The Quest-Free Advertising-Part 3
Finding locations to place free ads is a continuing process. The Internet does not stand still. Sites that may work for you one day will be ineffective the next. New sites crop up continuously. The more practice you have looking for these sites, the more efficient you will become with the process.
The mistake a lot of newcomers make when starting free advertising is that they get a list from their upline and only use that list. Here is an analogy that I use quite often. I am a avid fisherman, I fish winter, summer, spring, fall. When I go on the lake in the early morning and see a bunch of boats in one location all with their rods over the side, should I go to that same spot or find a new spot that is not being over fished? If I go to the popular spot the fish look at my bait and swim on by; but if I pick a new spot away from the crowd the chance of that same fish taking my bait increases. Can you see the point of this analogy and free advertising?
It is all right to check the spots out that your upline gives you, but you need to find your own.
Elements of Free Advertising: Part 2
No matter if you are using free advertising or paid advertising all online advertising is composed of four basic elements.
1. You need an ad
2. You need a website address (URL) to point the ad to or an email address
3. You will need to prepare for the posting process
4. You will need a location to place the ad
Most affiliate programs have pre-written ads for you to place at various ad sites. You will need to read the guidelines for each program to make sure you follow them. Use the URL given to point the buyer to the appropriate website. If you have a website of your own, some affiliates will point their ads to that URL.
For most people writing these ads is the hardest part of affiliate marketing. Even though most programs have their ads set up, there are still some that don’t. Take a moment to thoroughly check out the website you want to promote, then take a few key points and you will have your ad. Write them down in notepad, and play around with the wording until you like the ad. Then try it out. Just remember it is not rocket science, if you have ever written an email to a friend you can write an ad. It really is that simple!
