If you are an internet marketer like me then you can’t deny the fact that making money on the internet depends a lot on traffic, traffic, traffic. Traffic sourcing for your website or blog can be a big headache for owners especially if they are internet newbies.

What is traffic? Traffic in internet parlance refers to the flow of visitors to and from your website or blog. Therefore, you can understand when I say your chances of making any money on the internet depends on the traffic you can drive to your webpages. The more the traffic, the more your chances of success.

There are several ways or methods of driving traffic to your website/blog. These several ways are categorized into paid or free traffic sources of traffic generation. I must, however, emphasize that there is no absolute free way of generating traffic. You must pay for traffic one way or the other.

Among several ways of generating traffic are forums, articles, PPC, link exchanges, social media etc. There are several other methods but I am focusing on JV giveaways.

JV giveaways are events organized on the internet as a means of building mailing lists and of course it drives traffic to your website squeeze page. What are mailing lists? Mailing lists are the contact details (phone numbers or email addresses) of ready buyers for your products or services.

JV giveaway events have the ability to help you generate traffic or ready made buyers to your money maker website/blog. To benefit or participate, you must have a product or service that you are willing to give out free of charge and you must be willing to promote the giveaway event to other people. When people visit the event website, they can download your product through your squeeze page thereby leaving their contact details that you can use to contact them on other products and services of relevance.

Another way of enjoying or participating in a JV giveaway is by being able to download an unlimited amount of products and services worth thousands of dollars for free. This is because for each well promoted JV event, there can hundreds of contributors of free products. So, even if you don’t have a product yet, you can download hundreds of products free of charge for your personal use.

5 reasons to participate in a JV giveaway event

1. You get to download free e-books, software and other internet marketing resources from renown internet marketers for free.
2. As a contributor, you get to attach guru status to your products or services that you are giving out for free.
3. You get to build your mailing list shoulder to shoulder with the experienced internet marketers
4. You can get noticed by other internet marketers on the same event for networking and JV arrangements.
5. It establishes your status as an internet marketer.

You can participate in the following giveaways as a member or as a contributor.

Member:

http://cjngiveaway.com/go/187

http://imtools.giveaway-event.com/go/254

http://mygiveawaygifts.com/go/328

http://powerdynamtics.com/flagday/members.php?id=178

http://4thofjuly.freegiftsgiveaway.com/members.php?id=109

http://powerdynamtics.com/choice/members.php?id=348

http://webbiz4u.net/jv/go/914

Contributor:

http://cjngiveaway.com/go/187

http://imtools.giveaway-event.com/go/254

http://mygiveawaygifts.com/go/328

http://powerdynamtics.com/flagday/contributor.php?id=178

http://4thofjuly.freegiftsgiveaway.com/contributor.php?id=109

http://powerdynamtics.com/choice/contributor.php?id=348

http://webbiz4u.net/jv/go/914

This article was written by Emmanuel Odeh CEO of Arthur Redwood Co. He is an internet marketer and online entrepreneur and owner of www.hotbizcafe.com

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Twitter is a social network experience that can help you draw massive traffic to your website/blog. This is the new social media network by which the top internet marketers draw traffic to their website/blogs. Over the next few articles, we will discuss how you too can use twitter to attract traffic to your website/blog like the guru’s.

How to set up

Setting up an account on Twitter is easy. Go to http://www.twitter.com. You will be asked to either login or register. If you don’t have an account, you need to register.

The Twitter screen will ask you for your first and last name. A green tick will appear next to the box. Next, you need to enter your username and you need to give some thought to the name you want to use to represent yourself on Twitter. This is important because you will need different email addresses for several Twitter accounts if you choose to have more than one.

Anyway, the first account you register should always be in your own name if it is still available. Naturally, common names like WillSmith  (there are no spaces in usernames) will have been taken. It is still possible though, to get variations on your name like Will_Smith or Will Smith23. You can only use an underscore in a username. Hyphens are not permitted.

If you wish to register a business name, then you can do that, but make sure that you use your own name in the signup process so you are identifiable and connected with the business name you register. We will discuss reasons for operating under each type of registration later in this article series.

Next, you will be asked for your email address. Each email address is linked to an account and you will only be able to use your email address once. So every account you register, you will need a different email address. Lastly you will fill in the CAPTCHA letters and click on Create My Account.

You will now be shown a new screen where you will be asked to add any o your friends from popular web based email programs. You can always do this later. Next screen presents a list of people Twitter asks if you would like to follow. Choose some if you like, but personally I wouldn’t be bothered. Click finish and you will be taken to your own Twitter account.

Your Settings

Now we are going to fill out our settings and this is a very important step on Twitter. The access to the settings can be found at the top right of your screen.

Firstly, we will concentrate on the account tab on the settings page. The information you entered when registering is already here. What you need to do now is to flesh this out so people can find you on Twitter and you can make yourself interesting to follow. Much of what is entered here is searchable on Twitter and a host of other third party applications and also helps people to make a decision to follow you on Twitter.

It is possible to change your username at anytime on this screen, though, it is not advisable as it can only confuse your followership. Therefore, is not recommended. However, change the time zone to your own and move over to the one line bio.

Your Bio

You have 160 characters here to sell yourself. Take your time over it and do it well. Don’t just enter a bunch of keywords as they appear uninteresting to people. Instead, use keywords and start your bio with the words “I am” and then describe yourself.

An example-
“I am into internet marketing, Affiliate
marketing, public speaking and internet consulting. I am passionate about social media and helping people start an online business”.

Note how the keywords are used in the above description. You can obviously see keywords like internet marketing, affiliate marketing, public speaking, internet consulting, social media and online business. Using these terms in your bio will have you popping up in search results when people are searching for like minded individuals to follow. So it is definitely worth taking time to get your bio right.

Remainder of Screen

Enter your website or blog here if you have one. Be sure to include the http:// prefix to the URL.
Your location is next and is very important so people can search and find others in their area. It is also important to you if you are chasing rankings on Twitter as users are ranked by their locations.

Protect Updates
You can protect your updates if you want to have a private account and you will have to approve followers. If you intend to meet new people on Twitter, DON’T turn this feature on. People just can’t be bothered requesting permission to follow you unless they know you personally. You may now save your settings.
Devices
You can enter your mobile phone number here if you want Twitter updates to your phone. This is not advisable if you have a large number of followers.
Notices
This setting allows Twitter to “nudge” you with a text to your phone if you haven’t updated in 24 hours.
Replies
The replies function is interesting and will determine what tweets you see that are prefixed with the @ symbol. This is how you direct a tweet to someone in particular.The rest of the notices are pretty self explanatory. However, if you are following someone and they are following you, you can send direct messages to each other that won’t appear on the Twitter timeline. Direct messages are essentially private messages between two people.

Picture
This is really important. When you open this page, you will see the small avatar on the screen which is the default for Twitter. If you want new followers, you really need to put a photo of yourself here. If the Twitter account is for a company then the logo will do nicely. When people are scanning the Twitterstream your picture stands out even more than your name.
Design
You can change the background o your Twitter page here. Twitter provides a number of alternatives that you can select or you can upload your own background. You can also change the colours if you want. Whatever you do, just change from the Twitter default. It shows that you have taken some time setting up your account.

That is it. You now need to go to the Twitter home page and type in your first tweet. You can type in something like “Hi, I’ve just joined Twitter and am looking forward to meeting interesting people” and click the update button.

You are now welcome to start using Twitter to attract massive traffic to your website or blog

This article was written by Emmanuel Odeh CEO of Arthur Redwood Co. He is an internet marketer and online entrepreneur and owner of www.hotbizcafe.com