im looking to advertise a site that im doing as a school project, im in a web page class where i need to first build a site, then we need to market the site and see what kind of legit (no bots or hackers) traffic we can drum up by the end of the semester.....so im looking for some free ways to advertise that could help me get some traffic flowing....anyone got anything in mind??? g0cry.com
If you have good content try submitting it to Digg and other Social Networks first. This will bring in some base traffic, however your going to need to build back links to bring in more traffic. Find related web sites and post comments with your sites URL. The link in my Sig, "Webmaster Tips" has some information on how to promote a site, though I need to update it. Also, just look around Digital Point, there are a ton of posts related to how to promote a web site.
You have heard about signing a cast for someone who has a broken leg or arm, right? Or maybe a T-shirt??? Why not do it with this site? They could put in a comment, and sign their name. Maybe add pictures??? Just a "Frank was here" would be enough. See if you can find a programmer to put somethng in where users can sign instead of print. Ask as many people at school to do this. Like looking at a cast or T-shirt with signatures and comments, they can go to your site and look too. Hand out cards and flyers, get that word going!
Try on forum posting, article submission/social bookmarking, submit video to youtube, blog comenting and yahoo answering
Write a page on your site then submit a short article related to that page to EzineArticles.com with a link back to that page. Rinse and repeat with every page you create.