Print this pageFor those who are willing to take the time to perform a search, there are many no-cost marketing tools to be found, on the Internet. You can begin by plugging the phase "free marketing tools" into your favorite search engine. At the time of this writing, that specific phrase brought up over 36 thousand choices at Google.com.
Some tools are, indeed, free… no strings attached. Others are free for a specified trial period, allowing the user to "test-drive" the product before actually buying it. Software is probably the best example of trial offer tools.
What follows is basic information on several no cost marketing tools, in various categories. Some may be more useful than others, depending on your current need, but they are all worth looking into.
Marketing Forum Watch (http://www.mikes-marketing-tools.com/marketing-forum/) provides a no-cost searchable page containing post headlines from over sixty-five search engine-related and Internet marketing message boards and/or forums. Page is updated every five minutes.
Are you in need of stock photos to add to a website, newsletter or eBook? Don't want to pay a monthly subscription fee to access them? Visit Stock.Xchng (http://sxc.hu/) where you will find countless, royalty-free photos on almost every subject imaginable.
Blogs are a great budget marketing tool. Sign-up is free at sites such as Blogger.com (http://www.blogger.com). You can customize your blog to better represent your business. You can write as much or little as you like. In fact, many "blog junkies" prefer shorter daily posts as opposed to longer, less frequent ones.
You have the option of hosting a Blogger.com blog on your own website.
Doing so, will usually generate ADDITIONAL traffic for your site, in a short period of time. This is due to the fact that most major search engine spiders are very quick to index new blog posts. If it's done right, within 3 days you can be indexed by major search engines.
If you are fond of forums, you have probably participated in a signature line marketing campaign, at one time or another. Signature lines are a very effective no-cost marketing method. They work just as well when added to all of your outgoing emails, as well.
PRWeb.com (http://www.prweb.com/) offers both a free and fee-based press release service. The no-cost release is distributed throughout the PRWeb network. Press releases meeting minimum editorial requirements are included in their outbound RSS feed and privately syndicated to those who are interested.
Marketing your business on a budget is a challenge, but it is certainly not impossible.
Take the time to visit sites, which offer no-cost tools.
You might be pleasantly surprised at what you find!
To Your Best in Success,
