Tips to promote your web site:

- Give away a free course or report in exchange for an email address.

- Have a trial for a limited time for some of your products and services.

- Write Articles to promote your web site and create a resource box in bottom of your article.

- Give away an e-book in exchange for an e-mail address. - Create a categorized links directory.

- Start your own e-zine.

- Give away free greeting cards.

- Offer a free gift or certificate to repeat customers.

With a little bit of thought and creativity you can implement any of these strategies into your marketing plan. Keep in mind that whole purpose of giving away something for free is to receive something in exchange.

You want to create hundreds of prospects and collect their contact information. Build a relationship with these prospects and you will earn their trust which in turn will lead into hundreds of sales.

Finding content:

- Search any search engine for hundreds of free content and articles. Look for content that matches theme of your web site.

If you have not started, start today. Remember this oxymoron: Giving away free Content yields lots in return: Long term relationships,repeat customers, sales,Traffic,links and in conclusion,a successful online business.

4. Submit to top Web sites looking for new content.. They want and need your information, because that is why people visit any site--for free information. Follow directions for each site. Many want a list of key words and a description. Others require your article by autoresponder. Four years ago, my URL was on 987 other Web sites. Today it's on 4700. Amazing viral marketing!

5. Makeover your Web home page. Place those top key words and phrases in top half of this page and in links you list along bottom or side of your page. Search engines pick up these and you receive a higher placement. For instance, my top key words include: book coaching, eBook, ePublishing, self-publishing, Online promotion, Web copywriting, Free Publicity.

Yes, you can buy key words and put paid ads in Google and Overture, but when I tried that I got almost 0 results and spent a lot of money. The above ways to boost your search engine placement are totally free. It's a building process this viral marketing, but if you are willing to stay a while, you'll get money results as well as becoming well known and trusted for your product or service.