Helpers Who Sell! How to Start an Affiliate Program for Your Business
Lynnie explains how to start an affiliate program: other people tell their followers about your product, and you only pay them when somebody buys.
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How to Start an Affiliate Program for Your Business: Pay Only When You Sell
Imagine a marketing method where other people promote your product to their audiences, and you pay them only when a sale actually happens. That method exists, and it is called having affiliates. In this article, traffic method number seven, we explain how to start an affiliate program for your business, how it works and which businesses it suits best. Is there a traffic method where people with existing audiences promote your product or service, but you pay them only if their promotion leads to actual sales?
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In the News! Free PR for Small Business
Lynnie explains free PR for small business: how to get journalists, newsletters and podcasts to mention you for free, and how to write a short, clear pitch.
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Free PR for Small Business: How to Pitch Journalists and Get Featured
Being featured in a magazine, newsletter or podcast can bring both visitors and credibility. Free PR for small business is possible through editorial pitching: offering journalists and editors a story worth telling. In this article, traffic method number six, we explain how earned coverage works, where beginners can start for free, how to write a pitch and what to measure. Editorial pitching means approaching journalists, editors, podcast hosts or newsletter writers with a story about your business.
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My First Ad! Social Media Advertising for Beginners
Lynnie explains social media advertising for beginners: boosting posts vs campaigns, making a clear ad, the numbers that matter, and testing small.
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Social Media Advertising for Beginners: Boosts, Campaigns and the Numbers That Matter
Social media advertising is the first paid method in our list, and often the first paid method beginners try. Social media advertising for beginners does not need to be complicated or expensive. In this article, traffic method number five, we explain boosting versus campaigns, how to create a simple ad, the numbers that matter and how to test with a small budget. Social media advertising means paying a platform to show your content to people beyond your existing followers.
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Let’s Team Up! Creator Collaborations
Lynnie explains creator collaborations: teaming up with another creator or business so both of you reach each other’s followers, for free.
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Creator Collaborations: How to Reach a New Audience for Free
One of the fastest free ways to reach new people is to borrow an audience that already exists. Creator collaborations let two creators or businesses create something together and share it with both of their audiences. In this article, traffic method number four, we explain how creator collaborations work, how to approach a partner and what to measure. An organic collaboration happens when you and another creator or business produce something together.
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Shine in the Mall! Marketplace Listing Optimization
Lynnie explains marketplace listing optimization: how to help your Etsy, Amazon or Fiverr listings show up higher, with better titles, pictures and reviews.
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Marketplace Listing Optimization: How to Rank Higher on Etsy, Amazon and Fiverr
If you sell on a marketplace such as Etsy, Amazon or Fiverr, the marketplace’s own search can become your biggest source of buyers. Marketplace listing optimization is the free way to help your listings appear higher in those results. In this article, traffic method number three, we explain the ranking factors, what content you need and the numbers that show whether it works. Marketplace listing optimization means working to make your listing, gig or product page rank higher in a marketplace’s internal search results.
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Going Viral? How to Go Viral on Social Media
Lynnie explains how to go viral on social media, honestly: what algorithms reward, which apps help new creators, and why it’s never guaranteed.
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How to Go Viral on Social Media: What Algorithms Actually Reward
“Go viral” is one of the most repeated pieces of online business advice. It is also one of the most misunderstood. In this article, traffic method number two, we explain how to go viral in an honest way: what it actually means, what social media algorithms reward, which platforms help new creators, and why it is never guaranteed. “Going viral” is technically an outcome rather than a method.
