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Site Promotion
Many people are new to the web and there seems to be a shortfall in
basic information aimed at helping the beginner.
Site promotion is the key to successfully building up your business on
the Internet and here are some tips for newcomers that don't cost any
money and which took me a considerable time to formulate.
1. Submit site to search engines
Here I have learned to avoid autosubmit software programmes and that
best results are obtained by submitting *manually* to the top 10
engines. This way you can accommodate each one's quirks and foibles.
It is time consuming but worth it.
2. Submit site to Directories
These are different to search engines in that they have their own
categories within which enquirers can find a listing of the sites that
interest them without necessarily using a search button. In my view,
this is the way Joe public will look for his information in the future
and, in my opinion, directories will soon outstrip engines in terms of
usage. Pay attention to getting your site listed on as many directories
as possible, especially the Open Directory Project http://www.dmoz.org
as their database is used by many of the top search engines and
directories.
3. Web Rings
These are associations of web sites with similar focus. If you join
one, you will get a web ring logo at the bottom of your site which will
allow your visitor to move on to browse all other sites within the ring.
Similarly, this will allow visitors to other sites within the ring to
find your site and increase your traffic. Some of these rings are huge
and others quite tiny. It depends on what sphere you are operating in
but, either way, it is another good way to gain additional traffic for
your site.
4. E-mail discussion lists
I started one for people interested in starting their own web business
(which is what my company does) and which can be joined from my site.
This is rigorously kept spam free by me (anyone posting ads to it is
ejected without trial) and allows venture capitalists, angels,
incubators and entrepreneurs to find each other and discuss common
experiences and solutions. Sig files are allowed on my list and I have
had good hits from my own, especially as the
members of the list are, by
definition, my target audience.
5. Word of mouth
I have told everybody I know what I am doing and there are rafts of
redundancies occurring in my former industry. These are all bright
people with a pocket full of money. They look at my site and like what
they see - they tell their friends.
6. The press
I refuse to pay for unfocused advertising which nobody looks at, even in
specialist magazines. My advice would be to call the editors up and
tell them that you are doing something that nobody else is doing (in
their field) and that you have included a free link to their publication
as an information service on your site. Would they be interested in
doing a small write-up of your site for their next issue? If you can
get them to do this, you will get much better traffic generated than a
standard advert and for free! They won't always do this for you but hey,
nothing ventured, nothing gained.
7. Reciprocal links
I offer a lot of links to other sites on my own pages and I have called
them all personally to ask if they would include a link back to me.
Normally webmasters are quite good at this and will try and accommodate
you. This is especially advantageous if the site you link to has high
traffic. Information sources are amongst the best of these - find a
high traffic site that covers your area of commerce and link to it/get
reciprocal links.
8. Banners
My experience tells me to forget it - when's the last time you clicked
on one.
9. Be Discrete
I belong to lots of e-mail lists and occasionally, someone asks for help
on a topic that I think my website would be useful for. I don't send
a whole sales pitch in to those lists but send in a very low key reply
addressing their specific question and mentioning my URL as an
additional resource. This has paid dividends and has not upset any of
the list members.
10. Write an article for an opt-in list such as this one! All publicity
is good publicity and if you can help others by sharing your knowledge
with them at the same time, all the better.
About the Author
Byron Hunte
Sprant Limited - Insurance and Resources for UK eCommerce Startups
http://www.sprant.com
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