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16 Methods for Getting Free
Advertising
1. Place copies of your circular on
bulletin boards throughout your community,
such as in coin-operated laundries, grocery
stores, barber shops, etc. Concentrate of
Fridays and Saturdays when shopping
increases.
2. Check
with local newspapers. Before going to
press, many smaller newspapers have space
left that needs filling.. Your ad may be
just the right size to occupy this unfilled
space and they will run it free.
3. Place
your circulars on windshields of parked
autos, Youngsters will be happy to do this
for you for a dollar or two. Check first
with city ordinances to see if this is
permitted in your locality.
4. Leave
sales literature on doorsteps of homes
& businesses in your area. Do this on
weekends in residential areas; weekdays for
businesses.
5. Have your
best pulling 1 inch or 2 inch ad made into
a rubber stamp. Stamp this on envelopes of
all of your outgoing mail.. Check rubber
stamp dealer's ads in current mail order
publications for price
information.
6. When you
have envelopes printed with your return
address, have them also print your best ad
directly beneath your address. It costs
noting additional to have this printed on
the front of your envelopes.
7. If you
publish a mail order magazine, newspaper,
adsheet, etc., contact other publishers, If
your circulation is equal to theirs, many
will be happy to exchange an equal amount
of ad space with you.
8. Many
publishers will give you free adspace for
mailing a few copies of their publication.
Simply write to them and ask if they will
give you a free 1 inch ad in exchange for
mailing 50 to 100 copies of their
pub.
9. Write
informative articles for mail order trade
publication. Most publishers will give you
free ad space for the use of your
article.
10. Take
advantage of advertising specials. Many
publishers offer ads on a 3-for-the- price-
of -2- basis, or 4-for-the-price-of-3, etc.
This saving is the same as getting one ad
free of charge.
11. Some
publishers offer a free classified ad with
your first display ad. Watch for such
specials. Use the free ad and pocket the
savings.
12. When
starting a new publication, many publishers
will offer reduced ad rates to help fill
space. Watch for ads regarding such
offers.
13. In your
ads, request a SASE. Then insert some of
your other offers in regular outgoing mail.
This is the same as getting free
advertising.
14. Become a
mailer. Get your printer's lowest price for
printing circulars on both sides of the
sheet. Contact other dealers and state you
will print and mail their circulars for
this price with no conflicting ads on the
back. Then print your circulars on the
reverse and distribute them with your
outgoing mail. There is no extra cost for
postage and envelopes, and your side of the
circular is paid for by your
customers.
15. Offer a
free commission circulars. Print one of
your regular offers on one side; a
commission offer on the reverse, leaving
space where the mailer can rubber stamp his
name & address, Your offer gets a free
ride.
16. If you
use a postage meter machine, use the ad
space directly left of stamp imprint for a
free message.
by DeAnna Spencer
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editors:
To show my appreciation to the editors that
use my articles, I offer a free solo ad.
Simply send an email to me by using the
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