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Create Traffic Using Your Local Market
What to do when it doesn’t look like online marketing is working
A lot of people have been writing online trying to make a little cash on side hustles and many are having trouble getting traffic. Sometimes going old school and writing for the local news market can be exactly what the doctor ordered when individuals want to expand traffic to their online material.
Going Old School
I personally have used several different ways to access local markets. For instance, I have written articles that promoted our local farmers’ market for our local paper. I have also written for social media pages that cater to our local area.
In addition, I have written my own press releases that I have sent to local news sources to let the local markets know that I have a book available. This was one of my best ways of getting traffic for my book Gourmet Weeds.
However, there’s another way that I found to promote myself within the local market and that was to write a book about the county where I live. The book is called Oregon County, Wild and Scenic.