Internet Marketing On A Shoestring Budget - Part 1
Copyright 2009 by Willie Crawford
The current economic recession is causing many people
starting online businesses to make some tough decisions.
Often these are also BAD decisions.
During tough times, businesses traditionally cut the
one expense that they often DON’T need to cut… which
is advertising. Instead you just need to spend wiser,
and you will gain market-share BECAUSE your competitors
are cutting back.
Still, many online marketers today are looking for ways to
grow their businesses on a shoestring budget.
One of the most obvious ways is to go out and find things that
you need for your business that you can get for free.
For example, unless you’ve lived under a rock for the past
year, it’s difficult not to notice all of the free
cooperative list-building giveaways being organized by
internet marketers.
Sometimes, hundreds of marketers come together and each
contributes one (or several) free items. They list all of
their items on one central website, but usually require you
to visit the individual contributors’ sites to download each
item.
The gift contributors are willing to do this because it’s
a proven effective way to build their subscriber lists.
You can find free:
- Ebooks and courses
- MP3 audios
- Videos
- Access to membership sites
- Advertising credits
- Resale Rights Products that will readily sell
- Private Label Rights Products that you can rework and
turn into best-sellers
- Software that allows you to operate your business more
efficiently and effectively.
- A tons of other free items…
There is one BIG problem with free stuff though… you often
get what you pay for. Sifting though all of the freebies to
find the gems is often more trouble than it’s worth.
It does take time to examine this stuff and determine
whether or not it’s worthwhile to download. We sometimes
get back to the question my older relatives use to ask me…
“Do you have more time or money?”
Today, time is my most limited resource, but I realize that
is not the case for everyone. So, if you have lots of free
time, it IS worthwhile to visit these free giveaway sites
and look for tools to grow your business on a shoestring
budget.
If you DON’T have a lot of free time, but still want to take
advantage of the free giveaways, there is a solution.
That solution is to trust the recommendations of an ezine
publisher or marketer who has EARNED your trust by making
only “solid” recommendations. Check out the free giveaways
that they recommend.
I actually feel like I fall in that category 
However, if you want to find the very best free giveaways
that offer top quality free items that you can use in
growing your business, I recommend that you frequent:
http://InternetMarketingOnAShoestringBudget.org
There, you’ll always find links to free giveaways that the
staff has actually taken the time to go through and VERIFY
that they are not filled with worthless JUNK.
As an example, today, they point you to free giveaways that
have reports such as:
“Clickbank Insider Secrets - For Clickbank Affiliates And
Merchants” an MP3/PDF combination that shares knowledge I
have never seen shared anywhere else.
“How To Actually Make Money With Squidoo - In-depth MP3 Audio
Interview”
“Total YouTube Domination - Audio with MRR/PLR” - This audio
taught me how to divert traffic from the most popular existing
videos on YouTube… one of the best audios I’ve ever listened
to!
“Hidden Methods That I Use To Sell More Big Ticket Items -
PDF Special Report”
“Explosive Traffic System - FREE Report Reveals The REAL Secrets
Of Easily Getting 10,000+ Unique Visitors Per Month For Free!”
“The Secret of Domain Pagerank 3 - How to Get A Domain with High
Pagerank Instantly and Monetize It to Get Monthly Income from
Online Programs”
… and literally hundreds more titles.
Yes, one way to build your business on a shoestring budget IS
to sift through and download worthwhile items from free
giveaways. Again, the key is that you need to know which ones
have the good stuff. For that insight, you can trust:
http://InternetMarketingOnAShoestringBudget.org
Before we leave the topic of free giveaways, they ARE a great
way to build your email list too.
I’ve used them to accelerate the growth of my huge database.
My friend Odinn Sorensen used them to get his business off to
a great start… one that grew so fast that in just over a
year, he QUIT his six-figure job. He felt that secure in his
online business, and it was due to the list he’d built largely
using free giveaways.
If you’d like to know more about how YOU can use free giveaways
to build your list, you’ll also find that info at:
http://InternetMarketingOnAShoestringBudget.org
Ok, that’s it for Part 1 of this article. In the next part
we’ll look at getting that first website up and running on a
shoestring budget… like for free
Be on the lookout for Part 2.
In the meantime, start implementing what you just learned.
Without taking action, you’re no better off than if you didn’t
know!
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Willie Crawford is an internationally-acclaimed speaker, author,
seminar and radio show host, and leading Internet marketing
expert. When not out fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, Willie can
be found sharing his 12 years of online marketing experience
with members of The Internet Marketing Inner Circle.
Join them at: http://TheInternetMarketingInnerCircle.com
