I am just wondering if anyone has ever used those companies that guarantee you traffic. For example they charge $100 for 10,000 visitors to your site. Has anyone had good or bad experience with them? If yes then what company did you use?

My experience: cheap traffic = crap traffic :)
They pay people for visiting your site but of course no one is interested in buying from you.

Originally posted by Walter
My experience: cheap traffic = crap traffic :)
They pay people for visiting your site but of course no one is interested in buying from you. Exactly. Visitors mean nothing, conversion is what matters. I've never seen any of these companies that can demonstrate effective results, and I don't know of any that could reasonably be called "reputable."

The only related scam that might be worse is the "guaranteed top ten search engine position" approach. No reputable, professional marketing company makes these kinds of claims.

word of mouth is the best advertising.

Originally posted by divinetruth
word of mouth is the best advertising.

That's very, very true :)

Ditto, that is one of the best methods at the moment.

Originally posted by divinetruth
word of mouth is the best advertising.

Originally posted by divinetruth
word of mouth is the best advertising.

yes but the time it takes for that to happen is difficult at best.

but blending different advertising to get noticed sometimes work, you just got to make sure that it is targeted ( and that is expensive )

Mike

Originally posted by divinetruth
word of mouth is the best advertising. Perhaps. But search engines and directories can be great sources of traffic. I'd stay away from "guaranteed traffic" scams as described in the first post -- but that doesn't mean that search engines aren't essential.