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free advertising?

can anyone help me with some free advertising with a new business venture please? ideas on where to advertise that is free?
i have advertised on my local netmums site which is a national site. are there any other sites like this?
hannah

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  • geordie_joe
    geordie_joe Posts: 9,112 Forumite
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    I think you should say what your business is, that way people can suggest advertising that will be relevant to your business.
  • dp555
    dp555 Posts: 45 Forumite
    Let us know the sort of business, but certain parts of gumtree and craigslist are free. Also, I know it takes a while, but traffic exchange sites are worthwhile (I use trafficg). I use a couple of online earners and trafficg is the one that seems to help most.

    Hope that is of help!

    EDIT - Also find relevant questions that are unanswered on yahoo answers. There's a surprising amount of traffic potential on there too.
  • bloggymum
    bloggymum Posts: 34 Forumite
    Approach your local paper or publications/sites relevant to your type of business with a view to running an editorial feature on your new venture. As well as advertising revenue they always need news to fill up the pages too - you just need to find an interesting angle to present them with.

    Also, why not try running a launch competition giving away free product/trial of your service.

    As the others said, more info on what your business is would be helpful in order to give more sepcific ideas.

    Best of luck! :T
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  • ajay_89
    ajay_89 Posts: 95 Forumite
    I've listed my business on gumtree, vivastreet, hot frog and free index. But most people who have visited my website have clicked through from either gumtree or vivastreet.
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