7 Unique Ways To Get FREE Advertising

1. Give Testimonials When you purchase a product or service and it exceeds your expectations e-mail the business a testimonial. Tell them in the testimonial the benefits you got from the product or service. Give them permission to publish the testimonial on the web site if they include your sig file at the end.

2. Leave A Message When you visit a web site with a discussion board leave a message. You could post a question, interesting content or a compliment about their web site. Include your signature file at the end of the message. Some discussion boards let you post your banner ad or text link.

3. Sign Guest Books When you visit a well designed web site leave a compliment on their guest book. You could give them a compliment on their content, ease of navigation, graphics etc. When you post your compliment include your sig file so other people will see it when they sign the guest book.

4. Write A Review When you visit a web site you enjoyed a lot write a review for the web site Write about the benefits you gain from the site, the web site design, interesting online services it offers etc. E-mail the review to the web site. Tell them they can publish it on their web site if they include your resource box at the end.

5. Send An E-mail To The Editor When you read a good article or enjoy a certain e-zine, e-mail a compliment to the editor. Give the editor permission to publish the compliment in their e-zine if they include your signature file at the end. The editor may post it on his or her web site.

6. Write and let people give away a report or ebook written by you. To maximize the effect, try to make the content very niche focused.

7. Offer free services to other. Spell check their site, write articles for them, create web page templates or anything else that can be done for others or given to them for free.

Kenth "The Designer" Nasstrom is the founder of The Designed Software Series. His software can be found at http://www.kndata.com and he also owns http://www.free-newslettertemplates.com as well as http://www.costa-rican-information.com

In The News:


CNET News

Why Microsoft will win Yahoo
CNNMoney.com - 17 hours ago
Google has acquired that kind of position in search advertising. If it were to succeed in the recently-announced deal to combine some or all of Yahoo's ...
DoJ investigates Yahoo Google deal VNUNet.com
Microsoft, Google and Yahoo! team up for search advertising advice ... Marketing Week
The Case Against Google-Yahoo BusinessWeek
San Jose Mercury News - guardian.co.ukall 233 news articles

dBTechno

ADS OR CONTENT? ONLY GOOGLE CAN TELL
Globe and Mail, Canada - Jul 3, 2008
As described (both times it has been announced), the clips will be animated and will carry advertising in some form. MacFarlane has called them "animated ...
Google Talk, CNET News
Google Launches New Web Video Advertising Experiment Seeking Alpha
Google Banks on Family Guy Guy Motley Fool
CNET News - CNET Newsall 125 news articles

Iraqi newspapers hit by huge drop in government advertising
Menassat, Lebanon - 13 hours ago
The decision was a huge blow to independent Arabic-language newspapers, who depend for 40 to 70 percent of their income on government advertising. ...

SFC gazettes advertising guidelines
華富財經, Hong Kong - 18 hours ago
In relation to the stock quote service (the "Quote Service") information, the stock price, trade volume and turnover are provided by The Stock Exchange of ...

Computerworld

MSFT’s acquisition of Powerset is not about search
ZDNet - 7 hours ago
The recent $100 million acquisition of Powerset, the semantic search engine company, by Microsoft looks to be more to do with advertising than beefing up ...
Microsoft acquires semantic search firm Powerset AFP
On the rebound from Yahoo, Microsoft buys into semantic search instead iTWire
Microsoft buys linguistic Web search firm Powerset Reuters Canada
ReadWriteWeb - WebProNewsall 281 news articles

AdAgencyOnline.Net Repeats "Automotive Advertising Experts" With ...
PR-USA.net (press release), Bulgaria - 7 hours ago
Automotive advertising agencies and auto dealer may have been busy with their July 4th weekend events but AdAgencyOnline.Net didn't cancel their blog talk ...
AdAgencyOnline.Net – “Creative Counts In Automotive Advertising” PR-USA.net (press release)
all 2 news articles

Wachovia cuts longtime advertising agency from field of ad firms
Bizjournals.com, NC - Jul 3, 2008
Wachovia Corp. has dropped advertising agency Mullen from the bank's review of its estimated $120 million advertising account. ...

Advertising signs helpful to visitors
Park Rapids Enterprise, MN - 8 hours ago
... as we approached and entered the city limits of Park Rapids Friday, the first day of the two-day show, that we did not see any advertising signs. ...

Today's Zaman

Realtors call for advertising to boost business as ban lifted
Today's Zaman, Turkey - 4 hours ago
Real estate agents, concerned Turkey's reputation will be damaged by oft-changed laws, called for an advertising campaign similar to that of Greece and ...

Cabinet discusses outdoor advertising business
Belorusskie Novosti, Belarus - Jul 3, 2008
The Council of Ministers’ Presidium held a meeting on July 1 to discuss the state of outdoor advertising business in Belarus. Speaking at the meeting, ...
advertising - Google News

10 Ways To Improve Your Print Ads

1) Include a coupon in your large ads. This can... Read More

How to Advertise with Flyers

When you first start out on your business venture, money... Read More

Radio Interview 101

Different Types of Station ContactReaching radio hosts (for the purpose... Read More

CD Business Cards- Why Use Them?

CD Business cards are the electronic version of the now... Read More

Business Cards: Why Waste Valuable Space?

So many business people neglect this valuable asset that may... Read More

Using Flyers to Advertise Your Online Business

Using flyers is one commonly overlooked method of advertising offline.... Read More

Secrets of Getting Free Advertising

The opportunities for getting free advertising for your product or... Read More

Customer-Involving Signage and Selling

Here's some easy ways to create signage that will attract,... Read More

The Shrinking Ad Dollar

CPR CPA CTR... what does it all mean? What it... Read More

10 Tips For Writing A Profit Producing Ad

1. You can get ad copy ideas by studying similar... Read More

Trade Writing - For Cash!

Often considered as "plain Jane's" of the print world, trade... Read More

How To Write Ads That Get Response

Your print ads should do more than just get noticed.... Read More

Cinema Advertising is Big Business, So Mergers are a Natural

Cinema advertising has always been an effective marketing tool for... Read More

Never Be Caught Cardless Again: Five Tips to Help You Remember Business Cards

Sorry, I Don't Seem to Have a Business Card With... Read More

7 Unique Ways To Get FREE Advertising

1. Give Testimonials When you purchase a product or service... Read More

Sex in Advertising: Does it Sell?

We're surrounded by advertisements that desperately compete for our attention.... Read More

Imprinted Promotional Items ? Their Many Marketing Applications

There are many uses for promotional items. This means that... Read More

Tips for Using Paid Advertising

Quite a few business out there can't survive without some... Read More

Scrolling LED signs

Scrolling LED signs is type of LED signs that displays... Read More

Marketing Lessons I Learned in Chicago this Week...

I was in the fine city of Chicago this week... Read More

Unlock The Power Of Online Groups

Yahoo Groups: I see countless marketers on shoestring budges turn... Read More

How To Write Super-Effective Ads and Sales Letters!

"The more things change, the more they stay the same".... Read More

Wheres Me Pot of Gold and Lucky Charms?

We already know this from our history books. If you... Read More

Should Your Small Business Hire an Advertising Agency?

So, you own a small business, sales are down and... Read More

Is Your Advertising... Sexy?

Ever hear the term 'sexy' advertising? It's not necessarily what... Read More