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If you’ve been trying to make money by writing articles, you might be getting a little frustrated.  You never know if all of that work will end up making you a single penny.  Plus, these days it seems that EzineArticles is the main place to submit, but you can’t even promote affiliate links unless you buy a domain to redirect first.

Well, all of that has changed.  Anik Singal, who is the creator of Affiliate Classroom, has just started AffSphere.  The great thing about them, is not only can you submit your articles and put any links in the your resource box that you want, but that’s only the beginning!

They have a total of 8 ways you can earn income on their website.  That’s pretty impressive.  So getting traffic from your articles is now only the beginning!  I went to the site and submitted my first article, and was really impressed.  It was nice and easy, and once it gets approved I’m sure I’ll start earning income in quite a few ways!

I also like that when you submit articles or even read others articles, you earn credits.  You can then use those credits to either place your banners on the website, or to get AdSense impressions. Either way, that’s a lot more money that can be made, all from just submitting an article!

I have a feeling I’ll be submitting a lot more articles to AffSphere, and recommend you do the same.

Are you looking for more simple ways to get your blog noticed?  Every time you write a new post, ping your blog.  It will let others know when there is a new post, and you can get free traffic this way.

One great resource to use to blog many different websites with one button is Pingoat.  The first time you go to the site, you put in some information about your blog, and check off the sites you would like to ping to, and it will ping all of those sites for you.  Then, just create a favorite with that page, and every time you go to that page from then on, it will ping all of those sites.

It’s nice and easy to set up, and even easier to use once it is set up!  Just go to that web page every time you post to your blog, and information about your post will show up on different websites, and you can get free traffic out of it!

If you’re looking to get free traffic, you might consider signing up for TrafficSwarm.  It’s a free site where you can promote your website.

How it works is when you look at ads, you will gain credits.  As you gain credits, you can use these credits to show your ad.  These ads will be shown to real people…it isn’t automated or anything.  It’s a great free way to get some extra traffic.

It is possible to buy credits if you don’t want to earn them by looking at other ads, but if you don’t want to spend a dime, this is a great way to get some people to see your site!

We have gone over a few ways to get free and cheap traffic online…but how about advertising your business when you’re out in the real world?  There are many ways to advertise when you are going out, doing your regular business.  You can advertise while running errands or even shopping at the mall.  Here are just a few cheap and free ways you can advertise while out.

• Wear a T-Shirt.  Create a T-Shirt (or you can order one online) that has your website, phone number, or any other important information you want to get across on it.  When you go out and run errands, wear the shirt.  Think about a crowded mall.  If you have an interesting or cute shirt…imagine how many people will notice it?  Plus, it’s a one-time expense, but you can wear the shirt multiple times, and many will get to see the shirt and hopefully visit your site.
• Print out flyers.  If you print out a bunch of flyers with your website listed on the bottom (so someone can tear off the website address), you can put them up anywhere you find public messages.  This can be at the library, supermarket, laundromat, and other places.  This way, for just a few cents of printing out a flyer, many people can see your ad.
• Similarly, get business cards.  You can make them or get them printed very cheaply, and then give them out to everyone!  You can even leave them places so that others will find them.  If they like what your business card says, they might visit your web site.
• Put an ad in the local paper.  Usually a little ad in a local paper doesn’t cost too much, and you can get many people in your neighborhood to visit your website!
• Advertise with your car.  There are many signs you can get specifically for your car.  If you drive around a lot, think about how many will see your car, and therefore see your ad.  When you’re stuck in traffic, people have no choice but to notice your ad!
• Try welcoming committees.  Many towns have a welcoming committee, and will give a free gift basket to new neighbors.  These usually include free stuff, as well as coupons for local businesses.  If you can give away a free sample, or have a pen or something useful created with your website logo on it, you can get people to notice you that way as well.

As you can see, if you keep your eyes open, there are a lot of ways you can advertise when out in the “real world” doing your daily activities.  The more people who see your website address, the better!

Now that you have a website, you probably want to get as much traffic as possible to your site.  As you probably know, there are many ways to get traffic to your site.  Some are free, and some cost money.  Obviously, you would like to take advantage of as many of the free ways as possible.  Here is a list of some of the free ways you can get traffic to your site:

• Use a Signature.  Every time you send out an email or post on a forum, right underneath your name you should have your website.  This is because if people like what you have to say, they might check out your website.  If you are posting really helpful posts, this can be especially good.  This way, many people will get a chance to see your website.  Also, by posting your website as your signature in a forum, you will get links back to your site which helps with search engine rankings.
• Get Links to your Site.  Do a search on the web to find other websites that are similar, or complementary to your website.  Email the webmaster, and see if they will put a link to your site.  You can do the same with theirs.  This way someone who is already interested in the topic may come to your site.
• Classified Ads.  There are many online classifieds that will allow you to list your ad for free.  This will allow others to see it and visit your site, as well as give you more links back to your website.
• Write Articles.  When you write an article and post it on an article directory, you have a bio section at the bottom.  If someone enjoys your article, they may want to see what other information you have to share, and might visit your website.
• Have good quality content on your website.  When you have good content, the search engines will notice it.  Then, when someone does a search in Google, Yahoo, or another search engine, your website will come up as a good result for your topic, and you will get even more traffic.

There are many ways you can get free traffic to your website.  You just have to get your (website) name out there, and before you know it, you will be getting tons of traffic!

If you are looking for a low cost way to get traffic, you should consider taking a look at Pay Per Click (PPC) opportunities.  Here are the 3 major ones, but many others.

• Google AdWords
• MSN AdCenter
• Yahoo! Sponsored Search (Sign up and get a $25 credit)

Even if you don’t know offhand what PPC is, you have come across it many times.  You know how when you search on Google there are some results on the right hand side?  Those are ads.  Also, many times ads appear on web pages. 

If you want to advertise to people who are interested in what you are talking about, this is a great way to do it.  What happens, is you create an ad (or multiple ads)  to promote your website.  Then, when someone either searches something similar to what you are promoting, or is on a site that is similar, they will see an ad about your site.  If they are not interested, nothing happens.  If on the other hand they are interested, they can click on the ad, and be brought to your site.  You will get charged only if the person clicks your ad and goes to your website.

The great thing about this is that you are only getting targeted traffic.  If they aren’t interested, they won’t click.  Another nice thing is you can set how much you want to spend per day, and per click…so you don’t have to worry about going broke because of advertising!  You can set it to only pay .05 cents per click (it will let you know if that will get you anywhere though), and up to $1.00 a day if you would like.  That way, the most clicks you will get in a day is 20, although many more people might have seen the ad.

It’s a great way to get some targeted traffic without spending a lot of money.  I really recommend it if you are trying to get people to your site, and don’t want to spend a lot.