9 Effective Ways To Get Free Traffic For Your Affiliate Marketing Offer

My affiliate marketing offer hasn’t been converting as well as I had hoped, and I can tell that the only thing holding it back from being more profitable is the lack of traffic to my landing page and sales page. Luckily, there are some effective ways I can get free traffic to my offer that don’t involve buying any traffic at all. Here are my top nine ways to do just that...

1) Set Up A List On A Social Media Platform

Setting up a list is an easy way to attract free traffic. A lot of people these days are active on social media, so chances are your target audience already has an account or two, and might even be on one or more of your lists. You can set up a free account at social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, LinkedIn and Pinterest (just to name a few). Once you've gotten an account set up, you can begin adding people directly or through referrals from friends who have accounts. We recommend making sure that you give out your newsletter signup page in exchange for being added to someone's list; they'll get something from you and will probably want to reciprocate later by adding their own signup page in return.

2) Share Your Content On Reddit

Reddit is an online platform that lets users submit and vote on content they like. Users can also comment on these submissions, which encourages discussion between those who have a particular interest in what's being shared. Reddit has sections called subreddits where users post links to articles or videos based on a particular topic. Subreddits are broken down into more specific categories and each has its own rules for submission, which must be agreed upon by users posting there. For example, many allow for text posts only or no links to promotional material at all.

3) Create Video on YouTube

One of our top-ranking sources of free traffic comes from YouTube. We’ve written an entire post on how to grow your YouTube channel and drive free traffic, but in short, it boils down to creating amazing content that you are proud of and promoting it via social media. Create videos related to your affiliate offers that viewers will want to watch – don’t just spout out marketing drivel about whatever product you are trying to promote. If your content is good, people will share it on their own accord!

4) Send Out An Email Newsletter

You may have heard it before, but we’ll say it again. Sending out an email newsletter is one of – if not THE – best way to send free traffic to your affiliate marketing offer. If you want to try something a little more advanced and targeted, adding an opt-in form at the end of each post can also be a highly effective way to generate free traffic. Just don’t let all these methods overload you; remember that less is more when it comes to content marketing strategies! Publishing just 1-2 content pieces per week (depending on your industry) should provide you with enough quality content to sustain reader interest and build a nice reputation for yourself within your niche market.

5) Use Influencers In The Niche

It is also good to utilize different influencers in your niche. Influencers can create credibility and trust with a potential customer. If people are following you on Twitter or Instagram, they will automatically give some credence to what you have to say about a particular product/service because they already have some sort of relationship with you. The same applies for bloggers who have an established presence in your niche. A blogger can turn even mediocre products into winners simply by saying that they use it themselves, so do not underestimate their power when it comes to influencing people's buying decisions!

6) Comment On Other Sites In The Niche

Commenting on other sites in your niche is one of our favorite ways to generate free traffic, especially when trying to build credibility in a new market. That's because backlinks are still one of Google's main signals for determining page rankings, and providing others with high-quality content will only help boost your ranking status. It's also important to remember that it doesn't necessarily matter what you say when leaving comments—it's just as important (if not more) to leave a relevant link. This can be a link back to your offer or any relevant page on your website, but it does need to be an actual link—not a nofollowed one.

7) Create Tasty Bites Of Useful Information

Add some photos, videos and/or a shareable infographics to your content. Tasty bites of useful information like these can also help you rank better in Google. They’re more likely to hold people’s attention (especially if they’re visual), making it more likely that they see your content through to completion. Infographics are proven to engage visitors for longer periods than any other type of content. The best part is: creating them doesn't take long at all (some can be created in minutes).​! Here are 40 resources you can use for free infographic creation.

8) Submit An Article To Ezine Articles

Ezine Articles is one of the best places for online publishers to get free traffic for their offers, because it's so well-indexed by Google and other search engines. Sign up for an Ezine Articles account if you don't already have one, then submit your work by filling out all of your contact information in each of your articles' submission forms. When you write a new piece, submit it to Ezine Articles as well as Social Bookmarking sites like Digg or Reddit. In addition to using anchor text in these links pointing back to your offer page on your website, also use keywords that relate directly to whatever affiliate product you're promoting (e.g., cool wireless speakers).

9) Post on Other Forums in The Niche

The traffic from these forums is free, but it's not just easy to get—it's easy to be ignored and spammy. By creating relationships with other forum members and giving useful information on a consistent basis, you'll be able to build trust over time. As a result, more people will respond favorably when you share your affiliate links in future posts or threads. It may take several weeks or months before you're able to gain enough trust and respect to really see results from using other forums as a method of getting free traffic for your affiliate offers, but once you've proven yourself as an expert in that niche, you'll have access to tens or even hundreds of thousands of eyeballs every month.