Almost anyone who has tried submitting to free-for-all sites will say that they are no longer worth the effort as a traffic generating tool. Automated FFA submissions to "millions" of sites are also not that useful as most of these sites are only ever "visited" by automated submission scripts and not by human eyes. The only thing these auto submission tools achieve is to get your e-mail address bombarded with "confirmation" e-mail from the FFA page owners. Many unsuspecting users who submitted their personal e-mail address to these submission tools have suffered incredible frustrations because of the "spam" they receive. (Technically they are confirmatory e-mail that the submitters agreed to receive.)
However. one previous "victim" of confirmatory "spam" managed to turn the tables around with a very ingenious twist to the process. He basically submitted his web site using the FFA auto submission tools and agreed to get the "millions" of confirmatory email...but submitted an e-mail address that led to an autoresponder that replied back to these emails with a "thank you for your offer which I'm considering...please have a look at my web site in the meantime" type e-mail.
Incidentally, Outlook Express also has message rule function which we can use to achieve a similar effect.This is good because some autoresponder services do not allow their e-mail addresses to be submitted to FFA sites (do so at your own risk!). Simply click on "tools", "message rules", "mail", "mail rules", "new", "where the message is from the specified account"(the e-mail account you intend to receive confirmatory "spam" with), and "reply with message", then specify the message you want to reply with.
Don't forget to also freely distribute your e-mail address to multiple mailing lists, classified ads sites, and anywhere that is likely to get your address "spammed". The best part is when bulk e-mail address harvesters pick up your e-mail address and start selling it to other "spammers", you'll be promoting your site to many people with absolutely no effort on your part at all!
Have fun with this one.
For More Unusual Web Traffic Generation Ideas, Visit http://www.hugevoice.com or send blank email to: http://www.hugevoice.com
Terence Tan
Editor, Hugevoice.com
Please feel free to use this article in your website, ezine or e- book. I ask, though, that you reproduce it in its entirety and without alteration, including the resouce information below.
? Copyright 2002 Terence Tan. All Rights Reserved.
About The Author
Terence is the editor of Hugevoice Bulletins, an ezine dedicated to discovering unusual, alternative ways to generate web traffic. For more surprising web promotion ideas, visit http://www.hugevoice.com or send an email to http://www.hugevoice.com
car service from Midway Burlington .. Lockport Chicago limo O’HareGoogle is the most popular internet search engine and even... Read More
Once you have finshed designing your website, you want to... Read More
People are so focused on promoting their websites on the... Read More
When you design a website you should create it so... Read More
Many people miss out on some very valuable promotion opportunities... Read More
Making money with your web site is the dream and... Read More
The Google patent application submitted in March, 2005 has generated... Read More
Some Internet marketing experts have claimed that the best way... Read More
Good Ideas.They are the stuff that form the foundation of... Read More
Many companies after spending a substantial amount of money on... Read More
So, you don't have a multi-million dollar advertising campaign? You... Read More
Promoting your website can seem like a daunting, complicated task.... Read More
How would like to have an email list of thousands... Read More
Description: one way of jumpstarting you link campaign is to... Read More
1. Directory Linking Create a directory of web sites on... Read More
1. Selling To Everyone Means You Sell to No OneIf... Read More
Links are the main pillar of your website. To navigate... Read More
Most webmasters are familiar with the concept of reciprocal linking.... Read More
The most successful advertising is obviously expensive. There are ways... Read More
Before you spend your hard earned money, why not first... Read More
Free content builder. Articles are the best way to add... Read More
Repetition is the key to getting your adverts and promotion... Read More
If you are a local business that gets most of... Read More
At present there are over 3.3 billion pages indexed by... Read More
DMOZ editors are supposed to be professionals in the category... Read More
Granger limo Chicago ..Holding a contest or sweepstakes can draw a lot of... Read More
This could be the most amazing article to ever be... Read More
Is your business lagging behind?Are you frustrated?Cheer up.Here are 10... Read More
Many people miss out on some very valuable promotion opportunities... Read More
Do you want to make your website more profitable?If you... Read More
With the increase competition on the Internet, it can be... Read More
I took a look at a new Website recently in... Read More
1. Ping weblogs.com and other search engines. When you ping... Read More
Everybody Loves A Freebie!It's true! Who doesn't like to get... Read More
"One in a million". What do I mean by that?... Read More
Webmasters are always looking for ways to increase their traffic... Read More
Sorry, there's not really a free tee here, but... Read More
Would you attempt to use a cell phone with a... Read More
Stop wasting your time and having your energy sucked dry!... Read More
Almost anyone who has tried submitting to free-for-all sites will... Read More
Yes, it can be done. Here are 7 ways that... Read More
It's easy to forget the fundamental components of Web site... Read More
1. Directory Linking Create a directory of web sites on... Read More
We have dealt with the tags so the search engines... Read More
Web analytics. Don't worry, it's not as boring as it... Read More
When I first began attempting to make money on the... Read More
Creating a sense of credibility for your product and website... Read More
Every business owner want to attract more orders and have... Read More
Are you happy with your website? (Does your business even... Read More
Culture and Website Localization With the rise... Read More
Web Site Promotion |