Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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You built the thing and it works. Nobody knows it exists. The advice is always "run ads" - fine if you have money to burn, and at the start you usually don't.
So here are the four ways I actually get free traffic, ranked: which are worth your time, which are on their way out, and which one I'd steer clear of.
Paid traffic is a faucet. Turn off the money and the people stop. Free traffic is planting seeds - slow at first, and I have videos from two years ago still sending people to offers today.
⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 Nobody knows it exists yet
01:18 "Free" traffic is not free
01:55 A faucet vs planting seeds
02:59 1. YouTube - my number one
05:51 2. Communities - Reddit, Discord, Telegram, Facebook groups
08:26 3. Short-form - Shorts, Reels, TikTok
10:00 4. Answering questions in writing
11:43 The only audience you actually own
Rented attention disappears. The only thing you own is someone's email address and phone number - and then you need something that actually does something with it. That's where Omnisend comes in.
Follow on X: twitter.com/jamespelton18
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🙏 “In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.” — Proverbs 14:23 (ESV)
🔗 Omnisend (email + SMS, free plan): your.omnisend.com/JamesPelton
(#ad, sponsored by Omnisend)
You built the thing and it works. Nobody knows it exists. The advice is always "run ads" - fine if you have money to burn, and at the start you usually don't.
So here are the four ways I actually get free traffic, ranked: which are worth your time, which are on their way out, and which one I'd steer clear of.
Paid traffic is a faucet. Turn off the money and the people stop. Free traffic is planting seeds - slow at first, and I have videos from two years ago still sending people to offers today.
⏱️ CHAPTERS
00:00 Nobody knows it exists yet
01:18 "Free" traffic is not free
01:55 A faucet vs planting seeds
02:59 1. YouTube - my number one
05:51 2. Communities - Reddit, Discord, Telegram, Facebook groups
08:26 3. Short-form - Shorts, Reels, TikTok
10:00 4. Answering questions in writing
11:43 The only audience you actually own
Rented attention disappears. The only thing you own is someone's email address and phone number - and then you need something that actually does something with it. That's where Omnisend comes in.
Follow on X: twitter.com/jamespelton18
👥 Join the 6 Million Dollar Apps community: skool.com/6-million-dollar-app-2514/about
🛠️ Want my team to build your app? passive-apps.com
🙏 “In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.” — Proverbs 14:23 (ESV)
