Do it by threats and force. No even with a good pr it cant control the amount of sales. Consider that people are currently looking for more for less, so if you can coax them that way it might work. Definately dont do this "buy links in my pr5 directory" because shortly afterwards you directory might become pr0.
Market it, advertise it, develop it and brand it! Page rank alone will no longer support a directory. It’s back to the days when you actually have to work to have a successful directory.
If all people are looking for is page rank they can get their fill over at the buy - sell - links forum. If your approach is based upon page rank, your taking the wrong path and you should read again what stoner just posted.
One of my zero pagerank web directories get regularly paid submission monthly, Pagerank is not the most important element for directory, Design, brand and real traffic are also important.
The forum you are posting is the best place to promote your web directory. Buying signature links of members who are in this section also exposes your directory. Make sure that what you advertise is worth advertising or else you'll endup wasting money. You can also advertise in other directory based forums, websites, etc.
Anything from 1$ to 150$ a month. It depends on the member, no.of posts, his profile being active, the section he visits/posts the most and some other factors. You may choose to goto the Link Sales section of this forum and buy signature links or yourself closely monitor some members of the section wherein you plan to promote you directory/site and thus pm them yourself. Hope it helps.
Marketing and advertising a directory depends a lot on the type of directory but in basics you want to advertise for traffic for your submitters and additionally advertise for submissions. The venues for doing so are huge and of course will depend on your budget. You should have a well established business and marketing plan long before you venture into the business. Advertising on forums and in signatures will normal get you an abundance of spam and seldom anything more than the give me for free vultures.
Marketing a directory in other ways also brings in spam. Forums and signature get you the exposure, help you establish a brand among decent crowd of people. Have you forgotten what exposure it gave Alive & Aviva in digitalpoint?
No I haven't forgotten. I can’t discus other people’s directory operations but if I were to write a paper about directories heavily marketed on DP I would probably title it Flash Paper Directories and Fools gold or possibly Take The money and Run.
You need to promote it tirelessly. Get in touch with some SEO firms who might be interested in submitting links to your directory at reduced rate. Make your directory visible.
Stop using the same run-of-the-mill script that every Joe uses based on the false pretentious bullsh*t in believing that, as claimed, and I quote: 'start a directory and start making money'.
It worries me when a directory owner asls how to promote, its a directories basic job to promote the links in the directory for the paying customer, so if i would see something like here's my price but by the way how do i promote this thing, then it's time to turn and run.
I said that a few years ago and was told I was an antique and should get off DP by more than one person.