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Top 4 ways to promote your site- Free!
By Pam Renovato
©2004 All Rights Reserved
It won't matter if you have a killer product or a killer sales page if you don't bring visitors to your site. But the competition for Internet traffic is stiff. You can always invest your money on advertising in ezines or pay per click search engines to shift the odds in your favor. These methods are fairly cheap and very effective. But that can often get pricey as well. What is an Internet entrepreneur with a low ad budget to do? Not to worry here are 4 very effective and completely free ways to bring in lots of traffic.
1. Free ezine ads. There are a number of ezines that give away free ads to new subscribers of their ezines. Since these ezines have been requested by their subscribers this is a great place to start.
You can find a large list of ezines that offer free ads for subscribing at: "EzyAds" Over 45 ezines that offer free ads. http://www.freezineweb.com/ezyads.html
Did you also know that when you sign up for a free trial to INetStar you will receive 40 free ezine ads in the ezines of their members? This is completely free with no strings attached. Sign up for free here: http://www.world-inetstar.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi/manager/join.html
2. Article distribution. Writing articles for distribution in other ezines is an outstanding free method for sending traffic to your site. This form of free publicity gives you the opportunity to present your self as an expert and will allow you free advertising in your resource box. Ezine editors are constantly looking for great content for their ezines so getting published will be easy for a great article. Here are a few article distribution lists that will get your articles seen for sure:
3. Participate in marketing discussion boards. Marketing discussion boards are the number one spots for building relationships and making new contacts. Participate in these by joining the discussion, giving advice, and asking for advice. Never advertise. If you participate appropriately and use your sig file with each post- the traffic will come. There are a number of these types of message boards out there. If you want you can spend hours looking for them or you can take advantage of this incredible list located here: http://www.marketers-edge.com/discussion-forums-strategy.htm
4. Press releases. Getting your web site featured in an article is a great way to drive tons of traffic to your site. It is much more effective than advertising since the article will add professionalism and credibility to your site. You can pay a few hundred dollars to have this done for you or you can use the 1800 free press release contacts provided by The Idea Site For Business. This list is always kept current and is of course completely free! http://www.ideasiteforbusiness.com/direct.htm
PAM RENOVATO
is the web master of a newly renovated: The Free Advertising Network. What will you do when you discover all of those other marketing packages don't work? Try using your teeth!http://thefreeadnetwork.com
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