Wonderful Ways to Advertise your Business for Zero cost

1. Free ads

Gumtree and Viviastreet are two excellent no cost ad sites you can post marketing material on

2. Using no cost press release services

Small businesses often think they cannot access the press as do not have the contacts or the time.That is simply wrong just use one of the many free press release sites

3. Blogging

Writing a blog is a excellent way to reach people and get valuable back links for your site Remember though it is quite a commitment of time and you have to keep at it

4. Participate in relevant forums

Google forums and you will find one relevant to your industry and other interests. The trick is to insert back links to your website in any posts you make and then instantly you helping your google ranking
5. Cross-Promotion

There are bound to be company in the same industry as yours which sell complimentary products thereby creating possible cross promotion opportunities

6. Search Engine Optimisation

If you run an online company and don't have high search engine rankings then in effect you don't exist for many people as they'll never come across your site. Just read any of the basic guides on how to optimise your website to get started There is a whole industry of SEO firms that you can outsource this kind of work too

7. Submitting articles

The days of writing articles, submitting them to hundreds of article websites, and watching your search engine ranking and website visitors rocket are gone. It is important though to make sure your content is first rate and you do not submit the same articles to lots of different sites You can use SEO companies that will do this work for you very cheaply too

8. Post footage to YouTube

Viral marketing has been the marketing buzz word of 2006 and whilst huge viral hits are rare (and usually carefully planned by a viral marketing agency) there is still room for lower budget viral videos to generate awareness.
Don't worry about it being brilliantly funny or anything like that honest and professional will be just fine.

9. Listing on free firm directories

The wonderful thing about business directories is that not only does it advertise your company it also gets you back links. This makes it a significant cheap way to reach customers and boost your google ranking. You can use SEO companies that will do this work for you very cheaply too

If you run a local partnership why not put yourself forward as an administrator too relevant forums and company directories

10. Joining social networking site

Websites such as Facebook and MySpace are ideal for being able to reach huge numbers of people free of charge. In particular, people on MySpace are very open to being approached by new people and checking out new products. The ability to target people in certain locations also makes it and ideal mechanism for promoting local businesses. There are a lot of often foreign based companies that will do this leg work for at highly affordable rates

That concludes my introduction to web marketing for small businesses. I hope you have found it useful and watch out for more tips from Website Insider. Remember the web is much too important to ignore for any corporation and every firm needs to have a web strategy is it that simple.

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Tom Jones is Bookings Manager for Peacock Club www.the-peacock-bar.co.uk . Also email info@the-peacock-bar.co.uk

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