62 freesites submitted, very little SE traffic.

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Originally Posted by SheepGuy

I'm pretty aggressive with most of my sites, or maybe the better word is assertive One thing I learned a long time ago in face-to-face sales is to ask for the sale as many times as you possibly can. On slow days I've stood in front of customers cars and not allowed them to leave the parking lot until I was finished talking to them Some people didn't like me much, but it was business, and you only get one chance with a customer or a surfer.
I'm probably more assertive with AVS sites, and I make more money with them than I do with free sites, but I just started doing free sites again less than a year ago, and both models work for me.
Get a guy with half a hardon, a smile on his face, his credit card handy, and ask for the sale. And ask again, and again and again.

Thanks! I didn't know you listed avs..I want to build a few and see how it works. I'm getting some good traffic from my listings, but conversions are sucking ass. I guess it just takes a little time to get the hang of things, but your advice on selling sounds dead on, and I need to move in that direction! I have seen advice that text links actually work better than banners...perhaps I should go more in that direction...(?)