10 Ways to Promote Websites

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by moneyinhands, Nov 27, 2009.

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    1. Article Directories

    Article directories are a wonderful way to get traffic and backlinks to your website. There are many well established article directories that have been proven to get websites traffic. People search for articles in different categories and after reading the article they usually follow a link at the bottom of the article to your website.

    2. Business Directories

    Posting in business directories is still an effective way to get backlinks and small amounts of traffic. Most directory sites have many listings that are organized into. Being that there are so many business directories, the best way to find one related to your site would be to do a Google search or to use the websites below to find them.

    3. Social Networking Sites

    Social networking sites are often overlooked as a way to market a website or blog. Having lots of friends and access to groups can be a good way to contact a lot of people in an easy and efficient manner. Most social networking sites also have forums and classifieds that you can post in.

    4. Social Bookmarking Sites

    Social bookmarking sites can be an amazing way to promote your website. What a lot of people will do is write a killer article and then submit it to the social bookmarking sites to drive traffic to that article, hoping it will get bookmarked a lot.

    5. Email Marketing

    Email marketing can be very beneficial if done well. You do not want to be a spammer or buy lists of emails, though. The way to work email marketing is to have an opt-in email form on your website where users can sign up to receive emails and special offers. Offering a free e-book or tips is a good way to get people to sign up. Once they are signed up you can send emails once in a while to bring them back to your site or to promote something.

    6. Viral Marketing

    This is the hottest new way to market a website, but it is not easy! You have probably heard about all these YouTube videos getting millions of views, and articles on Digg getting thousands of hits. If you can think up a really clever, funny or useful idea and tie it into your website via a link or some other way, you can drive incredible amounts of traffic to your site with very little money or possibly none at all.

    7. Videos

    Creating videos has become very popular since the creation of YouTube and other video-based sites. This ties into viral marketing and is a good way to get people interested in your blog or website. It is most common to show or say the URL of your website at the beginning and/or end of a video, or tie it into your video site profile some how.

    8. Blogs

    Blogs are a great way to reach a lot of people in a fast manner. They take a lot of work, and to make a blog really effective they need to be updated with fresh content at least several times a week. A lot of websites will have a blog in addition to a main website as a sort of news system for their main site, or just as a way to drive traffic to a website.

    9. Press Releases

    Press releases can be an efficient way to get media attention if your website or product is newsworthy enough. There are several websites you can do this on. However, more commonly press releases are mailed, faxed, or e-mailed to assignment editors at newspapers, magazines, radio stations, television stations, and/or television networks.

    10. Link Baiting

    Linking baiting is when you write or post something that has the potential to be blogged about, linked or bookmarked a lot. Good content in general will help your website or blog out a lot, but you can step it up a notch by producing videos or articles specifically for link baiting.
     
    moneyinhands, Nov 27, 2009 IP
  2. donluttrull

    donluttrull Peon

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    Definitely have the basics down for sure.

    Great list.
     
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  3. T.J.XionX

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    cool...thx for info:)
     
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  4. Klutze

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    Great list, article directories are a great way to promote.
     
    Klutze, Nov 27, 2009 IP
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    #5
    nice basics to drive everyone into IM..
     
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    Basics? Tell us, what else is there?
     
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    jester602 Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for the list, you learn something new everyday!
     
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  8. opportunites

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    Hi Moneyinhands!

    Thank you for this post... it is wonderful!
    If someone is really interested in IM he or she should plan
    a strategy to bring traffic including these 10 ways...

    One more time thank you!
    Joseph
     
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  9. thefreebielife

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    #9
    Pretty solid list.
     
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  10. AmieMarse

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    #10
    This is so concise - thanks!
     
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    StocksonWallStreet.net Active Member

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    Ya I agree solid, concise list.
     
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    I agree article directories should be No. 1
     
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    Thank you for shearing tips
     
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    spc Well-Known Member

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    #14
    On top of these marketing tips, you need fresh and genuine content often to attract visitors.

    RSS feed and content related forums are also good tools to promoote websites.
     
    spc, Nov 28, 2009 IP
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    #15
    Nice article for sure. But sad to say, ripped off from somewhere else. NOT YOUR ORIGINAL CREATION.

    It's always good to ask the original author's permission or atleast cite the source.
     
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    great list. :):):)
     
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    I think so every one know this points which he has given tell me some useful and most great points so that we can promote website very successfully and get good traffic for our blogs and websites. hope some one here gives useful tips on how to promote website with easy and effective methods.
     
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    thanks for the list
     
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    ilovefreesoftware Well-Known Member

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    #19
    This is indeed a good collection.
     
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    #20
    Great tips for newbs like me.
    Thank you!
     
    wowser, Nov 29, 2009 IP