Traffic Sage Outsourced Web Traffic and SEO Review
For the past 18 days, I’ve been on vacation in France (with brief side-trips into Spain and Italy). I’ll post some pictures soon, but first I want to tell you about how I was able to increase traffic to my website while on vacation, doing no work.
I outsourced it!
A few months ago I was introduced to a service called Traffic Sage.
Basically, it’s an outsourcing company specializing in web traffic and SEO services for Internet marketers (If you’re not familiar with outsourcing, check out lesson #39). They offer a package of services including…
-search engine submission
-article writing
-article submission
-video creation
-video marketing
-link building
-social bookmarking
-social networking
-and more.
All of those things are helpful to my business, and yet I rarely did any of them on my own because those activities are all so time consuming.
So I signed up right away, to get them working for me. I was pretty excited about it, but I decided to hold off writing about it until I had given it an adequate trial period.
They are India-based, and I’ve had mixed results in the past from various Indian contractors, so I really wanted to give it some time before reviewing it here on Eric’s Tips.
Now, after nearly 3 months of using their service, I’m happy to give them my recommendation.
When it comes to outsourcing to India, there are two main areas that generally cause me to be concerned: quality, and communication. Traffic Sage has met my expectations in both of those areas. The quality of their work is better than other sources I’ve used in the past, and their communication is clear and helpful.
All of the communication is done through a dedicated helpdesk. I haven’t really had to contact them for any reason, but they have asked me several questions in the course of their work, to make sure they are doing things to my liking. Each time I’ve responded, they have replied back within 24 hours.
One of the things I was initially concerned about was whether they would use any overtly spammy techniques, or represent myself or my business in any way that could hurt my reputation. Because of my concern, I was particularly explicit in my answers to the “welcome questionnaire” that I filled out after signing up for the service.
I told them my specific goals for my relationship with their company, and I explained certain activities that I did or did not want them to do in association with their promotion of my website. For example, I did not want them to impersonate me on forums.
Not only have they been accommodating to my requests, they have also come up with some creative solutions that I had not thought of. They have also gone the extra mile to help me on occasion. For example, I wanted to add my own voiceover to the videos that they made for me, and although it was not something they were trained in, they gladly added it to their monthly task list.
The only downside I’ve experienced is a few issues with the language in the articles and press releases. Their English is very good, so that’s not a problem. It’s more just a matter of nuances, and phraseology (OK, so I’m a picky writer). If you’re not a semi-perfectionist like me, you probably wouldn’t notice anyway. But if you do see anything you don’t like, they are eager to accept correction so they can improve their skills.
Who is this for?
This is for anyone who already has a fully operational website. They do not build your website for you; they only market it and help drive traffic to it. I will add that your website should also have some form of effective monetization (Otherwise what’s the point of getting traffic?). You could be selling a product (ideal), or promoting products, building a list, building a blog readership, etc.
Why Traffic Sage?
Why not just hire my own writers, and link builders, and build my own team? The reason is simple. It’s easier this way.
Traffic Sage hires the workers and trains them. I have a dedicated project manager assigned to me, and six other team members who work on the marketing of my website each month.
They specialize in this. They are not just a random group of Indian IT staff. They are trained in web traffic and SEO activities to help Internet marketers like us.
It was a GREAT feeling going to bed at night while on vacation, having not done a lick of work, yet knowing that there was a team who was working on my business for me.
The good news is that you can have them working on your business too, and you don’t have to go through the hassle of hiring people. All you have to do is sign up, and tell them your objectives and targeted keywords.
You can have an entire team for much less than it would cost to hire one assistant here in the United States. If that sounds like something that you could benefit from, I recommend checking them out at:
Click Here to go to Traffic Sage
As always, you are welcome to post your questions and comments below.
Have a great day!
Hi Eric,
I’ve heard of them before, in my case I do internet marketing consulting for brick and mortar company’s. As I recall they charge $500 approx to market ONE website only. In my case I need to market multiple sites but don’t know if it’s feasible to pay $500 for ea one.
Your thoughts?
Tim
http://www.proactivemarketing4u.com
Yes that is per website. However they do allow you to switch to a different site each month if you prefer. But I believe it is more effective if you let them focus on one site for several months.
Iv used alot of web marketing business to get my web site out. The first one just rip me off, and the 2nd one just gave me traffic, but 95% of it was from out of the u.s and most of my items dont ship out of u.s My question is do you see the traffic? are you getting a higher sales each month.
Traffic Sage Looks Pretty Cool, For $497 a month, $10 hour to get targeted traffic. How much targetted traffic do you get?
Just curious Eric. It sounds like a pretty good deal.
Thanks,
Ray.
Yeah I think it’s a good deal too. I was hoping to have some statistics to include in my review, but honestly I haven’t had a chance to really track it yet. My problem is that I’m having them send all links and traffic directly to my home page, so in order to track it I need to analyze all the referrers… and in the case of organic SE traffic I would need to compare it to my past stats. I have definitely noticed an increase in traffic and SE rankings though…. but for now I will have to defer to the stats provided in some of their testimonials.
Hey there,
Thanks for the info on the new traffic generator. Once i save a bit, you can bet i will give it a try. Your lessons are outstanding!!
Marc
http://www.hiltonheadislandnightlife.com
Hi Eric, true, traffic generation should be outsourced and it does take bunch of time. Especially SEO link building stuff but I am building my own outsource team anyway as I myself is a SEO specialist :P. Anyway thanks for the info. Proson
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I thought it was free
but it is near $500 omg. Eric can you please post something that can increase clients/visitors for free?
Thanks
They do a LOT of work for you… it’s not something you can have done for free. I will be covering several free traffic methods later on in the lessons. The thing to keep in mind is that all free traffic methods take time… unless you outsource it
Iv had my store open on the net now for going on 5yrs Iv never seen it for FREE. That is doing you good and not harm. If you cant put any money into marketing your site, then do it yourself then you know who your getting too
Hi,
I`m going to go Traffic Sage and realy check it out.Traffic is a serious problem for Marketers your definetly on the right track helping people get traffic.
Now I`m going to ask you a Question! Why is so tough for people to see the incredible value and opportunity of Free Viral Traffic Generators you know the chain letters?
This form of advertising has been around a long time for a good reason it works! If people knew what I knew they would hasten and join all they could promote them all on one page and build an advertising giant.
Marketing online is a numbers game for sure.Once all the traffic generators reach self perpetuation you have an advertising base like none other. For one reason you can instantly change you ads on the fly.
Why don`t more people see this and take advantage? It`s the kinda thing the sooner you do the better off you are! Well I`m off to Traffic Sage hope I did`nt advertise to much on your blog.
Thanks,
Richard LaPlant
THe site won`t be back up until tommorrow there are six tg`s there and 32,000 free hits
Erics ahhh… You know it’s “Just $497″ and you are recommending them?
Most people struggle to make just $300/month from AdSense.
If it’s just $100/month like SEOBook, or $49 like PPC-Coach, I’d go for it.
Now I only can think of is wait to make a really complete website that could earn $100 from every 1000 visits, then I can start using them. Right?
Thanks for sharing… But I’m really sad it’s not working for me at this time.
Regards,
Binh
Binh, it’s not for everyone. Obviously if you’re making less than $500/month then it might not be feasible for your business at this time. While many new marketers are struggling to earn a decent living, MANY are making a great income. And those marketers can make even more if they use outsourcing to leverage and scale their business.
As I teach in my lessons, AdSense is often not the most profitable way to monetize a website. You mention a target of $100 per 1000 visits. Howver, if you’re selling your own product, or building a list, it’s feasible to earn $1 or more PER visitor.
Is the $1 per visitor, “the How To” outlined anywhere within your course. Great info is so!!
Lessons #59-70 is where I cover list building, and that’s really the foundation of it. Let’s say 10% of your visitors join your list. And let’s say you have an average LTV of $10 per subscriber. Right there, that would be an avg of $1 per visitor.
Hello Eric and welcome back. I hope you had a wonderful time in Europe. I was born in Italy and had a chance in 2001 to take my wife and kids back for a tour of Italy. Wonderful memories - can’t wait to go back. I’ll have to wait until this business starts to make some real money for me.
I know it will as long as I stick to it.
Eric the outsourcing plan you’ve reviewed looks like a fantastic deal but it’s a little out of my reach right now but I know that it would help to get that kid of traffic -
Do you think my site is ready for an investment of this kind?
Looking forward to the next lesson and your Europe pics.
Thanks Luca. I would say your site is close to ready, or ready. Since it’s a blog, it’s an easy format for them to promote it on other blogs, forums, etc. My question would be whether it’s currently making some money?
Also I would suggest focusing even more on getting visitors onto your Aweber opt-in list.
Hi Eric-
Nice review. This is really something I need to investigate. I feel I`m at the stage where I`m getting some income and traffic with my sites but I don`t have the time or energy for that matter to move them to the next level on my own. Couple questions through. I tried to check the faq but I get a 404 error.
Anyways is the monthly service on a per site basis?(which is understandable if it is). My other question is after 3 or 6 months of promotion on one site, can you have them start promoting a different site? And is all the content made exclusively for use by the website owner? I`m thinking along the lines of having or needing non-disclosure, non-compete agreements in place.
Thanks,
Rob
Yes it’s monthly on a per site basis. Yes you can switch to a new site at the end of any month.
Yes the content (articles, press release and video) is made exclusively for you. They also blast it out to article directories to help you get back links. But if you wanted to keep some of it exclusively on your site, you could certainly request it.
You can view the FAQ if you use this link:
http://www.ericstips.com/trafficsage
(the other URL is my special affiliate site)
Hi Eric,
Welcome back
I get used with the fact that - once I see your friday-email missing, you gotta be travelling somewhere
Next time you come to Europe you may consider “wasting” a day or two (or ten
) in Romania too (my country), there are things worth to be visited here .. 
…
As far as I remember, comments are subject to be moderated prior to be posted here, in your blog. Therefore this phrases (from “As far..” down) are subject to be deleted by you if are not fit with your style-policy-plans.
Ya know allready that I admire and respect you and your style. Which lead to transfer respect and admiration also for people who “follow” you - mean those from you subscriber list.
Here’s my deal proposal:
Make a research into your list/responder and take out the 3 oldest member on your list - not as age, the one are on your list from … begining of times :-).
As I think is undeniable your output is high quality, ones who land somehow in your list and saw the value - and then never had intention to quit - they deserve a bonus. I am willing to offer to 3 “oldest” of them - trough you, not direct - a “small” bonus (a pack with +15 portable marketing & scripting-tools softwares). If you like this idea, DM me (wmraul) on twitter and we’ll find the way I’ll send you the (downloadable) pack. I have no requirements and there’s no obligations for you to mention me as contribuitor to this, yet I’ll be happy to see those three nominated somewhere here ..
Again, all this block of text (from “As far..” down) is subject to be deleted by you. Up to you.
..
Thank you for the review and for sharing your experiences, Eric.
Valentin Hornicar
Bucuresti, Romania
Thanks, I would love to visit Romania
I think your idea is good. I can’t do anything extra like that right now, but I’m leaving your comment intact in case anyone else would be interested in particpating or helping you with it.
:-O
Who else except you could know YOUR top 3 oldest subscribers ? Those one I have in mind to reward - for being on your list for such long time (I’m from ‘07 but I’m sure there are even “older”) .. ppls like me waiting for friday “Eric’s tips” email
At least nominate them and since when they are on our list ..
And thanks for the credit you gave me
As about Romania: be sure that if I know you come and when, I will take care you’ll have an imperial welcome
It’s a good thought, perhaps I will look into it sometime. I beleive I started my list in 2005.
As usual Eric,, Nice info that you always provide.. Thanks…
Hi Eric,
I was glad when I read the above that it is you in the blog and not outsourced product.
While you were in France, Spain and Italy soaking up the sights I went to GetGator and started a reseller account. I picked Green-Gator.com for my URL (regestered with Life Domains) but only have a temp. holding page up at this time. (Photos of a few gators, I am a Florida native).
My first customer had to be moved from a non Cpanel host and that went OK but we are still trying to figure out what their system wants to move the nameservers. I am working on a site now for the launch of my DVD on plant grafting. Got a good URL, just a need to fine tune the html and special offers.
Typically my SATA drive died and internet went out two days after I started the account - I keep telling myself that I love computing. LOL
Please keep the great lessons coming, I just wish I could down load them for watching off the net.
Bob - SW Florida
http://www.quisqualis.com
Sounds like you’re off to a good start
I hate hard disk failures
Be sure to get a cheap external backup if you haven’t yet.
This service is expensive. Thheir website also doesn’t look professional. It looks like any other marketing sites that is trying to sell e-books…
Not convinced with this. again the price for this is really high. One of the main reason you outsource is to save the cost.
You need to look at everything they do and consider how much time it would take you… vs. how much your time is worth. It’s not about price, it’s about ROI. Also they do have a $297 plan available on the exit pop-up.
The reason the site looks like a typical sales page is because it’s run by a couple of internet marketers (Ron Douglas and Mike Ambrosio)
Hi,
I have been badly saddled by my inability to get a cheap source of traffic to my website.
I have spend money going to companies and so on but they have either deceived me as they produced zero result or something is happening.
I really need a genuine, cheap source of website traffic like the “Traffic Sage” you mentioned. I really need them badly.
Michael Ogu
http://www.stores4smartproducts.com
Eric, excellent review! I will definitely put them down as a company to use for some outsourcing.
The tips & information you provide are excellent. Even better was the opportunity to read your testimony… it was awesome to read how God has moved in a mighty way in your life.
I hope to get my IM business up and running to the point that I can have the freedom (time & financial) to get to events and network with other Brothers In Christ like yourself in the IM world.
Take care!
~John
TopMentorSecrets.com
I’ve had a look at the service and was very impressed with the price. I’ve seen similar services for as much as $900 per month so I was excited to see this at a lower price. I intend to use this service in the very near future.
In the philipines you can have your own worker for 250$ a month, someone working only for you all month long. You can find those workers easily on Craigslist Manilla. Just give them instruction and thaey promote your site(s) all month long, so for 500 $ you’ll get two people working for you. Think this is a better plan for you
David Norden
http://www.secretmarketinglinks.com
It’s certainly a valid alternative. As I mentioned in lesson #39, you can also find such workers on Odesk. But hiring dedicated workers can also come with hassles, and you have to know SEO if you’re going to train them. Whereas Traffic Sage does SEO research for you… in fact the first thing they did when I signed up is they created a 60-page SEO optimization report specifically for my website so that we would know what we needed to work on. So it kind of depends on your aptitude and preference to train people vs. hire a turn-key service. As is often the case, if you do more of the work yourself (ie. the hiring and training), you can probably save money.
Eric Like I explain on my blog at http://secretmarketinglinks.com/2010/02/09/pros-cons-of-outsourcing/ there are people (like John Jonas) who can do the training in your place, this cost +/- 99$ extra each month. Traffic Sage seems also interesting, but will they also update your blogs, or create your products and articles following your instructions, or read an Ebook and follow the instructions in it for you?
You’re right… and if you’re willing to build your own team it’s a great way to go.
Hi Eric,
I share your recommendation. I’ve been using Traffic Sage for almost 3 months now. Before I started using them my website was buried below 12 million other sites (yeah, it was ranked 12 millionth) in traffic. In just 2 months it jumped 11 million and is now ranked in the 700k range. As a matter of fact, I just posted a review about them on my site about a week ago making a recommendation as well.
- Enrique
http://www.MakingExtraMoneyAtHome.com
Cool, thanks for letting us know
Thanks Eric for this information. The cost is pretty high bit like you correctly said its all about ROI. I will give a look in with Traffic sage. Lets see how it goes.
I really need to ramp up traffic to my blog dedicated to internet and affiliate marketing isssues.
Thanks again for the tip and I still count on your impending articles on free sources of traffic.
There are a lot of free traffic generation for websites.
Free traffic is always good.
I agree with those methods on this post.
It 100% works…
Regards,
Lemy
How To Generate Free Traffic
Guaranteed…
http://RealTrafficSystem.com
Hi Eric,
Thanks for the TIP. This sounds much better than the SEO company that called me yesterday and wanted $1,500 per month. At $297 to $497 some of us can not afford to seriously think about it. I am going to look into it for my new website for my latest book, Fatherhood Principle of Joseph the Carpenter.
For you praying Christian out there, please pray with me for the success of this book and website. Thank you.
Akili Kumasi
http://www.JosephTheCarpenterBook.com
Yeah you have to be careful about those “SEO companies” that call you up out of the blue. They can be very high pressure in their sales pitch, and it seems to me that their prices are usually too high.
Eric,
Good review. Who do you recommend to
build a site that would be suitable for
PPC and SEO?
In lesson #39 I cover a variety of alternatives for outsourcing your website creation. I wish I had a specific web designer to refer you to, but I mostly either build my own sites or outsource it on Rentacoder.
Hi Eric.
You are part of Trafficsage ? because in the website appers your name and picture as a part of the Traffic Sage team
Thanks
I am not an owner, or a manager of the team. I have just partnered with them as a promoter of the service (aka. affiliate partner).
Eric,
Do they have a phone number — US or other?
I paid with paypal, and now I’m having trouble with the “sign up” button.
And to complicate things, I’m blind and much of their forms are not accessible with (JAWS)
my special access software.
I think once they know my challenges they will accommodate.
In the mean time, I do not have services, but they have my funds.
I at least want to be able to use email back and forth with them, and eliminate the support ticket thing which is not “accessible”.
Thank you for your help.
Kathy
P.S. I’m very excited to have them promote my website
http://www.wealthgiveaway.com
Hi Kathy, I will email you with Mike Ambrosio’s personal email so he can help you with the signup. I do believe their support ticket system is accessible, as it’s mainly text based. Also each time they update your ticket, it does trigger an email to be sent to you also. But I would think they could be accommodating if you should have any problems with it.
Thanks Eric for yet another great lesson.
I agree with you perfectly about the mountain of work involved in building traffic - I can attest to that as I have been doing it myself for sometime now.
Though I’m having some good result, I believe contracting it to a reliable company would have given me much more and faster result. And above all I would have time for other things, like perhaps travelling the world like you do.
I will considering using traffic sage since you are recommending them - I trust your word completely.
Thanks once again for your good work.
How soon would you start to see sales with this? Right away? Or would it take a month or so? Also, do you have to tell them what to put in the press release? I wouldnt have a clue what might be newsworthy-my sites are one page salespages . Could they substitute something for press releases than? Like an extra article? Thanks
I am personally not driving the traffic to a sales page, so I can’t say from personal experience, but from the testimonials it looks like others are doing well with sales pages. It is a gradual ramp up. If you currently have little or no search engine results, you might see very fast results, but in general SEO and traffic from link building is a long-term process.
You don’t have to tell them what to write, but you can if you want to.
I’m sure they could substitute an extra article instead of the monthly press release, but the nice thing about PR’s is it gives you exposure on a different set of sites than the articles.
Hi Eric,
I like to learn video creating. What must I have (hardware and software)to create a video.
I never create videos. For me your offer of $497 is too much. Just if I have all your lessons I still haven’t earned online money to be able to buy all your offered products. I
I’d be enjoyed if you help me to teach me how to create a video.
Your Respectfully,
Petre Tudor
I’ll be covering video in a future lesson, thanks
First of all, a big Thanks to Eric for the awesome review. Ron and I certainly appreciate it.
Second, let me say that a service like ours may not necessarily be suited for those who are not yet making a whole lot of money on the internet. While $497 per month is hardly cheap, we ARE more reasonably priced than similar services.
As for how long until you see a substantial jump in traffic, this varies greatly. It depends on:
- Your niche
- The keywords you choose to focus on
- How hands on you are with your team. This one is important. While you can be pretty hands-off, it works MUCH better if you communicate with your team leader as much as you need to.
- How long your domain and site has been around
That’s why it’s difficult to have a standard answer there.
Also, in response to the comment about our sales page
we opted to use a typical “long form” sales page because in the Internet Marketing niche, this is the most commonly used and recognized format. We are currently having it redesigned in a different way and will test that once it’s completed.
Finally, while we don’t advertise it, we CAN to special deals if you already have your own content, but simply need someone to do the leg work. You can contact us here:
http://trafficsage.com/support
Simply open a Pre Sales Question ticket.
PLEASE make sure to tell us you came through Eric’s site so we can make sure he gets proper credit in the event of a sale.
Mike
Thanks Eric for the post.
Would you be planning to write a more concise review of what they have done for you? Some of their services seem a little vague.
Many thanks!
I might… not sure… But if you have any specific services you want to know more about, I’m sure myself or the Traffic Sage team could be more specific.
Hi Eric,
I read your every emails.I go to work according your advice.
Hey Eric,
First, let me say ‘thanks’ for all the lessons you’ve put out; I have put them to GOOD use.
This service is what I’ve been trying to find for the last YEAR. I have a sports-related info product, online videos and monthly membership site that I launched in February with my business partner (I’m the niche expert, he’s the computer geek). We’re getting about 50-60 unique visitors per day, and I’ve busted my butt to get those; but I want to ramp that number up to 500+ unique visitors per day.
Would this company allow me to select what methods they use to promote? For instance, my business relies HEAVILY on instructional videos; I wouldn’t want to put that in the hands of someone else, obviously, because I’m the expert. Plus, I’ve already got a ton of lead-genrating videos on all of the video services. Could I get them to just focus on backlinks, press releases and social networking? I really DO care about my customers and subscribers and want to get the good word out about my products in an ethical manner; and I am MORE than willing to pay for it. I feel like this is EXACTLY what I need right now.
What are your thoughts? Is a five or ten-fold increase in unique visitors possible in 3-6 months?
Thanks again for everything!
You would need to talk to them (probably Mike Ambrosio) regarding your specifics to see if they can do it, but generally speaking I would say yes they could work with you on something like that. Also keep in mind that they are creating promo videos, not instructional. And the main benefit of the videos is simply the keyword ranking and backlinks that you receive from them submitting those videos to various sites. So the content of the video itself is not as important.
As far as a 5X-10X increase… honestly I don’t know. Is it possible? Yes. Would I guarantee it? No.
Thanks for the heads-up, Eric! I’ll let you know how it works out.
Hey Eric
I was just curious about whether traffic sage
is better than say using something like Bishop Anders Traffic machines, which one would you personally recommend to your loyal subscribers?
Keep up the great work
Edward
It’s two different approaches. One method leverages software, and the other method leverages cheap labor. With WTM, you pay $97/mo and you have a slew of software tools that can help you build back links and verious traffic streams with minimal work on your part (but it still takes some of your time). With TS, you pay $497/mo to have a team of real people doing some of the same things that those software programs do, PLUS writing articles, press releases, etc.
So which one would depend on your preferences. If your priority is to keep your costs down and do some of the work yourself, I’d recommend WTM (as long as you’re OK with what I would call grey-hat automation). If you want to free up as much of your time as possible, I’d recommend TS. If you can afford it, you might want to do BOTH… and then outsource the WTM stuff too, by hiring someone on Odesk and teaching them how to use it.
Hi Edward,
I wasn’t planning on making a post on this topic until I came across your comment today.
If your able to afford trying out Traffic Sage first, I would diffently give that a try before WTM’s.
I know Eric stands behind WTM’s but I’ve tried the membership out twice(about 6 months apart)on 2 different computers and trust me when I say these programs are full of problems and bugs.
Sorry for being so negative,
Gary
Traffic Sage makes sense, at $15 US a day, try to do all they offer, AND develop your business without them.
Can you hire a staff for that?
People who don’t get this won’t get much else either.
Hi Eric,
Thanks for your mail. I have read it carefuly and it looks like the Traffic Sage should be very helpful for my business. For me, personally, all of your lessons were very helpful until today.
Wishing you the best and waiting for the next lesson.
Majority of your visitors doesn’t make money–I might be wrong about that but thats what I have felt by looking at the comments on this site.
So i think spending this amount will be difficult.
If this was run by those 2 internet marketers, then I don’t think it was necessary to mention about the work being done in India.
Eric,
Thanks for the lessons, I read and listen with intrigue…..great. Again I refer to the Home Cash Course. My site is not active as I need to purchase Traffic Machines (Upselling again !!) What is the difference between “Real people” traffic and “Computer generated” traffic? I am told this is fake traffic
It is possible to create “fake” traffic, by having bots (computers) repeatedly visit a site, potentially using different IP’s, etc. Of course Traffic Sages does not do that though.
Hi Eric,
Thanks for the response, regarding bots. I have now had 3600 visitors through trafficg, 63 hops on clickbank, and no sales! My website is active. I am worried about spending $297 with trafficsage as this monthly figure is not sustainable if it does not generate any sales. What should I do Eric?
Tim
http://yourfreewebsitesystem.com/wentworth8
BESTWORKATHOMEPRODUCTS.ORG
I would focus on making sure your site converts before signing up for traffic sages. Send some PPC traffic if you’re not sure if it is real visitors.
The fact that you say $297/mo would not be sustainable would incline me to say you are not ready for TS. It’s not a silver bullet, and ideally it should be viewed as a long term strategy.
Get to the point where your business is bringing in $500/mo, then consider investing that in TS to ramp it up.
Hi Eric,
Can you please help a bit more? Can you expand a little about making sure the site converts?
Tim
It’s simply a matter of whether your visitors are taking action on your website. If the purpose of your site is to sell something… are the current visitors buying? If not, then it’s not worth spending money on more visitors. If your objective is to build a list, are the current visitors opting in?
I will be doing a lesson on conversions in the near future.
hey Eric, nice post.
I am from latinamerica(spanish people) and My question is… What is the best cutting edge strategy to use on spanish market that can catapult targeted traffic to any website? Looking forward to watching your tips and tricks …thanks
The traffic methods would be the same for any language. Last time I checked, virtually every language other than English is still less competitive, particularly for PPC and SEO. So that means you could have some good opportunities to get traffic from your Spanish keywords. I will be covering traffic methods later on in my lessons.
Eric
1. Completed all 39 lessons. THANKS!!!
2. Originally used WAH to get CLICKBANK,PAYPAL,JustHost,and a website.
3.I have gotten seperately a BOA acct, and Bishop Andrews.
4.I spent several hundred on Google advertising.
Not happy with my site appearence or .04% ROI from Google.
5.Devoured Bishops tutorials but had troubles getting its Software to install on WIN2K Prof. OP SYS.
A. I like what you say about TrafficSage but is my site even good enough to use them?
B. Could I add pages to it with other products first or could they provide other products?
C. I completed your 30 day book but I am not sure about doing this to add info products. I think maybe adding other affiliate products is better for me.
Any of your comments would be greatly appreciated, Thanks Bill
A) I would say yes your site looks good enough, but here is the real test…
Does it make any money?
Before investing in Traffic Sage, I would be sure to send at least a few hundred visitors to the site to make sure it actually converts visitors into income or subscribers.
B) I haven’t asked them about this, but yes I would think they could do affiliate product reviews for your monthly articles. You would probably just need to tell them what products to write the articles about.
C) I do recommend having your own product(s). We’ll be covering this more in depth throughout the lessons, so hopefully you can create your own product, in addition to the affiliate marketing that you’re doing.
May be you can try traffic sage and do a review on your site..:)
I am still waiting for Lesson #40 since one fortnight ago. Will you help me?
Hi Eric,
hi eric,
shafi from india, your all the lesson are great its help me lot
and Traffic Sage should be very helpful for my business.
Wishing you the best and waiting for the next lesson as soon
shafi
http://www.globalincomesolution.com
Thanks for the explanation….
as i know SEO is one of the hardest way to generate traffic.
Hope traffic sage will be the answer..
regards,
Lemy
http://RealTrafficSystem.com
Guaranteed Free Traffic Generation System
thank you eric for the great tips you are a great mentor ,waiting for the next lesson as i noticed you stopped sending them for me .
Hi Eric!
For 3 weeks, I have been waiting for Lesson #40,#41,#42,#43,#44 and so on but I couldn’t find them in junk or spam mail at all. Please assist me. Thanks!
Eric has been away on vacation in Europe, but is preparing new lessons. Lesson 40 will be completed and posted soon.
Hi Eric,
I tried clicking on their “contact us” link to ask them a few questions but discovered that none of their links work except their “purchase now” button. Do you know how to contact them or if this is a glitch?
Thanks so much,
Chaszey
The reason those links were dead is because that is my special affiliate page. Sorry about that. You can view their support page if you go to:
http://www.ericstips.com/trafficsage
I also have their email address.
Hi Eric,
It says “page cannot be displayed.”
Thanks for the link, unfortunately the link you gave me doesn’t work either.
Can you send me their e-mail address so I can contact them directly?
Chaszey
Try going here:
http://trafficsage.com/support/
If you order from them directly, please just tell them I referred you.
Will certainly do if I decide to work with them. I’m a bit “put off” about the lack of contact opportunities. This is usually not a good sign in my opinion. We’ll see.
I’ll keep you posted.
Chaszey
I’ve not had any problems contacting them.
I have no idea what I’m doing but I’m going to catch up. Eric I’m so behind in my lessons. I got sidetracked with a vacation offer that took 495.00 out of my account and it’s taking me 2months or more to get it back. I’m stuck and can’t do anything until they credit this $$ back into my account. Thanks for the lesson. I’m trying to pick up where I left off. dp
Hi Eric,
Continuing to follow your lessons. I took your advice and joined trafficsage. A bit pricey but you get what you pay for with them. I know it will take time, perhaps a couple of months, but they are very responsive. I’m impressed so far. My site is starting to show results.
Tim
bestworkathomeproducts.org
Eric, can you tell us about using press releases to launch websites. I just gave an interview to a local newspaper and wonder if I can release that interview as a way to pull traffic to my website.
Yes you can use PR’s to get traffic. There are many free online PR sites where you can submit it. Of course there are submission services that you can pay for, but you could also just search for some PR sites and submit them manually.
Hi! Eric,
I am desperately searching for a video software which will allow me to upload welcome AVI video file. As soon as any person opens my website, a welcome video should play automatically.
How to make this happen ?
- Anthony
Lesson 41 shows how to put video on your website:
http://www.ericstips.com/tips/lesson41/
Having read and listened to your theory on how to generate more traffic by outsourcing the work.This really makes sense as the general person out there still have a day job to deal with and cant always get as much done as they would like in the evening and at the weekend.
We all have other commitments
Hi Eric and fellow Eric’s Tips followers.
I realize that this lesson is now more than 3 months old, but I wanted to add my experience with Traffic Sage to it, to anyone who may come along later and read this.
Back in the middle of May shortly after this lesson was posted I decided to put Traffic Sage to the test on a brand new site that sells 1 clickbank product with no other forms of monetization. However, I selected the less expensive $297 per month option.
Still a pretty penny but as mentioned by an earlier poster, you get what you pay for. Perhaps that should be changed to “we hope to get what we pay for”.
First I would like to mention that this product is in the ever popular and competitive “golf” niche. However, I would like to add that I did my keyword research very carefully and selected phrases to target that were not overly competitive with a decent amount of searches as taught by many of the big name marketers.
To date I have spent $891 for the 3 months that I have been a member.
I joined on or about May 19th and my stats show 13 unique visitors for the month of May.
Just getting started so there’s no surprise there.
For the month of June my stats show 126 uniques. July = 334 and as of today (August 28th) the stats show 382 uniques for August.
So you can see that the traffic is growing.
The question is… is it growing fast enough to warrant a $297 payment each month?
Thus far my sales = Zero
If you add up the unique visitors to the site and do the math you’ll realize that I’ve paid over a dollar for each visitor.
I personally feel this is very expensive. Perhaps I’d feel differently had I made some sales.
I have canceled my subscription to Traffic Sage and believe that I can do better spending my traffic dollars in other places.
For example, I wonder how much traffic I would be receiving had I used that same $891 on having a bunch of articles written and submitted to EzineArticles.com???
Perhaps some of the other Eric Tips followers have had better experiences than me with Traffic Sage and I would encourage them to share it here as I did for marketers that come after us… to help them make the decision that is best for them.
Don P
Hi Eric, I have a quetion ….
I’d like to sign up for Traffic Sage, is it possible for someone to evalute my website and tell me if I would be able to benefit from this Service???
I’m sure Mike Ambrosio would be willing to take a look at it and let you know if it is suitable for their services.
If it’s the one linked to your name… I would not use that one. Since they’re working on SEO, it should be on your own domain, not webs.com.
See these lessons:
http://www.ericstips.com/tips/lesson23/
http://www.ericstips.com/tips/lesson24/
Thanks Eric!
How do I get a hold of Mike Ambrosio … I went to their website (through the link above) to “Contact Us” but it takes to “The Page cannot be found” ….
Thanks so much for all of your lessons … they are amazing !
Blanca
Sorry, no need to answer the question above .. I kept reading and found the link you gave to Basil Perera they have a “Live Help Messanger” so I left a message and will wait to hear back from him.
Also, I did get a domain … and plan to forward to the webs.com … I understand it would be better to host it, but the way I have build my website in webs.com is just a lot of clickbank links for the traffic to end up at diferent sales pages. I would appreciate your thoughts on that … thank you so much
Blanca Ybarra
Hi Eric, traffic is what I need and I think at some point I need help generating some. Is that $497.00 per site? So if you have several sites ….it’s 497.00 times each site….every month???? choke choke choke…
Yes it’s $497 per site. Although you can optionally switch sites from month to month. I’m only using it for one site currently.
I am confused. At one place you say Traffic Sage is an Indian based Organisation.But according to it’s website, it seems Traffic Sage is run by you.
FQS & CONTACT US pages are also not reachable.
Will you please provide me clarification with means to contact Traffic Sage direct because I am a website owner looking for honest team to get assistance on a fair fee.
Please provide genuine details only.
Traffic Sage is not run by me. I am only their affiliate. I believe the company’s owners are US-based, but the workers are definitely in India. Try the FAQ on this one:
http://www.ericstips.com/trafficsage
Hi Eric, I have a question please
I have started my site http://www.success-stuff.com (it is word press)
and added (add sense) for it and I am paying for the hosting every month but I did not gain any money yet which is a problem for me, I think now I need a lot of traffic and I want to outsource it, I can not afford the $500 of TS But I found another site that can make 250 back link for 50 sites for $20 a month and the first site is FREE ( http://www.linkserp.com ).
But the problem is that I have problem in getting my links up, I tried to do the steps they are saying so I begin to have back links but I failed, I think I did not understand their steps and I am trying to contact them through their support and forum for almost a month without any response, and I really do not know any one that can help me with this but you as you have been a great teacher for me and for a lot of people, also I think this site can be a good start for a lot of new people like me.
I know that you are busy but please if you may look at the site and explain what I must do to start making the back links (the steps is on the site but I am not professional so I think I made something wrong).
I will be wait for your help, thank you
I’ve taken a look at their site, but I don’t see any information about how to make it work, unless I were to sign up for an account. The fact that they are not replying to your support requests for a month would lead me to believe it’s not the kind of service I would want to invest in.
Hi Eric,
This is Ramesh from India…all your lessons were very helpful…i have started my new blog and wanted to make money out of it …plz mail me more tips & tricks to improve my blog
Thanks a lot for all your support
Ramesh.G
Hi Eric, I did not see any special deal. Just their fees of $497 and if you join as an affiliate you get $100 off of the first level when someone purchases from your link. Does this mean you can purchase from yourself and get the $100 off the first month? Also, I am wondering if this is a unique service? Arn’t there lots of companies who provide this? Knowing how much time is involved it does sound like a good deal. Traffic is not easy to come by. Pardon my hesitation, but I question every deal as most people who point a deal out to me are affiliates so they have much to gain to promote a company. So far I have no reason to doubt you Eric. Good stuff so far. Even when I have had traffic I cannot seem to sell anything! I plan on using the concept on your old site- Insider System to sell some new products. Not sure what to focus on. How do you figure what to market? Thanks for any info.
As far as I know you are not supposed to order thru your own affiliate link. Try this link, you will see there is another package that is cheaper:
Traffic Sage
There are many companies that provide outsourcing services, but I have not seen a lot that specifically focus on the SEO needs of Internet marketers.
There are plenty of SEO firms, but most of them cost multiples of what you would pay for Traffic Sage.
You could get it done cheaper if you hired one or two fulltime workers from India or Philippines and trained them to do the work. But that’s the trade-off… then you have to manage and train them… or hire a manager, etc.
But if you’re planning on building your business over the long term, then building your own team is not a bad idea either.
As far as figuring out what to market…
This will sound oversimplified, but the key when it comes to selling infoproducts is to sell them what they WANT. There are various ways of finding what they want, some of which are covered in my lessons.
Thanks Eric for the tips. But it’s a bit too costly at this stage. Do you have any tips on getting more traffic for a free dating site?
Yes I will be covering traffic methods throughout several lessons soon.
Bonjour from sw France, hope you enjoyed your visit France, I am Irish , & my Husband &I just love living here. thanks for your wonderful lessons, Traffic Sage sounds terrific, but a bit expensive for the moment. Au revoir Nuala
Wow. $500 is pretty steep for a start up site to have to pay … and it seems high for a company from India.
Mr Eric, i envy you o! Am just struggling to float my own website and start making money so that i can afford things like holiday and the rest. Have a great time . Thanks.
Aisha are u nigeran
yeah wow….it’s a bit expensive for new starters.
Too early for me Eric… Still doing my own writing, linking posting etc! I would be happy to outsource later, and have bookmarked this page in its own categorie!
Hi Eric,
Your tips are very helpful keep up the good work! I am looking forward to your updates
I will definitely give traffic sage a try someday.
Regards,
Erwin Ensing
http://www.guaranteedtraffictsunami.net
Hi, thanks by the share, as one of the comments says, it’s not for me yet, hope some day would. In the meantime let me askyou, what do you think about bots software, they could be cheaper, most of them are one time payment. Yesterday I received an email with a 27$ offer for a rss bot with captcha support, do you recommend that kind of tools ?
I do recommend some automation tools… it just depends on what it does. Some of them are spammy and I do not recommend using those ones.
I think you’re a bit off here. Your article is based on the idea of using comments to create traffic. As commented that should not be a primary goal
Eric, love your tips and appreciate all you are doing here. But at $500 per site, yikes that is about my total monthly income from IM stuff. I’ve been ripped off over the years for more but I hesitate to put all my eggs in one basket. True, you have a great amount of credibility in recommending them and I know you wouldn’t recommend a ripoff, but for people who are not yet well into at least 4 figures a month, that is kind of out of reach unfortunately.
Absolutely, this is only for those who are at that the point in their business of being able to afford outsourcing and understanding how to monetize it.
Eric,
Nice review as always also hope you enjoyed your vacation.This sounds like something I might be interested in doing in the future as I know for a fact how time consuming SEO and traffic can be. Anyhow thanks for the tip and keep up the good work.
Love all your video training Eric, I am completely gob-smacked at all this top quality info, for a rank newbie its exactly what I needed to cut through all the hype and confusion!!! I’m up to lesson 40 . . . but in one of the first lessons you said “Stop buying stuff” so I have. But you keep sending these interesting email promos sometimes. I have resisted because I keep in mind your “stop buying stuff” message. This means I have missed out on some great time limited stuff . . . at the end of these lessons are you going to say “glad to see you didn’t buy any stuff along the way, well done, so here is a great package with all the right stuff your gonna need right here, only $97″ ? Just a thought. : )
As you’ve seen, I do offer you several things for sale and recommendations throughout the lessons. I do not try to hide this. But I try to give you the info to make educated decisions for your own business. I recommend things that I believe will help you. But not every recommendation is right for every person.
No there will not be one package offer at the end of the lessons, not a bad idea though
At $497 per month per site it’s probably great value if you’re already earning at least a consistent $1-2k per month.
For those that are not or are just starting out that’s probably going to be seen as a high ticket luxury.
You mention list building is going to pop up at about lesson #59 so we just wondered … how many lessons in total are there ?
Gary & Val
Exactly.
There will be 100 lessons.
Thank you Eric!
You know how to help us beginners!
Lessons and information’s you provide are so helpful!
Thank you for your time!
Thanks for the great information. I am doing research as I begin my new business. You’ve been very helpful.
hi Eric,
are you familiar with ebrandz? they are an indian company as well … do you know if they provide a good service?
Hello Edgar,
Thanks for pointing out the service. We are unfamiliar with Ebrandz.
If Eric feels that it would benefit his readers at this stage, he’ll be sure to do a review.
I also want to know your oppinion, i am interested in reselling their services (private label service) but not sure if its a good idea, specially if i don’t have much money to invest
Hello Edgar,
You might want to get started as an affiliate first, to get practice promoting products and services online.
Have you tried out Eric’s free Writing Cash Program?
http://www.writingcash.com/
Many have found this program to be a great place to begin their careers as affiliate and PLR marketers.
Hi Eric,
I just wanted to say thank you for your lessons i know there are guys on the internet charging loads of money for what you give away for free.
Im just staring out with my new websites and must say that traffic has been the biggest challenge for me so far.
But im really enjoying all the new stuff im learning which hopefully will start to make me some money eventually.
Keep up the great work,
Gaz
Eric, you are doing a great job helping all of us who really need it… Not know how to earn any income, but sure need extra… hope soon I will be able to create income so I can afford Traffic Sage and all the other tools you recommended so far and earn enough to pay all debts and live a financially secure lifestyle.
Love to read more of your tips… they are all so helpful… thanks so much again.
Hi Eric,
many thanks for all your lesson and advice, sorry if this aliitle bit out of topic.
I found the program call traffic travis, what do u think about it ?
thanks for your answer and best wishes,
Jefvz
Hello Jefvz,
Eric recommends Traffic Travis in the following lesson:
http://www.ericstips.com/tips/lesson76/
Hello Eric,
I’ve been working day and night to make ends meet with programs to be successful it has been a challenge for me to reach the level I want to be comfortable with in enjoying my future with the success I hope to have in the near future being limited to what I can do is blocking me from developing more profits with programs that can make me huge amounts of income to move forward thanks for sharing
Hi Eric,
Their website is not working.
Do your health issues include a fever? Cause that video doesn’t seem to be working ;)[for the ‘$1773 advantage’]
Much appreciate all the knowledge you are sharing so freely, keep up the great work! If you’re interested in some powerful transformational tools, I would love to offer you our whole suite of tools and comprehensive system as a little thank you, just let me know…
Get better soon & enjoy everything!
Michael
Hello Michael,
Here is a link that should help you to be able to view the videos properly:
http://www.ericstips.com/trouble-viewing-flash-videos/
Hello Eric,
This sounds great. And I’m glad you had a chance to vacation, worry free in Europe. I come from the French part of Switzerland myself, so I can relate to travelling in these parts of Europe, love it!
I do not have an operational internet site yet but I read your blogs because I find it interesting.
Question: Have you determined how much more traffic that company helped you generate traffic?
Well, thanks again for your interesting articles and videos!
Wonderful weekend to you and yo
Hi Eric,
Maybe they are good but they are not taking any new members at the moment (23 Nov 2011). Just add name to list for notification when they will be doing
Hi Eric..thaks for sharing on outsourcing. i have hired someone at Odesk for writing an Ebook on health niches (skin care). But i think i want to find someone again for review back my ebook and add additional contents to make it more attractive. I dont regret with the first hiring ( cost me less than $100).but is it okay for rhiring somewhere elso for more improvement? and how much should its cost?
Hi Abdul,
Eric actually has an entire lesson devoted to Outsourcing tips:
http://www.ericstips.com/tips/lesson39/
Your lessons are awsome. I learned so many tricks! Thanks
I’ve lost thousand of dollars by outsourcing my projects in the past. I didn’t have enough experience at that time. However, I spent many years of searching, looking, testing what works and what doesn’t work with outsourcing. I’ve learned about reputable companies from India, and other places to outsource. For example, one company is working on my website: http://www.mysearchbug.com, I will not hire any other company to do that job for me. But I also know the company’s weakness. I don’t ask them to do everything for me. I outsource to another company.
Thanks for the info this sounds very helpful can you recommend a good company or person to outsource to? thanks again
Hello StewieG,
Here is Eric’s lesson where he provides some outsourcing options:
http://www.ericstips.com/tips/lesson39/