Conclusion

Although this is not technically a completely inclusive listing of the free
advertising sources online, it includes many more resources than any other
listing I have found in one place.
In my experience, I feel that it is a great representation of all the more well
established, tried & tested, free traffic generation systems, programs, & websites.
At the very least you now have a place to reference the various traffic methods
you come across, and any not on this list should be viewed with an ounce of
skepticism.
Warning about the IM2IM “Niche”
There is a niche market that is very confusing but exciting to newbies who get
into home businesses. I call it “IM2IM,” which is short for “Internet Marketers
marketing to other Internet Marketers.”
At first glance you may wonder why such a niche exists, but then you'll discover
that it is without a doubt the most fiercely-competitive niche that exists at all!
The reason why is simple. People have to sell about what they know.
If you spend all your time driving a Ford Mustang, it's no wonder what product
you'll be most effective at selling. Internet Marketers spend all their time
marketing on the internet... It's what we know. So what products do you think we
are going to be most apt to sell?
In fact, it gets more involved than that. Services like Instant Buzz, Desktop
lightning, Safelists, & Traffic Exchanges, among many others, magnify this effect
100 times!
Their problem is that they are used by, and only loaded onto the computers of
other internet marketers! Think about it... Would a dog kennel owner ever have
an Instant Buzz toolbar loaded in their browser? Where would they learn about a
Safelist? Would a Dog Kennel owner usually be a member of many Traffic
Exchanges?
Of course not... But Internet Marketers would, because these are cheap and
powerful tools for us to use for our outgoing ads. Naturally, a newbie to Internet
Marketing might get frustrated when they try to market to their dog kennel niche,
and sometimes even give up their niche to specifically target other Internet
Marketers! They see the “Gurus” doing it, why can’t they?
It's self-replicating.
Well, the embarrassing part for me is that you see me here marketing to other
Internet Marketers. You may have even found this eBook through an Instant
Buzz, traffic exchange, or similar ad campaign, but that doesn't mean that you
should market to the same people I’m marketing to.
It's a seriously competitive market, for all of the reasons above and more.
Meanwhile, there are uncountable thousands of Niches out there with no decent
marketers yet going after them.
It's almost heart-breaking to watch.
Sure, if you go after one of those low-competition niches you won't have the
added benefit of using a few of these cheap and easy tools, but then again you
won't really need them. More traditional marketing methods will work just fine!
I'm sure that some of you reading this will doubt my motives and think to
yourselves that I'm only saying this to keep my competition low.
I hope that doesn't discourage you from seeing the logic in my point, though. As
a teacher to marketers, I want as many of you to succeed as possible. If I send
you all rushing out to fight the hardest possible battle, then the smallest number
of you can thrive.
I'd fail at helping you.
If I send you all out after different niche markets however, then most of you can
succeed, and so will have I.
Please try to take this to heart, and stay out of the IM2IM trap if you can at all
avoid it.
Final thought
I know you’re anxious to go out and sign up with all of those PPC engines,
Safelists, & Auto-Surf programs, so I’d just like to leave you with one final thought
for the day.
2011 won’t accommodate the same old strategies we’ve tolerated for years now
when it comes to the ferocity of Internet Marketing. The One-Time-Offers,
Countdown-clocks, false-scarcity ploys, misleading Up-Sells and even the minisales
pages themselves will have to evolve to survive the public’s growing
intolerance to this stuff. We’re simply getting smarter.
Giving you the keys to heaps of free traffic is not going to make you rich. It is only
the biggest piece of the puzzle, but if used improperly, it is worthless.
You’ve got to get some strategy going, you have to learn your market and
respond to their needs, and more than ever, in 20010 you have to evolve in order
to make profits.
That’s one of the main driving points behind Surefire Success. Not only is the
system the most elaborate, well-thought-out business strategy you’ve ever seen,
but it also has a very well-integrated member’s area where as soon as any of us
spot a better way to do anything, or any kind of advantage at all, everyone else
there knows about it. It’s simply the best of all worlds, and it will never be
outdated.
I hope you’ll at least check out the Surefire Success System for marketing
reasons… Even if you’re not interested in making the easy, short-term cash up
front, I have a strong following of members there who joined for no other reason
than to take advantage of the powerful traffic-generating strategy it employs…
Including those Social Bookmarking ‘circles’ that hold the power to get every
posting or article you write on the front page of Digg.com today! (And Digg is only
one among many other SB tools we have circles for!)
Whatever strategy you decide to use for your own business, I wish you luck in it
and I will be available through the Surefire Success System Helpdesk for your
questions. (Or directly on the forum inside if you’re already a member.)
Wishing you every possible success online,
Luke W Parker