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This is a copy of an email I recieved along with my responses. If you have any comments that I should add send me an email.
On 25 Apr 2003 14:17:28 +0100, rocco said: (Incidently, rocco's email doesn't work anymore) Here are the facts: (and correct me if I'm wrong...) Right LOL!! I'm guessing that this email will never get to you and if it does you will just delete it but I am gonna use it to create a webpage as it has some good information> .FREE classified ads are just about useless! Even if your ads are very > well written...the fact is that nobody ever goes to a Classified site > to browse through Business Opportunity ads. FREE classified ads have one saving grace. Believe it or not I have found some of my ads showing up in the rankings of search engines. I have also discovered some search engines index guest pages right along with the website so if your Url is in a questbook it could get indexed.> .Opt-in mailing lists (Safelist) get you nothing but a clogged-up > inbox from people trying to sell you something... and you spend hours > every day just trying to keep the darn thing emptied out! I have never used Opt-in mailing lists. To me they are somewhat legalized SPAM and as you say you are "Preaching to the Choir" and I just don't have time to answer all the legitimate email as it is because of all the SPAM I get already.> .Search Engines are useless for business opportunities. There are over > 10 million pages and your page never gets higher than the 900,000th no > matter who you pay to help you! Here I have to disagree with you. Search Google.com for "I Teach Wood Floors", "wood floors", "installing wood floors", and you will see my site "I Teach Wood Floors" will be on the first three pages if not the first listings. The trick is to be unique enough. I would agree if you are trying to get top placement for "business opportunity" you have your work cut out for you.> .Your FFA pages are worse than useless! No wonder they call them Free > For All. I only tried this one once or more correctly I should say a webmaster who was looking to promote my website used one using my email address without my permission. My email crashed from all the confirmation emails or should I say all the "LEGALIZED SPAM"?> .Surf-for-Hits programs are self-defeating! Everybody browses > mindlessly, without any interest in YOUR page, only trying to build up > enough credits to get you to look at their sites...but do you? Of > course not! > .Start-pages looked like a good idea when they were first introduced, > but nobody ever gets sales from them...did you? It's only an excuse > for the owner of the program to justify sending commercial emails to > you. I would have to say not everybody. There are "Newbies" entering the internet everyday and "newbies" finding Surf-for-hits everyday as well. In addition Surf-For-Hits help make the counter look a little better. If you were doing reciprocal links with someone would you be more inclined to exchange with some who has 300 on their counter or 30,000? This counter also helps if you are looking to sell space on your webpage or interest visitors.> .Autohits and their plethora of look-alikes sound good because you can > switch a couple of them on and go to bed and log up hundreds of hits > while you sleep! Problem is, that's exactly what everybody does! > Nobody ever buys anything in their sleep! Autohits have a use. If you are webmaster working with a client that is just looking at stats.> .Banner exchange programs could be effective if it wasn't for the fact > that all of the Affiliate Programs you belong to, provide replicated > pages that can't be edited to let you add a banner. Besides, banners > on your website tend to siphon your prospects off to other > opportunities! I would say you need at least one website where you control the editing and can add banners. As far as the siphoning that works the other way too. You siphon traffic from other sites.> .Posting to Newsgroups is tedious, dangerous and non-productive. They > bring nothing but Hate-Mail, some pretty foul language, and a nasty > assortment of viruses and "worms" I tried this once. I would have to agree with you.> .Many companies have built wealth on the fear of "Spam", selling you > their programs of Opt-In subscribers. The truth is, these lists are > people are just like you, trying to create a business online. they are > not interested in your program. > IF YOU HAVE BEEN DOING ANY MARKETING WITH THESE PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW I > TELL YOU THE TRUTH. THEY DON'T WORK! > Conclusion: > Bulk email is the only way to produce sales, but most people are too > frightened of anti-spammers to even try it ...and that is what our > ebook all about! We'll teach you how to avoid these problems and show > you how to email to thousands every day without having to worry about > a thing. > Our fabulous Ebook will take you by the hand and show you...step by > detailed step....how to get to the deep, blue/green fishing banks of > the Internet! > So what are you waiting for? Get your FREE copy NOW! > We have to caution you though, once you start reading it, you won't be > able to put it down! > click here: > Send the book > To your success & have a nice day. > Thanks, > Rocco OK So Now try reciprocal links: go to Corect me if I'm Wrong... You will find this site is linked off of http://woodfloorist.com Any chance for a reciprocal link back? Franklyn ezliving@fastmail.fm |