden gift. And that will get the ball rolling ...

So how can we put this together for you?

My first version of the Viral Referral System was alright. It's the one that I have in DIYMiniSite.com. It did the job. But I have to admit, Viral Referral System was initially developed for my own use only. I didn't have proper documentations, and I didn't even an Admin Panel. I manage everything from PHPMyAdmin.

But recently I started coding from scratch for a new version. The referral system is improved. And I added the Admin Panel. With a few clicks, you'll know who's your top referrers are. You'll know the numbers of your new subscribers from month to month. You can know who referred whom, with date and time, and IP tracking.

But still, I didn't have the documentations, and probably never will ... why, documentation is not a fun thing to do, and I am just so lazy to get to it.

So if I ever to give you the Viral Referral System, I have to install it for you.

But if I do install it for you, you can be sure that you'll have a running system. You can forget about going through the manuals, README text files, or scratching the codes to understand the system. I will make it work -- PERIOD!

But I don't really have much time go around installing Viral Referral System. Though I install and customize 20 Viral Referral System installations

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Terry Telford and Edwin Ryan put together a great package in the Email Wealth Toolkit, and the most enticing part is the price they are selling it. A package like that can for $500 or so. But they are only selling it for $97.

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• email marketing,
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It just lacks the traffic strategies. But that's where Viral Referral System comes in. You can be getting subscribers after subscribers after subscribers for months to come once you have Viral Referral System in place.

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Yes, I get commissions for promoting the Email Wealth Toolkit. But it's only $97 a copy. How much can I get from that? OK, it $58.20. But remember, I am giving away my time for this. If I were to sell Viral Referral System (and with guarantee that it works), I will sell it for $67 a copy (maybe even that's too cheap). And if I am installing it for you, I will ask another $150. Now these aren't made up numbers to increase the perceived value of my offer.

I will charge you that much for my services.

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