FFA's (Free For All link pages)
FFA's (Free For All) pages are simply sites that allow you to post Free Ads for your business. They work much the same way as classified ads, except you tend to only have one line to get your message across. When you place an ad it gets placed at the top of the list, then as new ads are posted so your ad gets pushed further down.
You'll probably see lots of negative comments about FFA's saying they don't work and are useless, all they do is generate a lot of unwanted email. Now while the email part is true, FFA's can be a good way to generate traffic and get new signups to your business.
Like all other methods of advertising it takes time persistence to get the best out of a medium. If your not having any luck with FFA’s try looking at your Ad to see if you can improve upon it, or use a different FFA.
When placing ads you need a good subject line, something that will make people stop and look. It’s always worth looking at the ads on these pages and checking the subject lines. If you see something that you like see if you can apply it to your promotion. The word FREE will often get your ad looked at.
You’ve probably come across sites that will blast your ad to thousands of FFA sites. Although these may save you a lot of time, you’ll get better results if you spend some time manually posting your ads, and use some form of ad tracking system, that will let you see how many hits a certain ad is receiving (Profit Rally has just such a system). This way you can see which FFA is delivering traffic.
If you use FFA’s you’ll want 2 email addresses. One will be your contact address for people to reply to you, and the other will be the address you use to submit the ad. The submission address will receive a lot of mail in the form of confirmation responses and such. NEVER use your contact email to submit ads to FFA’s
Remember when using FFA’s to be persistent. Post regularly to keep your ad on the board, it’ll scroll off in as little as a day depending on how often the site is used. Try posting at different times of day until you find a time that works best for you. Make your headlines stand out, use Capitals and punctuation. And don’t give up after just one or 2 attempts, many people have success with FFA’s it’s just a case of persisting until you find a combination that works for you.
To get you started you can post a free ad at http://www.sonicxpressmail.com/ffa/page.php?id=ibuilder. Your will also be shown across the entire Sonic Xpress FFA network instantly.
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