Hi there, I would like to ask people that have advertised before. Which of the following is the most effective and which costs the less. Forum seem a very good choice to advertise as it is very specific community. Facebook on the other hand has so much people an their tools allow to specify the audience but the amount of people they have on it is insane. Instagram is still growing and my start up is focused on woman and brands for in my case it look brilliant, however who will follow a empty account. So if anyone ever used a service like instagress or similar that is a bot adding followers service is it worth it? Adnetworks have also a specific audience option however i dont feel like its too effective especially in my target audience. What are your opinions and do you have any suggestion? Im on a pretty tight marketing budget right now until i find my first customers or investors. Thanks
I like the idea of advertising on forums. Plus you should also consider advertising on PPC (Adwords and Bing Ads). Also see if you can start joint ventures with others in your niche and offer them a good commission. If i had to pick between the 3... i would start off with advertising on forums. Then you could move on and migrate to other niche sites in your market, and advertise on those too (assuming your product/campaign is very successful).
Joint ventures, hmmm well i have to sort it out as that is the point of my business. Its live and running with tone of inventory but as every starting website traffic is the issue.
Adnetworks nowadays is actually cheaper so you can buy and sell ads from websites which will only cost about $0.05 to $0.10 per click for targeted audience. Buysellads is just one. If you want free however forums is a good choice but expect to work hard to grab attention.
If clicks cost that much that would be awesome. However where would find effective ad networks like that. Im really looking for effective and targeted audience. I have ran a ad network before and i know how small networks work and what kind of sites they have.
it must be. what i like about reddit is the busy groups to which you can easily get into and these are targeted individuals.
Facebook ads will get you tons of traffic but it's getting more expensive. Forum advertising will get you traffic overtime if you stick with it.
Before you go about finding what's the best traffic source for you, you have to ensure that your website has the necessary functions (e.g. retargeting pixels) to capture these traffic and turn them into leads (e.g. Opt-in form). You want to do this so that you're able to follow up on them even after they leave your site. Facebook can be cheap if you do your targeting right. It really depends on your niche to determine the best advertising platform. Here's a brief guide on using Facebook Power Editor.
FB, IG and Pinterest are best possible options for your niche. You can also use forums and blogs as alternative tools