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Traffic is the main component in your online business because without it, you're not going anywhere. Over the last 17 years I have used and tested over 200 traffic methods and the 3 that I share with you today have proved to make the biggest impact in my business.
You can use these too. Two of the methods are free and one is paid.
Traffic is the main component in your online business because without it, you're not going anywhere. Over the last 17 years I have used and tested over 200 traffic methods and the 3 that I share with you today have proved to make the biggest impact in my business.
You can use these too. Two of the methods are free and one is paid.
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00:00Welcome back to another episode of the Paul Nichols podcast show. In today's
00:05episode we're going to be covering three traffic methods that you can use to grow
00:10your online business fast. So I'm going to be sharing with you three different
00:15methods that I have used in my own business over the last 17 years to grow
00:21different aspects of my business and you can use these in your own. These are
00:28methods that I've used and I know they work. They work extremely well so you can
00:34use these yourself and method number three is something that has added a lot
00:42of extra growth to my business over the years. So this is something that you
00:47seriously do want to consider using. So this is method number three. They're all
00:52really good methods. In fact two of them are completely free and one of them is a
00:57paid method. So let's dive in. So when it comes to traffic of course it is very
01:02important for you to be using traffic methods in your online business. But the
01:07problem is which methods do you use? There's so many methods out there, so many
01:14different strategies, so many different things that you can use. It can get very
01:18very difficult to actually figure out what you should be using because people are
01:23telling you to do all these different things. Social media, articles, SEO, paid
01:31traffic. There's all these different methods out there. What do you actually use? Well
01:36I'm going to share with you three methods that have worked for me. So method number
01:41one. This is video content. So what I'm doing right now. I have found this has worked for me
01:51very well over the last 17 years. In fact my first YouTube video was back in about
01:592007. So a long long time ago. And although YouTube was still quite big back then, it
02:07isn't anywhere near as big as it is now. Not only that, but you've got all these
02:11other platforms that have started as well that have come up. So video content and video
02:19platforms are massive. So if you're not creating content in video form in your business, then
02:27in my opinion, you are getting left behind because video is what people are conditioned
02:33to expect. And it isn't just about creating content in video form and just leave it at
02:39that. The reason why videos are so important is because you're able to build good trust and
02:46good credibility and good relationships with your audience. And this is why so many people
02:51do it. So it's not just a case of people jump on the bandwagon and just create content in
02:55video form because that's what they're told. There's many reasons behind it. And some of
03:02them are, as I just said, it helps you to build credibility because people get to see your
03:06face. You can build a lot of trust with the audience as well. So if you've got any services
03:11or anything that you're trying to sell in your business or anything that you're trying to
03:16do in your business, then creating trust and credibility are very, very important. And you
03:26can do that quite easily through video. So trust and credibility is definitely something that
03:32you can generate through video content. And not only that, but I find that video is
03:41so important now. So many people are just conditioned to expect video. If you're not
03:47actually on video, then I truly believe that you are being left behind. Because all of your
03:54competition, most of the people are creating videos in one way or another, whether that's
04:01going to be YouTube, whether it could be some kind of private members area where they've got
04:05content in there. It's just the way the internet is at the moment. Now, I don't know what's going
04:10to happen in 20, 30 odd years time, if the internet is even still here. But at the moment, video
04:16content is very important. It's been important for a long, long time. And I can't see it going
04:21anywhere. I mean, there might be some, I would say, additions to be made to video. So it could
04:32be a case of live streams could become more important as we progress as we move forward. I honestly
04:38don't know. But what I do know is video content has proved to be a massive part of building my
04:46business over the last 17 years. And many other people would also agree. So if you do want to
04:52generate traffic, and you're trying to grow any type of audience, then I strongly recommend video.
04:59And I know that it can be a little bit intimidating at first. It's one of them things where
05:05if you just dive into it and start to learn and make mistakes, then at some point, you are going
05:14to get better. And you can just make tweaks, make adjustments to your videos and just get more
05:18confident when you go on camera. But it is difficult when you start, I'm not going to lie.
05:23If you've never made a video in your entire life, then yeah, it can be a little bit intimidating,
05:28depending what you've done previous, you know, maybe you've made videos before, it's very,
05:34you know, difficult for me to know exactly what everyone's situation is. But all I will say is
05:41just dive in and just, and just start making videos. The worst thing that can happen is that
05:46you make some mistakes, and then you learn by their mistakes in the next videos that you make,
05:51and then you just progress from there. So video content, yeah, very, very important. And
05:59it's also how I've delivered a lot of my products over the years as well. Most of my courses over
06:07the years have been video in the form of video. So although videos are good to create traffic,
06:14like generate traffic in your business, you can also use video to then create your products
06:19products as well. So in video form. One of the other things I will say is when I say create videos
06:27to generate traffic, it is important to, you know, as I've said to create videos, but you can also
06:33distribute your videos around the web to different places. It's not all about YouTube. Like you may be
06:39watching this video on YouTube, or this could be a podcast. And that's another thing I was going to say
06:43is you can then convert your videos into podcasts. So this particular video that I'm making right now
06:50will be in the form of a podcast as well. So all you do is just you edit the video, and then you can
06:59then create a mp3, you can just create a podcast and upload that to a podcast platform. So then that
07:08gives you more content out on the web. So some people will want to download your content and then
07:14listen to it in the car. Other people may just want to watch this video, like right here, maybe
07:20either on YouTube, I've got other video platforms that I use as well. But the bottom line is video
07:25content does work. So it's very, very important. I would definitely use it, you know, there's no
07:31better time to start than just right now. So if you're not very experienced, if you're a little bit
07:36unsure about what to do, just start making videos, the worst thing that can happen is that you make
07:41a few mistakes. But then you can learn by your mistakes as you progress as you move forwards. So
07:49yeah, video content, definitely very important. In fact, I would say it's probably one of the best free
07:55traffic methods out on the web at the moment. Video content, very, very good. And like I said, you can
08:04convert the videos to podcasts after. And that is, I mean, this is for a whole new episode, but it's
08:11all about when you create your content, it's all about making the most use of your content. So it's
08:18no good you just making one video for content, because what I do, and I will share my content
08:23strategy with you at some point in the future in another episode, but I create my episodes, and then I
08:28distribute those episodes in various different locations around the internet. So one video that I've
08:33made, I can then use like a dozen more times all around the internet is like unique content. So
08:40yeah, creating videos, a great way to generate traffic in your business. So methods number two,
08:50so moving on. Method number two is, can you guess what it is? This is a paid method. This is a paid
09:01method that you can use. And it is very easy to use. These are called solo ads. You might be
09:15wondering to yourself, what on earth are solo ads? So we've gone through video content method one,
09:25method two, solo ads. So you might be wondering what are solo ads? Well, it's really, really simple. In
09:31fact, it's one of the most simple ways you can generate traffic on the internet. It is a paid
09:36method. But it is really simple. So all you do is you find someone in your industry that has an email
09:49list. Yeah, find someone in your industry that has products that they are selling, and they have an
09:57email list. And then you send an email to that person. You may find these people on Facebook groups. It
10:07could be Google, it could be on some other kind of directory. Wherever it is, that's not important at
10:14the moment. But once you locate these business owners, what you can then do is you can buy a solo ad from
10:25their email list. Now we'll just say not everyone wants to sell a solo ads to their list. Okay,
10:31you're not going to get a 100% conversion. So every person that you contact, not all of them will want
10:38to sell you an ad, but some of them do. Yeah. And this works in in most industries across the internet,
10:45most industries, because what it is, some people have got these massive email lists in a particular
10:50market, or a niche, or an industry. And they've got so much traffic coming in, they've got all these
11:00different people on the email list. They don't always get the time to try to monetize that email
11:07list. They won't always have time to send offers to it and, and try to make sales and profits from that
11:14email list. Like I said, that everyone that you contact, they're not all going to offer you a solo
11:20ad. So you can buy a solo ad, but some of them will. And this is how solo ads work. So going back
11:27to what I just said, so you buy an email blast, you can call it a blast, an email. So that person will
11:38send an email to their email list, and you pay for the traffic that they send you. So you just give
11:44them the link, you give them the link to your landing page. So this is the email list of the other
11:49person. You give them a special link. And then when you send, when they send the traffic, this is your
12:00landing page. So your, your landing page here. So what happens is, and this has got to be a free
12:10offer. This is not a paid offer. So your landing page. So what happens is, let's say you buy an ad
12:21might cost you 500 bucks. Yeah. For say a thousand clicks. So when I say clicks, that generally means
12:34how many people will click the link within the email in the other person's email list.
12:41They will then click the link, which will be your link that you give to the person to put in the
12:47email. They come to your landing page, and then you're now building your email list. So depending on
12:54the market, depending on the industry, depending on the person, depending how big the email list is,
12:59depending how good quality the people are on the list, there's all these different variables to
13:03consider. The bottom line is, this is how solo ads work. So you, you buy an ad of someone.
13:13And then they will email their email list, and then send that traffic to you. And that's basically
13:18how it works. Now, this is a really simple way to just generate traffic. These, this is a direct
13:26advertisement. Okay, so you're going to be talking to the person yourself, or you could have someone
13:32else do it. But I'm just trying to keep things dead simple right now. You speak to the person
13:38that has the business. You ask them if they would be willing to sell an ad to their email list. You can
13:49word it however you like. If they're willing to sell some advertising space to their email list,
13:58you can then ask them how much money they want for one email. And then you can give them your
14:03link to your landing page. And then you can show them exactly what you're giving away for free.
14:10Now, of course, whatever you give away on your landing page has to be relevant to the email list
14:16that they send the email to. Yeah. So whichever market or industry or business you're in,
14:21this is how you can generate traffic to your landing page. Of course, this is a paid method.
14:28Yes, it's a paid method. It's not free. However, if you go if you sort of think outside the box a
14:34little bit, you can go to Google, you can search around speak to various people within your industry.
14:39And you can get quite friendly with people and you could even maybe create a little bit of a list
14:46of people that you have already contacted. And you can create a little bit of a relationship with
14:51these vendors, with these product owners and business owners. And you could maybe
14:58have some kind of a deal where you get a monthly advertisement sent out or maybe quarterly.
15:06It just depends what sort of advertisement that you're actually interested in and what type of
15:13deal that you actually want. Of course, it comes down to budget as well. How much you're willing to
15:18spend? Do you only have a $200 budget? Is your budget $500? Is it $1,000? But this is a good way
15:25to generate traffic without you having to go through a third party platform. Because one of the problems
15:32that I've found, and I've suffered from this myself in the past, is when people say to you,
15:38I'll go out there and create some ads and get paid traffic, you know, use paid traffic and then send
15:44traffic to your landing page. That's all well and good. But when you sign up to a lot of these different
15:49platforms, there's a lot of moving parts. It's a very steep learning curve. There's a lot of things that
15:58you have to learn. You have to know how to create the ads. You've then got to have this banner
16:03sometimes in place. You've then got to put words in a certain area. Make sure that you're, you know,
16:10getting the most bang for your buck from these particular advertisement platforms.
16:16With solo ads, this is a little bit of an old school way to do it, but you're in complete control.
16:23You can give them the link. They will send out an email for you and generally they will tell you
16:29when they're going to do it. And then they send link, they send traffic to your link that you give
16:36them. And then you build your email list. It's really simple. You don't need to be any type of
16:42expert at creating copy or creating ads or creating massive click throughs. Because when you do it like
16:51this, there's no incentive, there's no massive incentive for you to create a highly, I would say,
17:02a highly converting piece of text like you would have to do if you wrote an ad. Because if you buy an
17:12ad off someone else, it's going to be up to them to send you X amount of clicks. So let's say if you
17:19paid $500, the person you bought the ad off has to deliver on what you've purchased. So if you give
17:26them $500 and they say to you, they're going to send you a thousand clicks to your landing page,
17:31then that's what they have to deliver. Whereas when you use normal paid traffic platforms,
17:39it's up to you to actually create a high converting ad with really good copy and
17:47using text and links and everything in the colors where people will want to click through. And you
17:56could quite easily burn through a lot of money just in the testing phase. So this is why I say
18:00solo ads are a good way for you to just cut through all of the testing. Don't worry, you don't need to do
18:06any of that. You just contact people. Of course, there's pros and cons to everything you do. Yeah,
18:12I'll always say that. Of course, with the solo ad strategy that I'm showing you right now,
18:18you will have to contact people. But a simple email is fine. You can just grab the email from
18:24their website. Most websites have got contact us at the bottom. If it's a Facebook page, you can message
18:31them through Facebook, even a YouTube channel, you can message them through YouTube via their message
18:38platform, whatever it is. But these are ways that you can generate traffic by thinking outside the
18:43box, not necessarily going to these normal popular traffic platforms and buying traffic through these
18:51platforms, because there is a learning curve. And I know myself, it can be very, very difficult.
18:55There's some people out there that are really good at generating traffic and writing ads and copy.
19:01Yeah, but it's not easy. It takes a lot of practice, the same as a lot of things. So this is one of the
19:08easiest ways that you can generate traffic and paying for traffic, but there's very few moving parts.
19:14So solo ads is something that you can use. If you want to go and use it, you can.
19:19And there's all different ways how you can find solo ads in your industry. As I said,
19:24you can just go through Google, just search through Google and put in your keywords and look at all
19:28the different websites. That's one of the ways that I've used in the past to find people in my
19:33industry. But there are also Facebook groups, Facebook pages that sometimes give you actual
19:41solo ads as well, that you can go and purchase. So there's lots of different ways to do it. But
19:46that's the main way to do it. That's the general concept. It works really well. And
19:53if you do a little bit of work and do things a little bit different to most people, you can get
19:59some very, very good results. I have myself before. So that's method number two, solo ads. So moving on.
20:08So the last methods. So this is actually one of my favorite methods.
20:16As I said to you earlier at the start of today's episode, method three is actually my favorite.
20:25Now, just before I show you methods number three, if you do want to get lots more traffic methods,
20:33and you're really struggling to get enough traffic in your business, and you just want to know lots
20:39more free traffic methods that you can use, then I've actually put together a free guide for you.
20:46So if you go to coffeeshopincome.com forward slash traffic, that's coffeeshopincome.com forward slash
20:52traffic. I've put together a completely free report for you, which will give you over 27 free traffic
21:02strategies that you can use in your own business. This is a completely free report that I'll put
21:08together for you. Now, some of these methods in this report are completely out there that they are
21:14way, way different to the things that you would ever think about doing online, or on the internet
21:19to get traffic to your business. And they are really, really good. So if you want to get the traffic
21:25report, so all you have to do is just go over to coffeeshopincome.com slash traffic. And then when
21:33you go to that page, enter your email, and then I will send you the report to your email address.
21:41And if you are watching this on video, then the link to the free traffic report will be below the
21:48video. So if you're watching this on one of our video platforms, YouTube, anywhere else, then the link
21:54will be below. But if you're listening to this on our podcast, then just go to coffeeshopincome.com
22:00slash traffic. So moving on, method number three. So this is the big one. This is the one that a lot
22:07of people, I actually think most people don't realize how powerful this is. Affiliates. Affiliates
22:20are people that send you traffic to your product. So the way this works is, you do need a product to
22:32sell on the internet. So whatever market or industry that you're in, you create an offer, you create a
22:41product, obviously, it has to be good. Yeah. Create an offer. And then open up an affiliate program.
22:49And you can do this on most of the marketplaces out there. The way you're going to attract affiliates
22:57is you will need an offer, which of course is good. Yeah. You're also going to need a sales page,
23:08which is proven to convert. So as long as you have those two things,
23:15you will attract affiliates. So we'll go through that again. So the number one thing you need
23:23is a product, a good product to sell on the internet.
23:28And you can then create an affiliate program. But all you have to do is just put it onto a
23:36marketplace. There's lots of different marketplaces out there. We won't go over them right now. But
23:40there's lots of marketplaces out there. And then the second thing is make sure your sales page is good.
23:48It's two things. It's all you need. A good product and a good sales page. And if you've got those two
23:55things, then people will want to promote it. Because if it converts well, and it's a good product,
24:03there's no reason why people won't want to promote it. The only reason why people probably won't want
24:08to promote it is because perhaps they don't trust you that much in it. But maybe you're quite new in
24:13your industry. And that's one of the reasons why you may not get many affiliates jump on if you are
24:20quite new. But that's not a reason not to do it. Still put your product out there on the marketplace.
24:25Open up the affiliate program so people can promote it. And what happens is, as a result of this,
24:31is people will promote it and send you customers. They will send you buyers and customers to your
24:39business. And you can build your email list. You can build your business. And this is one of
24:43the easiest ways to grow a good business. I've been doing this for, I would say, over a decade.
24:53So I've made lots of different products over the years. And all I do is make sure the course is good.
25:03I then create a good sales page and make sure I've got an affiliate program. And some people will just
25:11want to promote it. And what happens is, people will start to send you customers. They're going to start
25:21to send you buyers and customers. And what that means for you is that you're building your business
25:28with customers and buyers for completely free. So it's a bit of a no-brainer. So this is why this is
25:36one of the best free traffic methods out there. And it's free. Of course, you need a product. Of
25:40course, you need a sales page. But if you're going to be creating products anyway, to sell in your own
25:46business, to maybe sell to your current customers, then you might as well have an affiliate program.
25:52And if you do that, people are going to be sending you customers and buyers for completely free.
25:58Same as anything, as you become a little bit more popular, and as people trust you a little bit more,
26:03you may get more affiliates on board. But this is something that I've been doing for many, many
26:08years. And other people do do it. But I'm just saying this is one of my favorite free traffic
26:14methods. It's completely free. The people will just sign up. They'll promote your stuff. You will give
26:20them a cut of the commissions. This is just standard. Yeah. So when they refer someone to your product,
26:27so let's say, let's say you sold the course for $27. Yeah. And let's say you're giving them 50% commission.
26:45Yeah, for every sale. They are going to make, although 50% would be $13.50. Yeah. That's 50%. But by the
26:59time the fees and everything come out, they might end up with like $12. Yeah. So you make $12. And they
27:06make $12. And you have made $12. And you've just got a brand new customer in your business for doing
27:13absolutely nothing at all. This is one of the best traffic methods out there. And
27:19a lot of people don't realize the power of affiliates. Of course, you need to create the
27:28product in the first place. And there's things you have to do. Of course, that's just part and parcel
27:33of this actual strategy of this traffic strategy. But you don't do this as a traffic method, so to speak.
27:41You do it to create a product. But as a result of doing this, you're able to generate customers for
27:49completely free because people will send you customers. I mean, this is just one example.
27:54It might not be $27. It could be $97. And you give them 50% on 97. So you're giving them $40
28:02commission. And you also make $40 commission for doing absolutely nothing.
28:07So it's a good traffic method to use. Definitely go and use it. And if you're not using it right now,
28:15and maybe you can't use it right now, at least remember this traffic method.
28:21And at least bear this in mind, as you progress and as you move forward, because this is definitely
28:28something that will help you build your business much, much faster. So let's go over these three
28:34methods that we've covered so far in today's episode. So method one is a video content method
28:40to solo ads and method three affiliates. I will be honest, over the last 17 years, I've used all of
28:47these many, many, many times. I'm not going to say which one I prefer or which one is the best.
28:53They all serve a purpose at different parts and different times in your business. Solo ads will
28:59work at any point at any time. Affiliates will work whenever you create and launch new products and
29:07new training within your business. You can put it onto some type of marketplace, open the affiliate
29:12program, and people will send you customers. And you can sometimes quite often make sales and generate
29:19extra income by people just sending you traffic. Or you could be a bit more strategic. And you could
29:28give people 100% of the commission. Because at the end of the day, the customer is the most important.
29:36The money is secondary. Just remember that. The most important thing, because gaining a customer is
29:44a lot more valuable than it is for you to just make 12 or 15 bucks. And video content is a great way to
29:54generate completely free traffic in your business. So those are the three methods that you can use.
30:00Go and use them. Because I know for a fact, all three of these work. I've used these over the last
30:0817 years, countless times, hundreds and hundreds of times. I've created a lot of video content over
30:15the years. In fact, this is what I'm doing right now. I still create video content even right now.
30:20Solo ads. I've used many solo ads over the years. And some of them have performed brilliantly. Others,
30:26not quite so good. But some of them, you know, it's sometimes a bit hit and miss. You can get good
30:33solo ads. You can get other ones that aren't quite so good. But as you do solo ads more, you will sort
30:38of have or come up with your own little sort of system. And you can start to master your own solo ad
30:48system so that you get used to asking the right type of questions. And you know how to source the
30:57best types of business owners that are going to give you the best quality traffic. So they are a
31:05very, very good method. Takes a little bit of learning. Of course, you need to contact the business
31:12owner personally. And you know, just go to the contact us link. Doesn't matter where you contact
31:18them could be from their website could be from a social media page. It doesn't really make so much
31:22difference. The bottom line is you can use solo ads to build your business and also affiliates.
31:28So there we go. Three good traffic methods that you can use in your own business starting from
31:35this week. So thanks for watching today's episode. See you in the next one. Take care.
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