So you're searching for a no cost internet marketing guide? I think it's true that the free ones are always the best but it's so difficult to find decent content on the internet these days ? especially free content. When starting off with internet marketing its easy to go from sales page to sales page and to read through endless emails ? telling yourself your researching. As you probably know in the back of your head ? this won't get you anywhere!
What you need is one decent guide, that specializes in one area and you need to get stuck in, become a master of that guide and want to dominate that area. Research is great, but only the right sort. Finding out more and more about the area your concentrating on and excelling to become a master in that area is the way to become a successful internet marketer.
But there are so many aspects to choose from. One ?gurus? telling you that the moneys in list while the other is telling you it's in social marketing. Of course there's money in every area of internet marketing its just what area suits you. In my opinion there's only one area that people starting out should concentrate on. Depending on your money situation, you may agree or not.
PPC is to risky and expensive for people just starting out. Its very hard to get right, especially when you don't know what your doing. collecting opt-ins is a bit more complicated and should be something to concentrate on in the future.
Social Marketing is great for people just starting out. Combined with a few other simple techniques it's the best way to make money quickly and learn the ropes of internet marketing. Its completely free so your not risking any of your own money and its perfect for finding out what works and what doesn't.
Using Squidoo and other web 2.0 marketing sites (Hubpages etc) is a perfect way to set up and test pre-sales pages promoting products. You can then use article marketing (Bum marketing is a great form of this) to drive tonnes of traffic to your sites. If something doesn't work you learn from it and move on to the next product. There really is a shed load of money to be earned here. A friend of mine has been earning $800+ every day just from these techniques (and that's just a part of his business)
So how do you get started earning money? There's a great free internet marketing guide at http://www.WallerDigital.co.uk that concentrates on just this, using all free techniques. The course is 100% Free and is great for any budding internet marketer. The techniques being taught inside are those that some ?so called gurus? are charging upto $100 for.