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Harvesting Leads from Yahoo Groups
by Isaiah Hull
If you own an internet business or you're involved in an affliate program
and you're having trouble getting traffic to your website or gateway,
consider Yahoo Groups as an option to expand your visibility. You can sign
up for dozens of these groups tonight--some which have subscriber bases of
over 10,000 people--and then submit your ad to them immediately.
Before you begin, you'll need to determine what approach you're going to
take for this. There are two ways to generate traffic through Yahoo
Groups: 1) by submitting your ad to groups that are specifically looking
for ADS; or 2) by providing a free service, such as a business advice
article, a free ebook, or anything else you can think of that might help
someone in you shoes - and then adding your resource box at the bottom,
giving a link to your website or product. I personally would suggest doing
both if you want to get the best results. There aren't that many groups
that allow shameless promotions - and the ones that do are generally
saturated with them.
Your next step is to get a text-editor/writing program that allows you to
format your documents by characters-per-line(I would suggest getting the
free trial version of textpad- http://www.textpad.com). Once you have this
text-editor setup, type or copy-and-paste your ad, article, or whatever
else you're going to use into the text-editor and then format it for 55
characters-per-line (most submission forms require you to use 55-60
characters-per-line; if you do not, they'll reject your submission
out-right).
Once you have done this, you'll want to sign up for a Yahoo email account
if you do not have one already. This is free and you can do it easily by
going to Yahoo.com and filling in your information.
Next you'll want to head to http://groups.yahoo.com , where you'll find a
directory of Yahoo Groups. You will want to find groups that coincide with
whatever product or service you are selling. For instance, I sell
marketing and business-building tools. When I go to Yahoo Groups, I go to
Business & Finance and then to Marketing.
You should have a pretty good selection for whatever you plan to market.
There are hundreds of groups and--as I mentioned earlier--some of them
have over 10,000 members currently. Sign up for as many of these groups as
possible.
Just click on the group. Click to sign up - and then fill in your
information. Make sure you have all of the boxes filled in and then submit
the form. For most of the groups, you will receive an email in your inbox
immediately. Others will take a few days.
Your next step is to read all of the new emails in your inbox. Check out
the rules list for all of the new groups you just signed up for. Make sure
your article, service, or whatever you're posting conforms to all of the
rules. Now go back to your groups. You should see a list of groups you're
in with "Post" next to the group name. Begin posting it to each individual
group, making sure you follow the rules. Also make sure it includes your
resource box.
Now you wait. The submission process can take a while. Most posts have to
be manually reviewed by group editors/moderators, while others will go up
immediately. Sometimes you'll receive a letter from the editor, saying
whether it was posted or rejected and sometimes you wont. Once you start
receving the submission responses, that means people can now read your
article or ad.
Congratulations - you just advertised to an ENORMOUS group of targeted
potential leads for no cost whatsoever.
Now sit back, relax, and watch the hits accumulate on your website.
About The Author: Isaiah Hull publishes Work At Home Right Now, a
fresh and informative newsletter about making money on the internet and
using proven methods to increase your site’s traffic and profitability. If
you’re looking for time-saving and money-saving tools, as well as honest
business advice, come by and subscribe at
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