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If you’re seriously working a budget, and you need to convert your time into highly targeted traffic…

…or just want to get more website traffic free, then you need to use this great resource.  I’m sure you’ve heard of Yahoo, but have you ever been to Yahoo Answers?

Yahoo Answers is where tons of people gather up and congregate in Yahoo, and they ask all kinds of questions about — well about anything at all!  You can find people of all ages, backgrounds, nationalities who want to know something about every niche on the planet.

You only need to get your free Yahoo account and then head on over to Yahoo Answers.  Then just start answering questions with useful answers, and you’ll quickly start siphoning the web traffic to your site.

It works a lot like a forum.  The more questions you answer with credible, useful responses, the more targeted visitors you get back to your web page.  Your credibility will continue to grow in your niche, the more you answer questions.

Making Money from Yahoo Answers

One common thing people ask questions about is the best products to use for particular problems in your niche.  When they are asking questions about what product to buy, it’s like walking in the door with your wallet open, your checkbook in hand, or a credit card ready to swipe!…

This is  your perfect chance to go ahead and make a recommendation and send them to your link to your product, review page, or affiliate link.  I personally think the best place to send them is to your opt in squeeze page, so you collect their names and they become your subscriber and customer.

Yahoo Answers Spammer

You do have to be careful about overdoing the placing of affiliate links.  This is why using a review page or opt in page is best.  You can place these pages on your web site, or in your blog as a blog post, and drive the eager readers and buyers there.

So don’t go crazy with affiliate links in Yahoo Answers, or you may not be welcomed back.

Finding the Best Questions

This is easy in Yahoo Answers.  Do a search in questions.  Use the advanced options, and make sure you only search for open questions posted no longer than 7 days ago.  The old stuff is really no good.  Plus, newer questions gives you the opportunity to be voted as the best answer more readily.

Look for questions where it makes sense to refer them to a product.  Other good choices are ones where the answer can be found in your blog, and you send them to  your blog post on the subject.

When answering, don’t just post a link!  That will get you kicked out fast, and you won’t get any credibility.  Write concise, well thought out answers that people will say hmmmm, to and really like what  you have to say.  Use your website, or blog post as a reference.

Do this repeatedly and the traffic will start to flow.

Yes it takes time, but if you are on a low budget, you will build up traffic over time.  The more answers you have, the more targeted traffic comes your way.

Happy Answers!

- Wayne Sharer