Advertise Online for FREE

Advertise Your Home Business

2010-03-24T15:55:00.004-04:00

In the hub entitled, Advertise Your Home Business, Herald Daily offers a bit of instruction, along with brief reviews and links to a few free online classifieds sites.

According to Herald, "If you hope to expand your enterprise, you must spread the word and advertise your home business as much and as best as you can." The nice thing about his advice is that it only costs a bit of your time, there's no money involved. Pretty hard to beat free advertising.

Read the full article by clicking the title of this post, or these words -> Free Advertising for Home Businesses

A History of Advertising

2009-08-25T16:28:00.002-04:00

History of Advertising

The Ancient Greeks and Romans had advertising, did you know that? Oh, yes. They would print their ads on papyrus and circulate them by hand or put them up on a wall for public viewing.

If you're interested, you could go to ancient Arabia or even to Pompeii to see still existence remains of advertising there.

These people put the 'history' in the history of advertising.

Boy, have we come a long way since that time. We no longer use paintings on walls to promote business and people, we have modern communications and Google for that.

This interesting article about the history of advertising is a summary of sorts. It takes you through ad development and is quite enjoyable. You'd think it a very long read but it's not. It's more like an abridged version presented in an entertaining fashion. It's worth taking a few minutes to read. Who knows, you might even learn something.

Read more of the History of Advertising....

Traffic Exchanges and AdSense

2009-01-08T09:11:00.004-05:00

There's a note at the top of this blog about NOT putting AdSense on any sites that you want to use in traffic exchanges.

The reason that I stress this periodically is because people who are new to AdSense or online traffic may not realize the harm they can cause to their earnings and their relationship with Google.

The Dangers of Mixing Traffic Exchanges and AdSense

Google will not pay you your AdSense earnings
You may get your AdSense account suspended
It has the potential to affect your Google rankings

Google considers the clicks their ads receive via traffic exchanges to be 'illegal'. The reason for that is quite simple. They feel that the people viewing your ads are not organic, targeted traffic. They have not sought out the product or service that you are advertising and therefore are wasting the advertiser's resources. Folks pay Google to show those ads that appear on your site, so they are intended to have the highest conversion rates possible. If they are not being shown to the intended target audience, the impression is deemed wasted. Google gets testy about that.

If you are already committing this Google sin, take heart. You may be able to redeem yourself and get back into their good graces. Remove the AdSense code from your site if you want to continue using traffic exchanges. You can add it again when you are ready to use 'legal' means of generating your traffic, such as classifieds, Adwords or forum signatures.

If you have already received notice that your earnings or account is in danger, remedy the situation then contact Google. You may be able to reinstate your account. Many people have been in this position, accidently or intentionally, and have been able to rectify the situation.

What You Need to Know About Traffic Exchanges if You're a Small Business Owner

2008-12-17T22:59:00.003-05:00

The Pros and Cons of Traffic Exchanges

Many home business owners have little or no advertising budget, but still need exposure to help increase sales. There are methods of spreading the word about your business that cost you nothing but a few minutes of your time. (You can refer to this article on advertising your home business for an example) Traffic exchanges fall into this category, but be aware of the Pros and Cons.

Read the full article here

Places To Run Your Ad For Free

2008-12-14T15:31:00.003-05:00

This is a great article that puts several free advertising resource links in one convenient place, along with a brief description about each site. Just click on the title of this post to view.

Traffic Exchanges – Another Free Resource

2008-11-05T15:02:00.007-05:00

How are you promoting your web site or blog? Are you taking advantage of free traffic exchanges? If not, you may be missing out on a great resource for site exposure and traffic.

Most traffic exchanges have the option of an upgraded paid membership, but if you don’t have the money, don’t worry about it. The freebie versions still give you tons of advertising. In fact, there are a few other benefits:

• Search engine love. Traffic exchanges have tons of incoming and outgoing links. It’s the stuff that makes search engines giddy with joy. Not literally, of course, but all the links plus all the constantly freshening content helps improve everyone’s standing in searches.

• The more popular the traffic exchange, the higher the page ranking. The higher the page ranking, the more new members join and view your web page.

• When you find a free traffic exchange that works for you, all your conversions are pure profit. The only thing that you invested is your time. Granted, that’s worth something, but are you willing to do it for increased sales?

Really, the only way to know which traffic exchange is best for you and your business is to try a few of them. Try at least a few.

It’s best if you’re offering a product or service that is different somehow from what the herd is showing. If there are a lot of people with exactly the same website or product you have, your chances of conversion success drop substantially. You may want to move on and try another exchange, or change your web page or your offering. Stand out from the crowd and get noticed.

Something of extreme importance to note – please pay attention here – DO NOT USE TRAFFIC EXCHANGES IF YOU ARE RUNNING ADSENSE ON YOUR WEBSITE!!! I cannot stress this enough. Google considers the clicks from traffic exchanges to be ‘illegal’ clicks. You will lose all of your AdSense earnings and possibly get banned.

How to Make the Most of Your Classified Ad Postings

2008-11-04T23:19:00.007-05:00

If you’ve been reading the previous posts, you already know the merits of online classifieds and how they are a great free resource for marketing your business – big or small. To give yourself the best chance of a good response, you need to make the most of your ad postings.

Here are a few pointers on How to Make the Most of Your Classified Ad Postings

• Make your ad specific and focused. Classifieds are usually small text ads, so you need to be to the point, while writing an eye-catching, call to action piece. Short and sweet is the way to go. If your posting is long, you may lose the reader’s interest, anyway.

• Target your category. Don’t just stick your ad willy-nilly in every category going. Choose the most appropriate ones for the best response results.

• Remember to repost your ad regularly. A lot of people use free classifieds to promote their products and services, and there’s always a fresh supply of incoming advertisers. Every time a new one is added in your category, yours moves down the list. Reposting once you’re off the first page will solve the problem. *Note: some sites won’t allow you to have identical ads in one category, you may have to delete the old one first – don’t forget to copy!

• Use attention grabbing headlines. People will be scanning the ad titles rather than reading them, so your words need to jump out and make them curious to know more. If possible and natural, try to use your keywords in the title so the search engines can find you there, as well.

• State in your ad what your product will do for the customer it’s intended for.

Try these suggestions to see if you notice a difference in the conversion rates of your classified ad postings.

Benefits of Free Online Advertising

2008-11-02T22:29:00.007-05:00

It’s not hard to figure out the obvious benefits of free online advertising:

· Increased website and blog exposure, which increases product exposure
· Higher search engine ranking due to increased exposure
· Increased sales and potential sales
· Branding – greater product awareness through visibility
· Building of trust and credibility

When you advertise online, your business will reap the benefits of additional clicks from other sites. For example, if someone clicks through from your free classified ad that you’ve put on USFreeAds , the search engines notice that someone from USFreeAds finds your site or blog interesting enough to follow the link. The more it happens, the better. It will increase your favour with the search engines, which in turn will improve your ranking in search results. The closer to the top of the first page of a search you are, the more likely that your site will receive the click from someone searching for your product.

Over time, people get used to seeing your ad. They become less skeptical and are more willing to check out what you have to offer. Your extended visibility lends you some credibility and helps folks to feel more trusting of you and your product. Naturally, what you are selling had better be legal and legitimate.

So, let’s see what we have. Free exposure, free help with the search engines, free branding and bonding. Pretty great - especially for the price. :)

Is there a downside to free online advertising? Well, it does take some time to place the ads, which must be done manually. Also, there is no predicting how much of a response you’ll get. You may also want to critique your ad wording to see if it can be improved and more call to action.

Track your ad campaigns to see what is working for you. Get to know which ad sites and ads are bringing you the highest yield to maximize your sales potential. It won’t cost you anything and you’ll learn a ton that will serve you well in the future of your business.

Online Classified Ads - Take Advantage of Free

2008-11-02T00:11:00.010-04:00

It wasn’t long after the invention of the internet that online classified ads were born. It was big deal. Many considered them replacements for traditional print ads, believing that newspaper and magazine advertising would be relegated to the same fate the dinosaurs had. What actually happened though, is that online classifieds and print ads lived a peaceful co-existence and supported each other. Not everyone browsed classifieds online. Not everyone read them in the paper. Using both forms of advertising covered a great deal of the market.

While the two are still used simultaneously today, the trend seems to be favoring online classifieds. Even the print publications are posting their ads online and selling ad space.
There’s no doubt that we are definitely living in an age that is heavily saturated with technology-based living. Now that most people worldwide have computers, the market potential for advertisers is unprecedented and staggeringly high. Whole websites are set up solely for the purpose of showing classifieds. It’s big business, and it presents you with the opportunity to post online classified ads for free to a global audience.

This is terrific, especially for small and web business owners who are working on shoestring budgets for their marketing. Take advantage of these sites. Write up some good text ads (don’t forget SEO) and post them on the free online classifieds sites that are most suitable to your purpose. You have nothing to lose, they’re free. You do have everything to gain, though.

TS25 and FreeViral Traffic Exchanges

2008-10-28T17:58:00.008-04:00

TS25
The TS stands for Traffic Syndicate. TS25 is a fun place to earn traffic credits and show your ad. There are weekly competitions in which you and the team you earn placement on, can win thousands of extra credits. It's very easy to add your URL and have it advertised to a ton of other members.

Free Viral

This system is similar to others you may have seen on the Internet with one major difference... this system guarantees traffic to your website!

Click Here for your Free Traffic!

Free Auto Surfing and Classifieds

2008-10-22T17:17:00.009-04:00

Peak Hour Traffic

You earn credits or cash (if enabled) by Auto Surfing or Manual Surfing, visiting Paid To Click Ads, referring others to the site with your Referral URL, or playing the Jackpot Slots. Random rewards are also given each day when you login to your Member Area.

USFreeAds

Advertising on USFreeads couldn't be easier, and you could be up and running literally 5 minutes from now! With over 525,000 members and growing by the minute, USFreeads is a widely known and trusted classified advertising source generating millions of dollars in sales for our advertisers every month. Advertising on USFreeads is quick and easy and starts with the registration process which creates an account with us so you can place ads.

Two More Free Traffic Sites

2008-10-04T23:33:00.009-04:00

VitalViral

Get a free account at VitalViral and generate free traffic for life. This site boasts many extras, such as list building and strategy planning.

Traffic Charm

Signup for a FREE account and receive 200 website hits ABSOLUTELY FREE!
After you signup you can login to your account and view other members sites, in exchange you will receive visitors to your own site!

Advertise Online For FREE

2008-09-29T17:12:00.011-04:00

Traffic Swarm

The fastest, easiest way to increase traffic, visitors, and sales to any website, product or service. You only submit text ads, but you can have up to 10 running at one time. This is a traffic exchange, which means you earn advertising credits by viewing other people's webites. They, in turn, view yours. There is a lottery to win thousands of credits daily. The site has good page ranking with Google, and gets a lot of traffic.

Advertopia

Advertopia advertises itself as, "a complete advertising and training system that will help anyone be successful marketing online."

Web Advertising Training

Advertopia is a complete advertising and training system that will help anyone be successful marketing online.

This is all FREE for you to join and learn the secrets to online success.

"No matter what your business is,
without traffic to your website
you might as well not exist!"

You will learn what works and what does not
The only difference between a heavy hitter and one not making a dime is nothing more that an education. At Advertopia we provide you with the education you need to learn how to market in this new and powerful high Tech world.

Tune in tomorrow for another place to Advertise Online For FREE