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Ever wondered if there's any money to be made with all the so-called "crappy" traffic there is out there?

I'm talking about safelists, traffic exchanges, list builder sites, FFA sites, etc

I know many marketers stray away from this kind of traffic because it's seen as worthless and not worth devoting any time to. In large part, I've taken this same stance, but now I'm going to put it to the test.

Over the next 30 days, I'm going to test the heck out of all these "crappy" traffic sources. And I would challenge you to come along for the ride!

Here's my plan:

I'm going to be testing 3 main sources of "crappy" traffic.

1. Safelists – These are double opt-in email lists where you get to blast out tons of emails to thousands or millions of inboxes. Does anyone ever read these things? Let's find out.
2. Traffic Exchanges – This is where you view other sites to get your site seen by others. The catch is that your visitors are just viewing your site to get their site shown, they aren't really interested in what you have to offer. So it's my job to catch their attention and grab the opt-in.
3. List builder sites – You've heard about them before, ListJoe, Listdotcom, ListBandit, ViralUrl, etc. You sign up for a free account and build your list by referring others to the sites.

I'll be updating my blog with the results I get roughly once every few days or week.

Now I know that these types of advertising get put down a lot. But think about this…Who is using these types of traffic generation methods? Mostly newer marketers trying to get started right? What better prospects can you target?

They aren't experienced marketers who know everything, and they aren't just discovering the internet and know nothing either. The people that use these things are the perfect target market, it's just a matter of getting their attention.

So here's the gameplan:

THE OFFER

My whole goal with this case study is to build my list. To get the opt-in, I am giving away my ebook, "13 Profit-Killing Squeeze Page Blunders" as seen in the sidebar of my blog.

Since the people that use these types of advertising are looking to get traffic or to get more out of their current traffic, I think this is a pretty good fit.

I've got a simple squeeze page that I'm sending traffic to. For the traffic exchanges I am using a combination of squeeze/splash pages since they need to get attention quick.

After opting-in to my list, new subscribers are taken to a one-time-offer where they can buy a huge package of MRR and PLR products at a super-discounted price. This is where initial costs will be made up.

THE TRAFFIC PLAN

Source #1 – Safelists:

So far I've joined 3 safelists for free:

1. Your Ad Blaster
   
2. Bulk List
   
3. Ad Tactics
   

And paid to join one safelist submitter: I Post Ad

I'm using these every day to blast out an email to their lists. To join Ipostad it's only $12.95/ month so 1 sale will more than make up for it.

Source #2 – Traffic Exchanges:

Traffic exchanges are a little more involved than safelists. To get the most out of them you really need to spend some time everyday to earn credits and get your ad shown.

This is the controversial part…is it worth spending the time surfing these things to get the traffic from them? Well that's what I plan to find out…

I've found 8 traffic exchanges that have a high member count and compliment each other pretty well. In fact, by surfing some of them at the same time you can get bonuses across all of them. So this seems to be the best way to earn credits fast.

Here's the list that I joined:

• I Love Hits
  
• Traffic Splash
  
• Dragon Surf
  
• StartXChange
  
• Traffic Punk
  
• Traffic Witch
  
• Hit 2 Hit
  
• Easy Hits 4 U
  

I've found that I can surf all of these at the same time and keep up with the timers fairly well.

I upgraded my account with the one time offers at I Love Hits, Traffic Splash, and StartXChange. These had the best deals and will give me instant credits to get my site shown, as well as banners and text links (which I will be testing down the road). Plus they make my surfing time much more effective.

My plan is to surf these 8 exchanges every day for about an hour or so. This should provide a constant stream of visitors to my splash pages.

Right now I'm testing two different splash pages, one with an opt-in box, and one with a link to my squeeze page. We'll see which one performs better. Check em out below.

1. Page with link: http://tyson-faulkner.com/splash.html
2. Page with opt-in box: http://tyson-faulkner.com/splash1.html

Source #3 – List Builder Sites

These sites work a little differently, and are basically a glorified safelist. The members of these sites get much less email from the sites so they are more targeted and more likely to perform better. The only problem with these sites is that if you join for free you can't really email anyone because you haven't built a downline yet.

To get around this little problem, I did a little research and found two sites that are very popular, and decided to take the one time offer upgrade in each of them.

The two list sites I joined are:

• List Joe
  
• Viral URL
  

By upgrading my account, I am allowed to send out an email to 3000 of their members (each) every three days, so in one month I will be able to reach 60,000 people between the two sites.

I think the biggest key to using these types of traffic is testing everything. And that's exactly what I plan to do so I can cut the losers and work on the winners.

So that's the plan!

I'll be testing different emails, subject lines, landing pages, throughout the month, and explaining the results I get here on my blog. So keep updated and we'll see how it goes!

If you have any questions or comments feel free to leave a comment and let me know.

-Tyson