Hey guys sorry I’ve neglected to post in the last few days as I am getting excited from what I’m learning and jumping in and applying it right off. So I’m going to go into part 3 of the training so far to keep you all up to speed of what I’ve been doing.

The 3rd module in the Starting with Marketing Academy is one of the most important parts of any blog/website or online business period. Yes it answered the elusive question of “How do I get traffic to my site?”. You may have the greatest product or service in the world giving the most value but if no one sees it or your information it’s pretty useless.

Dean Holland broke it down with some very simple and easy to follow methods. Actually he shared with us the exact same methods he personally used to go from newbie with no blog, no list and no traffic to quitting his job and going into internet marketing full time in just 8 months which is pretty freaking exciting!

He went over the 2 different types of traffic which are free and paid. The cool thing is Dean got to where he is today by using only free traffic. As of now he hasn’t used any Pay Per Click or SEO services.

The free methods are time intensive but a great way to build relationships and get targeted traffic. He covered the social media as a way of gaining traffic such as Twitter. Another great way is providing value by posting on others blogs in your niche. The key is you have to provide value here so if someone likes what you have to say they can click your name and check out your blog. Another cool thing is when you post on someone else’s blog you also get a backlink back to your blog which over time helps with the search engines.

I always groaned when I heard of this method of getting traffic. What I’ve realized is that it’s fun to go “blog hopping” and check out other peoples blogs and see what they have going on. I’ve learned some cool stuff from others blogs and it’s also a great way to get ideas for your own blog and future posts.

-Cuzin Tim