For those of you who have Home Businesses on Internet, you know by now that you have to develop a steady stream of traffic to your website in order to produce enough sales to grow and substantiate your business. Bottom line…no traffic = no sales. No sales = failed business.

During my two years on Internet, I have tried many forms of advertising that have been less than successful. I am writing this article to all “newbies” out there who flock to these forms of advertising because they are easy and free, and after these advertising methods have produced none of desired results, they leave with a feeling that they have been scammed and that Internet is not virtual marketplace that everyone has raved about.

In reality, Internet is virtual marketplace of future and is producing mind-boggling sales for entrepreneurs who are pursuing effective advertising methods.

The first form of advertising that leaves worst taste in my mouth is called FFA advertising (Free for All). In my opinion, FFA sites prey on “newbies”, promising that they will put their ad on thousands of websites, often supplying newbies with automated software so they can accomplish this with one click of button.

Then their ad is placed on thousands of different FFA sites at one time. What they don’t tell you is that these pages your ad is placed on are never seen by general public, because they aren’t listed in any search engines, directories, or any of mainstream traffic locations.

To add insult to injury, while you’re using automated software to place your ad on a thousand FFA pages, millions of other newbies are doing same thing. There isn’t enough room on these FFA pages for all incoming submissions, so your ad may be on these FFA pages for 30 minutes max, and is then dropped.