In Episode #384, Eric and Neil discuss why it’s important to diversify your traffic sources. Tune in to know the key traffic sources you should be leveraging and why you shouldn’t focus on just one traffic source. You’ll also discover the top, highest ROI marketing strategy to date. Time Stamped Show Notes: 
00:27 – Today’s topic: Why It's Important To Diversify Your Traffic Sources
00:40 – Even if Neil is getting traffic from content marketing, if Google decides to ban him, it’s gone forever 
00:57 – Therefore, you need to diversify your traffic sources
01:07 – There are a lot of people who have invested everything on SEO; they were clueless about what to do after an update
01:26 – You should have a good mixture of everything, like Google News traffic
01:35 – Social media channels are the best sources of traffic, not just Facebook 
01:40 – Your choices are Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest and Quora
01:52 – Paid advertising drives traffic
02:03 – Create videos or audio files to get into other communities like iTunes and YouTube
02:23 – Make sure you’re collecting emails, too 
02:42 – It’s still one of the highest ROI in marketing activities
02:53 – Marketing School is giving away a free 1 year subscription to Crazy Egg which is a visual analytics tool 
03:38 – Go to SingleGrain.com/giveaway for multiple entries
03:50 – That’s it for today’s episode! 3 Key Points: 
Diversifying your traffic sources gives you more chances to stay in the game should some of your platforms decide to ban or remove you.
Leverage ALL social media platforms—this will cover you.
Building an email list still drives the most traffic so make it your priority.

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In Episode #384, Eric and Neil discuss why it’s important to diversify your traffic sources. Tune in to know the key traffic sources you should be leveraging and why you shouldn’t focus on just one traffic source. You’ll also discover the top, highest ROI marketing strategy to date. Time Stamped Show Notes: <ul> <li>00:27 – Today’s topic: Why It's Important To Diversify Your Traffic Sources
</li> <li>00:40 – Even if Neil is getting traffic from content marketing, if Google decides to ban him, it’s gone forever <ul> <li>00:57 – Therefore, you need to diversify your traffic sources</li> </ul> </li> <li>01:07 – There are a lot of people who have invested everything on SEO; they were clueless about what to do after an update</li> <li>01:26 – You should have a good mixture of everything, like <a href="https://news.google.com">Google News</a> traffic</li> <li>01:35 – Social media channels are the best sources of traffic, not just Facebook <ul> <li>01:40 – Your choices are <a href="https://www.facebook.com/">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a> and <a href="https://www.quora.com/">Quora</a>
</li> </ul> </li> <li>01:52 – Paid advertising drives traffic</li> <li>02:03 – Create videos or audio files to get into other communities like <a href="https://www.apple.com/ph/itunes/">iTunes</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/">YouTube</a>
</li> <li>02:23 – Make sure you’re collecting emails, too <ul> <li>02:42 – It’s still one of the highest ROI in marketing activities</li> </ul> </li> <li>02:53 – <a href="http://marketingschool.io/">Marketing School</a> is giving away a free 1 year subscription to <a href="https://www.crazyegg.com/">Crazy Egg</a> which is a visual analytics tool <ul> <li>03:38 – Go to <a href="http://singlegrain.com/giveaway">SingleGrain.com/giveaway</a> for multiple entries</li> </ul> </li> <li>03:50 – That’s it for today’s episode!</li> </ul> 3 Key Points: <ol> <li>Diversifying your traffic sources gives you more chances to stay in the game should some of your platforms decide to ban or remove you.</li> <li>Leverage ALL social media platforms—this will cover you.</li> <li>Building an email list still drives the most traffic so make it your priority.</li> </ol> Leave some feedback: <ul> <li>What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below.</li> <li>Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review.</li> </ul> Connect with us: <ul> <li><a href="http://neilpatel.com/">NeilPatel.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.quicksprout.com/">Quick Sprout</a></li> <li><a href="http://growtheverywhere.com/">Growth Everywhere</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.singlegrain.com/">Single Grain</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/neilpatel">Twitter @neilpatel</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/ericosiu">Twitter @ericosiu</a></li> </ul> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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In Episode #384, Eric and Neil discuss why it’s important to diversify your traffic sources. Tune in to know the key traffic sources you should be leveraging and why you shouldn’t focus on just one traffic source. You’ll also discover the top,...

Why It's Important To Diversify Your Traffic Sources | Ep. #384

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