Hey folks,

From the NE of Scotland here, signed up a few days ago and based on some of the dates on these posts I'm 3 years behind many of you. Is the market saturated yet?  Reality is kicking in about how difficult it actually is to generate new leads. After all, what use is a lead if they're not at least as pro-active as I am?  Right now I'm using Traffic Exchange (which frankly, gets views but people aren't interested in the sites, just generating their own credits), plus I've noticed loads of GDI sites on them too. So its not proving very effective.

I'm realising that targeted marketing is what will generate the most effective results long term, but haven't the foggiest on where to begin. I've got ideas of leaving business card ads in books at the library, leaving them on the table when I leave a coffee shop, but this all seems soooo random and down to chance. Like some of you I'm also considering buying leads from GDI, but would like an idea of what exactly the quality of those are.

Other things I'm thinking of include placing ads in local free classifieds, newspapers, or even sending letters to people via postcodes etc, but again, this all feels soooo random. Its difficult to plan or control such randomness, its like leaving your success or failure down to fate more than being pro-active.

Does anyone know of a source where I can acquire details of persons actively looking for such an opportunity and isn't just about selling you crap quality mailing lists etc?  I agree that the UK is a tough nut to crack. Hence my scope is worldwide for maximum benefit, although that does complicate things when it comes to calling etc.

I wish all of us luck, and I'd be happy to talk/discuss/meet anyone (particularly in the UK for ease) about where to go with this.

Cheers,

Richard