yesfan

I'm looking at economic methods of marketing my services, along the lines of high exposure for little financial outlay (time and effort not a problem), or word of mouth.
 
I have done some websites for a few charities free of charge and thought this might be a good way to go. I would target charities that hold regular public events and exchange my services for exposure in event media and advertising, also charities that regularly get mentioned in the press. I would target my offer to a particular genre and region, local to myself so I am able to visit face to face, and avoid being overloaded with requests. There are also tax benefits.
 
I also thought of offering free re-designs to local high footfall companies to increase my exposure. Maybe making agreements to charge for updates/additions and hosting etc.
 
Has any one done something similar? Or would this just create a mass of workload and not much investment?