Using Safelists getting 7% hits but makeing no sales

Thanks for the advise - Squeeze page is right at the top of y priority list now!

Great point! Definitely start capturing emails with a squeezepage, if you aren't already.

With safelists, as with any traffic, tracking is key! I can not stress this enough

Sign up for about 10 safelists (traffichoopla.com and trafficzipper.com gives you good lists) and track both your clicks and where your autoresponder signups are coming from. I use bit.ly in combination with a "?tid" at the end of the address i put into bit.ly, like yourdomain.com/squeezepage/?tid=sl06012011. In your aweber (and probably other autoresponders) sign up notification you can then see where the signup came from (provided you make a new bit.ly link for each mailing).

Then drop the safelists that aren't providing you with enough signup for your time/money investment, and sign up for other safelists to test.

Use this to your advantage. Make a squeezepage (or find some readymade ones - PM me if you want some help) that is focused towards free traffic, and follow up with them in your mailinglist/autoresponder to build trust and recommend relevant/related products.

On the contrary.

If you try the forum's search function, you'll discover that many recommend them, use them regularly, and some even make a full-time living from them.

It's true, however, that many internet marketers are entirely unsuccessful with safelists. I think that's because (a) they haven't quite worked out that these methods are going to be successful only for people who are promoting something that's going to be relevant to users of safelists, and (b) they try to promote their offer too quickly, instead of offering valuable stuff free in exchange for an opt-in, building a list, and establishing relationships with people which are relevant to their needs. People who get these things right - which requires patience and discipline - can actually be very successful with them.

Safelist traffic is highly targeted, but it's only any use to people who are selling/promoting products/services aimed at that highly targeted traffic. If you're not, then it won't work for you because you haven't matched what you're selling to your market. But to dismiss them as useless or untargeted is redolent simply of a "poor worker blaming his tools".