TIPS AND TOOLS FOR WORKING THE WEB

40 Easy Ways to
Promote Your Website Online and Off

by Merle

1. If you have an on-hold messaging system or an answering
   machine, make sure they include your URL.

2. If your company has voice mail, have your employees list
   your URL in their individual messages.

3. UPS advertises on their trucks, why don't you? URL plates
   can be ordered with your  web address and put on the back
   of your car or company vehicles. Take a look at:

   < http://www.mcpromotions.com/adURL/default.htm >

4.  If you give out promotional gifts to your clients like
    cups, pens, t-shirts, get your URL printed on them.
    Order URL t-shirts here:

    < http://www.mcpromotions.com/adURLshirts/ >

5. Your web address should be on all printed material that
   leaves your office including: brochures, business cards,
   fax sheets, flyers, mailing labels, letterhead, invoices,
   checks, envelopes. I mean everything. To order these
   products online see:

   < http://www.iprint.com/ >

6. All outgoing mail should include a good signature line
   with your URL. For how to see:

   < http://www.1stsitefree.com/signature_file.htm >

7. Your URL should be listed in the yellow pages.

8. When you send out Christmas Cards make sure your URL is
   printed somewhere inside the card.

9. Create some money saving coupons on your PC for a
   discount on any online  purchase made and pass them out
   or do a direct mailing.

10. Give away free "how to" guides on subjects you are
    knowledgeable in and include your URL.

11. Send out Web postcards to your existing customer base to
    announce your new  website, or buy a mailing list and do
    a direct mailing with them. Go to Digital Work
    < http://www.digitalwork.com > and sign up as a member
    (which is free), and you'll receive money-saving
    marketing services at great savings in your e-mail box
    about twice a month. You can order 500 website postcards
    for only $19.00, compared to the usual price of $200.00.

12. If need be, get a rubber stamp made up with your URL and
    stamp everything that leaves your office.

13. Run ads in newspapers, magazines, or trade journals that
    hit your target market and include your URL. Buy ads for
    only $2.00 here:

    < http://hop.clickbank.net/?dakota6969/dollarday >

14. Utilize press releases. Send them through snail mail and
    through e-mail. Use them  for grand openings, and any
    other important company event. You can buy the software
    and send them out easily with Media Magnet
    < http://www.mediamagnetpro.com/media/1276.html> or send
    a free one here:

    < http://www.comitatusgroup.com/pr/index.htm >

15. If your company or organization produces an offline
    newsletter make sure you include your website address
    in it for further information.

16. Advertise on the radio. Check out
    < http://broadcastspots.com/index.asp >

17. Cable TV advertising is very reasonable. If you live in
    Ohio check here:
    < http://www.noicable.com/ >

18. Don't forget about billboard ads.

19. Do Direct Marketing (bulk mail).

20. Write and publish your own online newsletter also called
    an ezine. To learn how go to Ezine University:
    < http://www.ezineuniversity.com >

    To set one up easily use < http://www.egroups.com > To
    promote your new ezine, list it in as many directories
    as possible. You'll find a list of them here:

< http://www.interniche.net/partner/sales/ezinedirectories.htm >

21. Make sure you advertise in ezines that cater to your
    target market. To find ezines to place ads in, go to

    Ezine Ad Auction < http://www.ezineadauction.com > or
    Lifestyles Publishing:
    < http://www.lifestylespub.com/clickbank/?hop=dakota6969.lifestyles.

22.  Find other related sites and swap text or banners with
     them. Try:

     < http://www.linkme.com/ >

23. Swap ads with other ezine owners:

    < http://www.ezine-swap.com/ >

24. Write short articles (no more than 700 words), attach
    your signature line at the  bottom and submit them to
    ezine publishers who may be interested in publishing
    your work in their newsletters. You can also set up an
    account with Idea Marketers < http://www.ideamarkets.com >
    and create an archive of your articles.

25. Submit to search engines and directories on a regular
    basis about every six to eight weeks. Submit each page
    of your site, not just the default page. To learn more
    about search engines and how they tick, go to
    < http://www.searchenginebase.com >

26. Find and list your site in specialized directories that
    cater to your exact type of business.

27. Make doorway pages and upload them to your server into a
    specific folder. Then  make another page and list all of
    the URL's to those doorway pages on that one page. Place
    an invisible gif on your main page and link it to the
    HTML page that contains the links to your doorway pages.
    Go and submit your site to the major search engines.
    They'll find the gif and follow it to the link page and
    index all of your doorway pages automatically. This works
    better then submitting them to the search engines
    directly.

    If you want to invest in software to help you with your
    search engine rankings get Web Position Gold; it's the
    best:

    < http://www.webposition.com/d2.pl?r=BWW-5569 >  

28. Newsgroups are a great way to get the word out on your
    website if done properly. Find Newsgroups where your
    target market hangs out and get involved. Do not post
    blatant ads, but make intelligent helpful posts using
    a good signature line. There is software that will
    help you with this:

    < http://postagent.com/default.asp?fromAgentID=2873 >

    Please use it responsibly.

29. Do direct e-mail mailings using a reputable opt-in
    service such as:

    PostMaster Direct <http://www.postmasterdirect.com >
    Yes Mail < http://www.yesmail.com >
    MeMail <http://www.memail.com >

30. Bid on Keywords at one of the "pay per click" search
    engines. Most of them will allow you to open an account
    for only $25.00. You only pay the bid amount when
    someone clicks through to your website. Try one of
    these:

    Goto < http://www.goto.com >
    RocketLinks < http://www.rocketlinks.com >
    E-Pilot < http://www.epilot.com >
    Kanoodle < http://www.kanoodle.com >

31. Post to online discussion boards using a good signature
    line. Some of the best can be found here:

    < http://www.mcpromotions.com/discussi.htm >


32. Join a webring < http://www.webring.org >

33. Make your site "sticky" by adding discussion boards,
    freebies, software downloads, free original content.
    Read more about how at:

    < http://ehits.com/AskVicki/081000/ >

34. Add a "recommend this site to a friend" service to your
    website, it's free.

    < http://www.recomendit.com/ >

35. Buy banner ads on the major search engines like Yahoo or
    Alta Vista. For current pricing go to
    < http://www.bcentral.com > or try one of these banner
    advertisement networks:

    PennyWeb < http://www.pennyweb.com >
    FlyCast < http://www.flycast.com >

    If you need a few banners for advertising, make some
    really nice free ones at this site:

    < http://www.addesigner.com/ >

36. Write a few short classified ads to use in your online
    advertising campaign. Standard size is usually 5 to 6
    lines, 65 characters per line. Create a sense of urgency
    and offer something free.

37. Hold a free contest or sweepstakes on your website.

38. Write and give away your own e-book. For more on this
    and specific compiler software go to:

    < http://www.ebookcompilers.com/ > or
    < http://www.ebooks.com >

    or if you don't want to make one yourself you can have a
    cool Flash e-book made at
    < http://webtron.net/Flash/ebooks.htm > Pricing starts
    at $50.00

39. When paying your bills every month or just in your
    everyday mail that leaves your office or house include
    your business card with your URL. Your bills arrive with
    "stuffers," who says two can't play that game.

40. If you have an actual brick and mortar store put a sign
    with your URL in the front window.

If you want to know the "secret" behind website marketing,
there isn't one. It's a combination of all of the above that
makes for a successful site that people actually visit.

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Merle
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