tips for promoting websites

Advertising offline works as well. You can use your community newspapers or even put a banner at the back of your car as well. this way, pople will see your web address whenever you are driving.

realityshifter
Well using the short link helps with the tracking. That way you can see where your traffic is coming from. That's one way to track.

wrkathomeunited
Okay here a tip for your go to http://socialmarker.com and sign up for a free account and bookmark your site at all the social sites and you will get some traffic. Another thing you can do is directory summit your site.

For promoting your website and getting more traffic use the following methods directory submission, link exchange, blog commenting, forum posting etc...

I like twitter! It's a great place to market your products!

I have found very little luck with directories , to be honest i think that they have seen their day, Go for quality over quantity and you will always win.

Biltongonline is correct: Quality over quality wins every time. Nothing is more of a turn off than poorly written, misspelled articles and blogs. They only make a potential, "paying" customer avoid you like the plague.

Remember: There are no shortcuts to your success! Write well every time!

Here's to your success!

Brian

I think you should start by creating unique content about your services. This could be posts on your blog, guest posts, presentation on slideshare, articles in articlebase or squidoo. When you have these done, start promoting them your social networks so you can bring some traffic to your website or pages. I think that would be a good start to get noticed

Does blog/website submission really helps?

Here are some ways, offline and online:
1. Tell your friends and family.
2. Add your "signature" to your e-mail.
3. Post flyers on public bulletin boards in your area grocery stores, fitness centers and gyms, college student unions, Laundromats, and anywhere else that has boards for public postings.
4.Post free or inexpensive classified ads
5.Purchase "Pay-Per-Clicks" (PPC) advertising.
6.Write articles about your website.
7.Sponsor a newsletter or blog.
8.Use solo ads to send emails.

Paid ads is the most effective way to promote your site however; you need to invest more in order to support your ads. Moreover, there are also free ways in promoting your site. You can write articles and post it to different article directories. You can also join to different forum sites that talk about the same product or niche as yours. You can do blog comments and leave your link there. These are just samples of free ads that you can do and become more effective than paid ads if these are done correctly.

Yellow pages!!!

Hello wrkathomeunited.Here are a few methods your best bet is to pick one first then "master" it before you move on to something else.

Forum marketing-This is just simply leave valuable and helpful post on forums,that link back to you.

SEO- That search engine optimization.This is providing good content online,and optimizing that content with backlinks,and specific keywords.Make sure to use the free keyword tool.

PPC- This is pay per click,very effective and the quickest way to get traffic to your offer.But beware there is a steep learning curve with this one.But if done right you will get RESULTS.

PPV- This is Pay Per View.This strategy is also effective and similar to PPC,except you pay everytime some one views your offer.In the form of Adware already installed in the user's computer.


Facebook and Twitter-These social sites now provide PPC with laser targeted demographics.Very effective.

Video Marketing-Producing videos on Youtube.This can get your offer seen for years to come.However you must provide good keywords and backlinking.

These are just a "few" techniques you can use.Hope this helps you wrkathomeunited.

Guest posting, forum participation or blog commenting are the best way to promote the website..