Posting free ads to drive traffic?

Discussion in 'General Advice' started by taberdude, Jun 14, 2008.

  1. taberdude New Member

    Hi all,
    Just curious-does anybody use free ads on classified ad sites to promote a business online? If you do, is it helpful?

    If not- can you suggest ways to promote a site?

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Deanna
  2. VictoriaNTC Silver Member

    Hello Deanna,

    I use US Free Ads..with the $9.99 per month upgrade..you get unlimited classifieds, a mini site builder...
    These are nice because you do not have to write a long article, and they have few restrictions.
    And, the last I know Google loves them!
    And owns them I believe.
    You may add an opt-in and affiliate links are accepted with the exception of the pet category.
    Have agreat day!
    Victoria
  3. getagrip Gold Member

    Yep - USfreeads works pretty good if you do it right, but your ad usually won't stay ranked high in Google for a very long time.
  4. CSGWAHM New Member

    Yes, posting in the classifieds can work. It does take consistency. When I post in classifieds, I usually give away one of my FREE reports about working a home business, it's a good way to get leads. These leads have turned out to be good ones some of the time. Hope that helps!
  5. BillChechel New Member

    getagrip: Yep - USfreeads works pretty good if you do it right

    GetaGrip,

    Could you be a little more specific? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
  6. pcwork New Member

    Yes, posting on free websites can be very effective
  7. getagrip Gold Member

    BillChechel: Yep - USfreeads works pretty good if you do it right

    GetaGrip,

    Could you be a little more specific? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

    A simple tip:

    Your title is the most important part of your ad - do some keyword research ahead of time and use a long tailed keyword in your title. If you can, use that keyword phrase several times in your ad - in your H1 tag and then within the body of the ad - and also at the end. That should make a big difference in your results.
  8. BillChechel New Member

    Thanks for the info. Much appreciated.
  9. brt New Member

    Thanks for the tips.. will check out USFreeAds.
  10. aplina New Member

    l on the other hand have not been very luck with us feeds l mostly use it as a back links to my site
  11. brt New Member

    Can anyone attest to the effectiveness of upgrading to a 'Featured' ad?
  12. PMHayes New Member

    I have never used US Free Ads. Will it work for an online MLM? I have a number of capture pages that are fairly well seo'd. Should I use just one, or several?
  13. successful2008 New Member

    Free ads are great. It does take some work, but I have success with the free ads. There are a ton of free ad placements out there. If yu want to pm me, I'll give you a list.

    To your massive success,
    Michelle
  14. yommys01 New Member

    I prefer to get my traffic using the free methods reason being I am still very new online and never made much to throw money away
  15. spendless New Member

    Has anyone found that you get alot of responses to your ad, by someone trying ot sell you what they have? I have had alot of that.. any advice?
  16. De La Mente New Member

    Any ads are effective. Free or paid. But the goal is to reach millions of people with a small amount of your time. Free ads usually take more of your time, but you can't beat free. Be original and innovative with marketing and you will wipe the floor with your competition.
  17. homewizz Guest

    Yes, they work for me. I don't get a rush of traffic but I do get some. I use UK Classifieds (my fave), LoCal Ads UK and Adeex.
  18. weblearner New Member

    From free classified you'll get sure traffic from every ad.
    I got maximum 150 hits ??“ min15hits per ad. Yes I used 300 + free classified. Put ads 30 to 40 good classified. But remember it is not good targeted traffic.
  19. anthony2313 New Member

    posting to free classified sites can work but you have to do some major ad posting...When i say major i mean 20, 30,60 post per day. If you want to see some real results. Also you can get an ad posting software that will help you automate the process.