Hey there,
I think I may have replied to a few of your threads before
This one is interesting.. I'm not sure if there's a completely hands free automated system you can setup up completely free (however, there is VERY low cost methods).
If a beginner is starting out in a niche that they are excited for and know a lot about I would suggest going on forums or discussion groups for that niche and offer them free coaching that they can go ahead and get your hands on assistance and the only thing you ask of them would be when it is time that they need to make a mandatory purchase (in my case, it was when they needed to purchase domain, hosting, & autoresponder) that they bought it through my affiliate link just so the company can pay me a commission on the sale.
99% of people (I think 100%, but there may have been 1 that declined) agreed to it.
So if you can find out something that is mandatory for everyone to have when getting started in your niche and a better thing would be if it was a recurring bill that you made commissions on every payment.
Then you can use the money you're consistently making from those people you helped coach to cover your expenses for a domain, hosting, & autoresponder and also use it to get your squeeze page built and then just automate everything through the autoresponder.
I guess that technically would be "free" because you didn't invest any money into it.. That's how I got started and it worked out very well!
I still make commissions from autoresponder payments that they make every month and I did this until I made enough to cover my monthly expenses of running a website
Again, Hope this was helpful
Look forward to seeing more of your threads!
Have a great day!
Adam