ways to promote site

[Tenkgoi]

Hello, I really need some ways to promote my site.

I am doing google adwords, listed in the search engines.

I need more traffic, more sales!

What can I do to get the word out about my site? :confused:

[cecilia]

Hi,

You can try

- Traffic generators
- Advertise with banners (can be design free at www.addesigner.com)
- exchange links with other websites
- submit your site in yahoo, google...etc

Hope this helps

[babynexu]

Try submitting to directories. ;)

[mummy2828]

I use NoMoreHits (http://www.nomorehits.com/cgi-bin/start.cgi?referrer=srad28)

Anything free is for me! Good luck! :)

Stephanie

[jogger1949]

Traffic exchanges are good. the manual ones. not the auto ones. Write some articles and post them on a blogg good way too. :)

[airpr23]

Yes a couple of ways are blogging and articles.

[jogger1949]

Have you tried Adboards or free advertsing sites..create links back to your website though submitting to other sites.

charlie :)

[diegoid]

Try Dribba.com.

You can monetize your forum/blogs links with it.

[usnjose]

Hey Charlie keep using the succes guide and alway preview your post before you submit.

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[cherie27]

how about social bookmarking sites?

It is also one of the free methods to get traffic for your website.

[DataGirl]

1. Blog every single day.

2. Comment on other people’s blogs, especially when they link to your blog.

3. Post at least three videos on YouTube. Make them fun, cool, and most importantly – let the videos show you doing what you do. No more than three minutes each.

4. Post pictures on Flickr of you being yourself, working with clients, doing things you love, and most importantly – doing what you do.

5. Publish at least one article a month on public databases like www.ezinearticles.com. They get AWESOME Google rankings for ya.

6. Write and give away at least one free ebook a year.

7. Any time someone asks to reprint one of your articles, SAY YES!

8. Any time someone wants to interview you for her podcast, blog or newsletter, SAY YES!

9. Post your tour, schedule or travel calendar on your website.

10. Blog every single day.

11. Make use of social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn. Just try not to get addicted. Accept friend requests from everyone.

12. Create a lens on Squidoo.

13. Publish a regular ezine. Share 1/2 of the main article in the body of your email letter and then publish the rest of it online to drive traffic.

14. Google your name, company name and tagline every week. It’s a great motivator to boost your web presence, especially if the only thing that comes up is your high school golf team score.

15. Publish your profile on ZoomInfo.

16. Post pictures of your customers using your products. Great testimonial.

17. Post videos of your customers using and talking about your products. Even better testimonial.

18. Don’t have (just) a website. Have several. Create an interconnected network of various sites that all point to your MAIN site. Think octopus, not earthworm. And think destination, not website.

19. Get yourself on Wikipedia. (This is REALLY hard to do, but it’s a great goal to shoot for.)

20. Blog every single day.

21. If you’re an author, make ebook versions of your books available for download. I say give ‘em away for free.

22. Include a Media Room on your website. This builds your credibility and expertise. Which will attract other media outlets to seek you out. Which will lead to more interviews. Which will lead to more hits on Google whenever someone types in your name or your area of expertise.

23. Interview other people and post the transcripts or audio files online. They’ll take ownership of the piece and tell everyone they know to come to your site.

24. Start an online TV network.

25. Just be remarkable.

26. Give more speeches. Even if they’re free. See, what happens is, the organization you speak for will include your name and bio on their website. They’ll also post the conference agenda as a PDF online, which will come up as a hit on Google when people type in your name or area of expertise. Sweet.

27. Figure out what everyone else in your industry is doing and then do the opposite.

28. Post lots of lists.

29. Blog every single day.

30. Post your PowerPoint slides on Slide Share or your blog. (NOTE: don’t do this if your slides SUCK. And most people’s slides suck.)

31. Capture emails and build your list. Create a permission asset. Emails are GOLD.

32. Register misspellings, permutations and variations of your main URL and redirect them to your homepage.

33. I don’t know much about Search Engine Optimization, Google Ad words and Pay-Per-Click, but I hear that stuff works pretty well. Something to think about.

34. Got a book? Cool. Get it on Google Book Search.

35. Speaking of Google, get lots of Google alerts on your name, company name, product name, etc. This will help you stay current with what’s being said about you on the Web. (And if nobody is talking about you on the web, you’re in trouble.)

36. Review books on Amazon.com.

37. Do surveys on your website and publish the results.

38. Do audio podcasts.

39. Do video podcasts.

40. Then post them on your blog.

41. (And of course, blog every single day.)

42. Google the names of the leaders in your industry. Evaluate their search results. Check out their web presence and see what they’re doing right. Then copy them.

43. If possible, get on CNN. That really helped me.

44. Join organizations, non-profits and trade associations. Get listed on their directories. Also, consider taking a leadership position or becoming a board member. They might even give you your own page on the organization’s website! (NOTE: don’t sign up just to get listed. Sign up to learn, grow, give back and make friends. Let web presence be incidental, not a intentional.)

45. FACE IT: you’re not giving away enough free stuff. Give more. The more you give away for free, the wealthier you will be. More on that theory here.

46. Share link love FIRST. People will be happy to reciprocate.

47. Send blog posts to people who would appreciate them. BUT, don’t ask them to blog about you. Just deliver value. Reach out to someone new. I did this once and the guy ended up blogging about me, which led to about 1 million hits in five days.

48. Learn about Digg and get dug. Unbelievably powerful.

49. Every time you meet someone who says, “Yeah, I’ve heard of you!” or “Oh, I’ve been to your site before,” write it down. Keep a Word of Mouth Journal. Notice patterns and soon you will hit a critical mass.

50. Dude: just be everywhere!

51. Leverage your expertise in every possible way.

52. Tell your story and make sure other people are telling it too.

53. Don’t cheap out on your website. It’s worth it.

54. Every time someone comes to your website, make sure they know THE ONE THING YOU WANT THEM TO DO, right away.

55. Blog every single day.

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60. Blog every single day.

61. Blog every single day.

62. Blog every single day.

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64. Blog every single day.

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67. Blog every single day.

68. Blog every single day.

69. Blog every single day.

70. Blog every single day.

71. Blog every single day.

72. Blog every single day.

73. Blog every single day. (Any questions on this one?)

74. Install Google Analytics. Figure out where people are coming from.

75. Post in forums. Write intelligent, value-added responses. And have a cool signature.

76. Blog every single day.

77. Personally, I think press releases are WORTHLESS. However, many people have had great success with PR Web and other press release websites. Something to thing about.

78. Have some kind of lead-capturing device.

79. Submit your RSS feeds to Feed Burner.

80. Buy lots of domains and redirect them to your main site until you find another use for them.

81. Connect with other like-minded professionals who are ALSO creating a web presence. Have virtual lunches, regular email conversations and listserve discussions to brainstorm ideas and keep each other accountable.

82. SIX WORDS: Send This Site to a Friend!

83. Google the phrase “creating a web presence.” Read up.

84. ask me what the biggest marketing mistake made by entrepreneurs is. I’m happy to share it with you.

85. Figure out your Noticeable Number. Quantify the most remarkable aspect about your business and put a counter on your page that encourages word of mouth and revisitability. (Think McDonalds’ Billion Hamburger Counter).

86. Everything you write (articles, blog posts, press releases) MUST have a response mechanism built into it. Your writing becomes persuasive and effective the moment it compels the reader act upon (not think about) something. Here’s a mini-list of different types of response mechanisms to try:

o Go to this website, login if you’re a first time user…
o Email me with your three biggest questions about…
o Call me for your free consultation on…
o Send me a copy of your…
o Post your best story about…
o Link to this post on your blog, along with your list of…
o Leave a comment with your three best techniques for…
o I challenge you to try this for a week. Email me after you’ve…
o Try this on your blog and then send me the link…
o For a free downloadable ebook on this topic, go to…
o To receive my weekly ezine for tips on…
o Send an email with the words “I need sales!” in the subject line…
o If you’d like to know the rest of the formula, fax your letterhead to…

87. As you can see, I’m big on writing. And not just because I AM a writer. Mainly because writing is the basis of all wealth. Writing is the basis of all wealth. Writing is the basis of all wealth. Writing is the basis of all wealth. (GOT THAT?)

88. Speaking of writing: blog every single day.

89. And use Technorati to promote your blog.

90. Also, think about getting Meebo Messenger. Coolest thing on the Internet.

91. Contribute to entries on Wikipedia.

92. Start your own group on Facebook.

93. Use lots of colorful, singing, dancing pop ups on your website. (No, wait, sorry. Wrong list.)

94. Read Seth Godin’s blog. Do what he says.

95. Read Top Peters’ blog. Do what he says.

96. Read Bob Baker’s blog. Do what he says.

97. Evaluate your website’s hit and unique user ratio. Set a goal to double it within 12 months.

98. Evaluate your present newsletter, RSS feed or other type of subscriber number. Set a goal to double it within 12 months.

99. Just google “Gitomer.” Now THAT’S a web presence!

100. Read the book Naked Conversations. Totally awesome.

101. Read the book The Cluetrain Manifesto. Absolutely the best book ever written about the Internet

[androcles]

Hi Tenkgo,

There are many ways you can go and most of them for free because us Internet Marketers like free, don't we?

Ok

1. Articles Marketing - most especially with ezinearticles.com as they are regarded the best by Google.
You would need to do some Keyword searches to use with your article.
Your goal here is to get your article on page one of Google for that Keyword or Phrase.
It's Free. Yippee!

2. Forum Marketing. Being able to pass your knowledge and experience along to those who need help is vital. It gives you a good reputation and allows fellow IMers what you are about. Most forums allow a good signature post at the end like this one. Some are very fussy about it. You may have to Google something like "internet marketing for beginners forums" and join some of those.

3. List swaps. This is only if you already have 400+ on your list.If you already have a list, find someone in the same niche as you are and see if they are any good. if you like what you see, ask them for a list swap.

4. Autoresponder swaps. Find a partner again with a good free product and offer to advertise their free product in return for them messaging their list with yours.

5. Classified Ads. These are full of promise and most aren't very good in my experience. Best free one I use is Craigslist. They keep changing their algorithms so you cannot post the same one too often. But change the wording around and you'll be OK. Always try to put an image in aswell as tests show that those ads with images in get clicked more.

6. Online Giveaways. Offering a free product to any people who need it. Just Google JV Givweaways. You may find new JV Giveaways.com a useful site for this. Read up on them.

These are just a few freebie ways to build a list. There are many payed ways and I had an ad on Warior Forum twice costing $20 a pop. This lasts about four to six weeks then slides off page two and into limbo land. I did not find it very effective.

I have known of people paying $300-$400 for a 4 week ad on various sites. Some charge over $1200 for a big ad in a prominent place. one friend of mine paid $359 for a four week ad and has pulled in 50 opt-ins and one sale so far. Best left for the wealthy, I think!

I hope this is of help to you. I know nothing about Adsense or PPC and wouldn't touch them anyway. Why pay to get people to your site when there are so many free ways?

Good Luck and Best Wishes to you.

Andy Moore

[Ernie G]

I love using text ad exchanges, particularly their solo ads and login ads.

After spending a bundle on Adwords and other PPC it was refreshing to find something free that actually worked for me.

I've used safelists also but there are only a handful that give me results.

Ernie