Hi, what are the best ways of marketing a website without spending money?

[Simondo]

I basically need a dummies guide to free advertising both on the web and the real world!

[wheelerboypublic]

Plenty of help out there.

But free advertising would take a long time to get your stuff noticed. I've got lots of beginners tips- wheelermoney.com It's a good place to start.

[jewelking_2000]

search engine optimization for dummies by peter kent. I borrowed mine from the library.

[kansas_dragon]

YouTube, MySpace, Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo 360, Yahoo Answers, Forums, Blog comments, participate in these arenas sharing of yourself and good information, include links in your signatures to your website.

Write articles on your topic, and then submit to free article directories, including your link information in the articles. These will be picked up by other web site owners, bloggers, ezine writers, etc, and will help spread your word. Here's a link to the top 25 article directories:
http://www.wilsonweb.com/linking/wilson-...ting-1.htm

That should get you a good start to getting found.

If you have questions you can contact me.

[dc_music_fusion]

The best advertising is a combination of the best content + the best product.

Pay Per click is rather cheap, at anywhere form .20 a click to $2 a click for most clicks. And you get to specify the amount you are willing to pay.

Blogging, social networking, and social media marketing are pretty cheap. However, it does take about 3 to 6 months to understand the cultural landscape.

Search engine optimization and linkbuilding can likewise be free. It also takes 6 to 12 months to learn, but several years to be very good.

[dissmiss]

The web is not the only place to advertise a web site. Take a look at the advice given in the page below - it is advertising for free.

[Mitch H.]

Some great answers in here. Do a search on Attraction Marketing. You will find some great information.

[deafeningparent966]

By Free advertisement: such as

http://sellit-right.com
-they have a Blogs and Spaces section and loads more.
-advertise services and products and can put your web URL for others see; re-categorize your ad anytime and more. Has loads great features.

Other ways;

Other Free ad sites
Other created blogs
Blog directories
Yellow pages

[Stephanie]

You can post your ads for free at Zikbay.com - http://www.zikbay.com. Visit this site and you can have your own free online store!

[jt66250]

The best free advertising online.

A while back I wrote an article titled, The Top 10 Free Websites to Advertise. This laid out the 10 best websites where it was completely free to advertise on them. They included:

1. Craigslist.com
2. Blogger.com
3. MySpace.com
4. Reference.com
5. EzineArticles.com
6. GoArticles.com
7. Backpage.com
8. Dmoz.org
9. Yahoo Answers
10. FAQfarm.com

Each of these sites are unique in their own way but effective in providing an outlet to advertise your business free. This is perfect for those who need to advertise on a budget, their products and services. Small business for the most part doesn't lend itself to have big advertising budgets, so finding a place to "get your name out there" without paying for it is important.

To advertise on a budget effectively you must have a web presence, and preferably a website. If you don't your small business is only treading water before it goes under. A website is the door that can open your small business to a phenomenal growth track because of the power of search engine optimization (SEO). There is a reason why Google® and Yahoo® have been some of the fastest growing companies of all time, its because search engines work. I personally use Google so much a day I lose track of how many times, and this goes for a majority of its users. For more information about SEO and how powerful a high ranking can be in Google read, How Important is a High Google Ranking to Your Small Business

Now that we have the understanding that SEO is the number one way to get free advertising by a very wide margin lets focus on one of the other ways to work at making free advertising more effective for your small business.

Social networking as a whole are becoming as popular as search engines such as Google and Yahoo. In fact Google bought Youtube® and started their own Myspace® type website called Orkut® and Yahoo attempted to buy Facebook®. Social networking is such a bonanza that doesn't even know their own limits of how large they will grow. Where does your small business fit in? Since they are free there is no money investment to make, but you will have to invest your time, especially in the beginning. You will need to take time to learn the site, set up your profile, and make friends. Remember, you are looking for ways to make the time you spend using this website as an advertising tool as fruitful as possible. Of course set up your profile with the focus of your business objectives and reaching your goals, and always abide within the rules set by the websites. Your investment of time is your efforts to build your network, because it will take trial and error to learn what is best for your business in social networking. Taking the time to build your network is the number one emphasis when it comes to social networking for your small business.

There are other emphasis which I will list below in no particular order:

* Try an individual profile as a representative of your business before you try a group profile for your business to give an idea of the time it will require to build a network
* Don't sign up for too many social networks, you risk diluting your message and emphasis.
* Share the networking responsibility with other employees or business owners once you have a business profile
* Don't be distracted easily, remained focus on what your business objective and building your network to reach your goals. If needed, set goals for building your network.
* Don't be afraid to get a little personable, people do enjoy talking to other people when networking, not just a profile on a website.
* Don't be random when searching for friends for your network. Its a waste of time, choose your friends carefully, and then extend invitations to their friends and their friends and so on.
* Alter your preferences on your profile to reduce spam and unsolicited offers. This will save you time as well.

Remember social networks can be people who are very passionate in one way or another about their cause so you need to be the same way concerning your small business on social networks. If you are its a very easy way to advertise and grow your small business on a budget.