1 – Nothing beats word of mouth. I suggest reading the book “Buzzmarketing” by Mark Hughes
2 – Snail Mail still works. Mail out fliers
3 – Join forums and put a link in your signature. Make topics related to your website
4 – Good ole fashioned link exchanges still work
5 – Post flyers around town
6 – Cold call
7 – Post reviews on other websites, leave your URL
8 – Write articles
9 – Write an eBook
10 – Write a book
12 – Adjust your meta tags and submit to search engines
12 – Bug your friends to bug their friends
13 – Sponsor an event
14 – Sponsor a charity
15 – Publish regular articles on your website
16 – Create business cards with your URL. Leave them in bathrooms, tables, wherever you can.
17 – Create a brochure
18 – Host a fundraiser
19 – Throw a party for your clients. Have them bring friends
20 – Instruct a class as a guest teacher
21 – Instruct a class as a regular teacher
22 – Be a guest speaker at an event
23 – Rent a booth at the local fair or flea market
24 – Hand out custom chocolates with your URL
25 – Make sure your site is user friendly and search engine friendly (try Spaggle.com)
26 – Send out monthly newsletters
27 – Write guest articles in related website’s newsletters
28 – Create a blog
29 – Write press releases and submit them to PR sites (PRWeb.com)
30 – Join social bookmarking sites and bookmark your URLs (Digg.com, StumbleUpon.com, etc)
31 – Send out cards or e-cards on holidays/anniveraries to customers to show them you care
32 – Send unhappy customers gift baskets
33 – Advertise in the services area of your local newspaper
34 – Write a guest article for your local newspaper
35 – Give away free samples of your service or product
36 – Hold a contest
37 – Simply ask people to bookmark your site
38 – Create an affiliate program. People like money
39 – Add your product to Froogle, eBay and Yahoo Shopping
40 – Write about a controversial topic and host it on your site. Without offending people, of course
41 – Get T-Shirts made (Cafepress.com). Pass them out to your friends and family
42 – Sub-Contract for related but non-competing businesses/individuals
43 – Give away free trials
44 – Write an online advice column
45 – Volunteer within your community
46 – Keep your website updated
47 – Join social websites such as LinkedIn.com, Ecademy.com and MySpace.com
48 – Attempt to make a personal, yet professional connection with potential customers
49 – Research your competition. Find out how you’re better than they are. Flaunt the fact
50 – To get indexed in search engines faster and better, purchase an existing domain from an individual versus a new one. Make sure it’s at least two years old with existing PR
51 – Raise awareness to an event or public concern
52 – Donate a percentage of your earnings to help schools. Display this on your website
