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Using the Tell A Friend script to increase your site's traffic

Every webmaster and blogger is actively searching for a way to increase the flow of traffic to his website or blog. There were many methods developed over the years. Some of those methods really had an impact on the traffic flow of the websites that used them, while others were a complete waste of time, because they didn't delivered the expected results.

One of the most successful way of getting the wanted traffic and visitors to a certain site, is viral marketing. If a product or service is good and it is appreciated by the customers, they will sure recommended to others too. More and more people will find out about this product or service and will visit the site where they can find it. So, that website will get many visitors and potential buyers, who are interested in the product sold there. This form of advertising isn't too expensive and it banks on the tendency of a person to spread the word and share something that is either informative or funny.

The Tell A Friend Script

The Tell A Friend script is one of the tools used in viral marketing, and it is successful. This kind of script isn't that complicated and it can be implemented very easily on any website or blog. You usually need just a piece of HTML code that has to be inserted on your blog/site and which will help you spread the word about something that you consider interesting, funny or even amazing. The script is placed usually on a page that contains media, such as a song or video. A person who visits your website and likes that song or movie clip, will then want to share it with his friends or family. So, he will click on the "Tell A Friend" script, which will help him send that video to his friends.

The basic concept of the script is the following: it represents a script that will help a user to input his name, email address, recipient's email address and to send that video, song or whatever else he wants to send. This is kinda similar to an email that has an attachment. The email received by the recipient wouldn't be perceived as SPAM, because he will see from where it was sent ( in this case, your email address ).

When the recipient gets that email, he/she can open it and read, view or listen to the content that was sent by you. There will also be a short description of the company or website that sponsors the respective media. This is a way to introduce the company or its products or services to the recipient ( without being accused of SPAM or any illegal activities ). Along with all this information, there will another "Tell A Friend" script, which will allow the recipient to send the email he received, to his friends.

From here, it is the same process. As more and more people will use the "Tell A Friend" script and will send the email to others, the more potential customers and traffic will the sponsoring site get. The availability of this script is high. You can find a lot of sites that offer you the script for free. You don't need to be a programming guru to implement the script. As I said before, all you have to do is to copy and then paste the HTML code for the "Tell A Friend" script into your website, on the page where you want it to appear. Once you've set it up correctly, your visitors will be able to use it and send emails to their friends, with the things they've found interesting on your site.

You can find websites that offer the "Tell A Friend" script, by searching on any search engine, for "tell a friend script" . When the results are displayed, just click on any link and you will be redirected to the site that is offering the script. With the help of this script, you will be able to drive some traffic to your website, and potentially make some money too. This is a really effective way to advertise your websites and it isn't expensive at all ( actually, you'll see that the script is free to use ).

Even though this is an easy way to get traffic to your website, you must be patient with it. If you don't receive the expected results, don't rush in and take the script off from your site. This doesn't mean it isn't working. It just needs some time for your content to be noticed by people. And when it will be noticed, you can expect in receiving a nice flow of traffic. Patience is the key..

2 comments:

  1. ajhaveri said...
     

    hey there,

    If you want a really simple, highly customizable solution you can look at siphs.com. You can be up and running in less than 10 minutes. Just register your site, add the code, and then you will be able to customize the email look and feel to match the site you are installing it on.

    Here's the url
    http://www.siphs.com/index-siphsmail.jsp

  2. Midwest said...
     

    Hello Ajhaveri,

    Thanks for commenting:) I will take a look at the site you're recommending me as soon as possible..

    Cheers,
    Midwest

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