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Thursday, February 23, 2006
Post your links free to 12 billion FFA sites and ad boards:
Blastomatic Sign up form
Blastomatic Sign in link
This is a highly effective and well-entrenced service that has been around since 1998. It grew to over 12 billion post/links sometime in 2005. Easy to set up and use. No tricks here. It is free and very useful. It posts to many venues, networks and types of sites. So you have a combination FFA, classified ad and permanent link submitter. Use once daily for maximum results.
As mentioned in other articles, what you are going for using this tool is Search Engine activity and ranking. Don't expect that because your link goes on 12 billion sites that 12 + billion people are reading your ad. What is happening is 12 billion links are being set in place for your site. Keep them their with daily posting. Join Blastomatic Sign up form using a marketing email. Note that you cannot change your email once you join as a free member. Also, your posts go to the default which is mostly business. (Misc. on some boards.)
Once you join and verify your account, you can sign in at Blastomatic Sign in link. Login and review the site, note the drop down menu contains the links you need to navigate to set your ad up, validate and submit. Set up your ad, link, keywords. Validate your email BEFORE attempting to send your ad. Once validated you can do your blast. When you go to that screen you will see the icon for validation. The main service which validates your email is "Validator" validator@validatedemail.com.
Once you request validation you will receive an email to process your request, sometimes you end up with 2 emails. Note this service have an annoying pop in and unders which tend to defeat your blockers. The first time you request validation you ususally also receive a couple other validation/verification emails. The other validation requests will come from auth@ffanet.com, sometimes from DTL, and occasionally from Monster. Post your link one time in a 24 hour period. If you try to submit the same link from the same email address more than once in a 24 hour time period the ad will be rejected and you risk being banned for spamming.
Once you post you will receive several key verification links. One of them will be for TrafficWave. You only need to validate the main program once. The parent link will come with a validation code similar to this one 291031018050 and a link in which to confirm like this: http://ffa.trafficwave.net/cgi-bin/ffaADconfirm.pl?adcode=291031018050. Once you have verified the one link, this is all that is required for you listing to post throughout the Network. Then, you will receive emails from individual board owners/pro members asking you to confirm or validate or verify. You do not. Those are their email ads to you and some have chosen to use those subject lines to force you to open their email ads.
When posting your links free to the boards remember you do get email. The links do roll off within a day (sometimes quicker) so you want to use your blaster daily to keep your links on the boards at all times. There are sites which offer permenant links and that will be a subject for another topic. Once you have done the Mass Submit using Blast1, there is another feature called Blast2. This is primarily the area where you can confirm your link has posted.
Blastomatic Sign in link
This is a highly effective and well-entrenced service that has been around since 1998. It grew to over 12 billion post/links sometime in 2005. Easy to set up and use. No tricks here. It is free and very useful. It posts to many venues, networks and types of sites. So you have a combination FFA, classified ad and permanent link submitter. Use once daily for maximum results.
As mentioned in other articles, what you are going for using this tool is Search Engine activity and ranking. Don't expect that because your link goes on 12 billion sites that 12 + billion people are reading your ad. What is happening is 12 billion links are being set in place for your site. Keep them their with daily posting. Join Blastomatic Sign up form using a marketing email. Note that you cannot change your email once you join as a free member. Also, your posts go to the default which is mostly business. (Misc. on some boards.)
Once you join and verify your account, you can sign in at Blastomatic Sign in link. Login and review the site, note the drop down menu contains the links you need to navigate to set your ad up, validate and submit. Set up your ad, link, keywords. Validate your email BEFORE attempting to send your ad. Once validated you can do your blast. When you go to that screen you will see the icon for validation. The main service which validates your email is "Validator" validator@validatedemail.com.
Once you request validation you will receive an email to process your request, sometimes you end up with 2 emails. Note this service have an annoying pop in and unders which tend to defeat your blockers. The first time you request validation you ususally also receive a couple other validation/verification emails. The other validation requests will come from auth@ffanet.com, sometimes from DTL, and occasionally from Monster. Post your link one time in a 24 hour period. If you try to submit the same link from the same email address more than once in a 24 hour time period the ad will be rejected and you risk being banned for spamming.
Once you post you will receive several key verification links. One of them will be for TrafficWave. You only need to validate the main program once. The parent link will come with a validation code similar to this one 291031018050 and a link in which to confirm like this: http://ffa.trafficwave.net/cgi-bin/ffaADconfirm.pl?adcode=291031018050. Once you have verified the one link, this is all that is required for you listing to post throughout the Network. Then, you will receive emails from individual board owners/pro members asking you to confirm or validate or verify. You do not. Those are their email ads to you and some have chosen to use those subject lines to force you to open their email ads.
When posting your links free to the boards remember you do get email. The links do roll off within a day (sometimes quicker) so you want to use your blaster daily to keep your links on the boards at all times. There are sites which offer permenant links and that will be a subject for another topic. Once you have done the Mass Submit using Blast1, there is another feature called Blast2. This is primarily the area where you can confirm your link has posted.
Driving traffic to your site, part 1
Once you are indexed in the Search Engines, you want to start what is called driving traffic to your site. There are many ways to do this. This article discusses using Traffic Exchanges to drive traffic, or hits, to your site.
Exchanges are that: you surf and view other member sites in EXCHANGE for the members viewing yours.
Another aspect is that your sites are seen by the members. As they rotate, members see your page thus increasing the chance of someone then clicking on your site. When they do this, that creates another hit. The advantage exchanges have over email marketing and Ffa posts is that you are not depending on a person to open their email to get to your link or site. In this respect manual surf sites are more efficient for getting your sites seen.
When it comes to listing your site/s at exchanges, don't be worried if a site already seems to have many other affiliate links. In marketing repitition is the key. You know how you see the same ads on television and hear them over and over again on the radio? There are good, solid reasons behind that strategy. Studies show people tend to have to see/hear/read about something many times before acting. You never know when that specific member might finally 'act' and join Cashflowpc or purchase the VoIP, another Cashflowpc product, or a VIP Travel Rewards package. Most importantly, it may be YOUR site the member finally decides to act on.
You want to join as many auto surf sites as you can manage in a week/month. While it is tempting to simply join sites and then walk away from them, it is not healthly for either you or the exchanges. No one expects you to marathon surf. However, SOME surfing is needed and required and each site will stipulate how often you need to surf. On the free sites this can range from 3 to 30 days. Also note that your sites being rotated (and thus hits being generated) is soley dependant upon the surfing habits of the exchange members. Don't beat up Admin in this regards. If you feel your sites don't get enough hits, examine your own surfing habits and then those of the members.
Another thing to consider is whether the site you want to add is "surf friendly." A surf friendly site is one without anything which disrupts the surf (stops it), or the members' computer. Most exchanges do not allow pop ups, exit pages, frame breakers and rotators. (Not to mention forced-download dialog boxes and sites carrying viruses and trojans.) Fortunately, all the Cashflowpc sites (including VIP Travel Rewards) are completely surf-friendly. Simply be advised that you may have OTHER sites which are not. Should you have a site stopped or not allowed by Admin - this is not personal nor a reflection upon you. Some sites are simply not surf friendly. If you have some of these - oh well - don't add them to surf sites.
The best thing you can do is set up a schedule for managing all your marketing activities, including the surf aspect.
Bottom line:
1. Once you have your site/s in the Search Engines drive traffic to them.
2. Join traffic exchanges (especially auto surf sites) and then surf to help do this.
Exchanges are that: you surf and view other member sites in EXCHANGE for the members viewing yours.
There are two basic types of exchanges - manual and auto surf.Manual surf requires that you 'click' on something to rotate to the next site. Auto surf does this for you. Auto surf sites are actually more efficient for producing the 'hits' for you. Everytime your site rotates on the surf it creates a hit which the Search Engines record. This counts as activity and helps with your site's popularity. So, it is prudent to join and include auto surf sites in your marketing portfolio.
Another aspect is that your sites are seen by the members. As they rotate, members see your page thus increasing the chance of someone then clicking on your site. When they do this, that creates another hit. The advantage exchanges have over email marketing and Ffa posts is that you are not depending on a person to open their email to get to your link or site. In this respect manual surf sites are more efficient for getting your sites seen.
When it comes to listing your site/s at exchanges, don't be worried if a site already seems to have many other affiliate links. In marketing repitition is the key. You know how you see the same ads on television and hear them over and over again on the radio? There are good, solid reasons behind that strategy. Studies show people tend to have to see/hear/read about something many times before acting. You never know when that specific member might finally 'act' and join Cashflowpc or purchase the VoIP, another Cashflowpc product, or a VIP Travel Rewards package. Most importantly, it may be YOUR site the member finally decides to act on.
You want to join as many auto surf sites as you can manage in a week/month. While it is tempting to simply join sites and then walk away from them, it is not healthly for either you or the exchanges. No one expects you to marathon surf. However, SOME surfing is needed and required and each site will stipulate how often you need to surf. On the free sites this can range from 3 to 30 days. Also note that your sites being rotated (and thus hits being generated) is soley dependant upon the surfing habits of the exchange members. Don't beat up Admin in this regards. If you feel your sites don't get enough hits, examine your own surfing habits and then those of the members.
If you (or the other members) do not surf, no hits are generated.
Another thing to consider is whether the site you want to add is "surf friendly." A surf friendly site is one without anything which disrupts the surf (stops it), or the members' computer. Most exchanges do not allow pop ups, exit pages, frame breakers and rotators. (Not to mention forced-download dialog boxes and sites carrying viruses and trojans.) Fortunately, all the Cashflowpc sites (including VIP Travel Rewards) are completely surf-friendly. Simply be advised that you may have OTHER sites which are not. Should you have a site stopped or not allowed by Admin - this is not personal nor a reflection upon you. Some sites are simply not surf friendly. If you have some of these - oh well - don't add them to surf sites.
The best thing you can do is set up a schedule for managing all your marketing activities, including the surf aspect.
Bottom line:
1. Once you have your site/s in the Search Engines drive traffic to them.
2. Join traffic exchanges (especially auto surf sites) and then surf to help do this.
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