I started with around $50 and built from there. I have spent money on most of what the web has to offer in terms of marketing and can now enlighten you on what to buy and what not to touch with
Step2
FFAs or Free For All link pages were once a useful free resource and could have provided at least a few hits per day given the right ad
Step3
Today using the free version of these pages is all but useless and in my opinion a total waste of time. The vast majority of people submitting to these sites today are using automated submission software so human eyes WILL never see your ad and as far as I know Automatons (Robots to some people) DO NOT buy products).