So not only will you frustrate your potential clients, but you’ll wear yourself out trying to handle this alone. That’s where you hire the inexhaustible personal assistant, the autoresponder. Just set up your autoresponder to perform all of the tasks you need, and then you’re free to move on to the next campaign.

The autoresponder catches those email requests and in a split second sends information back. You can set the autoresponder to actually sound personal by sending the friendly, welcoming note that you wrote.

The autoresponder also captures the email information of prospects or buyers. That’s absolute gold for building your email list. Smart Internet marketers use this list to stay in touch on a regular basis.

There are several free versions that you can get, the disadvantage is that you often have 3rd party advertising on every message you send, as well as limited features such as; limited number of emails you can send or a limited number of people on your list. If you’re serious about marketing online, then invest the $20 a month in your own autoresponder. Aweber is one of the most trusted on the net today.

No, you don’t have to irritate with daily emails. But you do want to give them a ‘sneak preview’ and pre-sale buying opportunity for your new product along with many free tips. Another great use of the autoresponder is to send regular newsletters. Keep your name current in the minds of your subscribers.

Offering a free niche market newsletter helps you get those valuable email opt-ins. Some prospects want to learn more about your product before buying. The newsletter is a tool for developing trust with potential buyers and building the ‘all important’ relationship for your sustained future growth.

The fact is that buyers would rather choose products from trusted sources than take a chance on the unknown, so keep the relationship solid with regular, meaningful communication. Your autoresponder can handle multiple lists and different messages.

That gives you a way to tailor the email to prospects for each product. One of the biggest mistakes that marketers make is failing to target the message for each product prospect. They get lazy, write one message and one thank you note and then move on.

The autoresponder is capable of so much more work for you. Give each list a distinct name that relates to the product so that you can easily identify the list. If the autoresponder tool seems daunting, take time to view the tutorials, it’s really not hard, and anyone can learn how to use it very quickly.

Even if you have an active list under management, scan the tutorials to see if there are new tricks you can learn for maximizing the effectiveness of your autoresponder emails. Keep your electronic personal assistant busy and you’ll make more money online with less effort.

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There’s been some debate lately about which type of internet marketing is more effective … “Push” marketing or “Pull” Marketing. The answer may surprise you.

Some definitions may be in order. “Push” marketing is where the marketer sends his or her marketing message directly to the prospect. This would include methods such as email, telemarketing, etc. “Pull” marketing, on the other hand, is where marketers attempt to attract prospects to their site through some other means, such as a blog or article, and then present the marketing message only when someone visits. Both approaches have their advantages and disadvantages over the other.

With the advent of Web 2.0, there has been a tremendous emphasis on the merits of “Pull” marketing. Pull marketing, by it’s very nature, feels much less “salesy” and softens the natural resistance that most of us have toward someone trying to sell us something. Pull marketing works by building a foundation of trust and credibility first and then allowing the marketing message to come across as more of a recommendation from a trusted source rather than as an overt sales pitch.

The driving force behind Pull marketing is content. Quality content attracts visitors who are interested in the information you are providing. Since the visitor is the one initiating the contact (by visiting your website), she is much less resistant to any marketing messages presented. This is assuming, of course, that your marketing is crafted in an effective manner that comes across as a “recommendation” instead of a sales pitch.

While the current trend is decidedly leaning toward the merits of Pull marketing, the virtues of Push marketing should not be dismissed too quickly. Push marketing is much more “direct” and can be incredibly effective in connecting with potential prospects. Would you rather market to the internet at large or have a targeted list of people who know who you are, like you and are interested in what you’re marketing? In my opinion, the list is a clear winner.

The use of opt-in forms to build a targeted email list is absolutely essential to success in internet marketing. Through prewritten messages in an autoresponder and the ability to “broadcast” to your list, you can quickly build a strong relationship and build trust. As with Pull marketing, this element is essential.

The use of SPAM and “Blast-Your-Ad-To-Ten-Million-Emails” types of Push marketing methods are a nuisance and a waste of everybody’s time and money. Don’t even think about trying this. It doesn’t work and it could potentially get you in a lot of trouble.

The truth is, the most effective marketing on the internet is a combination of both Push and Pull methods. Every blog should have an opt-in form to your autoresponder so that you can build a “list.” Every article you write should have a reference to your webpage, which should also have an opt-in form.

Once people subscribe to your list, you should be consistent in sending them informative emails that work primarily to build trust and credibility. Bombarding your list with an ongoing litany of sales pitches is a mistake and will result in people UNsubscribing faster than those opting in. Quality content is still king, regardless of which method you use. If you take this approach, when you DO send out a marketing message to your list, there will be a much higher response.

So build a marketing strategy that includes BOTH “Pull” and “Push” methods and you’ll soon find yourself succeeding as an internet marketer.

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Podcasts are audio files published as RSS or Really Simple Syndication feeds, using XML file format technology to deliver MP3s to computers or portable music players. Podcasts are most often listened to on an MP3 player, but they can also be heard on a computer using media player software.

Podcasts are a little like TiVo, which allows television watchers to download only the programs they want to watch and to skip the advertising. However Podcasts are most often audio format but there are video Podcasts available as well.

Podcasts are automatically delivered directly to your personal computer, and can be transferred to your iPod or other MP3 player. They are often conversations, and include co-hosts and discussions or interviews. Podcasts are downloadable audio programs and are a simple way to automatically get regular audio broadcasts which you can then listen to at your leisure from your computer or MP3 player.

Podcasts are available with RSS feeds that allow listeners to select files they wish to download or set software to automatically download new content when it’s available. They are different in that most people will listen to a show from start to finish and are popular for many reasons, not the least of which is the fact that they’re free.

Wikis, blogs and Podcasts are all relatively easy to use, which partially accounts for their popularity. Simply put, Podcasts are free downloadable audio in the form of a digital media file that you can subscribe to, via syndication feeds over the internet.

Though the marketing opportunities associated with Podcasts are obvious, how internet marketers, for example, can insert their ads into Podcasts isn’t so obvious and tracking actual listeners and viewers of these ads is even less obvious. There are many Podcasts which are second-rate at best, and often you have to put up with the advertising and needless musical interruptions.

The two main advantages of Podcasts are their ease of use and the availability of many free or low-cost software and hosting options to run them. Also small business Podcasts are a great way to attract new customers. And for those of us with little time to spare, Podcasts are one of the most valuable tools available for staying on top of trends in technology and keeping up with current events.

Some other advantages of Podcasts are their ability to be syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded automatically when new content is added. Many Podcasts also allow users to direct download by giving a link to the audio file in an RSS feed or web page. The number of people interested in Podcasting, or who have downloaded a Podcast, is increasing according to Nielsen Net Ratings.

The estimate is 56 million by 2010. This provides a great internet marketing opportunity using Podcasts with the added bonus of their ease of distribution through RSS feeds.

In summary the very low cost associated with Podcasting combined with the distribution opportunities and the fact that it attracts search engine traffic makes Podcasting a very attractive target for internet marketers and social media marketers in general.

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As with any brick-and-mortar business, a successful web business takes time, dedication and hard work to build. To fully understand how the web business works, one must first understand various aspects of optimization, marketing and ranking. Due to the amount of time and research required to properly optimize a website, it often requires a well-organized team.

Fortunately, website promotion software can help in a variety of ways: from keyword density to search engine optimization and page ranking. Ultimately, a good website promotion software package can help skyrocket a website’s page views. Most software promotion packages dive into things like search engine optimization, search engine marketing, article marketing, website promotion and website ranking.

Search Engine Optimization

SEO is one of the most important strategically advantageous things a webmaster can do for optimal search engine indexing. SEO is the process of configuring your HTML’s META tags and properly placing keywords and keyword phrases on each page of the website. The utilization of analytical software can help pinpoint the best keywords to fully optimize a website. As a webmaster or marketer, you have specific keywords that you believe will help optimize your website. Be aware, however, that not all minds think alike. It is important to consider other points of view and website promotion software for a wider variety of keywords.

Search Engine Marketing

SEM is a form of marketing that promotes online businesses or websites. Various forms of SEM include SEO, paid inclusion and paid search engine placement. The use of tools provided by search engines can help provide more visibility in search engine result pages, or SERPs. Tools such as Google AdWords, Yahoo! Search Marketing and Microsoft adCenter are some of the most popular SEM vendors. Research can help determine which search engine marketing strategy may benefit your website the most. Keywords, SEO, back links and other promotional tools play a large part in the success of any website.

Article Marketing

Article marketing is a quickly growing marketing strategy. Using articles to market a website, product or service is an excellent way to get more traffic to your website. Many article submission websites offer ghostwriting as an inexpensive service to all clients. Some even offer the ability to write your own article and have a professional ghostwriter rewrite it for you. The ideal article is about 500 words and descriptive, but not product-specific. Product-specific articles often come across as spam. Each article may contain an “author’s resource box,” which holds the author’s name, website address and brief description of the website.

Website Promotion

Website promotion is more than simply getting good search engine rankings. Effective website promotion can change the way people view your website. You must make the effort to differentiate your website from similar websites. The efforts put forth for a successful website promotion campaign can mean the difference between a successful website and one that fails. Promotion techniques include SEO, SEM, informational articles and possibly a link building campaign. There is a variety of website promotion software that can help determine what is needed for specific websites to flourish.

Website Ranking

Website ranking is important! Over the years, it’s been proven that most people who use search engines do not pass the second page before searching for a new keyword or phrase. Page one ranking is optimal, but page two can render favorable consequences as well. In order to achieve high rankings, several key issues must fall into place.

* The HTML and other code required to run the website must be W3 compliant.

* The website must be properly optimized for unsurpassed search engine indexing. Proper use of keywords and keyword phrases is key here.

* The website description must be compelling to readers.

* The website must prove to be popular by having quality links from other websites. This may be achieved by means of article marketing and directory submissions.

* Paid advertising on other popular, and related, websites can be an integral part of achieving high ranking and page views.

Choosing the Best Website Promotion Software

Choosing the best software is similar to choosing the best domain name for your website. Your website is as unique as you. It deserves special treatment to help you achieve your goals. Choosing the best software to fit your needs may not be as simple as purchasing the most popular. When making the decision, keep the tips in this article in mind. Every successful website needs the basics: SEO, SEM, useful information, promotion and ranking. Keep an eye out for software that will give you the most bang for the buck. Some offer keyword and META tag SEO only, while others scan your entire site and offer suggestions to improve ranking and page views.

Chris Coleman is a Business Analyst at Capita Technologies. Capita Technologies provides web promotion services for a wide variety of clients.

Joint ventures are one of the best possible ways to draw potential clients to your website. It’s a fast way to hook up with your target market and not only that it is most lucrative too. So what exactly is a joint venture, I hear you ask?

Well, it’s a union between two involved parties. Such a union creates marketing strategies which will allow both parties to gain in the long run. You can also use existing business relationships with a partner company and vice versa which guarantees both more business transactions and more money for both parties.

When you are taking part in a joint venture you have to look after your partners assets in the same way that he looks after yours. You promote the goods being offered by the other party just as he promotes your goods. When you have a specific market you wish to target, this is the perfect set up. The best companies to set up a joint venture with are those who are already dealing with the market you are targeting. Its strange but true – taking part in a joint venture could end up with you doing business with your competitors and rivals, not just with your allies.

Apart from an increase in profits your customer base will also grow in number when you are taking part in a joint venture. It is quite normal for hundreds of new subscribers to appear as soon as the deal is settled. Another advantage is that you receive the same credibility that has already been established by the other party. As they are endorsing your site, you are likely to be bestowed with the same trust given to your partner.

Have a look around and do some research about which company to trust with your site. Are they offering a similar service or product as you are? The goods do not have to be the same as yours, for example a site offering computer software could set up a joint venture with a retail company selling computers. This way, everyone is happy.

Whilst being involved in a joint venture you are also allowed to co-develop whatever you have on offer. Your partner may be great in the creation of business ideas and you may be really good at marketing. The combination of both may keep your businesses alive for much longer.

No man is an island as we all well know and this is also true in the marketing of your website. Providing you have someone to fall back on it will all turn out right in the end.

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It may be hard to imagine, but the power of e-marketing solutions can be instrumental to the success of your brand. Advertising a product or service via e-mail is easy, but your efforts will be lost if your potential audience doesn’t read your well-crafted e-mail. Getting a potential customer to read your e-mail starts and ends with an effective subject line.

Studies indicate that some Internet users go online only for checking their e-mail. That reality can work to your advantage in preparing e-marketing solutions specifically for e-mail, if you know how to capture the readers’ attention. These days everyone’s inboxes are bombarded with all manner of spam, most if it purporting to sell something bigger, better and altogether more life altering than anything that has come before it. The problem is that these e-mails are, much more often than not, scams. Your goals are to get your e-mails read and to convert potential customers into actual customers.

A well-crafted marketing e-mail will convince someone who may have never even considered buying a product like yours that they cannot live without it. The process is thus: First pique the readers’ interest, converting them from casual readers into prospects. Then they read your e-mail further and are convinced that they need whatever it is you are selling. Better yet, they begin to wonder how they ever lived without it! And if your product delivers what your e-mail campaign claims, a customer often becomes a repeat customer. And it all started with a humble (but effective!) subject line.

But wait: Before you go running off to your computer with dreams of creating an e-mail message readers can’t refuse, you’ll need to know what an effective e-marketing solution looks like. Here are a few tips to get you started:

One of the most effective ways to grab readers by the collar and make them listen to what you have to say is to ask them a question right in the subject line of the e-mail. Be careful though! You want to ensure that the question in your e-mail is crafted in a way that will elicit the answer you want. If you ask a question that is too open-ended and you don’t get the answer you want, your efforts are lost. If you were the owner of an independent book store and you came across an e-mail with the subject line “Is your store struggling to compete with the big guys?” chances are good that you would be intrigued. On the other hand, if an e-mail with the identical body text had the subject line “5 easy ways to stand out,” it’s not likely to fetch the reader’s attention. Tailor your approach to your targeted audience.

Leave them wanting more. Make sure the subject line of your marketing e-mail not only asks a question, but also asks an enticing question to which the reader is compelled to know the answer. You want to be a tease so your reader will want to know more. Craft your e-mail subject line so that they are left with no other choice but to open your e-mail and read it.

Always bear in mind the “what’s in it for me?” mentality; most people live by this mantra. To get your readers to open your message, you will need to convince them that there is something in it for them to do so. Everyone is busy, and you need to incite a sense of urgency in your reader. Using the example above, adding just a few words to it would not only convince the readers that the contents of the e-mail pertains to them, but that it will somehow make their lives better and that they must read further. How about: “Is your store struggling to compete with the big guys? 5 easy ways to stand out.” The reader will read that and instantly feel included in your intended audience, the answer to the question will likely be “yes,” and you are compelling them to read further by offering an easy solution, the “what’s in it for them” factor.

Every time Internet users sit down to read their e-mail, they have three choices to make for each. They can delete it outright, leave it to read later or open it immediately and read it. If the subject line of your marketing e-mail isn’t relevant and compelling, it isn’t going to be read. It will either be left for later or deleted. Either way, this is not an effective e-marketing solution for your business. By taking the time to craft an effective e-mail subject line, you increase your potential for e-mail marketing success exponentially. Of course, what’s inside the e-mail counts too, but if you don’t compel your reader to read past the subject line, everything else is irrelevant.

Chris Coleman is a Business Analyst at Capita Technologies. Capita Technologies provides eMarketing Solutions for a wide variety of clients.

Press releases are media independent and they can use any format and any distribution means accepted by the media. They are a form of propaganda and are official statements issued by companies and organizations to print, television and radio media. They are written in order to promote a constructed image of a company to consumers who read these articles.

Press releases are often sent alone, by e-mail, fax or snail mail and are the most common form of Public Relations writing. They are kicked off with a headline, which is a catchy title designed to explain the news angle while at the same time grabbing journalists’ attention. Online press releases are the new PR strategy that stamp out boring, expensive, zero result advertising that cost money and delivers none.

Online releases are normal press releases that are distributed through the Internet and can be picked up by news sites, newspapers, online magazines, trade websites, blogs and e-mail newsletters. Press releases are by far one of the best marketing tools that remained viable to internet users throughout the years.

They are technically news items that can serve your marketing purposes as well by writing ads that have elements of straight news contained in the message. Online Press Releases are an important way to publicize your company’s newsworthy events on the Internet. They are meant to relay newsworthy information about a company, product, service or event.

Online press releases are one of the most cost effective and easiest ways to get your company name, product or service visible. They are most effective when sent out to target channels at least twice a month. Online releases are also a good way to integrate target words and phrases into the content so that your SEO consultant is accomplishing two tasks with one marketing strategy: keyword usage and promotion of the website.

They are an excellent way to communicate with potential clients and are often indexed by major search engines, such as Yahoo, MSN and Google. Online Press releases are carriers of your site’s message and they are an excellent way to build branding, credibility and to get tons of new visitors to your site through back links resulting from being published on websites that syndicate press releases.

Online releases are a great way to announce a new product or to report exciting developments in your industry. They are an important component of your internet marketing strategy because they are a cost effective method of extending your company’s message to a much wider audience. Releases can appear on the Google News and News Now news aggregation sites and may be submitted to social media sites.

Releases offer a convenient method of accurately transmitting the same information to many publications. They should be noteworthy and answer who, what, where, when, why and how, and can be developed in house or contracted out. Releases should not be longer than three pages and announcements that are more than one page in length should state more or continued on the bottom of the first page so that reporters look for the next page.

Releases are sent on the sponsoring organization’s letterhead with a date of release and a contact person’s name clearly listed at the top, along with a phone number where journalists can reach the contact.

Planning is essential in all phases of marketing with press releases. They are very effective marketing tools that you can use for promoting your web site or affiliate products, when done correctly. Schedule your press releases for the year and plan in advance an integrated “press release marketing campaign”. As with any marketing effort, after the content is distributed, it’s important to track effectiveness.

Not only are press releases an effective tool for distributing content to the media and consumers, they can easily be syndicated creating an excellent opportunity to attract incoming links. It’s important that your marketing time is productive and that your press releases actually generate publicity. Optimized press releases are an integral part of a successful Internet marketing strategy

Bob Withers is a professional sales and marketing person with over twenty years in the field. He has also turned his sights on network marketing to apply his trade. If you want to get in touch with Bob or learn more about sales and marketing please visit:
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More often than not, most online home based business entrepreneurs fail to make money online. Having said that,it is important to reiterate that not all these claims made by the homebiz opportunity owners are totally incorrect.

Google paid over $1.6 Billion for (YouTube)! Because there is money to be made here. Why not take a use this free (YouTube) service that they offer and promote yourself? The Secret) is in the simplicity of this upload process. Make sure that you watch for any confirmation emails that (youtube) sends out as you get signed up. After you have shot your (video) and done any editing that you need to do, prepare your, title description tags and log into your (youtube) account. Don’t forget where you stuck that video on your computer. Click UPLOAD and go. You’ve just gotten another fast and helpful tip out of the Success Arsenal. Don’t miss the next one!

Who do you think would know best this stuff outside of those who actually posted some of those popular clips? Well, whoever has tabs and precise data on the whole video publishing situation, can tell a lot more than anyone single user, as looking at the forest rather than that at the individual trees can make a huge difference in building an effective video marketing strategy.

Video sites have high traffic volume. For example, YouTube is the 4th most visited site in the world. Here is a startling fact: YouTube accounts for 10% of the global internet traffic!

What makes a visitor want to see your video again and again? “Viral marketing using video” captures what you want to know in a simple and elaborated way of narrowing down the list of video you should and should not upload or even create, you need to target the audiences to make your viral campaign successful.

Beyond this the structuring ,layouting & organisation of the web pages within the website is of critical significance. That is the manner in which your website is laidout, right from the home page, where the broad segregation of the various headers ( Keywords ) smoothly flows in to relevant inner pages which carry the micro detailing / sub-categorisation of the product/service/ business opportunity that your home business website promotes.

What is the single biggest mistake that affiliate marketers, and possibly you, make in their business? Not capturing prospect and customer information! Do you know the best way to keep in touch with your customers? With A follow up email system called an ?AutoResponder? If you really do business online, you need a really good autoresponder.

That’s a tremendous amount of money for a website business with millions of visitors who don’t spend a dime! The value is in the database and the visitors, or more importantly the ability to have direct access to the database and the visitors.

Google is the most preferred Internet Search Engine by far. By acquiring YouTube Google has further increased its Internet power to reach every home and business on the planet.

These websites are where your potential customers are too, in every home and business on the planet! By using Google and YouTube together you have incredible power to grow your business and make money. And it costs nothing!

Fact is, it all comes down to creating a framework for a successful long-term business that doesn’t require babysitting. Now there’s nothing wrong with making money fast, but creating a successful business is about more than making a quick buck.

This is particularly important in the early days of marketing your business. Once you have a list of loyal subscribers you can concentrate on the internet marketing strategies, which you find more profitable.

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The people that you know can be channeled into greater popularity for your website if you know how. Just think about all of the people that you know; all you business connections, your personal friends and more to the point for the purposes of this article, the people you know through social networking online. This can mean increased traffic, free promotion and best of all, paying customers. Read on to learn how:

Offer content which will be interesting or useful to visitors.

One thing that will net you more connections is having content which informs or entertains. Good content, the kind that holds people’s attention will get you free word-of-mouth (or perhaps word-of-mouse, these days) advertising.

Content which offers something to readers is in high demand on social networking sites in particular and the web in general. Content is what people go to the internet for in the first place. If you want to drive traffic to your site (and who doesn’t?) then make yourself an attraction to social media users by giving them irresistible content.

Make your content useful.

Original and interesting content is a start, but your target viewers need a way to find this content. If you can be found quickly, you’re much more likely to reach a large audience. If you have articles as part of your content, make sure that they are search engine optimized so that they can easily be found by a search engine.

Make your web presence larger.

Did you have a hit with one article? Did this drive more traffic to your site? Don’t stop with one and rest on your laurels. You can build an audience by frequently adding new content to social media sites. Make sure people see you as a source of consistently great content.

If you do this, you will generate buzz every time you submit new content. Once you’ve established yourself as a known quantity on the social media scene, your target audience will visit your site more often and even seek your site out for its own sake.

Promote your site and your content. Build a brand.

Always, always, always promote yourself. When you have new content available, send out email to your target audience informing them of it. Mention new content in articles you submit, your podcast (if you do one) – anywhere you can promote your content, do it! One word of caution though: do this with tact. Social networks and their users will regard you with suspicion if you are always coming on as a hard sell type.

Encourage communication.

While people like the relative anonymity of the web, they also enjoy communicating with others from the online world. Give them a way to do that – surveys, feedback forms, comment forms, even forums will be appreciated by visitors to your site.

Social media as a method of driving traffic to a site can take a lot of work. If done properly, however, it can be a very cheap way of brand building and generally making people aware of a website. Social media can be a great resource for promotion; don’t be afraid to explore its possibilities for your website.

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A FFA, or free for all page is a very simple thing in both concept and reality. You can submit one line of text to the page and visitors can click on this text to visit your site if you are interested. This would be a great thing if they worked the way that most business owners would prefer that they did. What business owners, yourself included would like is to receive massive amounts of email from interested customers – but instead, what they see a lot of in their inboxes is email form other business owners trying t make a sales pitch. Not so productive, is it? For most, these FFA pages do not give the necessary return on your investment to make it worthwhile.

So why do FFA pages usually fail to get results? Think about it like this – your ad is just one of possibly thousands on this page. What’s more, these sites are often visited by other business owners who have placed ads, but rarely by those looking to buy a product or service.

These pages have another defect as well – they are generally designed to scroll. As new links are added, old ones just keep moving farther and farther down the page. At one time when FFA pages enjoyed less popularity than they do today, your ad may have been near the top for a day. Now, your ad may be out of sight within minutes! This means you would need to repost your ad again and again over the course of a day. And there is still the problem that you are not reaching customers on these pages, just other merchants.

Also counting against FFA pages is the fact that most search engines ignore them entirely. A search engine sees a FFA page as a page of unrelated links and passes it by. Remember, relevance is key with search engines – and FFA pages have nothing of the sort.

FFA webmasters are a bit smarter than those who use them to advertise. The FFA page will require an email address to submit your link; meaning the FFA site owner is building their email list every time someone posts an ad. It is the site owners of FFA pages who are truly the beneficiaries of these pages.

So is posting an ad on a FFA page a complete waste of time? That depends. If you are posting an ad there, the answer is likely yes. However, if you are the host of a FFA page, you can reap a lot of benefits – by doing so you can quickly build a list of prospective customers and that is really the only way to make good on the promise of FFA sites.

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