Internet Marketing ideas?

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With such a small budget your options are pretty limited. If you want something to go 'viral' you'll have to create an amazing piece of content that people want to share with their friends & colleagues. Unfortunately that sort of thing usually happens by accident, unless your some big Madison Ave agency that's being paid lots of money to create something.

Your best bet is to roll up your sleaves and put some serious work into building out some good content on your site that other people will be interested in. Write articles or maybe a blog. Then spread the word by syndicating your content via RSS feeds, aggregators (like Feedburner & Technorati), posting forums, and other blogs with similar content/interests.

Press releases are a good idea too. The key again is to syndicate them out accross wire services or via RSS.

The thing is, no one tactic is going to be a winner. It's a whole bunch of little things that make you successful. I say save your $500 and use it to create some good content on your site and maybe invest some time into learning about Internet marketing tactics & strategies. Check my source list.