| Many marketers aren't aware of this, but there are | | | | their results are probably not going to be |
| programs out there that actually test sources of traffic | | | | representative of the kind of results you can expect to |
| and let you know if the source is any good or not. I | | | | get simply because the traffic isn't targeted the same. |
| often get asked if these programs are worth joining. | | | | People interested or not interested in traffic testing |
| Well, there is no easy answer to that, which I will | | | | may or may not be interested in what YOU are selling. |
| shortly explain. They all have their pluses and minuses. | | | | So the results are only so helpful. |
| If you're looking for perfection, you won't find it in a | | | | Another problem that I found with traffic tester |
| traffic tester program. But they can be useful if you | | | | programs is that most of the traffic generation |
| understand how they work and what you can expect | | | | methods that they test end up to be poor. So you're |
| to get out of them. | | | | basically paying for a service to tell you what |
| The basic way a traffic tester program works is as | | | | DOESN'T work. I don't know about you but I'm more |
| such. The program will seek out a form of promotion | | | | concerned with finding out what DOES work. Sure, it's |
| on the Internet, test it out to see how much traffic it | | | | nice to know what not to waste my money on, but if |
| gets from it and how well that traffic converts into | | | | the service doesn't give me anything that I can use, its |
| sales. The program will then report its findings back to | | | | benefits are only going to be of limited use to me. |
| the members. It's not a bad little racket and it is a | | | | My suggestion would be to try out these programs for |
| useful service as long as you understand the limitations | | | | a month and see what use you get out of them. If you |
| and pitfalls. | | | | find they are helpful, continue with the service. If not, |
| For starters, the traffic tester program itself is testing | | | | cancel your membership. I have personally not found |
| these sources with THEIR own product. In most cases, | | | | any that were worth more than a month or two of |
| the product is the company itself, testing traffic. Now, if | | | | membership. |
| you're promoting something in a non IM related niche, | | | | But that's just me. |