Anyone use free advertising?

[MissB1]

: I was just wondering if anyone could share with me their experiences with trying free advertising. I am just getting started with this and was just wondering what works and doesn’t work. If you have any advice I am open to listen! Thanks

[OffAssist]

Without sounding flip... you get what you pay for :-)

I have gotten a client or two from answering a craigslist ad, but I'm very picky about which ones I answer and it's always a very detailed response by myself and very much steered towards their ad.

[eapoosmama]

Do you have a local business networking group that you can join. A great free advertisement and way to meet face to face new contacts.

[robin123]

I use Free Advertising any time I can get hold of it! Thats how most of my leads find me! I also take advantage of visiting forums and message boards... :yup:

[ImagineThat]

I've used a few free ads online. I have to say that most I've seen, I've decided against using b/c there seems to be so much spam. Who wants to post an ad b/t stuff that you see everyday in your bulk mail folder (trash)? How can people take you seriously when you're wedged b/t viagra and get rich quick schemes?

[Audrey]

I write articles. It's one of the best methods of free advertising you'll find. My goal is to write 2-3 articles per week. That's 150 in a years time.

Not only do you get exposure from the article directories but when you write quality articles, publishers pick them up as well.

[ImagineThat]

This is one of the things that I would like to do as well. I know articles can inform, build trust and give a business positive exposure. :work:
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[Audrey]

Article directories are literally directories that contain articles. A few of my favorites are ezinearticles.com ladypens.com and buzzle.com There are many others, some very specialized, some more broad.

I keep track of my articles in a spreadsheet. I have the name of the article across the top and the article directors down the side. I then have the date I submitted each article.

My goal is 2-5 new articles each week. The hits you get from your article is very targeted traffic to your site. Your signature indicates you sell baby products. What if you could write 1-3 parenting articles each and every week? Think of the folks that might see that. Parents have babies ;)

Hope that helps.

[ImagineThat]

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I keep track of my articles in a spreadsheet. I have the name of the article across the top and the article directors down the side. I then have the date I submitted each article. Great idea! :thumb:

Parents have babies. LOL! It happens.
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