A large proportion of my traffic comes from this source. I decided a long time ago that I wanted to stay in contact with my customers. I contacted a number of cigar Web sites and asked them to send me weekly specials via email. Every Sunday I compiled the email specials and sent them to my list of names. The site is a directory listing of hundreds of cigar and cigar related Internet merchants.
People can rate and review merchants based on their experiences.
These ratings and reviews are available for the world to see. I wanted to get my site listed on as many sites as possible. When I started out I went from site to site asking if they would link to me. The response was dismal. I found that Webmasters didn't have the time or knowledge to update their site, especially when they received no benefit from it.