Online Classifieds

Online classified ads are a great free and cheap way to draw in some very good traffic to your website. Most online classified ad places will allow you to post a small ad for free on their site. However if you pay a very small fee you can have your ad placed above all the other free submissions.

Most people think posting free classified ads is a waste of time, and isn’t worth the work. Which could be true, but it isn’t. Remember your ad your posting is 100% free so you shouldn’t expect to get a lot from it. However if you follow the keys I’ve listed below you can greatly help gain more exposure to your ad.

Here is the key to online classified ad sites. First you will want to have a good headline. Something that stands out and draws attention to the ad. Your headline should make the user want to click open your ad to see what is inside. This will help increase the click through rate your ad gets, and that is your main goal with online classified ads is to have people open up your ad and possibly clicking your link to your lead capture page or sales page.
Another key thing to do with free classifieds are to make sure that you post ads daily, and at a number of different free classified ad sites. You shouldn’t be posting one free classified ad per day. You should try to post as many as 20 or more. This will greatly increase the amount of traffic that comes from your free classified ads.
If you wish to even get greater exposure, and more click throughs you can always pay a small fee and get your ad placed above all the free ads. This is sometimes the best thing to do especially on high traffic free classified ad sites.

Usfreeads

Usfreeads is a great place that allows you to post a few free ads each week. What makes this place stand out among all others is the ability the ads have of getting ranked high up in Google. You can also post html or plain text messages allowing you to really take advantage of your ad copy.

Usfreeads also offers the abillality for you to upgrade your account to a paid member. With doing so you can post more ads and get higher positioning. Plus you get discounts if you ever purchase anything from their site.

The key to usfreeads is to optimize your ads so Google ranks them high up for your keywords. The way to do this is to use the heading1 font size for your title and make sure you place your keyword into your title. Then use your keyword in your ad copy at least 10 times. Make sure you bold, and underline your text a few times.

• http://www.usfreeads.com

Inetgiant

Inetgiant is one of the largest online classified ads sites. It gets a tremendous amount of views each day. Having an ad posted on this site daily will only help you. However with so many ads being placed on this site your ad will drop off very quickly. So the key is to make sure you post on this site each day of the week to get the best results.
To get even more exposure to your ad for a small fee of around $15 you can have a hot spot ad placed on the left hand side of the site for one week. This will greatly increase your visibility, and the number of hits your ad receives. However make sure you use a catchy headline, as your goal is to get people to open your ad and read it.

• http://www.inetgiant.com/

Other Places To Submit Free Ads

• http://www.1second.com/freead.htm
• http://www.5starads.com
• http://becanada.adpost.com/
• http://www.ablewise.com
• http://www.adpost.com
• http://www.adtrackclassifieds.com
• http://www.adv-marketing.com
• http://www.free-world-classifieds.com
• http://www.buysell-classifieds.com
• http://www.classifiedsforfree.com
• http://www.craigslist.org
• http://www.freeadvertisingforum.com
• http://www.inetgiant.com
• http://www.adanad.com
• http://www.adlandpro.com

Classified Ad Submitters

• Traffic Zilla http://www.trafficzilla.com
• Adsubmitter http://www.adsubmitter.com
• Megapromoter http://www.Megapromoter.com

Forum marketing can be an effective strategy to build your business on the internet. One great advantage of forum marketing is that you’ll get valuable backlinks to your website or blog. Another benefit is that forum members will click on the link on your sig file if they’re interested; even non-members will also see your sig if the thread is picked up by the search engines. The more forum posts you make, the more backlinks you get, and the more popular your site becomes with your search terms.

Here’s some excellent forum marketing tips to maximize the moneymaking potential of forums:

1) Read the forum rules carefully. All forums have their own specific policies and regulations. A certain action might be acceptable in one forum, while it may violate the rules of another forum, even if both forums have the same theme.

For example, some forums allow graphics or colored text in your sig file, while some don’t. Some forums may allow mature language, while some don’t.

2) If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all. I know how tempting it is to voice out your feelings and practice your freedom of speech; but if you want to be a member in good standing and build good relationships with other forum members, think twice before posting anything.

Sometimes, we simply cannot avoid offending others, so make sure you apologize once you realized you’ve upset anyone. It’s noble to admit your mistakes.

3) Include an attractive sig file. Some forums have certain unique rules you must observe when it comes to putting your sig files. Some don’t allow affiliate links in the sig files (but a link to your website or blog where you’re promoting an affiliate product is fine). Some forums allow graphics or colored text in your sig file, while some don’t.

Some forums don’t allow you to put any sig file at all; personally, I think it’s a waste of time posting at them unless you’re enjoying, learning, or helping others. If you’re unsure, you may lurk around to see if others are putting in their sig files. If others are not doing it, then there’s a good chance including a sig file may not be appropriate. Some of the forum members may even think you’re spamming. So read the rules and observe other posts carefully.

4) Adjust to the forum’s atmosphere and attitude. Blend in like a chameleon and write the way they write, so they’ll feel right away that you’re part of the group.

5) Help others by giving sound advice based on your knowledge or expertise, or by researching on the solution to their problem. With the availability of the internet, you have the capacity to find unlimited information that you desire to know. By posting helpful tips or advice, you’ll earn their respect and admiration.

6) If possible, be the first to start a thread on the most talked about or most in-demand topic, and give related tips or techniques that will “turn heads”. Remember to write an eye-catching thread title, but not one that misleads.

7) Don’t sell or promote anything. That’s your sig file’s job. If the members are asking anything and your site or free report is in line with the subject of discussion, you may subtly mention it as long as it’s helpful and not promotional in nature.

Show your appreciation and thank people who have helped you.

What’s the most powerful marketing technique on the Web? Search Engine positioning? Perhaps. But did you know that some of the most successful web marketers don’t bother much with the Search Engines?  They put most of their effort into another technique that’s just as powerful and is much more under their control. They write Ezine Articles.

There are tens of thousands of Ezines being published every month, with a collective audience of millions. And the editors of most of those Ezines are all looking for quality content for their newsletters. If you master this technique you can get your name and your website URL in front of 100,000 or even a million readers.

 Right now there’s a shortage of good Ezine Articles. So, if you write well and you know how to do research on the Internet, there’s a huge market waiting for you. But there are some tips for writing and publishing Ezine Articles.

Here they are:

 (A) Writing Your Ezine Articles:

 (1) Pick a topic that you know something about (however little) and then go to the Search Engines and find as many websites as you can that deal with that subject. As well as collecting information for your article, make a note of any URLs that offer free resources dealing with the topic of your article. Include those URLs in your article.

 (2) Once you’ve done the basic research, write the title of your article in the middle of a blank page and circle it. Then jot down your information in lines that radiate out from your title, like the spokes of a wheel. This technique is called ‘Mind Mapping’ and it’s a very effective way of organizing your ideas. You can find more information on Mind Mapping at:

 http://www.mind-map.com/

 (3) An increasing number of Ezine Publishers will not accept articles that are promoting a product you sell. So, keep your article free of affiliate links; avoid mentioning any products or services for which you receive a commission. 

(4) At the end of your article, attach a 5- or 6-line ‘Resource Box’ that includes your website URL and/or your email address.

 (5) When you have finished your article, do NOT send it off straight away. Let it lie fallow for 2 or 3 days and then come back and read it again. You’ll be amazed at the improvements you can make. Those final improvements are what makes the difference between an article that gets published and one that doesn’t.

 

(B) Publishing Your Ezine Articles:

 (6) There are two ways of getting your articles published: ‘Individual Submissions’ and ‘General Distribution’. ‘General Distribution’ will get your article in front of many more readers, per unit of effort expended, than ‘Individual Submission’, and I suggest you use this method before making Individual Submissions. There are basically two kinds of ‘General Distribution’: Announcement Lists and websites. Here are some Article Announcement Lists:

 

article_announce-subscribe@egroups.com free-content-subscribe@onelist.com publishinyours-subscribe@onelist.com articles_archives-subscribe@egroups.com

 Here are some Websites that provide Free Content to Ezine Publishers:

• http://www.ezinearticles.com/ 
• http://www.ideamarketers.com/ 
• http://www.isyndicate.com/ http://www.mediapeak.com 
• http://www.MakingProfit.com/articles/ 
• http://www.web-source.net/articlesub.htm 

 (7) Once you’ve used these ‘General Distribution’ techniques, then submit your article to individual Ezines. However, before making individual submissions, find out

(a) if the Ezine Publisher accepts article submissions,

(b) what the Publisher’s guidelines are for article submissions.

 

 (8) Format your article to 65 characters per line and make sure it contains no spelling mistakes. With the availability of spell-checkers there’s really no excuse for spelling mistakes. If your article does contain spelling mistakes, many Publishers will just discard your article.

 (9) Don’t submit articles to the same Ezine Publisher more than once a month.

 (10) Address the Ezine Publisher personally, and make sure that the message accompanying your article is very courteous - you’re asking the Publisher to read your article and give you some of her valuable time and she probably gets dozens of article submissions a week.

 

 Every success to you!

Over the years, setting up your own blog has become easier and easier.  This is why they are such a popular tool for internet marketers. If you don’t already have a blog, I’ll provide you with an easy installation tutorial video below, that will have your blog up and running in no time.

Your blog can then be used in conjunction with online article submission websites to provide you with a steady flow of targeted traffic to your hoplinks.  My next tutorial will be on setting up an ezine article account, and how to leverage it with your blog to produce targeted traffic.

Once you become familiar with your blog, you’ll soon realize their great potential for providing you with an income. And in future tutorials, I’ll provide you with information on different “plug ins” for your blog that will literally make your blog come to life, and start coughing up money.

As many of you know, Youtube (and any other video upload site) is a great way to promote your affiliate products.  The problem is, many affiliates don’t have the time or resources to make their own videos. Our first tip is a great one, and it involves FREE software that will allow you to download any video on youtube.

The software is called Youtube Downloader HD -
http://www.youtubedownloaderhd.com/download.html
Codec for Video - http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

The software is incredibly easy to use, and will allow you to download any video on youtube to your computer. This is incredibly beneficial to us as affiliates. Now instead of spending a couple of hours making a video, I can just find one on youtube and download it.

This is how I use it -

Since we’re on the 3RedLightFix.com Blog, we’ll base this scenario on that product.

1. Find any Xbox 360 video that gets a lot of views. - Do a search and sort by views.

2. Download the video to your computer.

3. - Optional- Edit the video and add your url as a watermark to the video.

4. Upload the video to Youtube, and add your url to the description.

5. Wait for the money!