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Guide
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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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