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Cheap & Easy Online Marketing
A successful online business takes more than a websitea lot more! When I ask people if they have an online business, many people tell me they are creating their website. Thats good news except I get the feeling they think that is all they have to do to have a successful online business. Nothing could be farther from the truth!
A major search engine like google.com will have over 8 billion websites in their database. Thats right! Eight Billion! In order to be found on the Internet, just having a website wont cut it. A web presence is just the start of a long, never-ending journey. Driving traffic to your website must become an overwhelming obsession. The more traffic you drive, the more sales you will make. So how do you drive traffic to a website?
There are hundreds of ways to drive traffic to your website. They start with the free and easy ones like free online classified ads, email signature lines, and link exchanges. Then, you have the more complicated and expensive methods like website optimization, online advertising and email campaigns. Where to start? With the cheapest and easiest first unless you have a lot of capital to launch your website.
Free Online Classified Ads
If you search the Internet for free classified ads, you will discover hundreds of sites. Start posting! This may take time but it doesnt cost you any money. Make certain to get the biggest return for your posting by having a compelling 25 word ad for your website.
Dont spend time talking about who you are and how long youve been in business. They dont care! You would be better off to offer something for free in your classified ads. Offer a free ebook or product sample. Offer the chance to win a free drawing for one of your products. Remember, you need to drive traffic to your site. What words will do that?
Email Signature Lines
Every time you send an email, you have an opportunity to influence the emails recipient. Just below your signature, add a hot link to your website and your 25 word free classified ad copy. In your email program, this should take about 5 minutes to set up and it will automatically be added to every email you send.
Link Exchanges
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