Well another week has gone by and it's time to update the progress I'm having with the 3 'crappy' traffic sources: safelists, traffic exchanges, and list builder sites. This is the second update after 2 weeks of using these traffic sources. So 2 more weeks to go before I tally up all the results and see how they did for me. If you want to read the initial case study post, check it out here: Crappy Traffic Case Study.
So I left off last week with less than stellar results, so let's see if anything has improved with my testing different pages. Here's the scoop:
Traffic Source #1: Safelists
I've got to admit that I'm not really into the whole safelist marketing thing. I can't really figure out why it's hard for me to keep consistent, but I find that I have a hard time logging in and sending my ad out every day.
So I'm making it a goal this week to login and send out my ad EVERY DAY for the following week, to see if diligence will get me some better results.
| Safelist |
Visits |
Subscribers |
| Your Ad Blaster | 13 | 0 |
| Bulk List | 7 | 0 |
| Ad Tactics | 14 | 0 |
| I Post Ad | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL |
34 |
0 |
So over the last week I got 3 less visits than the previous week, and 0 subscribers compared to 3 last week. Again, these safelists are free to join (with the exception of Ipostad, which ironically has the least results) so the only thing I'm really losing is time. So if I can get these to work for me, it's free advertising.
Traffic Source#2: Traffic Exchanges
The traffic exchanges are definitely bringing in the bulk of my traffic. But as expected they don't have the best conversion rates. However, since the traffic is so cheap and easily generated, any results at all are worth noting. You'll also notice that I added in a new exchange called Traffic Taxis. I did that on monday in order to get extra credits for surfing the 'top 5.'
Let's take a look at how we did this week:
| Traffic Exchange |
Visits |
Subscribers |
| I Love Hits | 915 | 0 |
| Traffic Splash | 890 | 3 |
| StartXChange | 994 | 0 |
| Dragon Surf | 103 | 0 |
| Traffic Punk | 244 | 2 |
| Hit 2 Hit | 417 | 0 |
| Easy Hits 4 U | 432 | 0 |
| Traffic Taxis |
61 | 0 |
| TOTAL |
4056 |
5 |
This week my visits from traffic exchanges were up by 579 and I got 5 new subscribers as opposed to 3 during week 1. So my results actually went up by 66%! If I could manage this every week it'd definitely be worth it, but we'll see about that…
I got some banner ads created yesterday, so we'll see if they bring some extra traffic and subscribers too.
Traffic Source #3: List Builder Sites
This week I have 3 mailings to show results for, though one went out last night so it will probably bring some more visits today and tomorrow. Anyway, technically I was able to send an email to 18,000 people this week through these two sites, lets see how they did:
| List Builder |
Visits |
Subscribers |
| List Joe | 193 | 2 |
| Viral URL | 20 | 4 |
| TOTAL |
213 |
6 |
This week my visits were down slightly, but my results doubled. I'm going to keep trying different subject lines and body copy to see if I can find a winning combination. Since these emailings are somewhat like safelists, the email subject matters immensely.
I've been doing my best to employ the Zeigarnik Effect in my emails, which may be the reason for the slight increase in response. I'm fully convinced that mixing curiosity with an unanswered question will pull the best results, but it's just a matter of me doing it right.
Total Subscribers this week: 11 up 22% from last week.
Stay tuned to see if I can keep increasing my response rates! Feel free to grab the RSS feed if you haven't already.
Have a great day,
Tyson
