I believe one of the most frequently asked questions I see and hear is how can I market my business for free? I also often see another form of this question how can I market my business on a strict budget?
Your words are your best marketing tool. And your words only cost you time. I would like to share two free marketing ideas, using only your words.
Are you currently writing articles? Wait, before you quit reading this article, you started reading because the title appealed to you, so invest a few more minutes and finish reading my thoughts on how you can use your words.
I strongly believe that every one of us knows something about something. Maybe you have children. Certainly youve found parenting tips through the years that may help others. Write about it. Every parenting article Ive written has come from my experience as a mom. Maybe youve had struggles with in-laws or even your own parents trying to have too much input into your adult life. Write ab out it. I know many others are facing these same challenges.
Invest the time to read through the category lists on several article databases. Certainly of all those categories you can choose one or two and write about a topic within that category.
Once you write an article, there are thousands of places to submit that article. Here is just a partial list of article databases:
ArticleSubmissions.com - http://www.articlesubmissions.com
Ezine Articles - http://www.ezinearticles.com
Createonlinebusiness.com - http://www.createonlinebusiness.com
Web Host Industry Review - http://www.thewhir.com/find/articlecentral
Submit your Articles now - http://www.submityourarticlesnow.com
Common Connections - http://www.commonconnections.com
Jogena's - http://www.jogena.com
isnare.com - http://www.isnare.com
ArticleWarehouse - http://www.articlewarehouse.com
AuthorConnection.com - http://www.authorconnection.com
GoArticles.c om - http://www.goarticles.com
BusinessToolchest.com - http://www.businesstoolchest.com
Buzzle.com - http://www.buzzle.com
Articles Factory - http://www.articlesfactory.com
Connectionteam.com - http://www.connectionteam.com
Constant Content - http://www.constant-content.com
Article Alley - http://www.articlealley.com
Digital Women.com - http://www.digital-women.com/submitarticle.htm
Article Emporium - http://www.article-emporium.com
Family-Content.com - http://www.family-content.com/articles
ArticleSubmissions.com - http://www.articlesubmissions.com
Home-Business-Directory.com - http://www.home-business-directory.com
isnare.com - http://www.isnare.com
Article Finders - http://www.articlefinders.com
Business Know-How - http://www.businessknowhow.com
Organic-Rankings.com - http://www.organic-rankings.com
Amazines - http://www.amazines.com
upromote.com - http://www.upromote.com
The Warrior Forum - http://www.warriorforum.com/forum
Article City - http://www.articlecity.com
Lady Pens http://www.ladypens.com
Publishers use all of the above databases to find content for their newsletters. In addition, folks wanting to learn something also search through the databases.
I wrote an article on parenting about 10 years ago. I still, TODAY, get emails about that article. That article is still out on the internet for folks to learn from. Ten years is a lot of free advertising for one article. Imagine if you had 10 or even 100 articles out there.
The other form of free advertising that uses your words is message boards. There are thousands of message boards on the internet on every topic imaginable. Do a search for parenting message boards or finance message boards, or real estate message boards etc. Youll find thousands and thousands of message boards out there.
Join in those conversations. Share your thoughts. Share your ideas. Each time you post, include your name and your web address. I know some folks use long long signatures. I choose not to. I use my name and my web URL. Some message boards I belong to have 1000 members. What if only of those members read my words? Thats 250 people seeing my message and beginning to know me. I will tell you, many folks lurk on message boards, never posting, so many more people are seeing your message than you think. Over the years, I have received hundreds of emails from folks who say I dont post on the boards, but I saw your post
I know that the vast majority of folks who read this article will shrug off my advice and will continue looking for that magical free form of advertising that will bring in the sales. Free classifieds dont work. Folks dont read those boards. They are just pages and pages of ads. Ive been in business since 1983 and Ive NEVER met anyone who reads the free classified ads, not one person. However the few folks who take my advice, div e in and find some topics and begin writing will begin to see more and more visitors to their website and of those visitors, some will turn into sales.
Audrey Okaneko has worked at home since 1983. She can be reached at audreyoka@cox.net or visited at http://www.scrapping-made-simple.com.
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