If you want to make money in affiliate marketing, you will need traffic to your websites. I am going to talk about creative ways you can advertise to get plenty of traffic to your sites, and your other businesses.

There are many free and cheap ways you can advertise your affiliate business. One way is posting ads under free classified websites. There are many of these websites that will allow you to post free ads. Most of these sites will also let you upgrade for a small fee which will help you get even more exposure. Just make sure you post in the appropriate category that your ad best fits in to make sure you reach your potential customers. You can use social networking websites, like Facebook, Corkin and Twitter. The only downside to using Facebook and Twitter is many of you friends and family may not want to be marketed to.

Although you can reach many customers through Facebook and Twitter, video marketing on sites such as YouTube is a great choice that can bring even more customers. Video marketing gives you more of an opportunity to show the customer your product and you can give much more detailed information than just through a regular advertisement in a newspaper. It’s a great alternate to TV commercials which can be very expensive if you are a new business. Your videos can show up in search engine results and depending on the keywords you use, you can get high rankings in Google and other search engines.

The same is true for article marketing. Some article marketing websites will allow you to put links in your articles and you can place a link to go back to your website or to You Tube (if the article directories allow a link to You Tube. This will greatly increase the chance for you to reach thousands or even millions of people.

Other powerful way to advertise cheap is on you vehicle. Put a sign on your car and drive around, go to the mall and park and people will definitely see it. Put your website or blog on the sign. Create a shirt to wear or a name tag. The name tag can be worn everyday. You can place flyers and business cards in grocery stores, Laundromats, or any place that has a public bulletin board. Just make sure you go back every so often to make sure your ad is still visible and still on the bulletin because ads can be covered up by other people who place ads and theses places clear their bulletin boards every now and then. Also get people you know to pass out business cards to people they know.

Writing a press release is a very good way to advertise a new business, service, or product that is helpful or can benefit your community. Just get it to the right people. If you have many products that you offer, create a brochure or catalog and mail it out. Your customers may want to know if you offer other products. You can give them a brochure or catalog as well when they purchase one of your products. Starting a blog is also great for free advertising. Use all or some of these and you will have great success in your affiliate marketing business or any other business you may have.