Is buying traffic worth it? Part II
Posted by Andy Crofford
Is buying traffic worth it?
Currently my wife and I are getting ready to leave for vacation. We are going to my parents home in the mountains for some rest and relaxation. With that said I am busy writing posts to put up while I am gone so I haven’t had time to make some tweaks to the landing page I am driving traffic to but wanted to provide a follow-up to my post; Is buying traffic worth it?
Everywhere I go on the web I read that video is the way to go. They say it helps conversions because visitors can put a face to the website and it makes them trust it more. The only thing my face could make someone trust to painless death but I am going to give it a shot any way.
It just so happens I bought a nice video camera a while back that I can use to record these videos. The only thing really holding me back is the fact that I have no idea what I am doing in the video editing department. ‘Learn as I go’ is going to be the motto for this little venture. Then again that is the motto for a lot of things I have been doing lately.
Any way, to answer the question; is buying traffic worth it? So far that is a resounding NO! Most of the traffic I am getting from these traffic brokers is garbage. Luckily for me it is cheap enough I don’t really care. The only thing it seems good for right now is boosting my Alexa ranking.
Well, back to writing posts for next week. I wish I was established enough to get some guest bloggers. Maybe next vacation…
UPDATE: This is completely unrelated but check out my review of Market Leverage at Mixed Market Arts. Thanks Collin!
dcr Says:
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Perhaps I should have waited until part II of your traffic post.
So far for me, it hasn’t been worth it at all. I’m thinking about switching the remainder of my traffic over to a different site and seeing if it fares any better.
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Andy Crofford Reply:
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:25 am
Maybe part III will be better.
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