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If you read the section on FFA Hosting, then you already know how bad FFA Posting is. If not, read the section on FFA Hosting.

Read it? Good.

Guess what?

FFA Posting isn't all that bad, not anymore.

Okay, if you think I've lost my mind, I haven't. Yes, I know what I just said in the previous section. The majority of FFA posters think that the ads that they are going to post are going to be read. Well, a lot has happened in 6 years. The average marketer isn't quite as uninformed as they were. This is part of the reason for the 70% drop in FFA Hosting response.

What some marketers are doing, and this is actually not a bad idea, is setting up their return email as an auto responder. This way, when the FFA Hoster sends you THEIR auto response email, what happens is they get YOUR auto response email in return. Now, while this may sound like the battle of the auto responders, it's not.

Why?

Because today, marketers have ways of battling back against the FFA Hosters. Not a lot of people know about this so the FFA Hosters are still winning this war. However, armed with the information I'm about to give you, FFA Posting can actually bring you some results.

There are sites on the Internet that actually offer both options. They will give you an FFA site to host but also give you access to an ad blaster and an autoresponder service.

How does the system work?

Simple.

Step 1. You set up your autoresponse reply with the site. You can put any message in this that you like. I suggest NOT making it a sales message. Instead, offer them a free gift. Maybe a book on advertising. Make them aware that there are other forms of advertising out there besides FFA Hosting and they are just as effective if not more so. Give them the link for the book but make it so that they have to opt into your list to get it. List building will be discussed later.

Step 2. Go to the ad blaster portion of the site and blast your ad making sure that you use the email address of your autoresponder. Most places will not allow you to do this, but the companies that specialize in this will. They are taking all the responsibilities because the autoresponder will be coming from their domain. So don't worry about it. Besides, if you want to be technical, since these FFA Hosters emailed you first, you are well within your right to email them in return. They started the process so you are certainly allowed to continue it. Heck, many of these hosters will even ask you to write to them. I do in my own FFA hosted autoresponders. So I expect people to contact me. And then when they do, I give them a counter offer. I have actually started Joint Ventures doing this. We'll discuss JV's later as well.

Step 3. After you have blasted your ad, just wait for your autoresponder to kick in once the FFA hosted emails start getting back to you.

This is what is going to happen.

The successful FFA Hosters will probably ignore your email. But the ones who are struggling, because it's hard today, may read it. If you give them something without it costing them any money, they are likely to take you up on your offer. From there, anything can happen.

FFA Hosting and Posting is a war zone. No doubt about it. But if you know how to play the game on both ends, you can win the war.

Having said all this, FFA Posting is still rough, especially if you don't get in with a good service. But if you're prepared to go the extra mile, you can make it work a little. Therefor, my ratings on FFA Posting are based on using the "expert's" approach to FFA Posting.

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