| Apply these advertising methods. The best of all is that | | | | world know about your product or business. |
| you don't need to pay a dime. | | | | 4. Write articles for directories as or and point readers |
| 1. The easiest way to promote is through word of | | | | to your blog or website in your resource box. |
| mouth. If your family, relatives, friends and colleagues | | | | 5. Write press releases, e-books, newsletters or info |
| like what they hear, there's a great chance they will | | | | reports and offer these for free online with a note |
| forward the information to their friends. Bob Burg, the | | | | saying it may be given away and distributed freely. |
| author behind "Endless Referrals - Network Your | | | | Viral marketing is great free advertising. If people like |
| Everyday Contacts Into Sales", wrote every person | | | | what they read, they will recommend it to others. |
| has an average of 250 people in their network. | | | | 6. Networking online is also important. You may not |
| Imagine if you would let every one of these persons | | | | see as quick outcome, but it's worth a shot. Find an |
| know about your product, and if they in turn tell | | | | online forum with the same or a similar topic as what |
| everyone in their network. | | | | you advertise, and participate frequently. Ten minutes |
| 2. Always have a few business cards with you, | | | | a day is better than an hour a week. Link to your |
| wherever you go. You never know when you will | | | | website or blog in the signature box. |
| bump into somebody who can benefit from what you | | | | 7. Use traffic generation sites as BlogExplosion and |
| advertise or someone who can help you. Not having a | | | | BlogMad to get free traffic to your site, and put a |
| business card makes you look unprofessional. On | | | | feedback form on your site. Opinions, comments and |
| dinner parties and other social gatherings, keep in mind | | | | criticism will help you improve your advertising methods. |
| that who you know is sometimes even more | | | | Remember to be passionate when advertising, |
| important than what you do. Introduce yourself to | | | | whether it's online or not. If people feel you're |
| people you don't know and decide to say at least a | | | | passionate you stand a much better chance to get |
| few words to everyone at the dinner. | | | | something out of it. With passion - one of the most |
| 3. Online advertising is both the most popular way and | | | | important building blocks for a lasting business - your |
| tends to give faster results. Launch a blog and let the | | | | efforts will give a better result. |