How do I advertise my online shop for free?

[Ian_Miguel]

Is there such a way? or am I shooting for the stars here?
I'm in the Philippines and its quite hard to advertise for the local population only. There are only a few sites available that I know of that are free or cheap. Maybe you guys know of any other?

[Webar]

You have lots of options if you wanna advertise fro free, but it will cost you time.

Here's a few tips:
- US Free Ads (usfreeads.com): One of the highest traffic sites on the internet with a free advertising option.
- Freeadboard (freeadboard.com): Place a free ad and for seven days it will be shown throughout the Free AdBoard network. After seven days, simply revisit to renew your ad. Unlimited ads can be submitted.
- Easysubmits: (easysubmits.com): Semi-automatic directory submissions and social posting

[Vicarius]

My suggestion is to try to get someone that enjoys sales and marketing involved with your operation. Many entrepreneurs are specialists in a particular field. They are great designers, software developers, wine merchants etc., but not necessarily good promoters. If you don't enjoy it not only will you likely be bad at it, but you will also waste a lot of the time you could otherwise devote to the things that you are good at.

Whether finding sales and marketing help is possible or not, it is still important to have a good grasp of what is going on. Advertising can often be the single biggest expense you have. You need to know where the money is going.