Free For All Sites (FFA) are sites where a person is able to post a link with a short ad to a website, many times it also posts to many other similar sites at the same time, creating free advertising and free backlinks to the poster. When someone posts a link, they are agreeing whether they know it or not, to receive a confirmation email back from the site's owner.
What seems to happen though is many people see this as free advertising and get angry when, not only do they not see a flood of sales come pouring in, but they start receiving other people's offers. I know when the first time it happened to me, I couldn't figure out what was going on and was frustrated at the results.
Let's look at what just happened and the true purpose behind a FFA site. The real reason for a FFA site is so the owner can promote his products and services to the poster. They are not just being nice people who give free advertising space to others, if it really worked, they'd be diligent in doing that. When people post on their page, that's the bait so they can send their confirmation emails with their offers to you.
These confirmation emails are not spam, as you had agreed to receive them in exchange for the privilege of posting on their site. Who reads these ads? Are posting on FFA's a total waste of time then? Not necessarily, occasionally you will get a sale or two. People do come back to repost other links and sometimes do look through the links to find where their own ads are located, sometimes finding your posting.
So what's the answer? Get your own FFA site to promote your business. There are many excellent resources out there. I have found from personal experience however,that many of the services offering FFA's sites, offer a free version or a paid upgrade. The phrase "You get what you pay for" comes to mind with these. I've used several kinds and found that the paid upgrades more than paid for themselves in sales. Shop around however to compare between companies.
You can promote any product through this method; information products, crafts, vitamins, whatever. You could have the very best on the entire internet, but if nobody sees your offer, it's not going to get the sales you desire. It takes traffic to get sales. These sites are options for driving those numbers to your site. Free classified ads sites are also in this same category with the same purpose and can be worth pursuing.
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