8. Banner Ad campaigns. Don't work. Some people say they do some say they don't. I'll tell you that you need a lot of impressions to make a "good impression" We're talking about 5 million to start with. This is really expensive. At a $1 CMP (cost per thousand) that's $5,000. This will guarantee aprox. 20,000 hits It's pretty good if you have $5000 hanging around.

9. Search Engines and Directories Don't work. They might have worked 6 months ago or earlier. I'll tell you why they don't work. URL submission to search engines is like throwing a basketball from one side of court to other and trying to make it in while there are a thousand other people trying to make it in as well in same basket at same time. It's ludicrous and useless.

Then once you're in, you have to be sure your listing is in top 3 or you lose. It's that simple. So if there is a submission company that can guarantee top 3 for a popular keyword or keywords in 5 major search engines and directories, then you have a chance to get some extra hits a day.

Note: All these variable must be there or you lose: Top 3; right keywords; 5 major search engines. Again, taking all variables plus what I mentioned before, it's riduculous to even try. Another thing is that it usually takes week even months to get listed. Forget about it!

10. Ad swaps. Don't work. Unless you swap strategically and even then you need to swap with many other websites to get a decent number of hits. And since you need to put other site's ad on your site/ezine, your biz will look like a classified ad section of newspaper and no one will want to visit your site again.

Ok, what works? There's only one thing you need:

100% GUARANTEED TARGETED VISITORS.

Any company that can guarantee a specific number of hits in a particular time frame is a "winner" in my eyes. This is crucial for any online business. You have to get results. You need guaranteed traffic. Once you have that traffic it's up to you to get visitors in a confident buying mood.

But I will say from experience that traffic is key. The biz with most targeted visitors wins. That simple.

You can control everything that happens on your site, from ad copy to delivery. So that is your job; to get everything on your site working smoothly. You must now get control of your traffic.

That's only way to succeed online:

100% GUARANTEED TARGETED VISITORS.

Targeted Sales Headlines ======================= "Has YOUR computer FAILED you lately?"

"Are YOU still drinking polluted Water?"

These headlines will *DRAW* highly targeted responses for computers and Water purification products.

Leads Generation Headlines ========================= "Free Gift worth $50, get yours today!"

"Free E-book, Learn how YOU can create wealth NOW!"

These headlines are great lead generators.

Knowing WHY you want to get my attention before you write your headlines can help you get what you WANT from ads that you WRITE.