1. Give people a free subscription to your e-zine.

Almost everyone is publishing a e-zine nowadays

so it's important to give something extra with the

free subscription. You could offer a free gift or

advertising when people subscribe.

2. Provide your visitors with free content. Your

content will be more attractive to your visitors if

it's up-to-date or original. You could also offer

people the option to reprint the content in their

e-zine or web site.

3. Offer a free online directory. The directory

could be full of interesting ebooks, e-zines, web

sites etc. If people find your directory to be a

valuable resource they will visit it over and over.

4. Give your visitors a free ebook. You could

also include your own ad in the ebook and allow

other people to give it away. If you don't want to

take the time to write one, you could ask other

writers permission to use their articles.

5. Hold free online classes or seminars. They

could be held in your web site's chat room. The

idea of "live" information will definitely entice

people to visit your web site. You will become

known as an expert on the topic.

6. Give visitors a free entry into your contest or

sweepstakes. The prizes should be something of

interest or value to your visitors. Most people

who enter will continually revisit your web site to

get the results.

7. Let visitors download free software. It could

be freeware, shareware, demos etc. You could

even turn part of your site into a free software

directory. If you created the software, include

your ad inside and let other people give it away.

8. Offer free online services or utilities from your

web site. They could be search engine submitting,

copy writing proofreading etc. The service or

utility should be helpful to your target audience.

9. Give free consulting to people who visit your

web site. You could offer your knowledge via

e-mail or by telephone. People will consider this

a huge value because consulting fees can be very

expensive.

10. Give your visitors a free membership to your

online club. People want to belong to something,

why not your online club. You could also give

away a free e-zine for club members only.

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