Using Free Online Ads to Get Traffic
Written by PLRMan on February 21, 2009 – 10:22 am -Ok, so I feel a little silly using these free advertising forum sites. But the truth is I’ve found that they actually do bring consistent traffic and sometimes even a few sales.
Some of these free ads sites get huge amounts of traffic, so if you make it a habit to post ads on a regular basis, your ads will get seen and you just might be pleasantly surprised at the results.
Other than writing killer ad copy, there are no big secrets to making it work, but here are a few little tricks I use to maxmize my results:
First of all, if the forum allows it, I always make a “mega-thread.” This just means that I make a thread with one of my ads in it, and then I keep coming back and replying to that same thread over and over again with the same ad or a similar one. This automatically sends it to the top of the forum which is where you ads really get seen. Not only that, it accumulates the most views and has the most replies as compared to the single ad threads, thus making it look really popular.
Another thing I do is always give my own threads a five-star rating which provides instant credibility.
And finally, I reply to others’ popular threads with my own ads, thus increasing my exposure.
I find that the only thing that it takes to be successful when posting to free advertising forums, is to come up with good ad copy and the just keep attacking the forums, posting my ads again and again whenever time permits. There is automatic forum posting software that makes it breeze too. Otherwise it can be a little on the tedious side. However, if you don’t want to use software to post ads, you can used tabs in your browser and keeps a bunch of tabs open with all of your forums.
Another thing I do is mix in posting ads to free classifieds sites along with the forum sites. Some of these classifieds sites also have huge amounts of traffic, just like the forums. They might as well be checking out what you have to offer.
There is another thing to also consider. The backlinks from these classified sites and forums do count, at least a lttle bit anyway, when it comes to SEO. I mean I’m not saying they have the kind of value that will rocket your site to the top of the search engines, but they are most certainly better than nothing. The bigger ones get spidered constantly. So giving a little thought to the anchor text you use for your links doesn’t really hurt.
Though I haven’t tried this last idea yet myself, I really think it may work out well. If you were to find success with some of your ads, you could then map out a little system and outsource the whole thing. Not only would you dominate the free advertising sites, but you’d free up your precious time as well. There’s a lot of dirt-cheap freelancers and virtual assistants around. Well it’s something to consider anyway.
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