Online Marketing for Free?

Yes, for free.  I was having lunch with a couple of my friends the other day and we were talking about jobs and money.  One of the ladies said, "I would get into internet marketing if I had the money."  Huh?  If you had the money?  You can do it for free.

Sure, you want to begin investing as you make a few dollars but you can jump right in the game for no money at all.  And social media makes it that much easier.

Let’s see.  What are the main things you need to sell something, whether it be yours or someone else’s (via an affiliate program)?

• A home for your advertising
• A product to sell
• Traffic and exposure so that people will see it/find it

Okay.  So how can you do that for free?  Social media makes it easy.

• You can use a free blog to advertise on (Of course, I recommend upgrading to your own hosting after you make a few bucks because it looks better and provides better results but you can get started for free.)
• You can sell affiliate products – this costs nothing
• You can get traffic by setting up social profiles at social sites, bookmarking your blog and blog posts, bookmarking your social profiles, and by just being social via those platforms, forums, etc.

Okay, where’d the cost come in?  It didn’t!  You truly can get into the game for free.  Then  you simply invest your profit back into your business and grow it. 

That’s exactly how I started.  I found a good affiliate product, I set up a free blog and I promoted via social sites.  I made almost $1,000 on that affiliate product alone without ever spending a penny.

After you start seeing some money, take a few dollars and get hosting, it’s very cheap.  Host your blog there so you can remove the ‘.wordpress.com’ or ‘blogger.com’ or whatever.  Then maybe take a few more dollars and buy a few tools that will move you along faster.  Before you know it, you’ll be able to reinvest to make your business bigger and better while also keeping some for yourself. 

Don’t be fooled into thinking you HAVE to purchase something to get started.  You don’t.  Take a look around this blog to learn about social sites, keywords, tools and more.  I’m a huge fan of free so a lot of the stuff you find here won’t cost you anything.

Karen J. for Online-Marketing-Wizards.com