How to Advertise Your Website On A Limited Budget

So many times, I hear people say, “I don’t have the money to advertise my business”.  You don’t always have to have money to invest into marketing your website.  In fact, there are many FREE techniques that you can utilize that will help to drive quality traffic to you site.

These include but are not limited to:

1.  Ezine Articles-writing articles is one of the most effective and free ways to market your opportunity. There are many different article directories out there to submit to.  Ezine, Go Articles, Drop Jack and Article Base are just a few of the directories available.  If you don’t feel that you have strong enough copywriting skills, try looking at some of the articles written to get your inspiration. Don’t copy them word for word, but by looking to see what others are writing about can help to spark your creativity.  If that doesn’t work, there are many different “Ghost Writer” services available that are very affordable. Many times you can get an quality article written for about $10.00.

2. Video Marketing-This is becoming one of the most popular and the great thing it is free as well marketing tools in online marketing today.  This also helps with Brand Recognition because people can actually see you as a person and relate to you.  Create an account on You Tube, You can purchase a Web Cam or small video camera that are relatively inexpensive and begin recording videos. You can then post them on your blog and/or Social Media Sites with links that advertise your business.

3.  Another great way to advertise your business is using social media sites such as Better Networker, Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, and My Space.  By meeting people with similar interests you can interact with them and you can also post links to your profile.

4. Free Classified Sites-this is another way to advertise your opportunity.  The key to doing this is to be consistent and do it on a regular basis.

5. Banner Exchanges-another way to advertise your business is through Banner Exchanges with other websites. You can do a google search to find some of the more popular sites to exchange with. Another idea is to search for blogs that are complimentary to yours and see if someone is willing to exchange with you.

There are numerous other ways to advertise your business on a budget, but these are the top five that came to mind.  The biggest key is that no matter what type of advertising you opt to do, make sure to do it consistently.