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Get free business advertising and free classifieds on the Free Business Advertising Forum. Post your free adverts here.

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This thread illustrates the trade-offs around "free" advertising. posted a new classifieds forum; and raised sensible trust and security concerns; called out spam risks; asked if free ads actually work and pointed out that placement matters. Those are the right questions to settle before investing time.

A practical checklist for evaluating any free ad venue: audience fit (is the forum's membership the target market); activity quality (recent threads, real replies, not just recycled posts); moderation and policy (are rules enforced or is it a link-dump); control and attribution (ability to post a link, use a unique landing page or coupon code); brand safety (ownership, visible ads and third-party content); and measurable outcomes (can traffic and conversions be tracked separately). Time cost versus expected return should be explicit up front.

Posting tactics that avoid being labeled spam: contribute useful content before promoting; tailor each post to the specific forum and category; disclose affiliation plainly; avoid copy/paste signatures and mass-posting; follow each site’s rules. For attribution, use a separate landing page or a unique coupon code per channel, or add campaign parameters to links and track conversions in analytics—this turns time spent into measurable ROI instead of guesswork.

Free advertising can work, but it is not free in effort or risk. When a community is genuine and well-moderated it can help organic visibility and lead generation—exactly the outcome aims for. Treat free placements as one measurable, low-cost piece of a broader marketing mix rather than a standalone growth strategy.

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Member Avatar for infinique

I don't really fancy websites on free hosting platforms.

Member Avatar for InsightsDigital

Me neither - there is nothing in life free and I would not trust a free hosting platform due to lack of controlling certain features or aspects, especially security.

Member Avatar for Heclalava

I can understand your concerns, however Weebly has a PR of 8, and I have been using their services for years, with no issues.

If you checked out their system you would know that you have full control even down to the css and html programing of the website.

All I can say is that I have been very happy with the service offered by weebly.

Each to their own I guess.

Member Avatar for articlewriter1

WOW, I am really shocked that Fred or another one of the Moderators has not removed this post or AT least the links in it. This certainly can not be any spammier (if there is such a word). :|

Member Avatar for pausch

Dude now a days nothing is out of cost and i damn sure free advertising forum must have some hidden costs.

Member Avatar for Heclalava

I am quite surprised that this thread has created such a stir on your forum.

Articlewriter1 I do you consider this post spam. I have done my days of spam, especially in the past with email with some previous online businesses I was involved in. It almost got me banned from using the internet in my country. the only reason I posted on this forum was because after googling "free advertising forum" this is a site that was listed in the rankings. If there is an issue with my post I can remove it. There are millions of other sites I can advertise on.

To answer Pausch, the only cost has been been my time, which I have invested a lot of to get this site going. I have however not spent a single dime on this site, for advertising, hosting or design. If you read the about section on the forum you will see why that is.

Seeing as this has created a topic of conversation on your forum, may I ask your opinion on the site?

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Member Avatar for redesignunit

Good stuff to getting Visitors thanks for sharing :)

Member Avatar for playtimeonline

I'm new to this game. Is free advertising any good? Does free advertising on different websites actually pay off? What sits would you recommend for free adveritising.
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Member Avatar for Heclalava

Hi Play time online

Yes free advertising works, I have only marketed the Free Business Advertising Forum with free marketing methods. In the 3 weeks that Forum has been online it has had 1600 visits and 4300 page views across all pages according to Google Analytics. The only draw back with free advertising is that you spend your time and not your money.

I have a load of sites available on the forum where you can get free advertising. Just google "Free Business Advertising Forum" and you should find my site or an ad pointing to my site.

If there is anything I can do to help then let me know.

I'm new to this game. Is free advertising any good? Does free advertising on different websites actually pay off? What sits would you recommend for free adveritising.
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Member Avatar for Ricechen

There is no free lunch
There must be some hidden purpose

Member Avatar for Heclalava

There is a purpose. If I can get a busy forum and have it well indexed by the search engines, then I get to reap the benefits of free organic traffic from the search engines and have my list grow, my ads seen by millions and build up my internet businesses to greater heights. All the while helping others by offering a free service.

The benefits are the same to the members of the forum who also stand to have their ads seen by millions as well.

However I have not spent a dime on building the site or getting it advertised. So I have gotten a free lunch with this site.

Dr Shaun Hutchinson
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Member Avatar for lisa.evans

I used one company - The Private Fund Management S.A.

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Wish you good luck!

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Member Avatar for ProSence

Yes, free advertising works if you work in the right place.

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