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Hi everyone,

While I have been successfully creating blogs over at blogger, this is my first experience creating a Wordpress blog.  I am asking you all to hang in there with me as I figure out how to use this site.

In the meantime I am going to leave you the links to my other blogs which are full of great information just like this one will be.

100% Free to Work at Home

Paid to Write

Get Paid to Read Ads

Traffic Exchange Info

Student Loan Information

Thank you for your patience and I look forward to the day I have this blog up and running smoothly.

Best Wishes,

Alicia

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So many people have e-mailed me asking the same question. “I don’t have a lot of money to spend on advertising. How can I advertise my online business for free?”

You asked for it, so here you go!

8 Ways to Advertise Your Business for Free

1. Traffic Exchanges: Yes, we love them and hate them all at the same time. Although they require time to set up and maintain, they are highly effective. I have a list of free traffic exchanges on my blog if you are not sure where to get started: Traffic Exchange Info. After you have signed up with each one, I recommend you download the Firefox browser. It allows you to open many tabs and surf several sites at once. This can save you loads of valuable time.

2. Forums: Forums are a great free way to get your link out there or to advertise by recommendation. Make sure the forums you join relate to your website topic. Never Spam anyone! Ever! Get involved in some of the discussions and contribute what you know. Make sure you enter the links you are advertising in the signature column of your profile page. This will generate links every time you post to a discussion or ask a question.

3. Groups: Groups are helpful because you can e-mail a message everyday. Try to change up your messages every couple of days so people don’t just automatically delete your message before reading it. Also work on making your headline catchy so someone would want to click on it. Most groups also allow you to post your link on their link page. That is permanent free advertising. Where do you find these groups you might ask? Well, I use Yahoo groups regularly. Just visit Yahoo’s homepage and click groups. Again find groups related to your topic before joining.

4. Free Classifieds: There are tons of free classified ad spaces on the internet. If you need a list visit my blog: http://homebusinessesthatprofit.blogspot.com. It doesn’t hurt to get your ad out there because people search classifieds for a particular product. Get your product listed and they will find it with ease.

5. Write Articles: While you can’t blatantly advertise in your articles, your author box will point to the links you are promoting. The author box will appear at the end of all your articles. Having articles published helps you appear professional. More people will take you seriously, and when they do, they will click on your links.

6. Answer Questions: I use a site called Mylot. It is free to sign up for and use. It actually pays you to answer questions. Sign up here: MyLot. Then search for questions that your product has the answer for. Once again, don’t spam. Nobody likes it and it is bad business. Contribute by providing a solution (answer) to other consumers problems (question). Make a few extra dollars at the same time. A win win situation.

7. Blogging: Blogging is a fun way of sharing your information for free. I use www.blogger.com. It is easy to set up which is great for beginners and newbies. They are also affiliated with Google so they can help you get adsense set up on your blog. Second, you can visit other blogs and make comments with your link included. I cannot stress this enough-make sure the comment and the link are related to the topic of the blog you are visiting. Remember, no one likes spam.

8. Chat rooms: Chat rooms are one way to spread the word about your site or product quickly. After you make friends and people see they can trust you, you can easily recommend your business. I don’t use this option too often, but felt it was worth mentioning for all those who like to chat online.

There you have it. 8 ways to advertise your business for free. So stop wasting time. Go get started making money now.

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