When you first come online and are looking for a way to
start your own business, the information that you read
can be overwhelming. Besides deciding what business
you want to go into and designing and building your web
site, you must now learn how to get people to come to
your site.
It seems like an insurmountable task for
people to find your site amongst the hundreds of
thousands of web sites out there. Especially when
most of us are businesses with budgets and often
very strict ones. With this article, I am going to let you
know about some of the most effective promotion
methods I have found and they are absolutely FREE!
*Writing Articles - Writing articles is a power-packed
way of promoting yourself and your business. Not only
do people read about your business in your resource
box, but because of your articles you will become known
as someone who knows what they are talking about and
can be trusted.
Writing articles is not as hard as it may seem. Write
about what you know and just write as if you were
instructing a friend or co-worker. Do not be afraid
to let your personality shine through. That is what
will make your articles unique. After you write
your article, you will need to get them out to other
ezine and ebook publishers. Article lists are a great
way of doing this. Subscribe to the list below and
submit those freshly written articles.
mailto:aabusiness-subscribe@egroups.com
mailto:article_announce-subscribe@egroups.com
mailto:articles_archives-subscribe@egroups.com
mailto:ArticlePublisher-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
*Discussion Lists and Message Boards - Those who know
me or have read my articles before know that I am an avid
believer of discussion lists and message boards. As with
articles, you can establish your expertise and build your
reputation which in turn will do wonders for promoting
your business. Offer advice, help, ideas and post as
often as possible! Make sure you have an effective
sigline. I have made sales, business contacts and
obtained subscribers just by welcoming new people to
a group.
Be sure to follow the guidelines for
each group/board. You do not want to be accused of
spamming! Get started with these groups & boards:
mailto:Newbies911-subscribe@topica.com
mailto:wahmhits-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
http://start-smartz.com/
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard//ikonboard.cgi
*Ad Swapping - If you publish an ezine ( which you most
definitely should), ad swapping is a great way of getting
your ad out there for free! Find other ezine publishers
looking for swaps and send them an email asking if they
would be interested in swapping. Tell them a little about
your ezine and let them know where they can see a sample
copy. If you don't know where to find other publishers
to swap with visit these sites:
http://www.freezineweb.com/ad-swaps1.html
http://www.bizpromo.com/ezinetrades.htm
http://www.businessstructure.com/ezineadswap.htm
*Ezine Publishing - As I mentioned above, you should
definitely be publishing an ezine to keep in contact
with your website visitors and subscribers. Ezines
themselves can be excellent income generators and
they can also generate a lot of business for you.
Publishing a quality ezine is very important to your
online business. Your subscribers will want helpful
information and resources, not just a bunch of ads to
read. By giving your subscribers what they want, you
will become trusted and they will listen to what you
have to say about products, programs, etc.
To learn more about ezine publishing:
http://www.ezineuniversity.com/
http://www.websuccesscentral.com/ezinesuccess/index.html
http://developyourwebsiteandyourself.com/ezrc/ezineresources.htm
http://www.e-zinez.com
*Free Traffic Programs - Free traffic programs are a
great way to get visitors to your site. Once they get
there, it is up to you and your website to keep them
there. Join several of these programs and take an
hour or two a week and surf for visitors. For each
program open a separate window and keep them
all going at once. You will receive a lot more visitors
that way. Here are some examples of these programs:
http://www.clickthru.net/referral?ref=279568
http://www.askmiky.com/home/signup.php?ref=websuccess
http://www.ezhits4u.com/index.asp?ref=web-success.
These are a few of the more effective ways of advertising
and promoting your business for FREE! There are many
other ways, but the methods I have covered in this article
are some of the most effective, in my experience. Get
started with each method and as you learn and get more
experience, expand into more email groups, traffic
programs, article writing and ad swapping. You will
find that a lot of the promotion methods go hand in hand
and you will learn more and more ways to promote your
business for FREE!
Much success to you and the best of luck with your
online ventures.
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Terri Seymour and her husband Terry offer a no-cost, non-MLM
home business opportunity. They strive to help you build a
successful home business. They also provide a website building
service. Take advantage of the gifts, resources & more provided
for your home and business at
SeymourProducts.com FREE ecourse at:
business-building-ecourse@getresponse.com
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