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By Rebecca Gilbert
When I first started my internet home business, I realized that in order to make
money I would have to bring visitors to my website. I didn't have a lot of extra
cash laying around, and my mentality at the time was "Why would I pay for it,
when I can get it for free"? So, I starting searching the internet for places
that would accept an ad for my product for free. I was very happy to find
literally thousands of sites willing to accept my ad.
As the weeks went by I worked hard and learned a lot. The phrase that comes to
mind when I think back is, "you get what you pay for". I was placing ads on the
internet every free moment I got and was getting very little results. Not being
one to quite, I figured I would move on to another form of advertising or figure
out what I was doing wrong with the free advertising.
As soon as I placed my ad, I would go back and look at it. I expected my ad to
be at the top of the list since I had just placed it. Much to my surprise, my ad
was listed down the list a little way. I realized that at the very moment that I
was placing my ad, others were doing the same. And as each person placed an ad,
mine moved further down the list. In my infinite wisdom... I realized that
potential visitors would probably not search past the first page before choosing
a product.
So then I decided that I would go into that site and place my ad every few
hours. This way I knew it would always stay close to the top of the page, and
hopefully be viewed by a potential customer. How right I was!!! Eventually, I
had my first customer and had made my first sale on the internet! What a
feeling! I was ready to take the internet by storm...
The week ran into the weekend, and I continued in the same way with my free ad
campaign...and no luck. Several weeks went by were I was getting visitors and
making sales through the week, and none on the weekend. Are you seeing a pattern
here? I sure did. I soon discovered through statistical data that I pulled up
from a search engine that the internet traffic on the weekend is super low
compared to the weekdays. I also learned that the internet traffic is at its
peak around the noon hour in the US.
From that day forward, I didn't waste my time advertising on the weekends.
Instead, I would sit down around 11:00 a.m. every morning and run as many free
ads as was humanly possible. I could just about plan each day at noon that I
could get a potential customer, affiliate, sale.
I'm also a firm believer in the phrase "work smarter, not harder". It didn't
take me long to figure out that I could utilize copy and paste and run the same
ad in every category that it applied. I also used the back button on my browser
a lot. Most of the time by using the back button, all my information was still
there and I could just choose a different category.
It wasn't long before I had several paying customers and was bringing in a small
monthly income from my small internet business. I often try to teach this method
to my members who cannot to pay for advertising to start out with...without much
luck unfortunately. Many will not sacrifice their time to this extent, or they
will run one ad on the internet and expect to get up the next morning and be a
millionaire.
For those of you who don't have the money to invest, you will HAVE to invest
your TIME. How much is your time worth? Many are drawing 6-figure incomes from
the internet within 2-5 years. The internet has made more millionaires from the
average Joe than any other vessel in history. Is 2-5 years a hard pill to
swallow? It shouldn't be. How many of you are going to work your nine to five
job for 40-50 years and have nothing to show for it?
Am I still running free ads? No, I'm not. I took my very first paycheck that I
earned from free advertising and put it back into paid advertising. I can reach
a vast number of customers with paid ads with no effort on my part at all.
Instead, my time has been filled with teaching others to do as I have done, and
building my own business day by day.
Not a day has gone by in the last year and a half where I have not built onto my
business. I started out running free ads, then I moved on to paid ads, ppc's,
email lists, enzine ads, then I built and optimized my own website, got link
partners, got listed with the search engines, etc...
If you want to turn your life around and live without any financial constraints,
then the internet is the place to be. All it will take is patience, persistence
and the will to succeed on your part.
Best Wishes for your future success and prosperity!
Sincerely,
Rebecca Gilbert
http://www.101homebusiness.org
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Rebecca Gilbert has been an successful network marketer since July, 2002. Visit
her at: http://www.101homebusiness.org Rebecca will show you step by step how to
create a successful internet business of your own.
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About the Author
Rebecca Gilbert has been an successful network marketer since July, 2002. Visit
her at: http://www.101homebusiness.org Rebecca will show you step by step how to
create a successful internet business of your own.
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