Do you have a great online business but few customers,and a very limited budget to work with?

Just uploading your site onto internet is not enough, even submitting to main search engines and directories takes time. Often it may take months for a website to get listed.

You don't have to spend a fortune on marketing your site, best methods are often very inexpensive or free.

1) Pay Per click search engines

Pay per click search engines work by bidding for keywords. This is an immediate way to get your site listed. They work by bidding for specific targetted keywords related to your site.

You pay only for hits to your site and bidding can start as low as $0.1 depending on popularity of keyword. Only bid for words that are specific to your site. For example if you sell blue widgets then "widgets" is to vague. "blue widgets" will get visitors who specifically want to buy blue widgets!!

"Widgets would probably be more expensive as it has a more general audience but "Blue widgets" is more targeted to a particular audience and would most probably be cheaper.

http://www.overture.com Overture can get you listed on majority of leading search engines and portals, including; AOL, Ask Jeeves, Freeserve, Lycos, MSN, Tiscali and many more. You set up an account with them and deposit an initial £60

http://www.go-click.com You can create an account from $10 and they have a minimum bid of $0.1

2) Submit ezine articles

Submitting ezine articles is free and often one of best ways of getting visitors to your site.

Write an article about a subject that relates to your site giving useful information, but don't use it as an advert for your site or it probably won't be accepted.

You can however advertise your website in a resource box at end of your article.

Articles should be of a 65 character line length. textpad enables you to word wrap your document. For a free trial download go to http://www.textpad.com/download/index.html

Submit your articles with online article directories at http://www.ezine-writer.com/article-lists.html http://www.ezinewriter.com op10.html http://www.ideamarketers.com http://www.articlecity.com http://www.goarticles.com http://www.webmasterslibrary.com http://www.marcommwise.com http://www.mailbiz.com http://www.UltimateProfits.com http://www.vectorcentral.com http://www.freezineweb.com http://www.smarteremarketing.com

Make sure that your article is in keeping with directory before submitting it. Some directories are specialised in their subject matter.

What is Google AdSense?

Here is an excerpt taken from Google's FAQ:

"Google AdSense is a fast and easy way for website publishers of all sizes to display relevant, text-based, unobtrusive Google AdWords™ ads on their website's content pages and earn money. Because ads are related to what your users are looking for on your site, you'll finally have a way to both monetize and enhance your content pages".

How much you earn per click depends on how much advertisers are willing to pay. If keywords advertiser has chosen are in high demand you could receive several dollars per click. Alternatively low demand keywords will yield a few cents per click.

How does Google AdSense work?

1. Sign up for a new Google Adsense account at https://www.google.com/adsense. It only takes a few minutes.

2. Once your site has been accepted (usually within one day) you will receive a snippet of code to include on your web pages. You can insert this code on as many pages or web sites as you like. Google AdWords will start appearing almost immediately.

3. You earn a few cents or a few dollars per click when someone clicks on Google AdWords displayed on any of your web pages. Don't create revenue falsely by repetitively clicking on your ads. This will result in Google penalizing or possibly eliminating your site. You may also lose money you already earned.

4. Viewing your stats - you can check your AdSense earnings anytime by logging into your web-based account. Here is what you will see:

Impressions - how many times Google AdSense ads have been displayed on your Web page.

Clicks - number of times an ad is clicked.

Clickthrough rate - percentage of times an ad is clicked, out of total number of impressions.

Your earnings - how much you have earned from Google so far.

5. Google will send you a check every 30 days when you earn $100.00 or more. You will also receive payment at end of year, regardless of your account balance.

Who is Google AdSense for?