Comments on: Traffic Secrets My Grandpa Whispered http://sitefling.com/blog/traffic-secrets-my-grandpa-whispered/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:14:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Mikael @ RetireRichRoadmap http://sitefling.com/blog/traffic-secrets-my-grandpa-whispered/#comment-1761 Mikael @ RetireRichRoadmap Mon, 04 May 2009 20:17:51 +0000 http://sitefling.com/blog/?p=762#comment-1761 LOL!! I feel really old now. I actually bought my first website from a guy posting it for sale in a newsgroup that I was reading :) Feels like yesterday... <abbr><em>Mikael @ RetireRichRoadmap’s last blog post..<a href="http://retirerichroadmap.com/blog/being-effective-produces-the-free-time-we-all-want/" rel="nofollow">Being Effective Produces the Free Time We All Want</a></abbr></em> LOL!! I feel really old now. I actually bought my first website from a guy posting it for sale in a newsgroup that I was reading :) Feels like yesterday…

Mikael @ RetireRichRoadmap’s last blog post..Being Effective Produces the Free Time We All Want

]]> By: DonovanMc http://sitefling.com/blog/traffic-secrets-my-grandpa-whispered/#comment-1760 DonovanMc Mon, 04 May 2009 18:57:15 +0000 http://sitefling.com/blog/?p=762#comment-1760 Wow! I remember when there were bulletin boards where you joined groups or forums that were of interest to you. This reminds me of the lesson I recently learned. When I started to take the Online business market seriously and attempted to start making a living from it, I forgot about a lot of the business principles and practices that I had learned in the corporate world. I charged in going after ever new offer that came along. I did not have a plan or any set goals, not to mention a team or an adviser. Would I be correct in stating that if we stick with the foundational principles and build upon them we will be successful. Change is going to come but if we are not listening to our customers and master mining with our peers in the market place to keep up with the demands of the industry and the changes that is needed. Then, we like Overture who initially owned AltaVista and was subsequently bought by Yahoo will go the same route! Can you imagine what will happen to the smaller companies in the market place who don't understand or practice basic foundational business marketing methods? Wow! I remember when there were bulletin boards where you joined groups or forums that were of interest to you. This reminds me of the lesson I recently learned. When I started to take the Online business market seriously and attempted to start making a living from it, I forgot about a lot of the business principles and practices that I had learned in the corporate world.

I charged in going after ever new offer that came along. I did not have a plan or any set goals, not to mention a team or an adviser. Would I be correct in stating that if we stick with the foundational principles and build upon them we will be successful.

Change is going to come but if we are not listening to our customers and master mining with our peers in the market place to keep up with the demands of the industry and the changes that is needed. Then, we like Overture who initially owned AltaVista and was subsequently bought by Yahoo will go the same route! Can you imagine what will happen to the smaller companies in the market place who don’t understand or practice basic foundational business marketing methods?

]]> By: Professional Website Design http://sitefling.com/blog/traffic-secrets-my-grandpa-whispered/#comment-1759 Professional Website Design Sun, 03 May 2009 21:41:03 +0000 http://sitefling.com/blog/?p=762#comment-1759 Thanks Justin I'm not relying on it as my only form of traffic. I just noticed a spike in my traffic as a result of Stumbleupon. Was interested to hear your thoughts. Thanks Steve Thanks Justin
I’m not relying on it as my only form of traffic. I just noticed a spike in my traffic as a result of Stumbleupon. Was interested to hear your thoughts.
Thanks
Steve

]]> By: Justin Brooke http://sitefling.com/blog/traffic-secrets-my-grandpa-whispered/#comment-1758 Justin Brooke Sun, 03 May 2009 17:33:10 +0000 http://sitefling.com/blog/?p=762#comment-1758 Stumble traffic is notorious for not converting well... Gotta think of the mindframe people are on when they are stumbling sites. They almost are never in the solution research mindframe... Instead they are in the entretainment mindframe. For me I've found that stumble traffic is really only good for anything more entertainment based like blog posts, viral videos, and the like. However, it does convert a little so with enough of it you can build a list and make sales but it's much tougher then other sources. Goes back to the article I wrote the other day about the purpose of traffic. Stumble traffic is notorious for not converting well… Gotta think of the mindframe people are on when they are stumbling sites. They almost are never in the solution research mindframe… Instead they are in the entretainment mindframe.

For me I’ve found that stumble traffic is really only good for anything more entertainment based like blog posts, viral videos, and the like.

However, it does convert a little so with enough of it you can build a list and make sales but it’s much tougher then other sources. Goes back to the article I wrote the other day about the purpose of traffic.

]]> By: Justin Brooke http://sitefling.com/blog/traffic-secrets-my-grandpa-whispered/#comment-1757 Justin Brooke Sun, 03 May 2009 17:30:09 +0000 http://sitefling.com/blog/?p=762#comment-1757 I think they still work but instead of newsgroups we use forums and instead of webrings we have affiliate partners. Everything is just evolving IMO I think they still work but instead of newsgroups we use forums and instead of webrings we have affiliate partners. Everything is just evolving IMO

]]> By: Professional Website Design http://sitefling.com/blog/traffic-secrets-my-grandpa-whispered/#comment-1756 Professional Website Design Sun, 03 May 2009 11:50:14 +0000 http://sitefling.com/blog/?p=762#comment-1756 Hey Justin I was just thinking that a webring sounds a lot like the same principle that Stumbleupon is based on. I have to tell you that I have been getting a heap of traffic to my blog from Stumbleupon since I started using the Tell-a-friend gadget on my blog. Bounce rate is quite high but I am getting a few through to my main website which I am really happy with. Interested to hear your thoughts about generating traffic this way, and how you might go about improving the retention of this traffic. Thanks Steve Hey Justin
I was just thinking that a webring sounds a lot like the same principle that Stumbleupon is based on.
I have to tell you that I have been getting a heap of traffic to my blog from Stumbleupon since I started using the Tell-a-friend gadget on my blog.
Bounce rate is quite high but I am getting a few through to my main website which I am really happy with.
Interested to hear your thoughts about generating traffic this way, and how you might go about improving the retention of this traffic.
Thanks
Steve

]]> By: Anja http://sitefling.com/blog/traffic-secrets-my-grandpa-whispered/#comment-1755 Anja Sun, 03 May 2009 11:41:24 +0000 http://sitefling.com/blog/?p=762#comment-1755 Great post @Justin. Those were the days. But they worked then. Ingenuity of people is always astonishing. Great post @Justin. Those were the days. But they worked then. Ingenuity of people is always astonishing.

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