can you use blogspot blogs, write 10-20 good blog post related to the subject of the item your trying to sell, than on the top page add the hoplink in a post ? was jwering because it wouldnt be hard to say make 1 blog per week to promite a single item, post the hoplink and at the end of the week pick another item and start working on a blog for that without spending any money.
It's allowed on blogspot blogs but wordpress bans hoplinked blogs. It's a good marketing strategy and lots of people use it. Also, you have to bookmark your site with digg,stumbleupon,reddit and the other social bookmarking sites for SEO/traffic. There are entire free ebooks devoted to this marketing tactic, try searching around DP for lemonarian's guides on bum marketing too.