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NOW we're getting into some deep stuff. I'm going to hit some high-level concepts in this post and also refer you to some resources. If I typed up everything there is to know about generating traffic, grown men would start crying by the end of this email. It's some heavy stuff. Just like everything else, you'll perfect it with practice over time. There are A LOT of different ways to generate traffic and learning them all will take months or years. The good news is you only have to be really good at one or two to make a living in this industry. I want to start by addressing an extremely important topic: using paid traffic. If someone is instructing you to use paid traffic before your internet marketing business is profitable they might as well be telling you to set your money on fire. Everybody in this industry learns from the mistakes they make early on You will too - it's part of the process. We'll talk about how to minimize that trial and error process

Today's lesson is not an easy one to master but, with practice, you'll become better and better. The core to this lesson is to remember our last lesson: always make sure you're focusing on adding value over making commissions. Building a brand as a credible, expert source and developing relationships with your followers will ALWAYS be more valuable than a few one-off $30 affiliate commissions. Pitch A Companion Product As you create content, opportunities to pitch a companion product will arise. For example, if I'm teaching a lesson on niche research and I point you toward the industry's best, absolute hands-down most valuable keyword tool then you're very likely to buy it (given my lesson on niche research is eye opening and extremely helpful). Here's a tip though: if you have a choice to direct your followers to a paid resource that makes you an affiliate commission, but there's a free resource that teaches them just as much and works just a