5. Ask owner of web site if they would want to trade advertising. If you don't get as much traffic as they do, you could throw in some extra incentives.

6. Propose a cross p.romotion deal with web site. You both could promote each others products or services together in one package deal. This means a mention and link back to your web site.

7. Give web site a testimonial for their product or service. Include a little text link for your web site with testimonial. You n.ever know; it could end up on their ad copy.

8. Post your advertisement on their free classified ad section on their web site. You want to be sure you have an attractive headline so they will read your ad.

9. Post your text link on their f.ree-for-all links page. You want to go back and post your link regularly so it stays towards top.

10. Sign their guest books. You could leave a short compliment about their web site on their guest book. Just include your signature file and link at end of your message.

If your site is not in Top 20 positions in search engines, then your goal should be to get your site's link on those sites that are there. Using these indirect methods mentioned in this article should help you to accomplish just exactly that.

I also tapped into extensive library of SFI’s partner IAHBE. At first I just joined this organization because it guarantees my position in SFI network. But after researching their services and utilizing their benefits like free mail leads, I have to say that this is a great institution. It’s worth every penny of your monthly fees.

Speaking about value-added services and benefits. The one thing I’m truly impressed with is quality and consistency of marketing material offered by SFI. The wealth of online and offline marketing material can be overwhelming, but if you use it appropriate it is a very effective tool. Of course SFI also offers quality products and services, which makes it easy to sell.

By using Stone Evans’ PIPS (Plugin Profit Site) system I could maximize these efforts. I’m selling all sorts of products and I already received several commission checks through my affiliate program with Clickbank. This is a huge affiliate provider for electronic books and software. My job is to attract customers to products and then manufacturer or author of product does all selling and credit card processing. As soon as credit card is processed I receive a commission, which varies between products.

After about 3 months of running this business I would say that I’m still a little bit negative with my finances, but this is due to my extensive Google AdWords campaigns. By not counting this, I’m actually making some money. Nothing to brag about, but maybe in another 3 months my tune might change.

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