Advertise For CHEAP Using These Methods

In my last post, I discussed three different methods of advertising you can use to start making money as an affiliate. Have you utilized any of them yet? If not, shame on you! The golden rule of making money online is to TAKE ACTION! Without action, you won't see results!

Now, today I will discussing two more different methods of advertising that you can use to promote your affiliate program. The only difference between these two and the three from my previous post is that these two will require a small amount of money. But, don't worry! I'm here to help and guide you so that your hard earned money is spent ONLY on HIGHLY EFFECTIVE advertising! So, let's get started!

Traffic Exchanges - Here is an advertising method that not too many affiliate marketers know about, but is extremely effective! Don't know what a traffic exchange is? Well, let me explain. Basically, traffic exchanges, also known as hit exchanges, are "systems" where you view other people's website(s) for a set amount of time and in exchange, people will view your website(s) for that same set amount of time. You contribute to the traffic being delivered to other people's website(s) and in return, you receive traffic to your website(s). That's what a "traffic" exchange is. The exchange of traffic. Sounds very simple, but there's a lot more to it. So, for those of you who aren't familar with traffic exchanges, for a more in-depth explanation and description of traffic exchanges, I recommend reading Jon Olson's Hit Exchange Secrets 101. Also, as a side note, "make money" and "advertising" type programs produce the best results when using traffic exchanges. Other types of programs may not produce as good results.

Now, for those of you who are familar with traffic exchanges, you know that they are free to join and free to use? So, why am listing them as a method of advertising that requires a small amount of money? Because, in order to see GOOD results with traffic exchanges, you will need to spend a little bit of money! Promoting a generic replicated affiliate website in a traffic exchange will produce little, if any, positive results for you. You will need to create your own splash page to promote (a great explanation of a splash page can be found here). And, in order to create your own splash page, you will need your own domain and hosting. GoDaddy is the leading domain registrar and you can register a domain for as low as $8.95 a year! GoDaddy also offers great hosting, but I recommend Hosting Zoom. Hosting Zoom provides very reliable hosting for the low price of only $4.95 a month! Building splash pages may be a bit difficult for those who don't have basic knowledge of HTML, so if you need any help at all on creating your own lead capture pages, feel free to contact me via comment at the bottom of this post and I will be more than happy to assist you!

Ezine/Newsletter Ads - Another highly effective form of advertising is ezine/newsletter ads. Have you ever subscribed to a newsletter and noticed that towards the top, the bottom, and sometimes in the middle of the newsletters have ads? These ads are produced by people just like you trying to promote their product or program. They bought ad space from a newsletter that is closely related to their product/program and their ad was shown in the newsletter owner's next newsletter. Many subscribers to the newsletter will click on the ad because it is targeted to the topic of the newsletter. For example, if you are selling camping supplies, you will want to buy ad space in a camping newsletter because the topic of the newsletter is targeted to what you are trying to sell. Many people subscribed to a camping newsletter would be interested in buying camping supplies.

A good starting point for ezine advertising would be 2Bucks-An-Ad.com. You can buy ads for as low as $1 an ad and have your ad included in as many as 74 ezines with over 1 million subscribers!

That concludes two highly effective forms of advertising that you can utilize for CHEAP! So, don't be afraid to spend a little money because in the end, you'll be glad you did! Now, the five free and cheap methods of advertising that I've discussed are not the only forms of advertising. There are many, many more ways to advertise your affiliate program. I would just like to give you some time to test the waters with each method of advertising and not overwhelm you. I will be discussing more ways to advertise in the future, so be sure to check back regularly. In my next post, I will be discussing the king of advertising, Pay-Per-Click Advertising! So, be sure to check back here soon!