If you're looking to advertise any business online, you'll soon find there are hundreds, if not thousands, of companies making incredible claims about their own services but how do you know which ones really work? One way to find out is to do a small trial with each one, but this is not only potentially very expensive, it can be very time consuming to monitor and you also run the risk of spam accusations.
A far better way is to take advantage of the research of others. One of the most comprehensive reports I've seen comes from TrafficTesters who now have over 400 tested sources in their archives which are added to on an ongoing basis. Previously this information was available for $25 a month but whilst twenty-five dollars didn't seem like much last year, or the year before... this year it seems like a lot so the company have now slashed their rates. From this month, after a small one off joining fee, for only $7 a month, you'll receive at least 10 new sources every month as well as access to the archive of over 400 tested sources. In addition, as their membership grows they are able to use their bulk purchasing power to offer you big savings on traffic and advertising sources.
You can read a few sample reports below or find out more at http://www.homeworkinguk.com/traffictesters.htm
PRODUCT DownlineBuilderDirectDATE December - 2008
CATEGORY Solo Ad
DESCRIPTION DownineBuilderDirect is a list building system with several different membership levels that allow you to randomly access/email up to 20,000 DBD members or your downline, whichever is greater. Your membership level determines this, as well as the frequency at which you can access the mailer. As a diamond member, we are able to send our email ad every 2 days.
COST $24.99 / Month - Diamond Membership (current price is $79.97 / Month if you don't catch one of their special offers)
ALEXA RANK 48,750
GUARANTEE/TRIAL None / None
TOTAL HITS/VISITORS 522 / 471 Unique
TOTAL SALES 4
ROI (Return On Investment) Cost $24.99 / Sales $100
TESTING CRITERIA TrafficTesters
CAMPAIGN LENGTH 30 Days
COMMENTS Another great feature of this service is that you can setup and save 5 different solo ads which are rotated through the mailer on auto-pilot.
UPDATE 01-31-09: Received 3 additional sales.
UPDATE 03-18-09: Received 5 additional sales. Also, we are now using the mailer as a regular promotion source for the advertising coops.
PRODUCT SoloAdCoopDATE November - 2007
CATEGORY Solo Ad Coop
DESCRIPTION SoloAdCoop will promote your program/business specific URL via solo ads to at least 10 different sources each month. Sources include ezines, safelists (free and credit-based), traffic exchanges, yahoo groups, and more.
There are three different coop packages available:
- $25 - 10 solo ads per month
- $50 - 11 solo ads submitted twice per month (22 total)
- $100 - 15 solo ads submitted three times per month (45 total) (see list of acceptable programs on their site)
COST $50 - 22 submissions per month
GUARANTEE/TRIAL Yes / None
TOTAL HITS/VISITORS 3841 / 3393 Unique
TOTAL SALES N/A
ROI (Return On Investment) Cost $50 / Leads - 13 / Paid Signups - 3
TESTING CRITERIA ITV Ventures
CAMPAIGN LENGTH 30 Days
COMMENTS SoloAdCoop contacted us and asked to be tested and reviewed BEFORE they launch their service.. .how often does that happen?! Since we are not in any of the acceptable programs, our colleague who is a successful ITV Ventures member volunteered to help us evaluate this service.
Of the 13 leads he received, 3 of them signed up as active distributors. A few others may join at a later date, but are currently evaluating the program and benefits. Visitors continue to trickle in even though the campaigns are over...this is normal for solo advertising.
This is NOT a solo ad blaster, it is a service. SoloAdCoop schedules the solo ads and submits them on your behalf.
This would be a good promotion source to introduce to your downline members.
UPDATE 02/02/08 - Two of the original opt-ins upgraded into the program and 5 additional leads were received!
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