2. Post topics in forums. Visit the online discussion forums where your peers gather. Respond to questions you are knowledgeable about and include your link and contact information if appropriate. Set up you favorites so you can post on many different forums. Don't overdo it, since your credibility in key in establishing yourself as an expert.



3. Comment on blogs that are related to your field. If you are allowed to add comments about the issues being discussed, take advanced. Add insightful comments about topics and leave your website link. Your comment and your link will remain on the blog website permanently.

4. Check out traffic exchanges. There are several kinds of traffic exchange programs but the ideas are are the same - team up with other website owners, and they send you traffic in exchange for you sending them traffic. Do a search for "traffic exchange" and you will find these services.

5. Create something of high value that has no expense to you accept your time. It can be a report with useful information that you allow people to give away. Try writing your own e-book, or creating website that people naturally pass on to their friends because it has a "wow" factor of some sort. Of course, the pass-around item will include your advertisement and your link, spreading the word about your website. You can see why the call it "viral marketing.

6. Start writing your own articles on the topic related to your website, with your link included as well as your author bio. Submit your articles to article directories, you may also use software that auto summits your article. You will allow people to publish your article in their newsletters and websites. This is another form of viral marketing since your articles will spread around the web like a virus. The best part is that people who read your articles will regard you as an expert, and they will be much more likely to buy from you when they go to your website. How's that for a free publicity?

7. Start an e-zine for your web site. You are building a relationship by given away value. When people read each issue they'll be reminded to revisit your web site. Submit it to all the free e-zine directories on the internet. Successfull e-zine writers build huge lists of subsribers that they can nomitze by recommending new products.00. Do the math.

8. Hold your own classes and webinars. They could be held in your web site's chat room. The idea of "live" information will definitely entice people to visit your web site. You will become known as an expert on the topic.

9. Give free consulting to people who visit your web site. You could offer your knowledge via e-mail or by telephone. People will consider this a huge value because consulting fees can be very expensive.

10. Here is a pretty obvious one, post ads on free advertising site. Here are some, Craigslist, Backpage, adlandpro, inetgiant, freeadvertsingforum. Just run a search on Google for "free advertising" you'll find even more.

11. Join free safelists. Here you'll have likeminded people networking to promote their products to each other. They have all opted-in to send and receive e-mails from each other. The pros are that you can instantly reach potentially thousands of people by sending out emails, and you don't have to worry about receiving spam complaints. The down side is that you are promoting to people who already have some sort of business. The bottom line. It's a numbers game.

12. Make videos on YouTube. Check out what others are already doing, go to YouTube and search your market, just as you would with Google. Copy the one who you think is most effective. Don't forget include your link to you website by you video description.