Free advertising - good for small businesses?

pesky33

I searched and couldn't find anything about this, so sorry if it's already on here

I joined Project Wonderful this morning (can't post links, but it's just projectwonderful . com)

You can bid on advertising spaces, and some people have no minimum bids on their spaces. i've managed to have banner advertisements for nothing for about a week now and it's generated new visits to my website.

If you go and join, you can also offer advertising space on your own website, and maybe earn some money if people bid higher than nothing. If no one bids, you can even use your own images instead of the default image so it doesn't look too bad!

sunny_mummy

thanks for sharing - wil def check it out!

basic listing with yell.com is free too

http://www.yelldirect.com/freeadvertising.html?sem=g&cam=trade_freeadvertising&refcd=GO486T2976472S_ads_for_free&tsacr=GO2249302154

ukbill69

remember with yell to tick the box thats says dont contact me with offers, otherwise they will call you every other week to upgrade to a paid listing.

HappySad

ukbill69 wrote: »

remember with yell to tick the box thats says dont contact me with offers, otherwise they will call you every other week to upgrade to a paid listing.

Great advice. Don't want to waste my time telling them no!

|Some areas on Gumtree.com are free to advertise.

louisewh123

serach for free classified ads and internet directories on Google and sumbit to them all

ukbill69

louisewh123 wrote: »

serach for free classified ads and internet directories on Google and sumbit to them all

BAD for your search rating. Im a SEO expert and this will harm you rather than benefit your business.

moneymabel

Hi Bill-can I ask why it will harm the search rating? I know nothing about SEO,i've just got my new website and am looking for ways of advertising so was thinking about the directories.

louisewh123

ukbill69 wrote: »

BAD for your search rating. Im a SEO expert and this will harm you rather than benefit your business.

Free listings dont harm your SEO rating? Only if you black hat or use link swaps and bought link builders - which is not what i am suggesting. Plus whilst the bulk of searches are done using Google, people do still use business directories so it is a good idea to cover all bases.