How to promote my online buisness?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by davidzhao8, Dec 12, 2008.

  1. #1
    I really need traffic for my site, but don't know how.

    I tried submitting to search engines
    I tried buying them. (horrible)
    I tried sending e-mails.
    I tried putting ads on people site.

    Somone one on this forum told me to use youtube as a way of marketing, but i am not getting many peole to watch my video.

    He told me to use moreviews.net as a way to get people to watch your video. I want to know if you guys tried moreviews.net!
    Please give me some advice!
    Thanks!
    the site is www.moreviews.net
     
    davidzhao8, Dec 12, 2008 IP
  2. fadetoblack22

    fadetoblack22 Well-Known Member

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    The BEST way to get the MOST and BEST traffic is through search engines. Mostly google. You have to do SEO to get listed for your keywords.

    It is a lengthy process and requires hard work, but is worth it in the end.
     
    fadetoblack22, Dec 12, 2008 IP
  3. jasonb25

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    Use article marketing, blog commenting, blog posting, forum posting, on page seo, build backlinks frequently ....
     
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  4. 4lfr3d

    4lfr3d Peon

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    #4
    Try going after some relevant smaller competitive keywords in google..

    For example.. if you were selling a Rolex Watch...

    It would cost a heck of a lot more money to go after the keyword "Watches"

    Then going after "premium rolex watches" or a specefic model of a watch

    You "go after" these keywords by submitting to directories with this anchor text and by writing articles and submitting them to article directories with the same anchor.

    Pick like 2-3 different smaller keywords and write different articles for each.

    The other, quicker way, would be to just use google adwords and pay per click.. 10 cents for a certain keyword. set your budget and see what converts to profit.

    Good luck
    Alf
     
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  5. Fabolous

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    depends what kind of site it is mate
     
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  6. Randi

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    There is no easy way. You can't just put up a video and quit your day job. Promoting an online business is a never-ending battle. You have to work at it everyday.

    Choose one method of traffic generation and work on it for a month, until you know it inside and out. Then move on to the next until you've found a few that work best for you.
     
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  7. joeventura

    joeventura Well-Known Member

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    All excellent advice!

    Now go do it all!
     
    joeventura, Dec 12, 2008 IP
  8. strosdegoz

    strosdegoz Active Member

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    I am using quite an unique method to generate traffic and its through the Bittorrent network but it works like a charm.
     
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  9. trishan

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    Well call me biased, but if done correctly Adwords is by the far the best and cheapest way to market a product or service. I've worked with a number of companies, online and bricks and mortar, and nothing compares to Adwords.

    Print Media - Expensive & declining response rate
    Mail campaigns - expensive, low response rate
    Email - cheap but cost to your image is high
    Facebook - great but not scaleable
    SEO - great but requires lot of work and time
    Telemarketing - effective if done properly but can be expensive to do properly

    Adwords is cheap with a high response rate. Improves your image all the time. It is scaleable and can expand your market. It does require a lot of work and time but you can get a professional to do it for you cost effectively.
     
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  10. asholar

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    try social bookmarking, it is the best way......
     
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    DeanJames Well-Known Member

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    David,

    There's a bunch of ways but it all comes down to what suits you best. If you hate writing articles then you will hate article marketing. If you don't know anything about Pay Per Click you will have to learn the ropes. If you have no budget you won't be able to pay for traffic.

    Free options include: SEO, Article Marketing, Social Marketing, Video Submissions, Blog Commenting, Forum Posting

    Pick a couple, try them out. Monitor your results. Learn more about them. Keep going.

    Dean
     
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  12. Mega B

    Mega B Well-Known Member

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    Just keep working at it by writing articales,submitting it to Digg and never give up it is soul destroying when you dont see much progress at 1st but it will come for sure.
     
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  13. TommySC

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    No one else has said it and I'm sure some will disagree.
    But...Craigslist.

    I have quick sites that make $50 a day that are only lightly advertised on CL.
     
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    Anytime I here this question I always say start writing articles, post press releases and do social bookmarking.

    Start driving links back to your site.
     
    shonc2000, Dec 13, 2008 IP
  15. kingofsanda

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    You can improve your organic search engine traffic by adding a link to your
    site in your signature here at dp forums and by article marketing if you are
    consistent with your linkbuilding your organic traffic will improve over time.
     
    kingofsanda, Dec 13, 2008 IP
  16. Chancey

    Chancey Well-Known Member

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    the first thing that you should be doing if your site is just is to do some SEO. After six months, you would be seeing an increase on your traffic without paying for anything.
     
    Chancey, Dec 14, 2008 IP
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    You can do a lot of mktg but thats of use only if what you are offering has any value proposition for your customers. Its not clear what is your online business - even if its a website with ad revenues, then its the content you should look into and enhance.
     
    pegre, Dec 14, 2008 IP
  18. UncleBun

    UncleBun Banned

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    try commenting on blogs and sign off, example <a href=''yoursite.com''>Name</a>
     
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    Promoting a website is not that easy. It involves hard work. There are actually a lot of way to promote your site: link building, sem, smo, etc. Focus on one strategy first and then gradually move along with other strategies. Keep in mind that promoting your site is an ongoing work. Google's algorithms is unpredictable and can change all the time.
     
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    As was mentioned earlier C.L i find very useful.
     
    craiguk, Dec 14, 2008 IP