Whats are the best ways to Advertise for FREE?

[ron komorowski]

All great advice here...I'll pitch in too. I started this venture with a few hundred for printing post cards and sent to all medias etc. I got FREE publicity COMPLETELY around the world within a year even leading eventually to 16 minutes running time on the Discovery Channel.

I may have had a "noisemaker" but you certainly don't need that! I started also with bugging the smallest newspaper in my community to do a story on me and "worked" that to bigger medias. It could have been about a new hot dog stand instead of an invention.

There are many places for free publicity spots for even a hot dog stand if you really want to try. Try for some new item on the menu or a spot for customers when it is raining... to get you FREE publicity in food medias...whatever...you can do it for any business.

Even Fortune 100 companies rely on FREE publicity with a new launch of something/product. Advertising for a startup project most times is just too expensive. Try your trade magazines too. Cooking magazine...landscaping,local newsletter...whatever...they will help you start because they want a future loyal advertiser!

A FREE story about your business goes MUCH MUCH further than advertising sometimes, sometimes it shows you are brand new and can make the consumer leary too....just "play it" smart

Ron Komorowski
Inventor of Handi-Straps
Handi Straps Lifting System Home

[karlhadwen]

Their are loads of ways to get free traffic, I wrote a whole report on them, You can check it out over at my blog @ genxor.com

Great ways to receive Free Traffic:
Submit to directories
Forum and blog posting
Link trading
Article Marketing
Viral Video Marketing
Social networking
Search engine optimization

They are loads more methods that can be used to receive free traffic, Let me know if you still haven't found any I'll help you out over PM or email.

[w3bmaster]

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[veronicagoldy]

Agree that free advertising cost you nothing but time. That is a great way to get targeted traffic to your site. I never pay for advertising because if you take the time to learn the tricks, then you can find free ways to advertise effectively. No other type of advertising is more powerful than the word of mouth marketing. Get recommendations from others in the similar industry to be mentioned, promoted or included in an industry-specific ranking or recommendations list.

[thomashoi]

My favourite method of getting free traffic online is to write articles and submit them to ezinearticles.com

Not only you will be building up your own brand and authority online, you will build up a royal following overtime and you can sell your products over and over to them for life, without rejections.

In fact, this is the reason why I'm able to sell my products without meeting or talking to my prospect.


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[broyaz]

For the college market, Facebook is the ONLY way to catch those busy eyes.

[thomashoi]

For the college market, Facebook is the ONLY way to catch those busy eyes.

Depending on what type of products you sell.

[wemakeiteasy]

Here are the traffic methods that have gotten me the best results in my business:

1. Twitter marketing
2. Facebook marketing
3. Youtube marketing
4. Article marketing
5. Press release marketing
6. Blog marketing
7. Forum marketing
8. Classified ads

[eddiep34]

The best of way of advertising can be different from one people to another. So I think its best to use and make the best out of all free advertising methods. Video marketing by using youtube, tubemogul, joining social networking sites, facebook & twitter. You can also submit articles to article directories and do social bookmarking. You don't have to spend some dime but just your time..

[Michy]

Social networking as outlined above - defo imo

[genevie]

Promote your site through the following:

social bookmarking
press release
online groups
social networking
article submission
blog commenting
forum posting
link wheel
hub page