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Be careful when trying to get recognition and traffic to your site. This company << url snipped >> has a good pitch to get your money for a marketing investment on there site, but once they get your money you don’t hear back from them and they defiantly do not deliver on the services that they sell to you. I have had calls from other businesses that have the same complaints, << url snipped >> does not return calls, does not delivery on the marketing to you that they sell in there packages. I would not recommend spending your marketing monies with this company.

Marketing is hard when you are a small business and you soon discover the up and downside in spending your hard earned money to convert into more sales. I think it is good to pass along a bad marketing experience to others especially when website owners from other companies have taken the time to contact you with the same dissatisfactions they have experienced with that company.

I have had good luck in marketing my site with link exchanges and pay per clicks with some search engines. Looking now into sending out html emails to opt in consumers. If you have any information on this company << url snipped >> I would love to hear from you. Thanks

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A useful warning from —unscrupulous vendors are common, and the right safeguards stop most problems before they start. Require verifiable outcomes, a written scope with milestones, and view-only access to your analytics so any claimed traffic gains can be checked. Never hand over full payment up front; negotiate a short paid trial or milestone payments tied to measurable results (visits alone are weak — insist on conversions).

To and : reciprocal links can bring real referral visitors if the partner site is relevant and has genuine traffic, but large-scale swaps or purchased links aimed only at boosting rankings carry risk. Prioritize outreach that earns editorial links: publish useful content, pitch it to relevant sites, and accept a few targeted, contextual link trades rather than mass exchanges. When evaluating a partner site, check topical relevance, visible referral traffic, and whether the linking page looks natural (not a link farm).

Practical notes on paid channels and email: start PPC with a small, well-tracked test budget, use separate landing pages for each campaign, measure CPA and conversion rate, and iterate. For email, use confirmed opt-in, an easy unsubscribe, and avoid buying lists—deliverability and legal compliance matter. Insist that any outside agency run campaigns in accounts you control (ad account, analytics, email service) so you keep ownership.

Quick action checklist:

  • Get 2–3 client references and contact them.
  • Insist on view-only analytics access and campaign UTM tracking.
  • Define deliverables, timelines, and milestone payments in writing.
  • Start PPC with a trial budget and conversion tracking.
  • Avoid bulk paid-link packages; focus on quality outreach and content.
  • Use double opt-in for email and keep suppression lists current.

These steps reduce risk and make marketing spend measurable and recoverable.

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I'm not using banners on my site << URL Snipped to Comply with Forum Rules >>

What do you think about link swapping as a strategy. Do you know of any free link swap sites?

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Link swap is a good way to increase the visibility of your web site. On my web site on my links page there is a link at the bottom of each page (Axandra web site promotion software) this link on my site will take you to a great program for building links on your web site. It is easy to use but not free, there is a one-time purchase of the software and I found it to be very reasonable for a small business owner just starting out to promote his web site. I would recommend looking into this as a long term investment into your website. Hope this helps you out

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Thank you for this tip. I'll check it out.

Link swap is a good way to increase the visibility of your web site. On my web site on my links page there is a link at the bottom of each page (Axandra web site promotion software) this link on my site will take you to a great program for building links on your web site. It is easy to use but not free, there is a one-time purchase of the software and I found it to be very reasonable for a small business owner just starting out to promote his web site. I would recommend looking into this as a long term investment into your website. Hope this helps you out

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is buying text links on other websites a way to increase your standings in the search engines

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How about pay per clicks, anybody have information on enhance.com if you have any dealings with them please let me know.

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I have what i think is good way of doing exchange links. you can go to my website and see what you think.


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