How To Make A Mint With Cheap Promotions
Copyright 2004 by Kevin Bidwell
All-In-One-Business.com


Want to make money online, but don't have money to advertise? 
Here are six cheap (or even free) ways to build a targeted list
and get people to your website.

1.  Swap Subscribers

Let's say you have 200 subscribers.probably not making much
money from them yet.  Want to make more?  Simple: Find someone
else who has a newsletter and offer to "swap subscribers"-tell
them you will run a little ad for their newsletter to your
subscribers, keeping track of how many new subs you send them. 
Then, they have to run an ad for you until they have returned to
you an equal number of subscribers.

If you can send them 50, they send you 50.

2.  Put Up Flyers

Got a catchy domain name?  Put up flyers around on telephone
poles, etc. (Make sure not to violate any local laws!)  In a
high-traffic local area you are likely to see hundreds of
visitors over time.  Make sure to have your signs printed up on
special stock that is weatherproof.

3.  Sponsor a Team (or an Individual)

This works for any product or service but especially well if
your product or service is related to the sport.  Can't fork
over millions for a NASCAR sponsorship?  Try buying a "warm up
suit" for the local track star who is going to the state finals
(television!).  I have put together a list of places where you
can get sponsorship materials put together cheap:

http://www.All-In-One-Business.com/sponsor

If you have the budget, tell the athlete you will give $100 to
their favorite charity if they wear your hat and mention your
site on a television interview.

4.  Get Active in Targeted Newsgroups and Forums

While you should NEVER simply put an ad in a newsgroup or forum,
becoming "part of the crowd" can give you great exposure.  Make
sure the group is targeted to your market niche.  I have put
together a complete tutorial on this here:

http://www.All-In-One-Business.com/newsforums

5.  Send a Letter

In the US you can send a postal letter almost anywhere in the
world for less than $1.  Try sending a personal note to some of
your best customers describing your newest product.  You will be
surprised at the amount of business it will generate both
initially and over the next several months.  While not everyone
will take you up on the initial offer, the personal contact will
make them much more likely to respond to your more "impersonal"
offers later.

6. Piggy-Back On Someone Else's Success

Contact someone who is already successful and ask their advice. 
As long as "giving advice" is not their stock-in-trade (they
aren't a life coach or a seminar instructor), they will likely
be happy to correspond with you.  Often THEY will suggest ways
they can help you become more successful.

By the way, if you can afford to, a huge way to gain an upper
hand online is to actually pay for one-on-one time.  Here are
some people who offer that for surprisingly low rates:

http://www.All-In-One-Business.com/mentor

Want to succeed online without much of a budget?  Put to work
these six strategies and you might just see your profits reach
much higher levels-without it costing you an arm and a leg.


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Kevin Bidwell is owner of http://www.all-in-one-business.com
Kevin just finished a complete report on building a passive 
income.  Grab your copy here:
http://www.All-In-One-Business.com/passive
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