Affiliate since: 05/02/2000, Power Rank: 8 | Read Sherwood's 20 other Ask SC answers

Your advertising is only as effective as your Ad title and your Ad copy (the content of the Ad itself). There are free and paid media which you can advertise and get good results. The best way to be effective in either one is to research the media that you wish to advertise in to see if they have a large membership actually reading their Ads. Also, make sure their media targets the type of potential customers you wish to reach.

Check out SFI's

"A Small Guide To Free Advertising"
https://www.sfimg.com/Training/SpecialReports/FreeAdvertising

"This guide discusses how you can effectively use this form of advertising to successfully build your SFI home business, increase your sales, and raise your commission checks."

Also see SFI's: Purchase "Pay-Per-Clicks" (PPC) advertising
at this URL
https://www.sfimg.com/Training/InternetIncomeArchive


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Your advertising is only as effective as your Ad title and your Ad copy (the content of the Ad itself). There are free and paid media which you can advertise and get good results. The best way to be effective in either one is to research the media that you wish to advertise in to see if they have a large membership actually reading their Ads. Also, make sure their media targets the type of potential customers you wish to reach.

Check out SFI's

"A Small Guide To Free Advertising"
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Free advertising can be very effective if you know how to use it correctly.
Paid can give you more reach, but a lot of these programs never delete anyone so you can never be sure when you see a huge number of people if they're really there or if it's just a number and most of them are inactive or non existent.

I read somewhere that for every 1000 members a program shows, at least 500 are inactive.

Some admins even create users themselves to make it look like there are more people.

If you're going to advertise, I recommend a smaller program over a bigger one for this reason. A newer program is going to have more active members. And a lot of the time these ad sites are giving away paid memberships starting out, so you can get a paid account at the very start and begin building a downline to earn even more paid ads.

In the beginning, in answer to your question, a paid ad site can give you more reach, but you can get paid advertising for free if you're in the right place at the right time, which is at the beginning.
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Free advertising can be very effective if you know how to use it correctly.
Paid can give you more reach, but a lot of these programs never delete anyone so you can never be sure when you see a huge number of people if they're really there or if it's just a number and most of them are inactive or non existent.

I read somewhere that for every 1000 members a program shows, at least 500 are inactive.

Some admins even create users themselves to make it look like there are
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Affiliate since: 12/06/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Elizabeth's 190 other Ask SC answers

I am the kind of person who likes free advertising or the paid ones that are trustworthy and give results but it is better to go with one time payments instead of recurring monthly payments. The most important thing is not the money but your ability to use the advertisments wisely and knowing how to target the right customers. Advertising in general is about framing your mindset to think like a customer in order to know exactly what are the specific needs, and cater to them. For example is you chose to advertise for free on Facebook or pay for adwords it is the same principle, you have to ask yourself what the potential affiliate is going to type in the search engine in order to find your ad. Makes sense?

Free or paid does not matter it is just knowing how to target the right customers or opportunity seekers.
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I am the kind of person who likes free advertising or the paid ones that are trustworthy and give results but it is better to go with one time payments instead of recurring monthly payments. The most important thing is not the money but your ability to use the advertisments wisely and knowing how to target the right customers. Advertising in general is about framing your mindset to think like a customer in order to know exactly what are the specific needs, and cater to them. For example is you chose
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Affiliate since: 08/24/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ann Marie's 10 other Ask SC answers

Very good question.

While free advertising works in some respects, paid advertising will get the job done quicker. Reason being, most individuals will consider more seriously whether to join or not to join SFI. They will in my opinion consider the business to be above board and that time and money went into advertising this business.

While we might all like freebies, the truth is my friend that nothing is totally free and as we know SFI needs time, effort and investment.

My recommendation go for paid advertising if you have the funds.
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Very good question.

While free advertising works in some respects, paid advertising will get the job done quicker. Reason being, most individuals will consider more seriously whether to join or not to join SFI. They will in my opinion consider the business to be above board and that time and money went into advertising this business.

While we might all like freebies, the truth is my friend that nothing is totally free and as we know SFI needs time, effort and investment.

My
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Affiliate since: 12/22/2023, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Donna's 15 other Ask SC answers

BOTH...
Each does what you're hoping it does.
Which is to get your Advert's out there.

Free: you may not pay too much attention to it, because
it is just that 'FREE' and if you don't get all it
promised to deliver, no big deal.

However,

PAID: you take more time to make sure you get what
you have paid for.
So at the end of the day it is all a matter of how
much you put into getting out of it.Free or Paid it all
comes back to you.
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BOTH...
Each does what you're hoping it does.
Which is to get your Advert's out there.

Free: you may not pay too much attention to it, because
it is just that 'FREE' and if you don't get all it
promised to deliver, no big deal.

However,

PAID: you take more time to make sure you get what
you have paid for.
So at the end of the day it is all a matter of how
much you put into getting out of it.Free or Paid it all
comes back
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Affiliate since: 07/01/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Jane's 17 other Ask SC answers

I think this type question has already been asked here some times ago with different form of question. Well, I will give my answer as I ever answered this type of question before.

The main point here is the advertising that brings the great results and that will lead us to good if not great commission monthly, and that will give us lucrative income as SFI plans for each of us. As I said that it's not the best but the most effective advertising, then I suggest that we need to really careful on any types of advertising we choose. The effective advertising depends on the budget. If we can not afford any paid advertising, then don't do paid advertising. Paid advertising probably can give good results on the beginning. Because it can drive people to our gateways greatly and massively quickly. Free advertising also can drive people to our gateways but the amount maybe less than the paid advertising. If we don't have any budgets for advertising, we can always do the free advertising.

The focus on advertising basically is to convert it into commission. Either paid or free advertising, the most important is the activeness of the affiliates or our team members. If we can get many PSAs quickly, it does not guarantee that we can be successful with them. Who knows that they are mostly inactive affiliates? Or, if we do the free advertising and we can only get few PSAs, but they are active.

So, either paid or free advertising, try to do the advertising effectively to get the best results.

Keep up the great work...to your success!
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I think this type question has already been asked here some times ago with different form of question. Well, I will give my answer as I ever answered this type of question before.

The main point here is the advertising that brings the great results and that will lead us to good if not great commission monthly, and that will give us lucrative income as SFI plans for each of us. As I said that it's not the best but the most effective advertising, then I suggest that we need to really careful
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Affiliate since: 04/23/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Margaret's 15 other Ask SC answers

There is no "free" advertising that is effective. Advertising effectively is basically a numbers game. The more people you can reach the better are your chances of getting a bite. You can either spend the time reaching those people yourself or you can pay someone to do it for you. How much is your time worth to you and would it be more beneficial for you to spend that time doing something else? How much time do you spend clicking for credits a month, posting on classified ad boards, networking on various social media sites, ect. Do you consider your time to be worth $5/hr. That is far less than minimum wage in the US. So multiply the time you estimate you spend on advertising by whatever value you place on your time and suddenly that s-builder coop or whatever doesn't seem so expensive after all.

That is too easy of an answer though and actually the question isn't right. Maybe a better question would be which methods of advertising (free or paid) produce the best results. And, to be honest, I think the most affective way is to develop a system that incorporates both. Such as you use free safelists and classified ad boards to draw people onto a page that invites the person to fill out the form for more information or you could offer a free gift. This is linked to list manager (this could be free but eventually I believe you will want to pay for this service) where you can have a series a messages set to be sent over a period of time.
It's not so much weather you are advertising for free or paying for the service as it is how you are advertising. Spend some of your time to develop a couple good advertising systems.
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There is no "free" advertising that is effective. Advertising effectively is basically a numbers game. The more people you can reach the better are your chances of getting a bite. You can either spend the time reaching those people yourself or you can pay someone to do it for you. How much is your time worth to you and would it be more beneficial for you to spend that time doing something else? How much time do you spend clicking for credits a month, posting on classified ad boards,
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Affiliate since: 04/22/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ann's 4 other Ask SC answers

One major benefit to a paid classified ad is preferred placement.

Free classified are usually smaller and less visible than paid ads. Also, paid advertisers might have the opportunity to choose where they want to place their ads.

When placing a free ad, space is first-come, first-served. Businesses are not able to control where the publication chooses to print their ad information. Enhanced placement is critical for businesses that rely heavily on business from classified ad readers. Classified ads are relatively small with limited characters.

Purchasing a classified ad grants you access to more space. This can be helpful if you need to include comprehensive information, such as the description of a service or a bullet-ed list of products.
Free classified advertisers frequently use abbreviations to maximize ad space.

If you want to maintain a professional looking ad, consider purchasing more space to accommodate your marketing copy.

Contrary to what some may say, free advertising on the Internet is NOT a waste of time.
Before posting free ads, it's STRONGLY recommended that you set up an extra business e-mail address.

Free classifieds are free for a reason: When you post ads, you will receive "confirmation e-mails" that your ads were posted. If you post to classified networks, you can receive hundreds of confirmation e-mails per day.

Simply set up a free Hotmail or Yahoo account to catch these emails
In many cases, you must register and verify your business e-mail address before you can post your ad.

Place your ads in categories such as, Business Opportunities, Work At Home, Home Business, MLM, and the like. Do not post ads in unrelated categories. If you have to option to post in several relating categories, do so.

Your goal is to find as many classified ad sites that bring a positive result; those sites will be your goldmines!

Place ads during the most active hours on the day. Then, at the end of the day, log in and make notes of the Websites that gave you a positive result



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One major benefit to a paid classified ad is preferred placement.

Free classified are usually smaller and less visible than paid ads. Also, paid advertisers might have the opportunity to choose where they want to place their ads.

When placing a free ad, space is first-come, first-served. Businesses are not able to control where the publication chooses to print their ad information. Enhanced placement is critical for businesses that rely heavily on business from classified ad
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Affiliate since: 02/13/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Roosevelt's 42 other Ask SC answers

Free advertising can be effective when we have little money to invest in our online marketing business but paid advertising is even more effective in either reaching a larger audience or in getting the attention of the target market. Most free advertising programs offer various upgrades that make your advertising campaign more effective with less effort on our part plus if we get referrals to these advertising programs who upgrade also our advertising becomes free again with the possibility of also making a profit. Paid advertising is definitely more effective.
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Free advertising can be effective when we have little money to invest in our online marketing business but paid advertising is even more effective in either reaching a larger audience or in getting the attention of the target market. Most free advertising programs offer various upgrades that make your advertising campaign more effective with less effort on our part plus if we get referrals to these advertising programs who upgrade also our advertising becomes free again with the possibility of also
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Affiliate since: 08/03/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Lisa's 11 other Ask SC answers

Like all advertising it takes time and watching statistics to determine that. If you are doing all free advertising but getting nothing or you use all paid advertising and you get sign=ups...which one would you choose? Watching your keycodes will determine that.

I believe the question should be "To whom am I advertising?" Then ask "How am I going to reach them most economically?" If you feel putting a little more money will bring in more sign ups eventually paying for itself then that is the best option. Remember , we are looking for quality, not quantity.
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Like all advertising it takes time and watching statistics to determine that. If you are doing all free advertising but getting nothing or you use all paid advertising and you get sign=ups...which one would you choose? Watching your keycodes will determine that.

I believe the question should be "To whom am I advertising?" Then ask "How am I going to reach them most economically?" If you feel putting a little more money will bring in more sign ups eventually paying for
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