Most free group and advertising forums will rotate free ad forums rotate ads so if you don't post your ad at least once per day, it will disappear and you take the chance no one will see it. I have listed some ways to jump start your free advertising below from personal experience and research on my own. Try them all and see what works. Remember, this is a learning process and it’s a good idea to continue to add more websites to your list of bookmarks as you find what free advertising websites work best for you.
1.) Sign-up and post your ads to Free Classifieds, Network and Banner exchanges and Affiliate websites. Once you sign up with Network Banner exchanges and affiliate websites, they will ask you to advertise their link on your website in return for free traffic on their website. This method of free advertising works very well for both parties. You will want to do a search for the top “Network, Banner Exchange, Affiliate websites and Free Classifieds” so you don’t waste your time on low traffic sites. You can also do searches for “How to Advertise for Free” for more tips. Once you find these sites, it’s very easy to sign-up and get started.
2.) Advertise your website or ads on a blog. There are many free blog websites like, www.blogger.com, www.yahoo360.com, and http://hubpages.com. Once you start writing articles or blogging, you can post websites or ads into your blogs. So when someone uses a search engine and types in keywords, if the keywords match your blog, the link should pop up on the list of websites without you signing up with an expensive ad campaigns such as Google Adwords. This is a great way to start advertising and increasing your web traffic for free.
3.) Post your website or blog to free web directories. You can do searches for free directories but keep in mind, two out of the three listed below require a business e-mail rather then a personal e-mail such as yahoo, hotmail, or msn due to spam issues. The five largest free directories you should consider posting in are www.dmoz.org, www.worldsiteindex.com, www.domaining.in, www.webworldindex.com, www.searchsight.com.
4.) Join Group Forums on websites such as Yahoo, Google and Msn. When you join group forums, you can post your ads free and they will be visible to all forum members once they log into the group forum or via e-mail if they sign up to receive messages that way. Your ad will show up in the main forums, major search engine of the provider who provides the group forum and all forum member’s inboxes. You should post your ads at least once every day or few days for your ad to be seen, otherwise rotating ads will replace your ad with the most recent post and your ad will most likely not be viewed.
You can also utilize free group forum mailers. Most group forum mailers will charge you a fee for this service but there are some that offer free trials. The great thing about these mailers is they already have a form set-up to mail your ad to all the group forums you have signed up with so instead of visiting each group forum and posting your ad manually, you do it in one shot. Most group forum mailers require that you join the group forums they mail to before sending your ad out. This method can be very effective and can mean your ad reaching hundreds if not thousands per day! You will need to post your ad thru the mailer at least once per day for your ad to be viewed.
5.) Join Free Advertising Forums. This is a great way to start posting ads for free. Free Advertising Forums are easy to find on any search engine and easy to get signed up and started. You should post your ads at least once per day if you want your ad to be viewed due to the high volume of ads being posted by other members.
6.) Post your website or blog in Social Networking sites. Posting your link to Social Networking sites is one of the most effective ways to advertise free. Most Social Networking websites have millions of users and viewers and growing. Sites like Technorati, Del.ic.ious, Blinklist, Digg, Reddit, LinkedIn and MySpace are some great websites to start with. If you do a search for “Social Networking”, they are easy to find on any major search engine.
7.) Request or submit your link to websites with high traffic. This could be the most effective way to advertise and receive high traffic for free. If you find a website that has high traffic, click on “links” or “submit your website” and follow their instructions. Different sites have different policies but once you are listed on a high traffic site, this method can really increase your traffic! If you don’t see “submit or suggest a site” link, click on “contact us”, and e-mail the webmaster sending a nice e-mail about why you like their website requesting them to add your website link to their page.
Try all these methods and see if your traffic doesn’t increase. There are many ways to advertise, so you will need to use several methods to see which ones work best for you. Keep in mind, high web traffic can depend on what kind of website you are promoting, how well your ad is written and how often you post it. I hope this article was helpful to those who need advice on free advertising in today’s competitive market. Happy advertising!
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