Previously, we covered search engine listing as one way of attracting visitors to your site and the need for the listing to appear in the first couple of page returns. For the new guy on the block though, unless you have something entirely unique to offer, getting top listings is not always easy nor is it necessarily immediate.
eBook Promotion – it’s FREE if you know where to look
When I first decided to publish an eBook I wanted to test the market, so I produced a free eBook just to work through the process. My aim was to do this as inexpensively as possible. This giveaway, titled “How To Sell Your Competitor’s Book Online,” is downloaded approximately 100 times a month from various locations.
The Top 10 Easy Ezine Development and Promotion Tips
Either do it right or don’t do it at all Don’t create an ezine just because you’re reading or seeing that others are creating them. While ezines can be a way to market your business, they are also time consuming. Remember to always market your business while keeping your integrity intact.
Book Promotion Myth — The Best Place to Sell Books is a Book Store
When authors think of their audience buying books they think of bookstores. This myth sends authors taking the long, arduous road to seeking out an agent, a publisher, hoping their book will become a best seller. It won’t. Why?
No Money Promotion that Quadruples Product and Service Sales in Four Months
Better than such offline promotion as press releases, talks, or book reviews? Better than search engine placement, banner ads, ezines and news groups? Yes! The number one way to promote your self and your products is through informational how-to articles that you send to hundreds of opt-in ezines, announcement groups, and Web sites.
Promotion Begins Beyond the Internet
Question: I’m a web developer who has created a real estate oriented site that uses the Java language to make it easy to create a picture and text ad on the Internet. It takes advantage of digital camera technology, and enables a person to create an advertisement quickly, without special technical knowledge.
Since I’m a developer, I don’t know much about marketing. My site is located at http://www.HighlightYourHome.com. Any suggestions you have for promoting this site would be greatly appreciated.
7 Successful Promotion Tips
Every week I receive a number of articles published in various newsletters and groups. These articles outline dozens of avenues to market my site, to increase my site traffic and newsletter subscribers, to turn my site visitors into sales, to increase my site’s search engine position, to earn extra income from my site and the list goes on. Though I am very grateful for all the tips I have received; I am surprised that none of the articles are from webmasters like myself. People who run sites which have no direct relation to web site promotion or marketing but who can tell me what strategy works for them and what don’t in marketing their sites especially on a tight budget. Here, I want to briefly explain what has worked for me and the results I am getting.
Shameless Self-Promotion
Hi! My name is Janice Byer and I am the owner of Docu-Type Administrative & Web Design Services: http://www.docutype.net. I am the winner of several prestigious awards (information is on our website) and have a slew of happy customers, as the testimonials on our site will attest to. My services are professional, creative and in demand.
Now, wasn’t that easy? In one small paragraph, I have shamelessly self-promoted my business and its success.
Get The Raise Or Promotion You Deserve
Do your annual performance reviews come and go with no particular recognition of the contributions to your organization? Start a work journal to track your performance. It’s similar to a diary in that you must keep it faithfully, week-by-week, if it’s to have any value to your career. It can be a comprehensive record of your achievements on the job as a paid employee and also your non-paid activities at work. It should be detailed enough to record your contributions to progress, productivity, efficiency, cost cutting, problem solving, etc.
Dan Thies Answers Website Promotion Questions
Dan Thies is the author of “Search Engine Optimization Fast Start,” and a frequent contributor to Murdok. He has more books coming out soon on pay-per-click advertising, email marketing, e-zine publishing, and a beginner’s book on building a small business website.
Dan is happy to answer “almost any” question, but if you would like an intelligent answer, please stick to the general topics of online marketing, website promotion, and search engine positioning (including pay per click). Please include your website’s URL, and as many details as possible.