Almost anyone who has tried submitting to free-for-all sites will say that they are no longer worth the effort as a traffic generating tool. Automated FFA submissions to "millions" of sites are also not that useful as most of these sites are only ever "visited" by automated submission scripts and not by human eyes. The only thing these auto submission tools achieve is to get your e-mail address bombarded with "confirmation" e-mail from the FFA page owners. Many unsuspecting users who submitted their personal e-mail address to these submission tools have suffered incredible frustrations because of the "spam" they receive. (Technically they are confirmatory e-mail that the submitters agreed to receive.)
However. one previous "victim" of confirmatory "spam" managed to turn the tables around with a very ingenious twist to the process. He basically submitted his web site using the FFA auto submission tools and agreed to get the "millions" of confirmatory email...but submitted an e-mail address that led to an autoresponder that replied back to these emails with a "thank you for your offer which I'm considering...please have a look at my web site in the meantime" type e-mail.
Incidentally, Outlook Express also has message rule function which we can use to achieve a similar effect.This is good because some autoresponder services do not allow their e-mail addresses to be submitted to FFA sites (do so at your own risk!). Simply click on "tools", "message rules", "mail", "mail rules", "new", "where the message is from the specified account"(the e-mail account you intend to receive confirmatory "spam" with), and "reply with message", then specify the message you want to reply with.
Don't forget to also freely distribute your e-mail address to multiple mailing lists, classified ads sites, and anywhere that is likely to get your address "spammed". The best part is when bulk e-mail address harvesters pick up your e-mail address and start selling it to other "spammers", you'll be promoting your site to many people with absolutely no effort on your part at all!
Have fun with this one.
For More Unusual Web Traffic Generation Ideas, Visit http://www.hugevoice.com or send blank email to: http://www.hugevoice.com
Terence Tan
Editor, Hugevoice.com
Please feel free to use this article in your website, ezine or e- book. I ask, though, that you reproduce it in its entirety and without alteration, including the resouce information below.
? Copyright 2002 Terence Tan. All Rights Reserved.
About The Author
Terence is the editor of Hugevoice Bulletins, an ezine dedicated to discovering unusual, alternative ways to generate web traffic. For more surprising web promotion ideas, visit http://www.hugevoice.com or send an email to http://www.hugevoice.com
best cleaning company Highland Park ..A back-end product is a product that you attempt to... Read More
Over the past couple of months it has been quite... Read More
With learning about online promotion, there is so much information... Read More
Market my website? Why should I have to spend time... Read More
Often, website owners would like to promote their new business... Read More
With the increase competition on the Internet, it can be... Read More
Measuring and understanding your Website's success is a critical process... Read More
Some Internet marketing experts have claimed that the best way... Read More
Does your business struggle with profitable online marketing? If so,... Read More
When you design a website you should create it so... Read More
Web site owners are realizing Jack Humphrey's Power Linking isn't... Read More
Is your business lagging behind?Are you frustrated?Cheer up.Here are 10... Read More
Many people miss out on some very valuable promotion opportunities... Read More
Promote your website using articles - Internet is all about... Read More
If you own a website, you definitely want to improve... Read More
Every business owner want to attract more orders and have... Read More
Promoting your website can seem like a daunting, complicated task.... Read More
Managing your online business from home is a great way... Read More
The shortcut to succeed in business is to do what... Read More
Do what I did. Learn these 10 insiders' ad writing... Read More
I just reviewed a new website and I'm in shock.... Read More
Success in business thrives on ideas.The more creative you're the... Read More
You might have heard that banner advertising is dead. Nothing... Read More
So you have completed that new site and want to... Read More
Making money with your web site is the dream and... Read More
high-end home cleaning Winnetka ..When setting up your website for SEO (Search Engine Optimization)... Read More
Most webmasters are familiar with the concept of reciprocal linking.... Read More
I doubt that anyone reading this article hasn't at one... Read More
Some "experts" say they don't exist. Apparently we have become... Read More
I think you all know that buying pop ups in... Read More
Sorry, there's not really a free tee here, but... Read More
Website owners and webmasters who are trying to improve their... Read More
Record keeping measurements for Internet marketing Record keeping tracks money... Read More
Every business owner want to attract more orders and have... Read More
The following traffic generating ideas do not require costly set-up... Read More
Recently one of my students asked a great question: We... Read More
Interested in boosting your link popularity, raising your Google PR,... Read More
Here are some simple and easy tips on how to... Read More
Almost anyone who has tried submitting to free-for-all sites will... Read More
Do you want to reach millions of potential customers for... Read More
With the web today you "sorta haveta" have a rank... Read More
Promotion... also known as selling. Not an easy task in... Read More
If you own a website, you definitely want to improve... Read More
Have you even been to CNN's website? Odds are you... Read More
On a regular basis I receive e-mail through all my... Read More
Virtually all website owners concentrate their efforts and energy into... Read More
Links are the main pillar of your website. To navigate... Read More
No matter what you're marketing or promoting, if your Ad... Read More
There are 3 basic components to capturing leads on free... Read More
After spending substantial time and efforts the big day came... Read More
Web Site Promotion |