10 things to do online for free right now

So times are harder than they were, work smarter and make marketing money go further. This is our list of 10 things to do for free right now as promoted by Maggie at the BNI Conference on 18th October. But of course there is more...so visit our blog and add your own ideas!

1. Survey your clients or prospects with www.surveymonkey.com free entry level membership and then publish the results to get Media coverage
2. Take out a FREE 60 day trial of Constant Contact our email partners and send a great newsletter full of tips to up to 100 recipients
3. Set up a blog on www.Wordpress.com (then as us about importing to your own domain for brilliant SEO results)
4. Search for online communities specific to your industry and start contributing through articles and comments on other people's contributions
5. Start positing on www.boards.ie to increase your online presence and boost awareness
6. Set up a Linked in profile (or make the effort to go update your contacts in an existing profile
7. Submit your details to Free Internet Directories, remember to optimise the description for key search terms
8. Set up Google alerts and cut out the expensive media watching services
9. Add your business and your best client businesses to Google maps
10. Sign up for the Enterprise Ireland e-business forum

What else to do for free?

While you are here please take a look at our Web Knowledge area and make a resolution to become a learning organisation. Learning organisations work smarter and working smarter means you can ride the recession, make it work for you not depress you! And don't forget to pass your tips on to our blog community