Ways To Advertise For Free

I'm someone who's perpetually broke, and always on the lookout for ways to advertise for free.

After a lot of searching, I have found 2 ways to do this that doesn't include social networking or making connections.

Way 1: free trials:

I have run a free trial for Google Adwords. You need a coupon code to do it, and every one of them is unique, but many places are advertising free trials of Adwords now. I have seen the advertisements on blogs, Youtube, and on Google search. It's always worth a try.

Way 2: Project Wonderful:

Project Wonderful is an advertising platform for blogs and websites. While most of the ads are paid, quite a few are free. it's really easy to get set up with ads there. Today, I'm running ads for soap savers on 4 different soap blogs.

You can only run a free ad for up to 2 days, and it can be less time if someone bids higher than you.

Both of these are fairly easy to set up, and like anything, takes a little bit of research, but can pay off big.

I hope these methods of advertisement help you as much as they have helped me, or more.

Coming up with a shop name...

As Karen said earlier, your Etsy username is your shop name and cannot be changed (at least not yet), but unlike her, I wanted a more ambiguous name, as I have only a bazillion hobbies that can be turned into sell-able stuff. :)

 I had a coworker at my last "day job" who I over heard telling another person that "Stephanie makes all sorts of things"

It's a bit long, so I shortened it, and Stephaniemakesall was born. I've had a few people, admin included tell me I needed to change it before I got established, but I'm stubborn as a bull.

But they are right, you should give your business name some thought. Leaping's good, but maybe it's also a good idea to look before you leap!