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E-Marketing Using Only Free Resources
I'll be the first to admit it; I'm a cheap skate. I'm not as bad
as many I meet, but if there's a legal, ethical way to get it
for cheaper or free, I'm there. I love Walmart. I get all of my
clothes there. I love buying used cars - no car payments. I
bought a nice house in the country for only $55,000 dollars - no
house payments.
When it comes to marketing over the internet, I love FREE. But
there are some free marketing techniques out there that leave
more to be desired. In this article, I'm going to show you some
of the best ways I've found over the years on marketing your
product or service over the internet for free, with no spamming,
and doing it ethically.
There are five techniques that I'd like to show you. They are:
1.-Message board signatures
2.-Hit surfing
3.-Safe lists
4.-E-zines
5.-Search engines
MESSAGE BOARD SIGNATURES
Go to a search engine, such as http://www.google.com , and do a
search for message boards. You'll want to search for message
boards that are generally business related, and/or directly
related to your service or product.
Then, make a list of the URLs to at least a couple dozen message
boards, and read over the board rules for each board. At least
once a week, post relavent responses and/or new threads on each
of these message boards, and at the bottom of your posts, leave
a signature. You're signature could either be your name,
followed by your email address or webpage, or it could be a one
line ad, followed by your url or email.
HIT SURFING
This is a free e-marketing method that many people believe are a
waste of time, however I do not. But I have a system. ;-) Here's
how to do it:
1.-First, sign up for a free account with each of the following
URLs:
http:/ rafficg.com/index.php?member=genuineprofit
http://www.hitpulse.com/jsp/index.jsp?ref=genuineprofit
http://www.webmasterquest.com/join.php?ref=genuineprofit
http://www.hitharvester.com/referral.asp?ref=genuineprofit
http://www.nomorehits.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi?referrer=prayzgod
http://www.clicksilo.com/referrals/info.asp?Agent=genuineprofit
http://www.iloveclicks.com/signup.asp?referrer=25244
http://www.webmastertools4u.com/cgi-bin/c4hjoin.cgi?ref=gprof
2.-Then, open up 8 separate browser windows on your computer
(Ctrl + N).
3.-Go to the first window, wait until the 30 seconds have
counted down, then click the next link. While that one's
counting down, click the next link on the next window when it's
ready, then move on to your third browser window, etc. When you
see a webpage that interests you, by all means, stop and take a
look at it, that's why people have their pages on these
programs, and it's why you have your program there.
I usually only spend about 15 minutes a day doing this. However
I met someone over the internet who suggests spending 60 minutes
a day doing it. I tried it, and you know what? I didn't get any
more sign ups on my webpage from doing it for 60 minutes than I
do when I do it for 15.
Sure, most of the other hit surfers will not even glance at your
page. But some will, and those are the people you're trying to
reach. Give hit surfing a try, and see how it works out for your
page.
SAFE LISTS
Safe lists are email clubs on the internet, where evey
subscriber has opted in to receive emails from other members of
that group. You can email thousands upon thousands of people
each week, or maybe even each day, spam free, via safe lists.
Just go to http://www.google.com , and do a search for "email
safe list" and you'll find lots of safe lists that you can
utilize.
E-ZINES
E-Zine stands for 'electronic magazine'. And you know what?
There are thousands upon thousands of e-zines out there. Just do
a search on http://www.google.com for "business ezine", and
you'll find lots of results. Look over the e-zine sites, and
when you find one you'd like to advertise in, submit your ad.
SEARCH ENGINES
There are lots of ways to get good rankings on search engines.
Unfortunatly, many of those ways are via cheating - hiding code
to get higher rankings, various gateway pages with different
meta tags, etc. However, those who are ethical and truthful will
find that they'll get better rankings, if they follow the
wonderful advice at http://www.selfpromotion.com . The advice is
free, easy to follow, and really works. Give it a whirl.
CONCLUSION
Give the above suggestions a try. Track all your advertising
efforts, and find out what works for your page, and what
doesn't. Then put more focus on what's working, and less to no
focus on what's not.
About the author:
Candy Brauer is a happily married housewife, mother of 3. She
works from home for a medical benefits provider, and gives a
large percentage of her work from home income to charity. You
can view her webpage at http://www.genuineprofit.com , or call
her at 206-338-3108.
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