Friday, August 27, 2010

99 Ways to Promote Your Blog or Website - Free

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FIND FREE TRAFFIC:

1. Submit and follow-up with human edited directory like Mahalo.com

2. Write a valuable post comment on someone else’s blog and link back to your site

3. Submit your site to Forbes.com Best of the Web

4. Participate in industry forums and link to your site from your signature

5. Pick a section of your site and perform some search engine optimization

6. Implement a sitemap.xml page (and tell Google about it)

7. Log into Google Webmaster Tool and look for any site opportunities

8. Find new keywords to target and create content for them

9. Submit your products to Google Base

10. Submit your site to dmoz.org

11. Create an online press release

12. Post a classified ad on Craig’s List

IMPLEMENT PAID LINKS:

13. Google Adwords - optimize your current campaign

14. Google Adwords - add new keywords to your campaign

15. Take your best performing keywords from Google Adwords and make campaigns in Yahoo Sponsored Search and MSN AdCenter

16. Try a 2nd tier PPC engine like Ask.com or FindGift.com

17. Submit your pages to Yahoo Search Submit

18. Optimize your shopping comparison feeds

19. Submit to a paid directory like botw.org

20. Purchase a paid text link through an ad network like LinkWorth.com

21. Purchase a paid text link off-network to try to help your SEO efforts - fair warning…this is naughty from the search engines point of view, so they might not like this!

22. Pay popular forum posters to put a link in their signature to your site

23. Sponsor a blog template and link back to you

24. Buy banner ads on industry blogs

25. Donate to a non-profit site and ask for a link back

26. Advertise using Facebook Ads

27. Advertise using MySpace Ads

28. Advertise with Amazon.com

29. Create an eBay Classified Ad

MARKET WITH MULTIMEDIA:

30. Post a video at YouTube - make sure your videos contain your URL and add your link on your YouTube channel

31. Post videos with links embedded in them - yes, you can do this these days

32. Post videos on other sites besides YouTube - there are many others

33. Start a podcast on iTunes

34. Broadcast your own live show on USTREAM

35. Create a radio show for free on BlogTalkRadio.com

36. Create a slideshow/Powerpoint presentation and upload it to Slideshare

LEVERAGE PARTNERS:

37. Launch an affiliate program

38. Call your best affiliates and ask how you can more money together

39. Pay an affiliate extra for a special one-time deal for more aggressive promotion

40. Ask for links from your manufacturer site

41. Agree to be a case study for a partner and get links back to your site

42. Asking for a favor - you promote me this time, I’ll promote you next time

43. Sponsor an event or promotion

44. Give testimonials on other’s sites and get links back to your site

45. Donate to a blogger’s site and ask for a link back to your site

46. Call an industry friend to tell him/her about your new offering

47. Send product samples and a hand-writing note to an influencer in the industry

48. Twitter with key players in your industry - be helpful to them

49. Pitch a writer/editor a relevant, timely story that incorporates your key product/service

50. Cross your fingers and say your prayers that Oprah wants you on her show!!!

SYNDICATE CONTENT:

51. Leverage product reviews on other sites like PowerReviews.com

52. Create your own hosted blog using Wordpress or another platform

53. Create a blog on Blogger.com or Wordpress.com and link back to your site

54. Submit an article to an industry print publication

55. Offer to guest blog using your existing content

56. Use Ping-o-matic to tell other sites about your new blog post
CONTACT INFLUENCERS:

57. Learn how to find influencers in your niche

58. Research popular hashtags on Twitter and then use them in your tweets

59. Send samples for product reviews

60. Find new affiliates especially popular sites, coupon sites and bloggers with a following

61. Link to other sites (to get on their radar)

62. Ask for links from industry association sites - these are usually very valuable!

GET CREATIVE:

63. Spy on your competition - find competitor’s keywords

64. Spy on your competition - find competitor’s inbound links

65. Create a niche portal

66. Create a viral marketing effort like a Friends and Family coupon

67. Create an online directory

68. Host a webinar

69. Give customers social media tools (like links from an email)

70. Give away an ebook/whitepaper on someone else’s site

71. Create a limited-time discount/promotion

72. Create a sweepstakes

73. Create a day related to your business (e.g. National Dog Owners Day)

74. Ask customers to share their experience with your products on their blog

75. Speak at an industry event

76. Buy an ad in an industry publication

77. Write a book and self-publish it

EMBRACE WEB 2.0:

78. Write an original article for Hubpages

79. Create a lens on Squidoo

80. Repurpose articles, presentation or other valuable content on Scribd.com

81. Tag your site’s content on social bookmarking like Digg, Delicious

82. Create an account at blog aggregator sites like MyBlogLog

83. Edit a relevant Wikipedia entry

84. Post your products on social shopping sites like ThisNext

85. Use Twitter and Facebook to build good relationships

86. Create a Facebook fan page

87. Link to your social networking profiles from your site

88. Add a Web 2.0 bookmarking button like AddThis to your site

89. Create your own niche social networking site using technology like Ning

90. Post a video review on Amazon - here’s an video review example

DRIVE REPEAT TRAFFIC:

91. Create an offer for email signups on your site to build your list

92. Create a shopping cart abandonment email campaign

93. Send a welcome email to your recent customers

94. Send a promotional email to your lost costumers

95. Send a targeted email to customers who bought a certain category of products

96. Use direct mail to send an offer to a targeted list of past customers

97. Create a package insert for your outbound shipments

98. Send a coupon code to recent customers valid for a customer’s next order

99. Ask customers to come back and give a customer review or testimonial


Good luck driving more traffic to your online business!

Author : Google Ranking Master Gujarat

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