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Old 04-21-2008, 01:22 AM

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People opt for internet advertising methods because practically half of the world's population knows HTML. If you have your own business, you have to decide on what internet advertising method works for you. Ask yourself what are you going to avail of: the expensive internet advertising methods or the cheap ones? Others will pipe in "expensive!" immediately, but they don't know cheap internet advertising method attracts great benefits as well.

Here's the lowdown and a comparative look on the cheap and expensive internet advertising methods:

The Expensive:

1. Pop-ups. Not only is this expensive, but also outright annoying that visitors close pop-up windows without even bothering to know what they're all about. This is an internet advertising method that you can do without.

Fly ads are derivatives of pop-ups which are also equally irking to the visitors.

2. 1. Pop-ups. Not only is this expensive, but also outright annoying that visitors close pop-up windows without even bothering to know what they're all about. This is an internet advertising method that you can do without.

Fly ads are derivatives of pop-ups which are also equally irking to the visitors.

2. Pod casts.

Broadcast is to TV as pod cast is to internet. It's one sophisticated internet advertising method that can somehow hamper your budget. But if you're thinking results, pod casting is worth the money.

3. Paying the search engines.

How does this one work? When someone types in a keyword related to your site, your URL is automatically included in the first page of the top results. Fixed payment for the search engine allows just that. Expensive, yes, but if we're talking about Google and Yahoo search engines here, then don't give it a second thought.


This is associated with another internet advertising method: the pay-per-click system.

The Cheap:

1. Blogging.

Go along the bandwagon and blog about your website. This is an internet advertising method that is popular as of the moment, so you never have to worry that this will never spur outcome. All you have to do is sign up for a blogging account, post and voila! You don't even need to pay!

2. Submit to not-so-big search engines.

This is cheap and dependable. If you submit your site to smaller search engines, you have bigger chances to get bigger results. Remember that the search engine giants can dwarf and overlook your site easily, so this internet advertising method might just be the right one for you.

3. Text links.

This is not just cheap...this is virtually free! Let someone text link your site and return the favor.

Cheap versus expensive, that's always the question that hounds on whenever we're trying to get something. In the field of internet advertising, just be wise enough to figure out what will suit your needs. Go for what you want as long as there are visible results.
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Old 05-16-2008, 02:43 PM

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I didn't think about some of those things. I dont have a personal website but I guess that would be a good way to promote it. Thanks.
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I have an extremely small operating budget so I tend to go the cheap route when it comes to advertising. My operating budget consists of paying my web host and from that host I manage several sites.

I use the blogging, posting, free articles and quality the content method of advertising. It's not an over night rags to riches, but I do enjoy watching the income grow.
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Here are a few "free methods" that I use.

#1 You tube video's. All you need is a web-cam or a digital camera and there you go. You tube is a very easy way to get exposure.

#2 Use a signature on forums like this.

#3 Have your profile filled out with a picture, your real name, and your website link and I also put my phone number.

#4 Article submission.

#5 Press release submission.

#6 place free classified ads

I hope this gives you a few ideas.

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The videos on Youtube is one method you can't Ignore. It is proven to be very successful. Also if your hosying is too much try E-Rice.net 10.00 a year
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I think post your web links to one good site(pagerank higher) is one good method
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Also use google to search for others bloggs and respond to them to also drive other traffic to your site. When you rerspond make sure your signiture is in tact with the response.
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I am interested in learning how to advertise on the internet. With a small budget I would love to learn how to do it other than Pay per click. It seems to get pretty costly at times.
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Article submission worked well for my sites.
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Also a Blog. Check outmy signiture to own your oen business cause it is a marketing system laid out for you costs you 10.00 and gives you step by step and ideas on how to market for cheap or free.
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