client after client with classfied ads are you using them?

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Hi guys,

i provide my clients with recommendation websites which have 1000's of pages which rank for all the clients local area keywords within days most of the time taking up at least 3 spots on the front page.

I do this for a very low cost so need a lot of clients to make it worth while,

i started posting replays to ad's on classfied ads sites, and i am getting a lot of emails asking for more info and have 4-8 phone calls a days from people asking about my service.

have any of you guys used classfied ads and have you seen good results?
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  • Profile picture of the author raferj
    How much do you charge for the 1,000 websites. Sounds like mowg.
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    • Profile picture of the author gandrews711
      @DeanotheHermit: classified advertising has always been a marketing mainstay, even before online classifieds. I'd love to hear more about your model (if you're comfortable with that) and your pricing.

      I could easily be wrong, but I think most IMs see classifieds like Craigslist and BackPages as a means of driving traffic rather than rankings.

      It also seems to my your customer acquisition procedure could be a bit labor-intensive. How many advertisers, on average, do you hit up before getting a response? What percentage of responses convert?

      Thanks for posting.

      --George
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    • Profile picture of the author roger h
      sorry..i dont understand the opportunity nor the benefit....any chance of a pm with a clear explanation?
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    Hi guys,

    well i was posting to a well know site in the uk, for every 20 send outs i am getting 5-6 people mailling me asking for more info! that's a good rate. Also i am getting a few phone calls a day. I now have outsourced the work saving me time as i am going to be selling on this forum and other places, i have landed a few clients within the short time of doing this system, i charge from £100 a month so it's working out quite well.

    fire away with any more questions.
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    • Profile picture of the author EnzoBlaque
      Originally Posted by DeanotheHermit View Post

      Hi guys,

      well i was posting to a well know site in the uk, for every 20 send outs i am getting 5-6 people mailling me asking for more info! that's a good rate. Also i am getting a few phone calls a day. I now have outsourced the work saving me time as i am going to be selling on this forum and other places, i have landed a few clients within the short time of doing this system, i charge from £100 a month so it's working out quite well.

      fire away with any more questions.
      Great work.

      With your prospects actually coming to you and not the other way round, you'll now see how easy it can be to convert.

      Soon you'll start to receive more than 6 mails a day. Also, remember to ask for referals once you've completed the job for them.

      You'll see your client base expand exponetially.
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    • Profile picture of the author Glenn Leader
      Originally Posted by DeanotheHermit View Post

      Hi guys,

      well i was posting to a well know site in the uk, for every 20 send outs i am getting 5-6 people mailling me asking for more info! that's a good rate. Also i am getting a few phone calls a day. I now have outsourced the work saving me time as i am going to be selling on this forum and other places, i have landed a few clients within the short time of doing this system, i charge from £100 a month so it's working out quite well.

      fire away with any more questions.
      This statement will probably land you in hot water if the powers that be notice this thread. It looks like you started your thread simply to promote your own sales.

      HTH

      Glenn
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  • Profile picture of the author AussieT
    I am confused!
    Can you explain more about what service you are providing your clients for £100 a month?

    It sounds interesting but I do not have the full picture yet.
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    Hi,

    i did outline the service in my first post "i provide my clients with recommendation websites which have 1000's of pages which rank for all the clients local area keywords within days most of the time taking up at least 3 spots on the front page."
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    • Profile picture of the author QWE
      Originally Posted by DeanotheHermit View Post

      Hi,

      i did outline the service in my first post "i provide my clients with recommendation websites which have 1000's of pages which rank for all the clients local area keywords within days most of the time taking up at least 3 spots on the front page."
      I like the angle. The mental image you get from the outline is great!
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      • Profile picture of the author gandrews711
        DeanotheHermit:

        That's an outstanding response rate. Depending upon how many of those you actually close, it sounds like a great model for you.

        Do you have a residual income from this? If not, I think you should devise something to provide you with a recurring income from these clients, even if it's modest.

        Finally, is your program scaleable? If you can scale up and outsource, it sounds like a great plan.

        Good work!

        --George
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  • Profile picture of the author brookman12
    Ive done a bit of advertising on classifieds before but not had much off a response, I'd be interested to know more about how you are generating such a good response from them
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    Hi,

    i know it sounds a little lame but i don't really know why the rate is so good i guess it's because i leave the door right open for them to email me as my message is very short something like "hi was just looking at your Ad i can get you new clients in the area you work in if that's something that is of intrest to you then send me an email or give me a call"

    something like that, and it's working well getting fresh calls and emails every day and now i have someone doing the messages for me it's even better!



    it works very well
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    Well it takes me about an hour to make the clients sites, i just checked one clients site i brought the domain 2 days ago and put 1000 pages up on the site he is already on the front page for 20 area's he asked me to cover! and got his first call\lead today!

    "Do you have a residual income from this? If not, I think you should devise something to provide you with a recurring income from these clients, even if it's modest."

    i charge 100-200 a month to my clients for this i add 500 new pages a month to give them even more keywords.

    as for the response rate it is very high, need to work on closing skills a little lot of people
    are on the fence so need to close a bit better but over all very good.
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    • Profile picture of the author gandrews711
      @DeanotheHermit: Intriguing! I'm puzzling over what your exact method might be, but those results are super. Thanks so much for sharing.

      --George
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    @ gandrews711 are you asking how i go about getting the clients from the sites or? let me know what you want to know more about and i will be happy to answer. thx.
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    • Profile picture of the author gandrews711
      Originally Posted by DeanotheHermit View Post

      @ gandrews711 are you asking how i go about getting the clients from the sites or? let me know what you want to know more about and i will be happy to answer. thx.
      Oh, sorry.

      Going back to your original post: "i provide my clients with recommendation websites which have 1000's of pages which rank for all the clients local area keywords within days" It's not clear to me exactly what you provide (I think others have asked here, too).

      I can imagine how you might find prospects by advertising in classified ads, or by contacting current classified advertisers. What I'm unclear about is what you're delivering. For a fee, you install a website with 1000 pages that ranks almost immediately? What's the content? How do you avoid penalties for duplicate content? How does your service mesh with the client's existing Internet Marketing initiatives? (Not how well, but by what method?)

      I don't want to ask you to reveal anything you're not comfortable making public, but it does appear you have a unique--or at least very unusual--business plan.

      --George
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  • Profile picture of the author NewParadigm
    Sounds like you are responding to other people's classifieds selling a prod/svc and letting them know that you can help them get more customers. correct?
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    @NewParadigm that's bang on mate 100%

    @ gandrews711 going to PM you with a link to my site that will tell you what i do and how i don't want to post it in the forum and then get people saying i'm trying to push my service without paying for a WSO etc.
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    • Profile picture of the author gandrews711
      Originally Posted by DeanotheHermit View Post


      ...

      @ gandrews711 going to PM you with a link to my site that will tell you what i do and how i don't want to post it in the forum and then get people saying i'm trying to push my service without paying for a WSO etc.
      Thanks. I appreciate it.

      --George
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  • Profile picture of the author asiamaria
    Hi Dean sounds interesting, would you be cool with pm'ing mwe that as well?

    Thanks appreciate it

    Lee
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    What do you mean by "all laid out" i will be happy to answer. thanks @asiamaria Sending PM now.
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  • Profile picture of the author Roger Mayne
    Hi Dean

    I am intrigued also as to what your sites look like. If you don't mind, could you PM me a screenshot or link?

    Thanks mate.

    Roger
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  • Profile picture of the author thomasmps
    Dean,

    if you dont mind sending me a screenshot too i appreciate it
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    Loads of people have asked to see the service i offer and demo sites, so i am going to post a link to my site but please don't see this as a sales pitch it's only because lots of people are asking for the link hope that explains what i am selling.

    SEO HERE 4 U | We build massive referral websites which rank on Google for 1,000's of specific, high quality buyer keywords
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  • Profile picture of the author liliaha
    So.. where is the link?
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    It's in my last post... it's SEO HERE 4 U | We build massive referral websites which rank on Google for 1,000's of specific, high quality buyer keywords

    as an example i brought a domain 2 days ago and put the pages up targeting a service for the London area taken 5 London towns already (Google front page at least 1 time sometimes 2 slots) will have every town in London covered in a week! so my clients get a good deal.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Durham
    Classified ads are great for lead generation, most horror stories come from people who tried to make direct sales from them and misinterpreted the teaching in the nineties. Selling through classifieds is usually a two step process at least, but YES, effective when done well.
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    Thanks yes working well for me! getting emails\calls everyday so can't be bad!
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  • Profile picture of the author massiveray
    Seems cool to me, I'd be interested to know how you're building 1000 pages per month for so cheap. Especially if they're seo optimised.
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  • Profile picture of the author shortandsave
    seriously 1000 pages every month!! how?
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  • Profile picture of the author remmy1uk
    No offence mate, I smell bull****, no classified ads in the UK will get you that amount of customers you claim your getting.

    All the biggest uk classified site you want to mention have done, same sort of products your selling. So yeah I smell bull.
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    • Profile picture of the author gandrews711
      Originally Posted by remmy1uk View Post

      No offence mate, I smell bull****, no classified ads in the UK will get you that amount of customers you claim your getting.

      All the biggest uk classified site you want to mention have done, same sort of products your selling. So yeah I smell bull.
      @remm1uk: perhaps you're just spamming threads to get your post count up, but, if you have a serious question, this seems a harsh way to express it. The OP never said that the classified sources were limited to the UK. That's your assumption. The Internet is a global community, and good Internet Marketers don't limit good ideas to arbitrary boundaries.

      In my personal opinion, the OP has been very generous in sharing his experiences. Perhaps you could have expressed your concerns better in a less accusatory stance, "Yes, but how do you find enough classifieds in the UK...," if you actually intended not offending to the OP.

      --George
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      • Profile picture of the author remmy1uk
        Originally Posted by gandrews711 View Post

        @remm1uk: perhaps you're just spamming threads to get your post count up, but, if you have a serious question, this seems a harsh way to express it. The OP never said that the classified sources were limited to the UK. That's your assumption. The Internet is a global community, and good Internet Marketers don't limit good ideas to arbitrary boundaries.

        In my personal opinion, the OP has been very generous in sharing his experiences. Perhaps you could have expressed your concerns better in a less accusatory stance, "Yes, but how do you find enough classifieds in the UK...," if you actually intended not offending to the OP.

        --George

        I dont need a post count, have been lurking on this forum longer than you ever think, because someone has a low post count don't me jack ****e.

        the OP stated "well i was posting to a well know site in the uk, for every 20 send outs i am getting 5-6 people mailling me asking for more info! that's a good rate. Also i am getting a few phone calls a day"

        And am telling you for a fact, no UK classified site in the UK with your products your selling will get you 5-6 people mailing you for info as you made out.

        Prove me wrong, post a genuine mailings with pics, else you just trying to push your stuff on here.

        Edit to add, I sort Uk classified out with their popularity, alexa rankings, their demography, So i know what am talking about when its comes to UK classified.
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    @ remmy1uk i get a ton of emails a day and about 6-8 phone calls if you read my posts above you will see i have someone doing the legwork for me, the 'guy that does the work for me sends 500-600 messages a day i get around 30 or so emails and 6-8 phone calls,

    you smell bull? how so? just sharing how i have done and sure other WF members have or can do the same.

    Pity you did not asks questions to get some kind of idea before you post something like that.

    thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    Thanks,

    the whole point of the thread was to share, and let people know they can get traffic\sales from the ad sites, i don't have some "secret" or trying to say look at me only i can do this, i am sure many WF members have used this method and it's something members should try works well for me and it's bringing home the bacon...
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  • Profile picture of the author Baadier Sydow
    I'm interested in seeing what your posts look like in the classifieds too.
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    remmy1uk you seem really angry? the fact is i get someone to post and the response rate is really high, i think it's because i leave a lot of questions? a message to the person maybe something like

    "hi was just looking at your ad i can get you new clients every week if that's something that your looking for for then email me or feel free to give me a call"

    That's all there is to it, i have no reason to lie about it, and you saying prove it is just silly i have nothing to prove i get lots of calls and emails from my messages.

    But thanks for your post.
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    • Profile picture of the author trevstar22
      Hi. I think the problem was that you did not mention you had a guy sending out 300 emails a day. I think many people got the impression it was just you sending out a few emails. But this is really
      a great business plan you have going. Do you do stores in the USA?
      I may be interested in your services for clients of mine.

      Trevor
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    I can do any country uk,usa etc i will admit 95% of my clients are Uk based but the same rules apply for any county in fact USA has more towns\city's so the results will be even better.

    And yes i have someone doing the posts now but the results were the same when i was doing the leg work.
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  • I also will be interested to see what the post looks like in the Ad.

    Just curious.

    Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    "hi was just looking at your ad i can get you new clients every week if that's something that your looking for for then email me or feel free to give me a call" that is what was used today.
    very simple and gets the phone calls and emails in!
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  • Profile picture of the author massiveray
    I want to rent one and test it out, I sent you a request for info and pricing on your site a few days ago, no response yet.
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    @massiveray- i did send you a PM mate, but will add you on skype if that's ok.

    just sent my AD to the WF admin so hope to get it approved soon.
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  • Profile picture of the author club20coaching
    Craigslist is for newbies lol.. 5-6 calls per day.. sounds like a very small business.
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    • Profile picture of the author massiveray
      Originally Posted by club20coaching View Post

      Craigslist is for newbies lol.. 5-6 calls per day.. sounds like a very small business.
      5-6 calls per day for £200 a month, **** I'd take that any day of the week.
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    @club20coaching based in the uk mate and yep that many calls and tons of emails not saying its a big deal saying it's working for me, and can for others also i sure im not the first to make it work, sure tons of WF members have had better results just sharing my results.
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  • Profile picture of the author d1angel
    That sounds intriguing and would probably work well for the niche I am thinking of going into. Thanks for your suggestions! I'm going to try it for a few weeks and see if I get any results.
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    thanks for the post yer give it a go buddy let me know how you get on.
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  • Profile picture of the author ashlyn vision
    Hey
    I've thinking of getting my website with a advertisement will any one able to help me what to do.?


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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    check out my sig mate.
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  • Profile picture of the author IMUniversity
    What sections on craigslist do your post your listings at?
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  • Profile picture of the author geo4tune
    I am still finding it difficult to picture this model. From an SEO perspective I don't see how you could produce 1000 pages per month of meaningful and unique content on any topic your customer desires. This seems a far stretch, however - I am open to new ideas and look forward to hearing back form other warriors who are going to give it a go. As I run a classifieds ad site myself - I will be facinated!
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    • Profile picture of the author NetMediaGeek
      Originally Posted by geo4tune View Post

      I am still finding it difficult to picture this model. From an SEO perspective I don't see how you could produce 1000 pages per month of meaningful and unique content on any topic your customer desires. This seems a far stretch, however - I am open to new ideas and look forward to hearing back form other warriors who are going to give it a go. As I run a classifieds ad site myself - I will be facinated!
      The content is basically spun and is based around the customers keywords. The sole aim of the site is to get the visitor to click through to the customers site. I actually run a similar service as this.

      I would be interested in the conversion rate once the customer has replied as the site the OP linked to is not the most professional
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      • Profile picture of the author lingo
        Hey,

        Im struggling to understand your model too.

        They way you contact classified ads i understand, and is no biggie as you could use same kind of outsourcing setup to email businesses from yell, newspaper ads etc.

        I had a look at the examples but they are not ranking for the keywords that the page is targetting. A couple are not even indexed in google. But I might just be checking wrong or those pages are just examples of the way the pages look. Please let me know.

        As for the way you rank for 1000's of keywords still has me baffled. Would love to hear from you mate. PM or post here.

        Cheers for taking the time to share this.
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  • Profile picture of the author Roger Mayne
    I can see how this model could work, but time will tells to whether could be a long term strategy, or a way of showing some quick results.

    However, thank to OP for showing your examples and sharing your methods.

    It's yet another example of someone who didn't think "this might not work" but just went ahead and tried it, and took action. It's a simple idea that's providing results right now for the OP.
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    What is it you need help with?
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    Hi there,

    the demo sites on the page are to show people how the sites look they were never even sent to Google to be indexed.

    as you can see there sub domains and as i say are only used to show people the page layout. They covert really well as the keywords targeted are buyer keywords. very easy to sell to clients and work really well.

    Thanks for the comments the rate of calls is going up with is great.
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    hi,

    i started this thread before i started the service on here sorry if it looks that way i have been warned and have taken it on board.
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    • Profile picture of the author billuk3
      great post and thanks for sharing.
      I think I understand what your doing ,your posting adds on classified sites too business offering get them more traffic more leads etc.
      then when you get a business owner take up your service you build on a sub domain a cookie cutter site like the old traffic equalizer sites for 1000's of keywords related to that local business.
      and charging them a monthly fee.
      Am I about right?
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  • Profile picture of the author DeanotheHermit
    most of that is bang on mate

    I think I understand what your doing ,your posting adds on classified sites too business offering get them more traffic more leads etc.

    100% right

    then when you get a business owner take up your service you build on a sub domain a cookie cutter site like the old traffic equalizer sites for 1000's of keywords related to that local business.
    and charging them a monthly fee.
    Am I about right?


    no sub domain but yes they get 1000 pages on the site i build that covers all the area's they run there service in and also each page has unquie keywords.

    each month i add 500 pages, so they get even more traffic.

    so yes most of what you are saying is right.
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  • Profile picture of the author Darren Beecham
    Sorry Dean but i am still confused after reading this whole thread.....


    Are you posting ads on these sites?

    or

    Are you sending emails to biz owners who have posted ads?

    thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author bryson
    What I would like to know if you are being truthful with your statements in this thread about sharing info is what software are you using to duplicate the pages to pump out 500 to 1000 pages?

    If anyone else knows please share or pm me.
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    • Profile picture of the author MrSDPromo
      Originally Posted by bryson View Post

      What I would like to know if you are being truthful with your statements in this thread about sharing info is what software are you using to duplicate the pages to pump out 500 to 1000 pages?

      If anyone else knows please share or pm me.
      I would love to know this as well please. Can you tell us hoe to build these sites so fast?
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  • Profile picture of the author RD Phoenix
    You can use local traffic commando to create unique pages.
    See my Sig.

    I would love to know the text of the ads are generating the leads.
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  • Profile picture of the author billuk3
    He using mowg to build extra pages to sites to bring in more traffic ,and advertising his service on classified sites
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