I have just downloaded and read this report by PPC Classroom, 5 deadly affiliate mistakes.

All I can say is go and download it! It’s a 33 page quick read. It took me just 20 minutes and I even posted a comment in their blog all within 20 minutes.

As you probably have guessed, this is an affiliate promotion.

I originally signed up with PPCClassroom 2.0 last year. To be totally honest, I haven’t even finished the original 9 modules! I think I’ve only finished the first module.

My thinking up to this point was to try to go the “free” route using web 2.0 tactics. I have mostly used blogging as a platform. I have also tried Squidoo. But to be honest, I am not getting too good of repeating visitors.

About a month ago, I started to incorporate articles in my posts. I started to see some improvements in visitors. But still not too good.

In order to fully “made it” in affiliate marketing, I believe you have to incorporate all traffic souces at your disposal. And that include free and paid sources.

Free traffic sources include web 2.0, article marketing, blog and ping.

Paid traffic sources would be the PPC traffic., newsletter, PR, etc.. You start a PPC campaign and for each visitor who clicked on your ad, you pay. It’s a simply system.

Of course, like everything else, the more competition there is, the more you have to be better in your advertising. This is same for free and paid sources.

Having tried some of the free traffic sources, I would think that paid traffic has its advantages. Granted, I haven’t tried all of the free sources. Article marketing, for example, is one that I have yet to do.

It’s a matter of trading time and money. If you are a newbie marketer and with limited resources, you might want to try the organic or free traffic sources’ route. With this, you have to position yourself as a brand and an expert. You have to get people to talk about you and your site. Only then would you able to get repeat visitors and then customers.

Fast trek to PPC and it would only take 10-20 minutes for an ad in Adwords to show up in Google paid listings. Adwords is simply the fastest in terms of speed to market. There are others like Yahoo!, MSN, Miva, and other smaller PPC engines. But Google Adwords is still the best.

So if you are looking for getting more traffic to your site and more eye balls for your offer, PPC would be a great way to go.

Sure, you have to manage your campaigns. But you have to spend money to earn money. As long as you follow simple directions and manage your compaigns, you shold start to see results.

PPC Classroom 2.0 is relaunching on Feb. 24th, 2009. They are looking for adding only 1000  members. On the 19th of Febrary, 2009, they are holding a free webinar to show you how to find great affiliate products to promote. I have seen their free shows and would recommend wholeheartedly that you go, watch, and learn. They are that informative.

One other thing, PPC Classroom offers you a chance to have two niche researched monthly for you. They even offer camtasia videos on these niches. It’s a great way to see how they do their research and evaluating programs. And there’s a paid forum too where you can go ask questions.

So again, check out this free report and webinar. Visit PPC Classroom 2.0.

How To Generate Traffic Using Only Free Methods

Putting up a company would of course require a lot of things, to get straight to the point, you need a capital. To make money requires money as well. But of course, with the versatility the internet offers, there are many ways you could find that could help optimize the potential of your site or business in generating traffic.

While there are ways to jumpstart your traffic flows, many sites don’t have the resources that others have to generate more traffic for your site. Well, you don’t have to spend a cent; all you need is the proper mindset and a lot of eagerness. You also must have the drive and perseverance to do hard work and research to generate more traffic for your site.

How sweet it is to have more traffic for your site without spending a single cent.  Now it’s a sure thing that many sites have articles that offer tips and guidelines in how to generate traffic using only free methods. Because it is possible, you don’t need to speed a single cent, it may take time, to say honestly, I’m not going to beat around the bush with you. You get better chances by paying for your advertisements, but at least you get a fighting chance with some of these free methods I’m about to tell you.

Take advantage of online forums and online communities. The great thing about forums and online communities is that you can target a certain group that fits the certain demographic that you are looking for. You can discuss about lots of things about the niche that you represent or offer.  Another great advantage is that you know what you are getting into and you will be prepared.

With online communities and forums you can build a reputation for your company. Show them what you are made of and wow them with your range of expertise about the subject, with that you can build a reputation and build trust with the people in your expertise and knowledge.

You can also make use of newsletters. Provide people with a catalog of your products and interesting and entertaining articles. If you make it really interesting and entertaining, more people will sign up for your newsletter and recommend it to other people. The more people who signs up for your newsletter, the more people there will be that will go to your site increasing your traffic.

Another great idea is trading links with other sites. You don’t have to spend a cent. All you have to do is reach an agreement with another webmaster. With exchanging links, the efforts both sites do will benefit both sites. Every traffic that goes to the site could potentially click on the link of your site and visit your site as well. This works well especially when both sites feature the same niche.

Write articles that could pique the attention of people that have interest in your product. Try writing articles that will provide tips and guides to other aficionados. Writing articles that provide good service and knowledge to other people would provide the necessary mileage your traffic flow needs.

Many sites offer free submission and posting of your articles. When people find interest in your articles they have a good chance of following the track by finding out where the article originated. Include a link or a brief description of your company with the article and there’s a great probability that they will go to your site.

Write good content for your site. Many search engines track down the keywords and keyword phrases your site uses and how they are used. It is not a requirement that a content should be done by a professional content writer. You could do your on but you have to make content for your site that is entertaining as well as informational. It should provide certain requirements as well as great quality.
Generally, internet users use search engines to find what they are looking for. Search engines in return use keyword searching in aiding their search results. With the right keywords, you could get high rankings in search engine results without the costs.

All of these methods and more will drive more traffic to your site for free. All it takes is a bit of effort and extended man hours. Learn all you can about the methods depicted here and you will soon have a site with a great traffic flow without the usual costs that come with it.