How I Use Free Ads to Get Traffic and Sales

To tell you the truth, I really feel sort of silly using free advertising forums, as they seem a bit ridiculous. But the fact is, I have discovered that they really do bring in regular traffic and sometimes sales and clicks as well.

Some of these post 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 bumps it to the top of the forum. On top of that, this type of thread will amass the most views and contain the most replies as compared with the plain old regular threads. It then has the appearance of great popularity.

Another thing I do is always give my own threads a five-star rating which provides instant credibility.

And lastly, I also reply to popular threads that others have posted using my own ads and gaining even more exposure.

I find that the two main keys to success when posting to free ads forums is to use great ad copy and to just be consistent and keep coming back to post my ads whenever I get the chance. Another cool thing is that there is forum posting software on the market that automates the whole process. Otherwise it can be a little boring and tedious. Still, if you don’t like the idea of forum posting software, you can always use tabbed browsing and keep several tabs open with the various forums.

On top of posting ads at the forums, I also post to some the free classifieds sites as well. 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’s something else to consider here too. These sites actually do count for having backlinks as far as the search engines go. These are not necessarily the most high-value links you can get of course, but they sure beat having no backlinks when your site is new or you are just getting started. The bigger ones get spidered constantly. So giving a little thought to the anchor text you use for your links doesn’t really hurt.

One final thing to think about: Though I’ve never tried it myself, I’ve often that if you get some profitable tactics going with the free ad sites and get a little system down, you could then outsource the posting and really dominate these sites. There’s no shortage of low-cost virtual assistants and freelancers eager to this type of thing. Food for thought anyway.

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