Building Traffic to a Poker Website

As a relatively small affiliate what advice do successful experienced affilates, such as the moderators of this forum, have in the way of inexpensively building traffic to their websites?

(Based on a recent thread it looks like this type of post is acceptable.)

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As a relatively small affiliate what advice do successful experienced affilates, such as the moderators of this forum, have in the way of inexpensively building traffic to their websites?


[/ QUOTE ]I have spent thousands on SEO, only to have search engines change things and our sites ended up nowhere. The first step is to have quality content, then you can do many things. Getting other sites (even non-poker) to use your content, partnering with other sites, etc. all work. A short article on site partnering is
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[Jeremy]

I usually don't post to often here at 2+2 although I am glad to see that this area is available because there are many people interested in supplementing their bankrolls by being an affiliate.

Without a doubt there is huge money to be made as an affiliate but don't think that it is a cakewalk. With all the competition out there it has become increasingly more difficult.

To answer the post though one of the best ways to build traffic and return visitors to a new site is by hosting private tournaments on a regular basis. Even if it is a freeroll, and you add some money.

Also keep in mind you need to have a site that will make people want to return. 90% of new affiliates put a up a crapy banner farm and wonder why they are not getting rich or receiving return visitors. There is so much more I could go into about 100 of dfferent things related to being a poker affiliate and being a successful one but that would take all day. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I have written several articles at the poker affiliate community that was referenced above. This is a great starting point for new affiliates. Feel free to shoot me an email or PM if you have any specific questions.

Jeremy Enke

[BradleyT]

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[livinitup0]

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I usually don't post to often here at 2+2 although I am glad to see that this area is available because there are many people interested in supplementing their bankrolls by being an affiliate.

Without a doubt there is huge money to be made as an affiliate but don't think that it is a cakewalk. With all the competition out there it has become increasingly more difficult.

To answer the post though one of the best ways to build traffic and return visitors to a new site is by hosting private tournaments on a regular basis. Even if it is a freeroll, and you add some money.

Also keep in mind you need to have a site that will make people want to return. 90% of new affiliates put a up a crapy banner farm and wonder why they are not getting rich or receiving return visitors. There is so much more I could go into about 100 of dfferent things related to being a poker affiliate and being a successful one but that would take all day. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I have written several articles at the poker affiliate community that was referenced above. This is a great starting point for new affiliates. Feel free to shoot me an email or PM if you have any specific questions.

Jeremy Enke

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Great post Jeremy. Havent heard much from you lately. Hope you are running well. Your site actually inspired me to get serious about poker 2 years ago. You replied to a few of my newbie "I cant beat .50/1 LHE" emails [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Im now playing midstakes LHE. Thanks man.

[morgant]

we have absolutely zero objection to this sort of post, nor should anything in the sticky or events suggest that.

for the post:

building traffic to websites is the backbone of the internet economy and its what most sites spend the majority of their money doing. you can play with optimization, and getting your site to come up on search engines, this can be done without expense and only by researching and applying what you learn. i know that john from RRR is very adept at optimization and maybe he would want to chime in on some important things to consider/do.

now, who are you trying to get to your website? rakeback players, where do you find them? advertising space is expensive, but also crucial if you want to expand your business.

i have recently gone into other poker related websites, and wanted to reach a broader audience of poker players. we(inthacup) researched popular sites among college students and we bought some ad space. a few havent paid off at all [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] but a few have and it all balances out.

i think a good way to tackle traffic is starting from step one, who are you trying to get to your site? where are they currently? how can i get them from there to me? cross market, buy space on a bittorrent site(dont know if that exists, just ideas) but what else are poker players doing on the web, where they may not have encountered some of the services you offer.

all that costs money. but you can buy cheap space to test the waters and go from there. unfortunately, there is no free way to make a lot of money......

Subject: Affiliate Help

Hi.
Thanks for your help. I appreciate it. I in no way meant to suggest that your forum did not provide this kind of help for affiliates. The assumption was all mine and not based on anything presented by you, but only that this type of post was not prevelant in the forum.

[morgant]

cool, i hope this adds another dimension to this forum. we are here to mod, the content here is determined by the members/posters etc.....

[teddyFBI]

the Partyriches website has great forums dedicated to this kind of stuff

[Pokeraddict]

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the Partyriches website has great forums dedicated to this kind of stuff

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I agree, they have an SEO section and several other sections just for affiliates and marketing. Just keep in mind there is not a sure answer to the question. Try and see what works for you.