I am an independant financial advisor with a limited budget. What marketing tools are the most cost effective? How can I get articles written and published? How can I get my more exposure in my marketplace? I want to get my name out there quick. I am not looking for national exposure, just local.

For my company I will be using a number of marketing tools ranging from email to mailing. For the emails I will need to create an email but how do i send mass emails out, if I want to do it myself. Where can I get email addresses of many people like ranging from 20000 and more.