Here’s my simple plan that can put cash in your hand in under a week without spending a dime!

First, sign up for a free autoresponder. A quick search using a good engine will bring back more than a few options.

Second, create a free report to give out to anyone that asks. This can be an article of yours or simply some information that gives reader something of value. Just make sure you have a hot title for it that’s going to drive people wild.

Third, create a series of follow up autoresponders. I would create at least seven, but more will yield better results.

Each message needs to have a grabber of a title so that majority of those signing up will open it. One way to easily create messages that get opened is to stretch your free reports or articles over seven days. That way for someone to get full benefit they have to open each message.

It used to be that a small business' best low-cost advertising bet was radio. Radio is still quite affordable in many communities, but ad rates have gone through roof in many others.

This leaves lots of small businesses with nowhere to go for local advertising. Fortunately, America's oldest form of mass media is coming to rescue. Many cities are seeing a big return of neighborhood newspapers.

Small neighborhood papers focus on a particular part of town. They carry news on events within a few mile radius of their readers. Neighborhood papers also work hard to appeal to businesses in their immediate area.

One consumer told me she pays closer attention to ads in her neighborhood paper. "I know they're all a very short drive away. The big daily paper is advertising stores that are an hour or more away," she said.

Neighborhood papers not only feature far lower rates than larger papers, they let you tightly focus on a particular part of town. Specific neighborhoods feature specific income levels and lifestyles. This helps you target your ads more than you can with other kinds of local advertising.

Direct Response TV is also a great place to find cheap advertising. Just like any other kind of direct response marketing, television's response rates can be low. But there are so many people watching TV that it doesn't take a very high response rate to keep you awash in sales.