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| free advertising have an impact on your business? | | | | name a few,"Safelist Mailer 1", "Mail to 43 million daily", |
| One thought is to advertise your business on free | | | | "Submit to 50 million daily", and on and on. I've mailed |
| classified ads. But are they worthwhile? Some free | | | | out ads to nearly 2 billion, 3 hundred million and haven't |
| classified advertising sites have a free submitter form | | | | made one sale. Now either they are not mailing my |
| for you to increase your advertising. It is cost-effective | | | | emails, or they have false addresses on them. I don't |
| (free) and very quick in listing your product or service. It | | | | know. I wish I did. |
| is accessible all the time and allows you to access it | | | | Now these "blasters" say that "advertising is best way |
| anytime. There are no fees to worry about. | | | | to make your products or services known to the |
| So can free advertising grow your business? A | | | | millions of prospective consumers in the Internet and |
| number of these sites advertise that "Free internet | | | | start producing money", but over 2 billion emails later, I |
| advertising lets you put free ads on our premier quality | | | | still haven't made one sale. There should be an |
| web site. This benefit creates miracles for your | | | | "enormous audience for free internet advertising that's |
| business. Giving you thousands of new prospects..." | | | | present on the Internet, that the probability of anyone |
| and on and on. | | | | needing your services or wanting to buy your products |
| I've advertising on a number of these free sites. Did I | | | | is very high." |
| get thousands of new prospects? Not a one. | | | | Most free web sites have features like, a classified |
| I've advertised on the following sites: Ad-Zoo and | | | | submitter - where you can supposedly get enormous |
| Traffic Blasters. I wouldn't recommend them to | | | | exposure with instant results and expand your sales |
| anybody. I've run free ads on Ad-Zoo for over a | | | | by large volumes over night, opt-in email lists - non |
| month now and I've checked my statistics on it and I | | | | spam bulk emailing program. Opt-in email lists are |
| was surprised to see that I had a few people who | | | | created by people who have "opted-in" their email |
| opened the email...and literally none of them took | | | | addresses to the lists. These lists claim to be very |
| advantage of my prospect. None of them. How | | | | effective for creating personalized email to |
| disappointing. | | | | prospective clients. But, I haven't had any replies. |
| Traffic Blasters had a number of "blasters" that they | | | | So, when these sites make claims of unlimited traffic |
| sell you for a small amount. I've run my free ads on | | | | and increasing your website exposure, stop for a |
| those "blasters" for over a month now. No paying | | | | minute, and ask them for some proof. They won't give |
| results. None. Further disappointment. | | | | it. It's their little secret. |