5 Free Marketing Ideas

Marketing idea #1:
Traffic exchanges can be a great way too get some visitors to your site. There are hundreds of TE’s you can use, simply enter the keyword” traffic exchange” into Google and check out the results. Remember this is an exchange system, you click other members sites in exchange for credits which you can use to get other members to click onto your own site. The traffic is not very targeted, but if you devote an hour a day to clicking it will help drive some traffic.

Marketing idea #2:
Safe list marketing is a slow and tedious marketing strategy, but with some effort it can help drive traffic. Here you join a safe list and allow other members to send you emails in exchange you can build up credits and use these credits too send your offer to other members of the safe list. Do not use your primary email address as it will be flooded with offers. A few tips to help you experience some success. You will need to write very attention grabbing headlines in order to get people to open your email, start a database of the safe list you joined and try and email to the group every week at the same time. A much better marketing strategy is list builders, there is an expense involved in joining them, but the response is much higher.

Marketing idea #3:
Regardless of what other people may say, classified ads are another great free marketing idea that actually works. There are thousands of free classified ad sites, where you can place your classified ad online and drive traffic to your site. You will need to come up with 3 or 4 different classified ads, you need to keep them short maybe 4 to 5 sentences and a great attention grabbing headline. Your ad will not stay on the top of the page for long, so remember to resubmit your ads on a regular basis or pay a few dollars to get it listed in a premium spot. A few techniques for a great headline. Use a question as your headline, your answer will be your product, use the number of steps formula, I.E. “5 steps to financial freedom“, or you can also use the in under formula. Like “join our team and be profitable in under 3 months“.

Marketing idea #4:
With today internet , you must have a presence on Social network sites. Join Facebook, You Tube, MySpace or Twitter. My recommendations would be too join all four, as they are easy to join and interface with. After joining you will need to set up your profile, do not take this step lightly, fill it out completely. Another mistake most people make with social network sites is blasting their website all over the place, it makes other members feel like you are spamming them. It is OK to occasionally post your link, but you must add value to your post and give something to the community. This way you can start to build relationships and this can lead to someone joining your program. People do not join programs they join other people they trust and see as a leader.

Marketing idea #5:
Video marketing can be a scary marketing skill to implement, but I know of people who earn thousands from their videos and pay nothing for advertising. Your video needs to tell a story, everyone loves to hear a great story and believe it or not you have one to tell. Make your video no more than 3 to 4 minutes long and just simply tell your story. Don’t worry if you think it is unprofessional, people will connect better with you when you are honest and yourself. Google is now listing videos in the organic section of searches on a lot of keywords…free traffic. You can post your videos on YouTube, your blog, Facebook and MySpace.

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Gerald Stidham
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