Every month I set a 30 day challenge for myself. The idea is to form new habits, create more free traffic, advance my knowledge on marketing and to solidify an already unstoppable mindset. The process is very powerful. It has been responsible for my continuing growth in this industry, and will continue to do so as long as keep setting these goals. Today I want to run through this month's challenge I set for myself. My hope is that you see the power in this simple process and start to implement it into your own daily, weekly and monthly schedule. It's very easy to get distracted in this business, to stay focused, we must have some sort of plan.

At the end of this Month's challenge I will have the following list completed...
Personal:
1) I will have meditated consistently for 20 minutes every day this month.
2) I will have completed a 30 day exercise program.
3) I will have drank 150 pints of water.
4) I will have listened to 5 inspirational and motivational audiobooks.
5) I will have contemplated my future for 10 hours in a quiet room.
6) I would have taken 30 walks around the local park to clear my head every morning.
Professional:
1) I will have written 5 guest posts on high traffic blogs.
2) I will have created 5 videos about my business and uploaded them to the top 10 video sharing websites.
3) I will have written 5 press releases and submitted them to top 10 sites.
4) I will have commented on 300 hundred blog posts within my niche with a link back to my website.
5) I will have added 450 valuable comments to forums within my niche.
6) I will have written 30 blog posts for my own website.
7) I will submit all articles to top 5 directories for syndication.
8) I will convert 30 posts into PDF and submit to top 10 sharing websites.
9) I will have read 5 marketing eBooks related to my business.
At first glance the above 30 day goals may seem like a lot, but actually, this process is very simple to do. After the first 20 days have passed I will be on the way to forming a few new habits, plus, I will begin to see consistent traffic coming to my website.
Let me break down how I implement this strategy each day.
· I get up out of bed at 6am.
· Drink a pint of water and eat healthy breakfast.
· I take a 15 minute walk around the local park.
· I then meditate for 20 minutes.
· I exercise for 20 minutes.
· I write blog post for website.
· I comment on 10 blog posts within my niche.
· I leave 5 comments on 3 different forums.
· I then read 10 to 20 pages of a business eBook.
· I contemplate how the information in the book can help my business (20 minutes)
Everything above brings me up to about 12 o clock. It's time for a break at this stage and I usually get out of the house for an hour or two. When I come back, I'll most likely implement a few more traffic generating strategies like social bookmarking, interaction on Facebook and twitter etc. My goal is always complete my daily (30 day challenge) tasks before I move onto anything else.

On alternative days I will also include writing a press release, a guest post, or create a video. Once I produce 5 of each within the 30 days I'm good to go. Everything is chartered on my whiteboard which is in front of me at all times. If I fail to do even one task on my list, the 30 days start all over again. This takes a little bit of discipline but once you persevere through the 20 day mark, it gets very easy to continue. I have formed some fantastic new habits just from this daily, weekly and monthly challenges I set for myself.

I also have an end goal for what I want to have achieved by the end of the 30 days. For example, with the traffic generating goals I set for myself, I would be aiming to get a consistent "20 leads" a day into my business. Sometimes I'll set a goal to have 40 leads coming into my business on a daily basis once the 30 days have been completed.

By Declan O Flaherty

By Hana Omori

One of the greatest challenges that online marketers are facing today is generating traffic to a website. Although it could be tough, there are a couple of easy strategies that may let you send plenty of potential clients to your site. I offer you some ideas below.
Pay Per Click
Pay per click is the quickest way to get internet visitors and make sales. Although the rules have changed and you need to do your job in a different way, this technique remains to be very effective. You can choose a program on PPC and get familiar with new rules and changes to be able to use it more effectively. It is also helpful to find out what keywords are the best for your niche, and useful for search engine optimization as well.
Search engine optimization
Search engine optimization(SEO) is essentially the most effective option to create not only plenty of traffic, but also countless sales. The trick is to create multiple niche blogs and optimize them for the key phrases which are related to your market. You can build blogs using WordPress. WordPress blogs can get indexed quickly by search engines like Google. I saw a few of my blogs got indexed by Google in just a few hours. The wonderful thing about WordPress is its plug-ins, those are very easy to install, and then get your web site optimized for search engines.
Articles Submission And Press releases
Articles submission and press releases continue to be really powerful solutions to generate a steady flow of traffic to your site. The factors to consider are: Selecting the most effective keywords, using the keywords within the articles and press releases, and make sure each of them at least 500 words. It seems Google really likes articles with no less than 500 words.
Forum Advertising
Forum marketing is also a very powerful strategy to generate web traffic. The key point to think about is offering helpful content for other forum members. For instance, if someone has a query which is related to your niche, then try to answer it. Some forums will let you place a hyperlink in your signature area of your post. That is the place you'll be able to insert your links and send the users to your website or sales article. Forum marketing is an outstanding way to establish yourself as a knowledgeable individual and build trust with your readers.
Blog Commenting
You can search for blogs that are related to your niche, then post comments on it. Many blogs allow you to put your name and your website URL together with your comment, and then put a hyperlink to your site using your name as anchor text. In this case, you will have to be very knowledgeable in your niche as a way to submit top quality comments. If you are not, then you can learn it from the web or elsewhere. Your feedback shall be very informative and the blog owner and blog visitors will like it. Do not just post something like "It is a great post, I like it", because it will be treated as spam and your IP may be blocked forever by the blog owner.
With the above tips, you may create countless traffic to your site, with infinite sales.

The main factor to internet marketing is the links which point back to your website, which is called back links. Backlink building is definitely the most crucial job you perform as being an online marketer. There are various techniques for getting these types of back links. An excellent approach consists of several types. Here are a few of the most popular that you may use to build your backlinks.

1. Comments - The majority of blogs allow you to comment on the content articles by leaving a hyperlink back to your website after you accomplish that. The important thing is to actually enhance the discussion. Many blogs moderate comments, so general or spammy comments will not likely get accepted, and this can do you no good. Make sure that you have got something informative to express.

2. Forums - This is much like leaving comments to blogs. You create a user profile on the forum together with your link, after that include your link in your signature. Whenever you make a post, your link appears.

3. Content Posting - Whenever you post content articles, videos, as well as some other information online, you'll be able to leave a link back to your website as being a resource. As those content sites have gotten high authority, these types of backlinks can certainly assist your website's rankings a lot. Remember, ensure your written content is useful without spammy. This can also aid you be viewed as being an expert by your visitors.

4. Link Web directories - Websites can be found online, which list links and internet sites. Submitting your website to that kind of directories can assist with backlink building. This is most effective when you combine it with various other strategies.
Here are a few tips on Backlink Building:
- Don't forget to ping your backlinks whenever you create them. This can help search engines like Google to locate you.
- When performing backlink building tasks, do not spam.
- Add to the discussion, and you'll be rewarded.
It really is a never ending game for everyone who builds SEO Backlinks. At this moment, you may have learned that you require backlinks to further improve your positioning in the major search engines. - Google, Yahoo or Bing. Your backlink building is exactly what matters. For that reason, you have to take action now and start building good quality backlinks to your website.