subject: 3 Steps To Free Traffic Using Viral Marketing [print this page] One of the best ways to get a lot of free traffic to your website is to use what is called "viral marketing." Viral marketing is an internet marketing term that refers to your message spreading to other people. Just like a cold virus spreads from person to person, your marketing message can be spread as well.
Viral marketing is an effective form of internet marketing because the more people that hear your message, the more people that will visit your website. The more people that visit your website, the more sales you will make. And if you are getting free traffic, each sale will be even more profitable.
1. Something of Value
The first thing you need in order for your message to go viral is a product that your market sill see as valuable. For internet marketers that sell information products, short ebooks are very popular. You have an ebook of 15 - 25 pages written that contains links back to your website. Then you give your ebook away to anyone that is interested. In fact, the more of your book that you give for free, the better it is for your business.
Every person that reads a copy of your book will learn about you and what you are doing. If they like what they read in your free book, they will follow the link back to your website. This is valuable because the people that come to your site this way are already interested in your product, and it is much easier to convince them to purchase other things from you.
2. Get the Word Out
The trick to making your free ebook work for you is to get it to the people that are interested in your niche. Set up a page on your site that does nothing but give away your book. Every person that wants a copy of your book will need to fill out a form that gives you their email address. That way you can make sure they learn more about what you are offering.
By using internet marketing techniques you can attract traffic to your ebooks web page. The more traffic you attract, the more people that will get your ebook.
3. Have Others Spread the Word
In order to maximize your returns for your efforts, you need to allow everybody that has a copy of your book to give it away to others that might be interested. You could also offer your ebook to website owners that are selling prodicts that compliment what you are selling. This allows yo to take advantage of other peoples marketing efforts.
Just imagine, instead of you trying to market your book by youreslf, you could have a sales force of hundreds of people that are all giving your ebook away. Every copy that is given out still has the links back to your website. You could see your visitor count soar to over 1,000 people every day. That could translate to a lot of sales for you.
Successful internet marketing allows you to capitalize on free traffic that comes to your site. If you are able to develop a product that goes viral,it will allow you to capitalize on a network of sales people that are all helping you promote your site. That will result in an increase in sales, and at a higher profit margin.
