It’s sad but true that people really do think the only way to get a ton of leads for their home based business is to buy a big expensive list. It’s just not true!

In fact the best way to get laser targeted prospects who are looking for exactly what you have to offer is with free online marketing. Don’t know how to do that? I’ll show you!

Article Marketing

Think article marketing doesn’t work? Well it worked on you didn’t it! Article marketing is simple. Write an article between 250 and 700 words and submit it to free online article marketing directories.

This method will take a little bit of time but it will be more than worth it in the end. At the end of each article write a quick little bit about yourself, who you are and include a link to whatever website you want to promote. It’s free and it will create lots and lots of free leads over time.

Your article will be on the website forever and ever so you do the work once and it keeps giving you results. Fair deal right?

Social Networking

Websites like Twitter, Myspace and Facebook are all in the social networking category. They’re all different but to simplify it you just set up a profile and start networking with like minded people.

You can do this for just a few minutes a day and it’s another great way to get tons of prospects every single month.

Video Marketing

If you already have a video camera and a computer video marketing is free as well. Just create a short 1 – 5 minute video (any longer is usually a waste) and upload it to the many, many free video sharing sites online.

Make sure of course when you do this that you’re including your website in the video so people know where to go to get more information about what you’re offering.

Free Classifieds

There are several different free classified ads sites online the biggest being Craigslist. Simply create your ad for free and submit it to whatever city you want your ad to target.

The only downside to free classifieds is that you’ll have to keep posting your ad over and over so you don’t get the whole “do it once and it lasts forever” thing as the other methods I’ve mentioned. Still, free classified sites can be pretty good at getting you more prospects.

There are so many more ways to get free leads online but I hope this article has given you some good ideas. There really is no need to ever pay for leads again. Free online marketing is the best way to go.