Are You Looking for Free Targeted Advertising?
Copyright 2006 Dennis Watson
There are many free advertising programs out there and many of
them are worth the effort. Know, as I'm sure you know there is a
big difference between getting traffic and making a sale. This
article does not discuss the art of making the hard sale but
does discuss how to get a potential qualified customer to your
site the good old fashion way.
The good old fashion way means putting some effort into it and
saving your pennies. The effort consists of manually submitting
your site information to the hundreds of free directories and
free classified sites, plus joining and using traffic exchange
sites. It may seem daunting at first but believe me it will pay
off over time. I have promoted my site around these three
concepts and I can tell you they work.
I promise you that if you put out the effort on these three
concepts a good percentage of your traffic will be generated
from them and here's why. In most cases these types of
promotional sites have a large affiliate program that bring in
good-targeted traffic. Once the surfer enters the directory or
classifieds site they will search on your keywords, which
classifies them as being a quality, targeted click-through. In
most cases the traffic exchange sites offer search capability as
well.
The advantage of each one:
For most directories you will only have to list your site once,
providing your site description and keywords. Here are just a
couple of outstanding free directories; FreeDirectories.com --
http://www.freedirectories.com/ and SEO Lab --
http://www.seo-lab.com/directory-articles/best-free-directories.p
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You will need to renew your classified ads generally on a
monthly basis but for most sites an email is sent to you as a
warning of ad expiration and a link is provided that sends you
right to the renewal page. Here are just a couple of outstanding
free classified sites; Zeoh.com Free Classifieds --
http://www.zeoh.com and USFreeADs -- http://www.usfreeads.com/
Traffic Exchanges in most cases will not expire your free
account as long as you surf at least once a week but the best
thing about this type of program is being able to earn free
click credits from your affiliate downline. Here are just a
couple of outstanding traffic exchanges; TrafficSwarm --
http://www.trafficswarm.com and TrafficG --
http://www.trafficg.com/
In conclusion, to receive quality targeted free traffic all you
have to do is submit your site to as many quality directories
and classified sites, plus spend some time surfing for credits
and recruiting affiliate for your traffic exchange programs.
Search Google on these free techniques and you will find
hundreds of resources.