*Ezine Publishing - As I mentioned above, you should definitely be publishing an ezine to keep in contact with your website visitors and subscribers. Ezines themselves can be excellent income generators and they can also generate a lot of business for you.

Publishing a quality ezine is very important to your online business. Your subscribers will want helpful information and resources, not just a bunch of ads to read. By giving your subscribers what they want, you will become trusted and they will listen to what you have to say about products, programs, etc. To learn more about ezine publishing: http://www.ezineuniversity.com/ http://www.websuccesscentral.com/ezinesuccess/index.html http://developyourwebsiteandyourself.com/ezrc/ezineresources.htm http://www.e-zinez.com

*Free Traffic Programs - Free traffic programs are a great way to get visitors to your site. Once they get there, it is up to you and your website to keep them there. Join several of these programs and take an hour or two a week and surf for visitors. For each program open a separate window and keep them all going at once. You will receive a lot more visitors that way. Here are some examples of these programs: http://www.clickthru.net/referral?ref=279568 http://www.askmiky.com/home/signup.php?ref=websuccess http://www.ezhits4u.com/index.asp?ref=web-success

These are a few of more effective ways of advertising and promoting your business for FREE! There are many other ways, but methods I have covered in this article are some of most effective, in my experience. Get started with each method and as you learn and get more experience, expand into more email groups, traffic programs, article writing and ad swapping. You will find that a lot of promotion methods go hand in hand and you will learn more and more ways to promote your business for FREE!

Much success to you and best of luck with your online ventures.

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*Message Boards*

Message boards are similar to discussion lists, but are done on a website rather than through email. The same advice applies. Read guidelines and rules for posting. Do not just try to post an ad and never come back. Get involved with conversations, meet people, learn from people, help them and offer advice when you can. Doing this type of advertising can add strength and solidity to your business. You will be trusted and people will listen to you when you recommend a product or resource.

Try to visit boards regularly to keep abreast of conversations and information. Post a question, answer or experience whenever possible. Never insult, belittle or put down a person because they do not agree with your opinion or ideas. Always treat people with respect!

Check out these message boards for some great networking:

The Effective Marketing Group Discussion Board http://www.marketingeffect.com/cgi-bin/forum/webbbs_config.pl

Kiki's Community Cafe http://www.start-smartz.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi

Bizy Moms Message Center http://www.bizymoms.com/discus/

CyberMarketing Info Board http://www.bizweb2000.com/wwwboard/

Willie Crawford's Marketing Forum http://www.williecrawford.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi

Networking, although time consuming, can be a definite asset to your business because it allows people to get to know you. By doing that you can begin to form relationships that will be foundation on which you can build a very successful business.