Is there such a thing as "free advertising"? Or at least fairly cheap (Under $10 maybe?) I know this outrageous, but...just wondering.

Local bill boards, Community places, giving someone hosting space in exchange for advertising? just some ideas =)

Yep putting up things like posters is a good idea, local advertising mainly.

Originally posted by Pinecobble
Is there such a thing as "free advertising"? Or at least fairly cheap (Under $10 maybe?) I know this outrageous, but...just wondering.

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Originally posted by Pinecobble
Is there such a thing as "free advertising"? Or at least fairly cheap (Under $10 maybe?) I know this outrageous, but...just wondering.

Well to be honest, it's an uphill task to find any forms of advertising under $10 :eek: Perhaps word of mouth would be your best bet :) :stickout:

If you are seriously planning to make money in the biz i think its going to take a bit more then 10 dollars to get things rolling.

Originally posted by Pinecobble
Is there such a thing as "free advertising"?

Yes, it's called word of mouth.

(You could also hit up businesses your local chamber of commerce, but you'd probably end up paying more than $10 for gas..)

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Sure, you can use that 10$ to test some of these PPC advertising search engines. After you blow that 10$ you can determine which one brought any results if any ;)

Heh, Good luck

Not really, though. Statistically speaking, $10 is a pretty small sample size for drawing conclusions with any confidence. Incidentally, I don't recommend Kanoodle for PPC advertising - the ads are largely published on very low quality search sites with exclusively PPC results.

$10 on PPC would not yield any conclusive results ... it may not even get you any conversions. If each click costs an average of $1.00, you only get 10 clicks. 5 clicks if they cost $2.00.

The numbers just wouldn't work out :(

Quite right. It's easy to spend $50+ without seeing any [short term] conversions, even on a quality PPC network like Adwords or Overture. For web hosting services, that is.

Regarding word of mouth - I see a lot of people using it as an example of free advertising.

I don't quite agree. Word of mouth is when your existing clients refer new ones. You gain new customers - but it's NOT a form of advertising.

Furthermore, I highly doubt that you will be able to even get your feet wet with different advertising techniques if you don't even have a couple of hundred dollars. It takes time, money, and experimentation in order to get it right.

Boris

Originally posted by hvoice-boris
Regarding word of mouth - I see a lot of people using it as an example of free advertising.

I don't quite agree. Word of mouth is when your existing clients refer new ones. You gain new customers - but it's NOT a form of advertising.

Okay, it doesn't match Webster's definition of advertising, but it still achieves the same effect.