Successful Promotional Technique, 7 Killer Strategies To Online Site Promotion – Doing it Right!
Here’s a checklist of things to be doing to get your internet business on the ball and rolling.
1. Aim at the right market
When you’re promoting your business and your website, make sure that you are doing it in the places on the net where your prospects go. How can you be sure? Check out the sites that offer similar products or services to yours. See what links or advertising there is on their site, because often these are reciprocal links or ads and you can find the other site to see if you can work with them as well.
2. Generate traffic
While it’s good to be focused, in the early stages, you may not know what to focus on. Leave no stone unturned. Many times, trial and error will help you sort out the good from the bad, the useful from the useless. In the Internet world, many of the classic marketing and promotion techniques have been turned on their heads, so experiment, filter and keep the stuff that works.
3. Free traffic
Try looking in the search engines for just that. If you type in free traffic as a query, you’ll be surprised at what comes back. Use the same rules as in part 2 of this article: sort, experiment and keep what works for you.
4. Check out the local market
There’s a local wave in the Internet and you can ride it. Many people are starting to consult the Internet to find providers who are local to where they live. It makes sense for them and it can do the same for you. Being local increases your credibility as a supplier.
5. Write articles and ebooks
You are focusing on a particular area of the market, a niche. You chose that niche because it corresponds to a customer demand. You either are the expert or you can become the expert by doing some research and writing on your niche. Make it clear, simple and useful to your target market, that’s all. Then make it available either as articles on an article website (put a link in to lead readers back to your site) or publish an ebook on your site.
6. Add content
Keep adding new and relevant content. You’ll keep your current readers interested and gain new ones as the search engines revisit regularly and post new results for your web pages. If you don’t write new content, you can still post new content by using other people’s articles or quoting them. Check the article sites for conditions of use and how you can do this. It’ll also help you read and learn more about your subject and improve your expert status.
7. Partner
When you find a site or Internet business that is complementary to your business, see if you can partner with them. You can make a whole new area of products and services available to your current list of contacts and gain access to new contacts for yourself as well.