Comments on: Paid vs. Natural Traffic: It’s like Baiting vs. Funnel Hunting for Deer – Part 1

By: Free Traffic vs. Paid Traffic

Free Traffic vs. Paid Traffic — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:51:38 +0000

[...] Paid vs. Natural Traffic [...]

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:06:31 +0000

Great article! Especially the analogy of bait vs. funnel hunting is very helpful and easy to understand.

By: Dayne Shuda

Dayne Shuda — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:03:48 +0000

@Patrick – Thanks Patrick. I’m glad the article helped you out.

@Lucius – Thanks!

By: Lucius Prime

Lucius Prime — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:59:55 +0000

Hi I enjoyed reading your Post

By: Patrick Pete

Patrick Pete — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:51:36 +0000

Excellent article, I was debating this very thing and your article helped me considerably with determining what direction I want to go in. Thanks again.

By: Dayne Shuda

Dayne Shuda — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:31:50 +0000

@Cory Glaunder – it seems to be a topic Website editors deal with daily. I know I do.

@Adam Singer – Thanks for the comment. Your posts have been of great value to me for this blog, including this post. Your Joffrey’s Coffee case study is an inspiration for small businesses.

@Kelly Lieberman – That sounds like a great idea! Something I hadn’t thought of. Thanks for the comment.

By: Kelly Lieberman

Kelly Lieberman — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:02:15 +0000

I have found that buying keyword rich domains that are targeted toward my market is an excellent way to drive traffic to my sites.

By: Adam Singer

Adam Singer — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:01:12 +0000

Great analogy. I think incorporating both is a good strategy, especially when you’re just starting out.

By: Cory Glauner

Cory Glauner — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:16:56 +0000

Really good stuff that came at a good time for me. I have been thinking about the “paid traffic” route for a while now and wondering how best to go about it.

By: dayneshuda

dayneshuda — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:45:50 +0000

@chrisbrogan – Thanks for the comment and tweet, Chris! I’m so glad you found this worthwhile. I read your blog each morning; tons of great stuff. I encourage my friends to visit your site, if they don’t already.

@Wendy Boyce – You’re right on about natural traffic. It’s definitely worth the effort. It just takes patience and passion, just as you write about on your blog. Thanks for visiting.

@Tom Church – It all comes down to the content. Your site looks great by the way. I just added it to my feed. Thanks for stopping by.

By: Tom Church

Tom Church — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:26:45 +0000

I’m learning about online marketing from scratch and I’m actually quite scared about paying for traffic. At the moment I’m focusing on gaining free traffic by delivering high value content…but as you said, there’s a limit to how much content one can write.

Nice read.

By: Wendy Boyce

Wendy Boyce — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:25:23 +0000

Great write-up. Often times working with small business they feel the ONLY way to gain site traffic is to pay for it. I agreed that paid traffic has it’s place, but the reward for the natural traffic after working a site and letting the right amount of time pass is far greater.

By: chrisbrogan

chrisbrogan — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:10:32 +0000

Very very helpful. Thanks for writing it up, and it was timely to something I woke up thinking about, so I was doubly-receptive.