Awesome work! I absolutely love your three-star traffic generation system. And your key tips are seriously helpful!

I especially love the first tip when you say, “Although the content you are sharing may not always be ‘new’, your view of the content is. So always strive to put your own unique spin on something to keep the content fresh.”

I couldn’t agree more! You don’t want to just regurgitate content; that doesn’t help you, and it most certainly doesn’t help your readers. You also don’t have any chance of standing out, because you’re just repeating what someone else had said. So, yes, keep the content fresh and unique – talk about your experiences on the topic, hurtles you were able to go around, and put your opinions and personality into your writing.

As for advertising, I’ve tried paid advertising before (when using free credits I received for Google Adwords), though results were pretty poor. I did some research beforehand, though it was my first time putting up ads for my site, so I won’t be surprised if I was just doing it all wrong. I’ll be checking out that book for sure though!

And advertising with Facebook also sounds like a good opportunity, especially considering how many people access Facebook on a daily basis.

I also absolutely love contests! I’ve hosted quite a few myself (currently hosting one now called the Remarkable Contest – you should definitely join in; you’d be a good candidate!), and they’ve always been received well. I hadn’t even thought about making social sharing a prerequisite for joining the contest, though I’ve seen it plenty times myself! Awesome advice – and something that I’ll use in the future.

This was seriously awesome, Michele, and I’m going to print it out for future reference! Great tips, and thanks for sharing them with us! You rock, girl.

Christina
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Thanks for the wonderful comment! Three stars was just the measure I chose, but I could of easily done 5 stars or a grading system… just arbitrary.

Have a wonderful week!
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That has to be one of the best compliments (and comments) I’ve received! Coming from you that means an awfully lot!!

Just wished I had promoted it more… little time. Next contest.

All the best.
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This is one of the best posts in the contest in my opinion.
And I am reading them all – so trust me on that!

Bloody hell Michele with one L – you hit this out of the park
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