Web promotion without budget?

Question

i have a problem here, i have my new online pharmacy web site. i know maybe this question sounds ridiculous, but can i promote my site without spending any money at all. i just do not have money right now, i do not have a credit card either. it's normal because i am from uotside of the USA where credit card is hard to get. what i mean is promoting/targeted traffic without giving any feedback like puting banner in my site, the site's template is from the owner of the business so i cannot change it. anybody can hel me, please!!! Also if any strategy for SEO. Thank you

Answer 1

Ok - not an uncommon problem but you have added a few complications here.

Pay Per Click and AdSense is not possible because that costs and you will need a credit card to set them up.

SEO is difficult as you cannot change the template. You will need to do this to change the content and add a links page. For information on SEO - http://www.GetIntoGoogleQuick.com

Free advertising is easier. Article writing is the way to go. Choose one of your products (one that you can sell in the USA, European market without a prescription). Write about 400-500 words on it. Add your resource box and submit it to http://www.ezinearticles.com and http://www.ArticlesHut.com - this will get you some exposure and remind the major search engines that you are there. There is a little bit more to this to get good results. http://www.clickingbusiness.com has a whole pile of information to help you.

Good luck

Answer 2

It is usallyy not a good idea to start a business unless you have some sort of a budget.. Online pharmacy's are a very competitive business to be in. They are a dime a dozen. You could do SEO yourself if you could master it in a short amount of time.

Answer 3

Small Business Marketing Strategy: Target the up-and-coming search engines

While Google still rules the roost when it comes to Internet search engines, and Yahoo is firmly entrenched in second spot, a number of new start-ups are hoping to give them a run for their money. And a good small business marketing strategy would be to check them out and see how you can make them work for your site!

Some of the new up-and-comers include:

Powerset (www.powerset.com): A "natural language" search engine

Hakia (www.hakia.com): A "meaning-based" search engine

Wikia(www.wikia.com): A "community-based" search engine

ChaCha(www.chacha.com): A "social networking-based" search engine

Snap (www.snap.com): A search engine that offers visual previews

It's a smart small business marketing strategy to continue optimizing for the Google, Yahoo, and MSN search engines as they are by far and away the most popular -- but niche search engines could provide new opportunities to reach your market. Be sure to check them out!

Answer 4

Pharmacy is tough, I'm not going to lie. But you can start with blogging and article distribution. You can start a health related blog and attract free traffic to your blog and redirect that to your business.

Writing article will be a great start point for you. Write about health related issues and include a link back to your pharmacy.

These two will help you get going.

Answer 5

Online pharmacy are one of the most competitive business, and with out spending money on advertiement is impossible. Unless your good at SEO.

Answer 6

no actauly you don't know the concept of promoting site as may i think so first know details about it then start seo according to seo strategy for promoting seo only required the simple submission like blogs, classified, articles and directory and more over build your site text based mean to say image free because images create the
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Answer 7

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Answer 8

"If you build it, they will come" is not necessarily true on the Web. Putting a website up is one thing, but getting visitors to come to your site is another. The process becomes even more difficult if you have limited resources to market your business.

You can try pay per click programs such as Google Adwords http://www.google.com/adwords or Yahoo Search Marketing http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com – though the key is to carefully track your ROI and which keywords actually perform well

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. 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/