A lot of people come to this forum looking for no or low cost ways to market their new website. Many people who start websites do not have much money to spend on an advertising campaign (ppc), etc. Please post your ideas. Here are mine: 1. Forum signatures. Find a forum and add your signature to the bottom of your posts. It is really helpful to find a related forum, sports, etc whatever your site is about. (No Cost) 2. Selling your products, or ebooks on ebay. (Low Cost)
Free directory submission, submit articles, contact other websites for partnership, do work in exchange for links and banner ads.
Hi, I've my opinion about Forum Signature, I think, it is for smaller website, how about a Portal? Is it a good way to promote a big Portal? Regards, Jakomo
Directory submissions and link exchange with relevant theme sites. Forum signatures do help but you need to make sure that you contribute to the forum and dont just spam to show up your sig.
Create a blog and link with your original site, people will start reading your content and it will also help you to network with other bloggers.
I also think if you can write, you should write articles and submit then to online article directories. You could also exchange articles with other related sites.
I think Article Posting, Directory Submissions and Search Engine Optimization can really help you get more traffic. When your site is new, you can optimize it for search engines and while you wait to rank well, you can write some good articles and submit it to famous article directories and do some directory submissions. It is hard to exchange your links when your site is new, cos you don't have good PR. So, once you get good consistant visitor base, you can go for link exchange.
I am with iceberg. You have to optimize and wait. Traffic comes it just takes time. This is not a overnight business model. Good luck
Directory submissions, if you got products you can post in classifieds, Articles submissions, public bookmarking sites, site related link exchange, SEO your site and do above Oh lets not forget Marketing Forums and your signature
Catchy sigs can help you get noticed. I came across one just a few days ago in another forum which generated a lot of curiosity and interest. It went something like "Intelligent discussion forums for people with their clothes on". That started everyone teasing the sig owner and asking her about her site. They wanted to know how she could be sure that forum participants had their clothes on. Lots of posts on her sig followed. It was fun and different from the usual. If need be, it might be a good idea to re-look our sigs and see how we can use them to generate traffic. Let's hear some creative suggestions! chillipadi
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