The Ultimate List:
111 Free Marketing Strategies

  1. Amazon.com: Make lists of books on Amazon.com and include information about you.
  2. Amazon.com: Visit Amazon.com and write reviews of products.
  3. Articles: Create a FAQ article about a popular topic and post it.
  4. Articles: Create helpful lists and post them online.
  5. Articles: Write articles and post them in online article directories and repositories.
  6. Begin your own online radio show.
  7. Blog: List your blog in all of the blog directories.
  8. Blog: Tag and ping your blog posts.
  9. Blog: Tag your blog posts on social bookmarking sites.
  10. Blog: Write a blog about another topic unrelated to your business.
  11. Blog: Write as a guest writer for other blogs.
  12. Blogs: Create and maintain a blog about your business.
  13. Blogs: Post comments to other people's blogs.
  14. Brand yourself online and include your brand everywhere.
  15. Brand: Brand yourself online and include your brand everywhere.
  16. Chat: Get your own chat room and host business related chats online at specific times.
  17. Chat: Visit chat rooms and mention your website directly or in your profile.
  18. Classifieds: Join online classified advertising sites such as AdlandPro.com.
  19. Contests: Have a contest.
  20. Contests: Have a free drawing.
  21. Contests: Promote your free drawing in free stuff directories.
  22. Contests: Sponsor a contest on another site.
  23. Contribute to other people's wikis.
  24. Create free puzzles and post them online with your link.
  25. Create videos and post them on youtube.com
  26. Create your own website directory.
  27. Directories: Create a free-for-all directory with your ad on the page.
  28. Directories: List your site in online directories.
  29. Domains: Register multiple domain names for your site to increase visibility.
  30. Ebay: List your website on your Ebay about me page.
  31. Ebay: List your website on your auction pages when selling on Ebay.
  32. Ebook: Write an eBook.
  33. Ecourse: Offer a free ecourse.
  34. Events: Attend online networking events and spread the word about your business.
  35. Events: Host an online party or event relating to your business.
  36. Ezines: Do Ezine advertising.
  37. Ezines: Write articles for Ezines.
  38. Ezines: Write your own Ezine.
  39. Forums: Include your website in your signature on all your posts on message boards and forums.
  40. Forums: Start your own message board or forum.
  41. Forums: Start your own topics on message boards and forums about your website where appropriate.
  42. Get your own chat room and host business related chats online at certain times.
  43. Groups: Create your own yahoo group about a popular topic and encourage others to join.
  44. Groups: Join google groups and actively contribute.
  45. Groups: Join yahoo groups and actively contribute.
  46. Groups: Join youtube and actively contribute.
  47. Groups: Post and contribute to Yahoo Answers.
  48. Guestbooks: Visit personal websites and leave your comments in guest books.
  49. IM: Include your website in your profile for AIM, ICQ, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo Messenger.
  50. Install stumbleupon.com's browser bar and use it to add your sites and to visit other useful sites.
  51. Join, post sites and vote at listible.com
  52. Links: Trade links with similar non-competing sites.
  53. Local: Find directories for your local area and list your website in them.
  54. Local: Find out if your town has a Wikipedia site and link to your business from it.
  55. Local: Find websites for groups of which you are a member or alumni and add your link.
  56. Local: Get your link listed in the online version of alumni magazines for your university.
  57. Local: Offer to trade products for advertising with other business owners.
  58. Local: Order return address labels with your website address
  59. Myspace: Create a myspace profile.
  60. Myspace: Post on myspace forums and bulletins.
  61. News: Post comments to news stories online.
  62. Newsletter: Allow sign-ups at your website for a newsletter and periodically send out special offers.
  63. Newsletter: Use an auto-responder to offer free reports and advice.
  64. Offer free samples.
  65. Open a cafepress store and sell items marketing your products.
  66. Open up a picturetrail.com account and post your photos and links.
  67. Order bumber stickers with your website.
  68. Order return address labels with your website and put them on all mail.
  69. Order stationary and sticky notes with your website and put them everyone.
  70. Order t-shirts with your website.
  71. PPC: Find and use coupons for free impressions under Google's and Yahoo's PPC programs (adwords and sponsored search).
  72. Podcast: Create a podcast.
  73. Poll: Develop a poll and ask for people's opinions.
  74. Post a story at digg.com and include your website.
  75. Post and contribute to Yahoo Answers.
  76. Post photos to a flickr account.
  77. Post your RSS feed to RSS directories
  78. Press Releases: Submit an online press release.
  79. Profiles: Create a .com website for your name.
  80. Profiles: Create a yahoo profile.
  81. Profiles: Create an msn profile.
  82. Profiles: Create public folders on backflip.com.
  83. Profiles: Join Ryze.com and participate.
  84. Profiles: Join ecademy.com.
  85. Profiles: Join, post sites, and vote at listible.com.
  86. Put your website everywhere.
  87. RSS: Create an RSS feed with your articles.
  88. Research: Spend some time every week exploring new sites and online opportunities.
  89. Reviews: Offer your products for free in exchange for an online review.
  90. Reviews: Review products online from sites such as epinions.com.
  91. Search Engines: Get your site listed in all the search engines (especially the big 3).
  92. Social Bookmarking: Install stumbleupon.com's browser bar and use it to add your sites and to visit other useful sites.
  93. Social Bookmarking: Join social bookmarking sites and submit your sites/pages.
  94. Software: Create free software and put your ad in it.
  95. Spend some time every week exploring new sites and online opportunities.
  96. Squidoo.com: Write lenses at squidoo.com.
  97. Tag and Ping your blog posts.
  98. Tag your blog posts on social networking sites.
  99. Use a signature line in all of your emails.
  100. Videos: Create videos and post them on youtube.com.
  101. Website Network: Create an article directory/repository.
  102. Website Network: Create free websites and offer original content.
  103. Website Network: Create other information-based websites and network them together with your business site.
  104. Website Network: Join a banner exchange.
  105. Website Network: Join a traffic exchange.
  106. Website Network: Join a web ring.
  107. Wiki: Create a wiki or swiki.
  108. Write a blog about another topic unrelated to your business.
  109. Write a book and sell it online.
  110. Write an online tutorial and include your link in your bio.
  111. Write articles for online magazines.

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