Free Advertising

I own and operate my own web business and anyone that does knows the challenges that have to be faced from day to day. In particular when you have no money and you need to advertise, so that you would be customers can find you. I scoured the internet for close to a year. In that time I managed to find some really good advertising means, while weeding out the bad ones. There are plenty of those sites out there, believe me. So, in the interest of saving you some time I will provide a few web addresses to get you started. There are roughly five major classes that i place freeadvertising resources into.

There are the Social networking sites, forum sites, pixel advertising, and classified sites. These are the main types of advertising that i use. There are others of course, but I find that these five do the trick. There are many websites out there offering these services. You can also try Instant messaging sites, but keep in mind that people are there to chat. Spamming web addresses on IM sites is a recurrent occurrence now a days, and many IM sites have policies against spamming ads. None the less; that is an option if you go about it the right way. I have only done that a few times, and when I do I usually pick a topic correct room. I then will chat with like-minded individuals about my web business, the challenges it presents, and so on. More often than not they will offer up some things that they have learned, and you can do the same. Usually the name of your website will come up, and this is good;

                            

         When you have just advertised right there. There are hundreds of topics to choose from based on the IM site, so finding a business or small business orientated one should not be a problem. This is a great way to network yourself with other like-minded individuals.

 I almost forgot to mention BLOGS as a category, and that is a huge oversight on my part. Blogs are a great way to publicize your business for free. Most search sites have them such as Google, msn, and AOL. I recommend creating a blogging account on these sites and blog about your business. You can also position links on your company’s website, and this becomes a great way to let your customers know what is new with your business.

 The final few websites I am going to mention are difficult for me to classify or are vital to your ad advertising campaign. The first, difficult one to classify, is link referral. This is a great site that i use often. You sign up and create an account. You then add your web address and also a write up about your business. Others can then visit your site, and rate it on a scale of 1-10. You can also visit others sites and do the same for them. This also allows you to see what others are doing, and perhaps get a few new ideas for your own business. This site is for web companies, so you will be interacting with like oriented people who are in the same boat as you are. It is also a great website for connecting with others.

 I know how challenging it can be when you are first starting out. In the real world the struggle for new business is getting a hold of enough upstart money, let alone the Free Advertising dollars. Online it is simply about getting the people to find you. On top of that you are competing next to thousands of other websites. It’s a tough game, but with the information that i have provided; you should be able to get the traffic rolling to your site. Best of luck to you, and never give up. Just maintaining your website on line from one day to the next is half the challenge.