6 Free Internet Advertising Methods

Surprisingly, someone had me an idea for a post. He/She said that as a beginner in this area, they're wondering what kind of internet advertising to use. Well, lucky for them, I've read alot about advertising your site/product through the internet. So here goes..


Advertising through the internet can basically be broken down into these main methods :

• Free
• Non - Free

I know, I know. Abit obvious but thats how it is! :) Ok, lets be serious. Since I am more of promoting cheap, free ways of making money online, I shall not delve much on the non-free advertisements but more on the free internet advertising methods.



Free Internet Advertising


Basically, what we would like to achieve here is simple. Get your links out there. Yes, that's right. Anywhere you think you can legally squezee in a link to your site would be good enough advertising. Don't be surprised that people do click on the strangest of places ;) The trick to doing well in free internet advertising is to find sites that have high traffic. Search engines are an example, but that's a whole different topic altogether.


However, here are some suggestions for places to include your links. Some you might hear of so bear with me.

• Forums : - You can place a link or image linking to your site in your signatures in forums. The more you post (legally and according to the forum rules of course!), the more exposure and advertising your site is going to get. On top of that, if you post well and more in sections that pertain to your niche, you can be sometimes seen as someone knowledgeable in that niche, which is certainly good right? Right.

Also, there are sometimes special sections for advertisements of sites. Jolly well make sure you don't miss it ;)

• Social Networking Sites : - Well I do hope that you at least have a social circle, if not real at least virtual? Place a link in your profile page or whatsoever. For sites like myspace or facebook, you can add friends without actually knowing them so ADD and ADD! The only negative thing that can happen would be getting to know more people. :)

• Free Classified Ads : - Again, don't underestimate the power of a link spot. Anywhere is good as long as it can fit your link. Here's a list of sites that you might want to consider : Free Classified Ads Placement.

• Article Directories : - If you are running a blog or are able to write articles, do so and submit your articles to article directories. They're very recommended as you're able to place your biography (which of course, includes a link to your site). Also, people might use your article if they like it and your name (link) gets spread without you doing a single thing! Search Google for a list of article directories or here are some :
  

GoArticles
EzineArticles
Amazines
ArticlesOn

• Yahoo Answers : - This was a tip provided by grizzly of makemoneyforbeginners
  and its a very useful tip. Go to Yahoo Answers, get a Yahoo account. You can either answer questions regarding your niche and include in your site link in the resource box, or sign up another account to post the question while you post the answer. Visit the above blog for a more detailed way of doing so. It is not really honest but hey, all's fair in money fair. ;)

• Blog Networks : - Blog Networks such as Technorati or Blogging Zoom are excellent places (provided you have a blog that has content relevant to your niche) to get your link to. So if you ever get bored of waiting for traffic, start up a blog, write some articles and submit your blog to those networks.

That's about covers methods of free internet advertising. Remember, you have to "work hard" to actually reap returns. In this case, working hard would actually just mean spreading your links out. A tip would be to use small graphical buttons as users are naturally inclined to look onto a picture and finally click on it.



I dont think there's a need for me to say much about the non - free methods of internet advertising, but just in case. You can see in a lot of sites, a section dedicated to advertisements. These are usually paid for and you'd have to contact the site owner to have an advertisement spot.

There is also the Pay-Per-Click method, but that's a whole different chapter. ;)