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Guide to free
advertising
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by: Rebecca
Gilbert
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Guide
to free advertising
By Rebecca Gilbert
When I first started my internet home business,
I realized that in order to make money I would
have to bring visitors to my website. I didn't
have a lot of extra cash laying around, and my
mentality at the time was "Why would I pay for
it, when I can get it for free"? So, I starting
searching the internet for places that would
accept an ad for my product for free. I was
very happy to find literally thousands of sites
willing to accept my ad.
As the weeks went by I worked hard and learned
a lot. The phrase that comes to mind when I
think back is, "you get what you pay for". I
was placing ads on the internet every free
moment I got and was getting very little
results. Not being one to quite, I figured I
would move on to another form of advertising or
figure out what I was doing wrong with the free
advertising.
As soon as I placed my ad, I would go back and
look at it. I expected my ad to be at the top
of the list since I had just placed it. Much to
my surprise, my ad was listed down the list a
little way. I realized that at the very moment
that I was placing my ad, others were doing the
same. And as each person placed an ad, mine
moved further down the list. In my infinite
wisdom... I realized that potential visitors
would probably not search past the first page
before choosing a product.
So then I decided that I would go into that
site and place my ad every few hours. This way
I knew it would always stay close to the top of
the page, and hopefully be viewed by a
potential customer. How right I was!!!
Eventually, I had my first customer and had
made my first sale on the internet! What a
feeling! I was ready to take the internet by
storm...
The week ran into the weekend, and I continued
in the same way with my free ad campaign...and
no luck. Several weeks went by were I was
getting visitors and making sales through the
week, and none on the weekend. Are you seeing a
pattern here? I sure did. I soon discovered
through statistical data that I pulled up from
a search engine that the internet traffic on
the weekend is super low compared to the
weekdays. I also learned that the internet
traffic is at its peak around the noon hour in
the US.
From that day forward, I didn't waste my time
advertising on the weekends. Instead, I would
sit down around 11:00 a.m. every morning and
run as many free ads as was humanly possible. I
could just about plan each day at noon that I
could get a potential customer, affiliate,
sale.
I'm also a firm believer in the phrase "work
smarter, not harder". It didn't take me long to
figure out that I could utilize copy and paste
and run the same ad in every category that it
applied. I also used the back button on my
browser a lot. Most of the time by using the
back button, all my information was still there
and I could just choose a different
category.
It wasn't long before I had several paying
customers and was bringing in a small monthly
income from my small internet business. I often
try to teach this method to my members who
cannot to pay for advertising to start out
with...without much luck unfortunately. Many
will not sacrifice their time to this extent,
or they will run one ad on the internet and
expect to get up the next morning and be a
millionaire.
For those of you who don't have the money to
invest, you will HAVE to invest your TIME. How
much is your time worth? Many are drawing
6-figure incomes from the internet within 2-5
years. The internet has made more millionaires
from the average Joe than any other vessel in
history. Is 2-5 years a hard pill to swallow?
It shouldn't be. How many of you are going to
work your nine to five job for 40-50 years and
have nothing to show for it?
Am I still running free ads? No, I'm not. I
took my very first paycheck that I earned from
free advertising and put it back into paid
advertising. I can reach a vast number of
customers with paid ads with no effort on my
part at all. Instead, my time has been filled
with teaching others to do as I have done, and
building my own business day by day.
Not a day has gone by in the last year and a
half where I have not built onto my business. I
started out running free ads, then I moved on
to paid ads, ppc's, email lists, enzine ads,
then I built and optimized my own website, got
link partners, got listed with the search
engines, etc...
If you want to turn your life around and live
without any financial constraints, then the
internet is the place to be. All it will take
is patience, persistence and the will to
succeed on your part.
Best Wishes for your future success and
prosperity!
Sincerely,
Rebecca Gilbert
http://www.101homebusiness.org
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Rebecca Gilbert has been an successful network
marketer since July, 2002. Visit her at:
http://www.101homebusiness.org Rebecca will
show you step by step how to create a
successful internet business of your own.
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About the
Author
Rebecca Gilbert has
been an successful network marketer since July,
2002. Visit her at:
http://www.101homebusiness.org Rebecca will
show you step by step how to create a
successful internet business of your
own.
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