Making Money Online for Free?
By craig | January 14, 2008
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Is this possible? Can you make money online for FREE? Don’t you have to pay hundreds of dollars for PPC ads to drive traffic to your squeeze page just to hope that someone may return you a profit from your investment.
In short, the answer is yes! You can make money online for your Internet business, be it new or old, and not pay one red cent for your efforts.
One of my favorite places to do this is Craigslist.org, a very basic, community based, classified ad and forum site. Each month, Craigslist gets over 9 billion page views and has a US following of 2.5 million people. Overall, it is the 7th most visited website in the world.
The beginning Internet marketer can use Craigslist to develop ad writing skills, build a nice little bankroll to use for other projects or to test the market. Whereas the experienced marketer can test PPC campaigns, build a “list” for future promotions and build a nice little bankroll for future use too.
Craigslist does have rules. For instance, you may post to one category and in one city, no more often than about every 48 hours and if the subsequent posts are similar they will be blocked. You can cancel the first ad after 48 hours then re-list it so you are near the top of the ads. In other words they don’t like SPAM. I know these rules seem anal and very strict, but this what has made Craigslist the way it is today, so be careful because they are not shy about terminating your account for violations.
Putting up an ad for a free report or e-book is a great way to build a list. Just put a link in the ad to your autoresponder, like the one I use at AWeber. When they reply, they are sent a confirmation link and then they get the free info and you have a new name on your list.
Other websites that you can use for free that will help you make money online include MySpace.com and Squidoo.com. These sites were talked about last week and you can read about them in the post called “Top 3 Resources for Your Internet Business.”
I would be interested in hearing from you and what sites you use that are similar to Craigslist. Feel free to leave a comment and let us know how these free sites have or have not helped you make money online.
-Craig
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