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 i.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: Message board signatures Hit surfing Safe lists E-zines Search engines
MESSAGE BOARD SIGNATURES
Go to a search engine, such as
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:
First, sign up for a free account with each of the following URLs:
