50 free or cheap advertising ideas for marketing offline and online!

There are many ways to advertise without putting out a lot of money. Use these tips to your advantage. Modify them and make them your own. Just remember that the only way to succeed with your business is to do something.

No one has ever found success by doing nothing.

1. Put your website on notepads, pens, newsletters, stickers, coffee mugs.

2. Flyers - When you buy your morning newspaper, slip some flyers in the rest of the newspapers.

3. Business cards (You can make your own or get them free through VistaPrint)

4. Article marketing is one of my preferred method of advertising. If you write articles and then use a service to publish, your articles become viral.Your articles will spread like a virus and could have the potential to be seen by hundreds of thousands of people.

5. Participation in online discussion forums is a great way to get the word out about your business - and it's free. Build relationships first and use the signature file to let everyone know what you do and who you are.

6. Free Classifieds

7. Targeted ezine advertising is one of the most cost effective ways to advertise your business.

8. Paid ads - such as personal ads. Test, test, test. Your success depends on your ad and your voice!

9. E-cards.

10. Purchase leads that are targeted and relevant to your business. If possible, get their phone number and follow-up.

11. Bookmarks for libraries, do not forget to talk to the first librarian.

12. Buy seed packets cheap, put a tag on them with your web site, as well as a way of saying, I am in the business of helping people grow.

13. Use your knowledge and publish a newsletter or ezine. One of your building your list you can offer paid subscriptions or ads.

14. Word of mouth (friends and family)

15. E-mail forwarded - Add your testimony to the signature line.

16. Buttons

17. Pens in hand with advertising, and the short URL.

18. Welcome Baby Cards for hospitals.

19. If the domain name is a string of words, try to capitalize on each. This helps people who just take a quick look I remember.

20. Create a flyer type of information that briefly explains your business.

21. When you go to a garage sale or yard, ask if you can leave some of your flyers there.

22. Community Colleges. Each student needs a part-time job.

23. Put a business card in all outgoing mail including anything that has a postage paid envelope.

24. Visit establishments you do business with (medical, food stores, karate / dance studios, etc.) and ask if you can leave flyers.

25. Magnets for cars you can put magnets all over your car.

26. Promote your business for free in local magazines, newspapers, community newsletters, etc. Many are based on voluntary contributions of writing. Translate your knowledge into an article. This is free advertising and an effective way to establish yourself as an expert in your field.

27. Leave your business card in the bathrooms of the restaurants or on cork boards around grocery stores.

28. Get a booth at school events and share what they offer.

29. Look into placing an ad in school sponsored publications (brochures directory, PTA, etc.). Usually not expensive.

30. Set up a giveaway box in any store that will give you permission.

31. Post flyers at apartment complexes, if they allow it.

32. Put flyers under windshield wipers of cars.

33. Classified ads in newspapers are cheap and effective. Ask to have your ad is displayed with a background color to make it stand out even more.

34. Buy a pre-inked, personalized stamp and put your ad on it. Stamp on the back of the envelope that the outgoing mail.

35. When it comes to advertising and marketing, repetition plays an important role in your successful campaigns.

36. We all get junk mail with the post paid envelopes. Just send a flyer back to the company and use their return envelope.

37. T-shirts

38. Make up gift basket raffles for Church bazaars, concerts held throughout the summer at your local community hall, or any city function. Do not forget to put your business card or some other advertising in the trash.

39. Put flyers on the windshields of cars at your kids sporting events.

40. Leave a business card with the tip for your waiter / waitress.

41. Response to spam message with your advertising business.

42. Give your business cards to family and friends and ask them to give them in touch with people I know who might be interested in part-time income.

43. Put up flyers in local colleges, libraries and grocery stores.

44. Ask your local Chinese take-away if you can post a flyer in their window.

45. Create a post it stack of business cards with a glue stick and then send them to mobile phones, etc.

46. Business cards with a magnetic back really be in people's minds, as well as on their refrigerator.

47. Leave business cards from the change machine in the gallery mall or at an ATM.

48. Put your website address on your sun visor using vinyl letters.

49. Find a metal can of old (or new), put a magnet on the back, put your business cards in them and then just connect this to your car when you go into a store.

50. Be different and get noticed. When you are unique then you are one step ahead of the competition.

There are many ways to promote your business without spending a fortune. Think outside the box. Most people notice things that are different, something that attracts their attention or even makes them laugh.

Keep it simple, keep it cheap and before you know that your success can be achieved without going bust.

Joe Rispoli ...