how do you advertise a business with no advertising budget?
I draw portraits of people and pets, and take orders through my website or email. I have tried ideas like fliers, google adwords, and eBay. I am open to as many suggestions as possible. My goal is to get a steady flow on the average of 3 orders per day.
Start an affiliate program. Get affiliates to sign up and send traffic to your website. Offer them a % of flat rate for every sale they generate.
Eventually if you get busy enough, you hire someone else to do the portraits and you can just focus on counting the money.
Search advertising and Google AdWords