Whether you have started a new online business or launched a new blog, getting traffic to your website can be very challenging. However, all advertising is not expensive. Over the years, several free advertising networks and exchanges have been launched to offer online businesses and websites with way to online advertising for free. It is easy and quick to get set-up with ad networks and you can start to get free traffic to your website or blog in no time. They are different to regular advertising networks like Adsense that allow you to make money from your site.

The concept behind free advertising exchanges is straightforward. You add a small piece of code to your website to display ads of other businesses on your site in-return for displaying your ads on other participating sites.

I have compiled a list of 7 Free advertising exchanges that your business can use to get free traffic and exposure to your website.

Cautionary Note:

I would like to advice on using free ad networks with care. For regular businesses, they may not be the best option, as displaying banners on your site can have negative effect on your branding. However, for blogs and information portals, it may be an option worth checking out. Personally, we have not had to rely on free ad networks to drive traffic. We get good traffic to our site based on the daily content updates. As such, we have not had to rely on free ad networks to drive traffic. But if your site is new or if you are struggling to drive traffic to your website, you can give these free ad networks a try to see how it works for your business.

1.  Milo Ads

MiloAds have created a free online advertising network by combining the advertisers and publishers together. Users are able to advertise their websites on thousands of other websites by posting non-intrusive ads back onto their website. All you have to do is upload your advertisement and paste a script that displays other rotating advertisements on your site, and in return you get to display your ads on other participating websites.

 2. Bamify Ads

Implementation is easy. Copy and paste a couple of lines of code on your site to get started. BAMify Ads is designed to get your website more traffic. Their aim is to act as a replacement for traditional advertising and marketing. The system can be used to drive traffic to any web property, not just your company’s website. You can also use it for your blog, Facebook Page, or anything on the Internet.

The system itself can be described simply as an advert-swap organiser. Designed to allow you to advertise on other people’s websites in exchange for you showing adverts on your website.

3. The Banner Exchange

The Banner Exchange is a free ad marketplace that offers a marketing avenue to help those who have an online business or referral programs they wish to advertise for free. It was one of the first free ad marketplaces to be established online. By placing the provided code on your website and displaying other members’ banners, you are able to earn ad impressions (credits) that are then used automatically for displaying your ads on other sites.

4. Cahoola

Cahoola is a revolutionary new free website advertising network. Use us to drive free, targeted traffic to your website. Just paste a piece of JavaScript into your webpages to display adverts. Every time someone clicks on an ad you earn a click credit. When your own ad is clicked you lose a credit. So the more clicks on ads you display, the more click credits you will have to get your own ads seen and clicked.

5. Ad Grid Network

Ad Grid Network offers Free advertising for your website, blog or business page. It’s 100% free. Unlike Adsense units, you can choose from several attractive advertisement blocks AND text links. Promote to a targeted audience. You can define exactly what types of sites you want your free advertisement to appear on. You also get access to free metrics and tracking tools that will give you with detailed information on the users viewing your advertisements and websites.

6. AdOne

Adone offer a free ad and banner exchange programme that you can use to promote your website for free. You earn credits for showing ads on your website, and use those credits to promote your website for free on different websites. You can create your own ads and customise them to suit your needs. You can target your ads by channel or geographic region.

7.Whambanners

http://www.whambanners.com/

Whambanners has been delivering free banner exchange advertising across its member site network since May 2008. In that time we have developed the site to offer our members what we think is the best free banner exchange network on the internet. New members get up to 1000 free banner views depending on how much they participate in our free banner exchange network.

8. Banner Ad Exchane.Net

Our Banner Ad Exchange Program is free to join and allows anyone to promote their website and start receiving traffic by simply a joining our banner ad exchange network. For advertisers that do not want to exchange banners on our network you can just buy credits for a low as $0.05 per thousand impressions.

Conclusion:

In the long run, it is better to rely on building your organic presence on search engine results and methods such as social media to promote your business, blog or your website online. However if you have just started your online venture and are struggling to get traffic, you can give the above free ad exchange networks a try to see if it works for your business.