How do I market my site on the Internet for free?
Published: 12/13/2008 by Alan Vandenbroek
How do I market my site on the Internet for free?
How do I market my website for free? Marketing a website on the Internet can be extremely expensive and depending on what you are selling may not return the ROI (Return on Investment) you are hoping for. For those who do not have a marketing budget or want to test the waters before throwing money at it, free Internet marketing is the way to go.
Is there such a thing as free Internet marketing? Well really, nothing is free. You will have to put your own hard work and time into it. With some effort, you can effectively market your site with no money what so every.
What steps should I take to promote my site for free?
* First and foremost, make sure your site is SEO (search engine optimized) and only promote your site on relevant sites.
* Post your site in high PR (Google Page Rank) web directories.
* Post comments in blogs and leave your sites URL in the comments. Make sure your comments are relevant and wanted. NEVER hijack the blog.
* Find forums that are relevant to what you are promoting. Post in them regularly and put your sites URL in your signature. Just link blogs, NEVER hijack a forum.
* Post your site and services on free classified ad sites, such as Rocketworx.com. Note that many sites have ads expire 7 to 30 days so you will what to post your ad regularly.
* Find similar sites and contact them to see if they want to exchange banner ads and/or links.
* Find banner and text ad exchange services that have other sites of a similar topic. It is best to use only one or two good banner exchange services.
* Use free ad promotes from PPC (Pay Per Click) services like Google AdWords. From time to time, these services offer $25 or $50 dollars worth of free ads to help attract new customers.
What never to do when promoting your site:
* Never use FFA (Free For All) link sites.
* Never exchange links with no relevant sites.
* Never use any black-hat SEO techniques.
* Never SPAM, be it email, blog or forum post, or any other kind of SPAM.
Well, that's it really. With some time and hard work you can black-hat SEO for free and start to get the users you want to your site. Then once revenue starts flowing you can look at paying for advertising on sites like Google, MSN, and Yahoo.
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