A resourceful affiliate marketer can conduct advertising campaigns with no out of pocket costs. There are many ways to advertise and nearly every venue has a way to advertise for free.

Classified ads are just the beginning of ways you can advertise. Many classifieds will allow you to place a free ad if you are advertising a free service or product. Many classified ad sites are completely free to view and to post ads in.

There are many article sites where you can post articles you have written or that your affiliate program has provided for you. Be sure to include a link to the sale or sign up page you wish to promote, and be sure the product or service is relevant to the topic of your article.

Some e-zines will allow you free advertising space in exchange for content. This is another way to use your articles to get free advertising.

You can use these same articles to post on your blog or on blogs with a topic relevant to yours.

E-books can be used in a variety of ways. You can break them into small pieces and use them in an email campaign. You can put your own links in the appropriate places and give them away as an incentive or bonus. You can take small pieces of them and rework them into articles. These are just a few suggestions; be creative! Be sure to check usage rights for each advertising tool provided to you by your affiliate program.

Reports can also be used by a clever affiliate marketer in a number of creative ways. Rework them and use them as press releases. Award them as a sign up bonus. Send them to your mailing list as a thank you for their patronage.

There are many free advertising resources for affiliate marketers. The successful affiliate marketer will find them and use them as much as possible.