06/01: Free Pay Per Click Advertising Offers

Making money online relies almost entirely on getting traffic to you website. Pretty unoriginal huh? Like most oft repeated statements however, it is true.

The law of averages says that the more eyes you can get on your website, blog or landing pages and sales pages, the greater success you will have in making sales. The harsh fact is though, the majority of internet users are looking for information, they are not usually looking to buy things - which is not to say they won't end up buying, it just  isn't their primary reason for searching the internet. I say the majority, because obviously some people do log on with the sole intention of findng a deal on something specific.

The other hard truth is that driving traffic to your place on the web is not nearly as easy as some would have you believe - at least not  without the reach of a huge advertising budget. This is a luxury most bloggers certainly don't enjoy.

When it comes to targeted traffic Pay Per Click advertising is often hailed as the holy grail of online marketing. Is it worth it though? More precisely, is it worth it for you?

Well, there are plenty who claim to have achieved untold riches with a combination of PPC and affiliate programs for example. There is no doubt that some of those claims are true, but people are less willing to talk about failing with Pay Per Click (PPC) - and I'm willing to bet that these are far more commonplace. 

Finding out need not be an expensive endeavor - in fact there are plenty of ways to try PPC without spending a cent. A little research  will show that anyone can grab thousands of dollars worth of PPC advertising absolutely free. Sounds good right?

If you've never considered it before, or the thought of Google Adwords is too scary to contemplate, don't give up on the idea. There are many smaller PPC search engines who want your business, and they are happy to lure you into trying their services by  giving you anything from $1 to $200 or more in free advertising, just for trying them out. This is a great thing for those with little or no budget and lets you start learning about PPC with no risk.

So, how do you get in on this potentially lucrative little number? Well, it's all very simple. The first thing to decide is what you want to advertise  - be it your blog, an affiliate program, a lead capture page or a sales landing page. If it's an affiliate program just be sure that your intentions are not going to see you falling foul of their rules as some don't allow PPC advertising or are very particular about what you can and can't do as an affiliate.

Once you've covered that, decide on what keywords or phrases you want to rank for. It isn't rocket science and you don't need any expensive tools or software in this early stage of your PPC adventures. 

You will find the keyword research tool at Keyworddiscovery.com reasonably good and you can use Google's External Keyword tool too. I also make use of a nice little piece of free software which you can read about at my earlier post on Niche Marketing Keyword Tools.

OK, armed with the phrases you want to rank highly for, it's time to go and grab some free trials. Remember, you can often bid from as low as $0.01 per keyword or phrase and this will often give you the top listing, so even if the search engine is only offering you $5 you'll still get 500 free visitors. Many offer a lot more, so you have every chance of getting seen by a lot of people.

Below is a list of just some of the search engines you can try - only one or two are affiliate links so don't be mean please. None of these require you to give up your credit card details or pay any kind of deposit. There are plenty that will match your deposits every time you make one, but, for the time being we'll concentrate on 100% free! Just visit  the site, look for the signup link and follow the instructions to grab your free advertising.

SeekPony - $25 Free Signup Bonus

Search99.com - $85 Free Signup Bonus 

LeapSprint - $25 Free Signup Bonus

SeekHawk.com - $25 Free Signup Bonus

1CoolSearch.com - $25 Free Signup Bonus

MyWaveHits.com - $10 Free Signup Bonus

FindLaunch.com - $25 Free Signup Bonus

LetGizmoFindIt - $10 Free Signup Bonus

SurfTheWeb.com - $75 Free Signup Bonus

SearchPost.net - $550 Free Signup Bonus

MySearchPoint.com - $10 Free Signup Bonus

MammothSearch.com - $10 Free Signup Bonus

GoldenWheel.net - $20 Free Signup Bonus

FindLaunch.com - $25 Free Signup Bonus

911Search.com - $5 Free Signup Bonus

GoGiga.com - $5 Free Signup Bonus

EndFind.com - $100 Free Signup Bonus

Allseeks.com - $10 Free Signup Bonus

OK, that's a lot of free traffic, but I'm sure you can find more. These offers often change in the blink of an eye, so get in quickly is my advice. Some of them may also disappear from view altogether after a while but some will stay the course. Free advertising is free advertising though, and it's never good to look a gift  horse in the mouth :-)

I should also mention Bidvertiser who don't operate on a keyword based system. Advertisers select categories or specific sites on which to advertise and it does work pretty well. You can grab $20 worth of free advertising with Bidvertiser when you sign up, but you will have to register a payment method. You can also sign up as a publisher if you want to run their ads on your websites or blogs and that's free of course.

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