I think I might be in minority. I actually have a fair degree of successs with promoting to leads supplied by Free-For-All (FFA) networks.

Everyone who has tried, knows that posting an ad to an FFA site is a total waste of time. The chances of your ad even being seen, never mind reponded to, are so remote you'd have better luck sending postcards to people randomly selected from yellow pages !

People soon realised you could generate a fair degree of responses by hosting your own FFA site and leaving system to do it's magic on autpilot.

Nowadays, even this has become a less popular form of online marketing, due to dwindling results many people have encountered.

In my experience...

To host an FFA site is not enough, if all you are is a free member who sends out their confirmation emails straight away.

Even those who sign up as Pro members and leave system to run by itself are not doing them- selves or their marketing efforts any favours.

To experience success, you have to host as a Pro member AND put in a little bit of effort - not much - to make it work.

If you do, you'll be one step ahead of even most other Pro members. And, you'll be rewarded with more responses to your marketing.

Over last nine months I have been testing various aspects of FFA marketing. I now have a finely tuned system that get's results every single day.

Here's my top ten tips for FFA success -

---------------- -ONE- Send your confirmation emails out at least seven days later. I would even suggest delaying things further still. Some FFA networks will allow you to delay sending of your confirmation email automatically - don't do it...instead...

-TWO- Download your leads, or have them delivered, and send your emails yourself. If you organise your workload well enough this is not as big a chore as it may seem. Use a good bulk email program like Fairlogic's Worldcast. http://www.fairlogic.com/worldcast

-THREE- Trying to SELL anything is a waste of time. All your ads should give something away fr*ee.

Everyone who is posting to an FFA site...

o Already has a website and program to promote. o Is probably not interested in any form of paid advertising. o Is almost definitely a fr*eebie hunter or a newbie. o Is lazy and likes automated things.

Try to find interesting and unique items to give away. Ebooks and other stuff that are readily offered elsewhere usually don't work too well.

It’s tough to succeed on Internet. Starting your own online business from scratch, with no computer or marketing experience, turned out to be a little more time consuming than I ever would have thought.

The best advice I’ve received so far (and one I would pass on) is persevere. Don’t give up on your dream.

While time and effort invested now may seem huge, rewards can make it all worth while. We all know majority of jobs keep us Just Over Broke, whereas running your own business has potential to solve most of your monetary problems.

But be forewarned: Running a business is not for everybody, whether it be online or off. Everyday, people are trying to start a business on web and biggest reason most fail is they are not getting enough traffic.

Everything I’ve learned about marketing online leads back to how much traffic you get. What you have to sell is not nearly as important as amount of traffic you draw to your website.

Of all ways to generate traffic, writing articles is one of best. Certainly one of cheapest. There is no better way to establish creditability in a world full of scams than writing articles that people enjoy reading. When you read enough of what someone writes you develop a feel for their personality. It takes place of talking in offline world.

I had to write this article ... and didn’t know how. Ever been in a situation like that?

After listening to others and giving it some thought I came to this conclusion: only way you learn how is to sit down and do it.