Ask Mr. D - Marketing New Sites
For the past few weeks I have been busy building my website and fine tuning it so it will be just right. At last it is ready to present to the world.
There is just one little problem, I am not sure just how I should go about starting my marketing campaign. I have a very small advertising budget and I want to make the money go as far as possible.
Any suggestions?
Signed,
Little Money
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Dear Little Money,
Good news! The Internet offers a lot of free and low cost marketing venues. Since over 85% of Web surfers use search engines to get what they need, I suggest you start by submitting your site to as many of the major engines as possible.
If you don't mind paying 1 cent per visitor (that's 1,000 visitors for $10) then you can get on the pay-per-click search engines and have visitors start arriving at your site within a few hours.
Some other free and low cost marketing ideas:
- Make a text link from any other sites you own. - Submit to FFA link sites. - Buy E-Zine ads. - Send an ad to your mailing list. - Promote your site in your signature files. - Tell all your friends and business associates about your new website. - Whatever you do: DO NOT SPAM - EVER!
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