We all want free internet leads, right? And many of them. But there is a cost to PPC, not to mention the writing skills we would have to learn. One way to get free leads that doesn’t require the cost of PPC or the time required for article writing and marketing is free classified advertising on the internet.

Obviously the copywriting skills issue is still a problem, but you can copy ads that you would respond to and see what results you get.

Free Internet Advertising: Your ad will need a few components to be effective. This includes a place or places to advertise, an attractive title, and a call to action.

Catchy Title: All good ads should have a catchy title. Here are a few that have worked over the years, but try a few of your own. You might come up with the title of a homerun ad.

• Do you want to make more money?
• Fire your boss
• How to earn up to $ 5000 / month. without leaving your job

There are many places to place a classified ad on the Internet. You can Google free internet ads or free website ads to find them, but I’ve included several below. You can use news and information websites like Topix, where you can also post local classifieds.

If this is a serious strategy for you, I recommend running 40-45 ads at any one time. This gives you the best chance of getting the results you want.

Tracking your ads and the success of each ad is important so you know which ads are working for you and which are not. You can then continue with performing ads and discontinue performing ads. I would try different headlines, etc. before suspending non-working ads. Testing is the only real way to know what works. You need to make a chart to track your ads and their results.

You probably want a quick call to the 800 number so your potential customers will call in and hear your message. They can then leave a message for me to call them back if the interest is there. One option for a cheap 800 number is CallFire. They have no registration fee and the cost is only $ 0.05 per minute for incoming calls and $ 2 per month for the 800 number with a minimum of three months.

The following is a sample ad for your review.

STOP LOOKING FOR JOBS

Take the control. Change your life

Don’t limit your income

Work from home and avoid the rat race

To qualify, call xxx-xxx-xxxx

ARTICLE MarketingArticle Marketing is a great way to generate free leads and lots of them. It takes time to write the articles and post them on your blog and on various article hosting sites like EzineArticles.com. Therefore, do not plan many leads for three months or more.

You must be consistent in writing the articles every day and posting them every day. There are tools to help you publish. I haven’t used any of these yet, but I heard that the Article Submitter Helper works and is free.

Marketing Forum: Forum marketing also takes time to build relationships with other people and then convert them into leads for your business. You will get involved in the forums of your choice. Be helpful first and foremost. Don’t deliver your sales message until later, after you’ve established a relationship with the potential customer.

Social Media Marketing: Social media marketing is the same as forum marketing except that you need to start the conversation by asking people open-ended questions and engaging them in a conversation. You can then control that conversation, and after helping them, you can invite them to find out about your business. But never start with a sales pitch. That’s the biggest detour on social media.

Video marketing: Video marketing is an extremely powerful form of marketing. I recommend this form to everyone. Get a camera, start recording video, and post it everywhere. Of course, it’s a good idea to learn more about this first, but don’t let ignorance stop you.

One tip with video marketing is to manually post your videos on YouTube. Don’t use a YouTube tool. Traffic Geyser is a great tool for many sites, but I would manually post to YouTube. Remember that Google owns YouTube and they look like a hawk to home business people.

I think TubeMogul is still free for up to 100 videos per month. This tool provides a single point to upload your videos to reach the best video sharing sites. Its free level of service allows unlimited storage, deployment of up to 100 videos per month, and free analytics on who, what, and how the videos are viewed.

Traffic Geyser automatically sends your videos everywhere and costs $ 97 / mo.

These are the free classified ad sites I mentioned:

• inetgiant.com ($ 3 for national ads)
• ecki.com/links/advert.shtml
• usfreeads.com ($ 10 / year for Gold membership)
• usnetads.com
• boconline.com
• craigslist.com
• kijiji.com
• backpage.com
• sell.com
• Classifieds.excite.com
• Classifieds.yahoo.com
• Manta.com

For your success

Larry steele