What is the best way to market a product on the internet for free?

Answer 1

A few free resources – check out the sources box for links:

1) Create a blog pertaining to your field

2) Use Yahoo! Local & Yahoo! Groups – Be sure to read the TOS for each one!

3) Write articles pertaining to your field and/or expertise.

4) Advertise on Craiglist

Also, consider signing up for an affiliate program. These programs enable you to advertise on other's sites (your affiliates) and once a sale is made to you, your affiliates & the program are paid a commission.

I listed a few handy sites & articles relating to marketing, promotion & advertising. Here are some book titles that are relevant:

* 301 Do-It-Yourself Marketing Ideas: From America's Most Innovative Small Companies by Sam Decker
* Off The Wall Marketing Ideas: Jumpstart Your Sales without Busting Your Budget by Nancy Michaels, Debbi J. Karpowicz
* Guerrilla Marketing for Free: Dozens of No-Cost Tactics to Promote Your Business and Energize Your Profits by Jay Conrad Levinson
* Entrepreneur Magazine's Ultimate Small Business Marketing Guide: Over 1500 Great Marketing Tricks That Will Drive Your Business Through the Roof by James Stephenson

Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!

Answer 2

Here are a few ideas:

Start getting active in forums and be sure you include your url or product in your signature.
Send out a press release.
Become advertising partners with other websites. Trade banner ads.

Write articles and place them on your site. This will give the search engines something to spider and can lead visitors to your site. Or as an alternate you can write articles about your niche and submit them to a service like goarticles.com

Answer 3

Hi

A good free source for advertising is United States FREE Classified Ads - you can find it here: http://www.my-linker.com/hop/yausfree

Here you can upload pictures of products!

Answer 4

You can advertise it in Geocities, which is completely free.

Please visit the website below.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/20715800@N00/

Answer 5

Try www.craigslist.com and www.postaroo.com