We just opened a new website www.littlebuttercup.com. We specialize in boutique baby gift items and toys. We looking for ways to promote the site. What marketing techniques work best to promote a new website? Does anyone have experience with yahoo! directory? What about purchasing key words?
2006-11-07 06:33:48 · 8 answers · asked by Denise B 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Advertising & Marketing ➔ Search Engine Optimization
Don't waste your $299 annual payments with Yahoo Directory - no one goes there anymore. You can spend that $299 better and get more traffic by buying pay per click advertising. You can use Google Adwords http://www.google.com/adwords or Yahoo http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com
Here are some shoestring marketing ideas that can help you get the visitors you need at the least cost possible:
1. Create the best content you can with the best products you can possibly offer. Your content is your best advertisement - if visitors love your content, then they will go back and spread the word to others.
2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools. Get a Recommend this Site script from websites such as cgiscripts.com and similar directories of scripts. Some even go as far as giving incentives to those who recommend the site to their friends. If only 10 people go to your site, but these 10 people invite 10 more - that's additional traffic that you get for FREE!
Recommend Site Scripts (various) http://php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/Website_Promotion/Recommend_Site/
Big Nose Bird Recommend this Site http://bignosebird.com/carchive/birdcast.shtml
CGI Resource Index http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/Website_Promotion/Recommend_Site/
Hostscripts http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Site_Recommendation/index.html
3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area.
If you are going to read only one piece on search engine optimization, I suggest you read Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld.com's "Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone: 26 steps to 15k a day." http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2010.htm
4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News.
http://www.prleap.com/sign_up.html
http://i-newswire.com/
http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/
http://www.pressbox.co.uk/cgi-bin/links/add.cgi
http://www.pr.com/press-releases
http://www.prfree.com/
http://www.clickpress.com/releases/index.shtml
http://www.theopenpress.com/
http://www.przoom.com/
http://www.prweb.com
http://www.newswiretoday.com/
http://www.free-press-release.com/
5. Submit articles. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website. If 50 websites publish your article and it contains a link back to your website, then you easily get 50 links from a single article. The more links you have, the greater your chances for increasing your search engine rankings.
Here is a comprehensive list of where to submit your articles http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=AhzreGmnCUicOoyedqypscUjzKIX?qid=1006022407481
6. Improve your conversion. Getting visitors is one thing; getting them to buy your products is a whole different story. Read the article " How To Sell More on the Web: 30 Tips To Increase Conversion Rates For An Ecommerce Site " http://www.powerhomebiz.com/092006/ecommerce.htm for tips on how to improve your conversion rates.
7. Post a link to your site for free where it is allowed (always read the Terms of Use). Examples are:
Craigslist http://www.craigslist.com
Google Base http://base.google.com
Classifieds for Free http://www.classifiedsforfree.com/...
Text Link Exchange http://www.txtswap.com/
Recycler.com http://www.recycler.com/
Yahoo Classifieds http://classifieds.yahoo.com/
US Free Ads http://www.usfreeads.com/
2006-11-07 06:40:11 · answer #1 · answered by imisidro 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-08-07 23:37:48 · answer #2 · answered by Bijoy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some ways to get traffic to your site:
1. Post in forums. If your site is about electronics, search for "electronics forums" in Google, get a forum account and post actively there. Include your signature with a link to your site.
2. Submit your site to Google Sitemap. This way, Google will crawl your site faster increasing your chances of appearing on Google Search Engines.
3. Join TrafficSwarm to get some traffic by reading other people's website first. In return, they will go to your site. Check out http://www.wanginternet.com/traffic
4. Join PPC programs like Google Adwords, MIVA or Yahoo Publisher Network. I personally go with GoClick.com since I can advertise my site for only $0.01 per click and the minimum to join is only $10 which adds to your available credits to use. Check out http://www.wanginternet.com/ppctraffic
2006-11-09 18:12:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of the things that have worked for me are...
FREE:
- write articles that target key-words withing my niche and submit them to http://www.ezinearticles.com
- post classifed ads utilizing the 1,000's of free classified advertising sites
http://www.preferredpromoz.com/free-online-classifieds.html
PAY:
- Overture PPC targeting keywords within my niche
- Google Adwords targeting keywords within my niche
both options have produced results, but the free options have driven the most traffic on a continual basis, while providing valuable back links.
2006-11-07 17:30:09 · answer #4 · answered by JLMelvin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out this up and coming web site called The Eternal Wall, they offer some free spaces. When the site really takes off could work wonders to adding immense traffic to your site.
2006-11-07 06:43:37 · answer #5 · answered by thannan1986 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2014-09-17 22:48:48 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-07 07:44:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Craigslist is the big one. I don't look at anything else that's free. I do see ads placed by Google, but you have to pay for those.
2016-03-19 05:06:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
google is the best
2006-11-07 06:34:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋