I read a really interesting article which the guy talks about traffic generation via a fan base.  A great concept, adulation and traffic all in one.

In the articles he talks about different way to get traffic to your sites.  One method that really caught my interest was producing review posts or viral free reports for different products. It never ceases to amaze me how diverse the IM niche is.

Get a Fanbase and Your Website Traffic Will Grow Posted By : Dan …

Go check this guys site out he actually has something to say.

Well thankfully the distraction of Christmas is out of the way again for another year, and it´s time to get cracking again.

Just before Christmas we had our fourth webcast in which we were taught about traffic generation. during the webcast Alex told us all that in a two week period we had to try and drive as much new traffic to our blogs as we could, and the person with the most traffic would win $1000 !

I have, in this time spent countless hours posting to other blogs ( Alex refers to it as oilrig hopping ) I have also gotten my blog listed on other web directories. The most enjoyable thing though, that  I´ve been doing  is making videos.

With the many programmes I have on my pc, I am hoping that a few of the videos I´ve made will cut the mustard.  It is quite daunting when you look at the competition and quality of the work that your up against.

I  don´t know how many hours the rest of the students are putting in to their respective blogs, but my daughter bought me a Christmas present this year that really made me laugh. As she handed me the parcel she told me it was a set of  cutlery that would suit my present needs.

As I opened my present I was greeted to the sight of a beautiful silver fork  and knife combined into one

She said that as I spent nearly every waking minute glued to my computer at least now I  don´t have to put my mouse down to eat, don´t you just love your own kids  =o)

With regards to the traffic I am managing to generate, at the moment it´s pretty low, but I hope that when the festive season comes to an end and things get back to normality the work I´ve put in will start to show some benefits.

For a lot of people the technicalities of starting an online business are the most difficult hurdle to overcome, I´m not talking about traffic generation or seo optimization here, I´m referring to the real basics.

I myself have a real passion for tech, but sometimes I struggle  implementing my passion. The course I´m on at the moment with Alex Jeffreys is a prime example of this.

We had to load up our profit pulling platforms and set up our Aweber accounts and to be honest with you I found it a little bit daunting. Alex provided some beautifully made instructional videos to assist the technofobes in the group (me included),  but as well as the videos,  I had another brilliant manual to refer to. The manual I´m referring to was one of the weekly instalments of the Kickstart programme.

The programme is designed for real newbies who may struggle with the technical aspects of setting up the things that I´ve just discussed. The course also goes onto describe in minute detail how to implement any or all of the following, product creation, upsells and downsells, list building, affiliate techniques, autorespond tactics etc.

Tony Shepherd and Sarah Brown have been, and described themselves as being  ´under the radar´ internet marketers, and have traded very successfully for the last ten years.

The main reason I signed up to the course was the fact that Alex Jeffreys himself left a glowing testimonial on the sales page.  As we all know Alex is not your usual hype merchant so when he says something you can be sure that he means it.

If you find yourself struggling with the basics you could do no worse than look at this product.