I have a bit of an odd situation, I'm trying to give links away for free and am having a hard time doing it. I have a real estate directory website, PR3 which I'm working to build up to a PR5 (hopefully) by the end of the year. The directory allows a person to submit a listing and fill out a profile that includes a 1,500 word description that the user writes, their address with Google maps showing the location, their logo or images, documents, etc. They can even sell products (using their own PayPal account) from their profile-listing. The directory is setup to allow the user to set up a pick their own keywords. In addition, they can change the keywords through their admin control panel that is provided at anytime. The link will appear on the category page that is one to two clicks from the homepage depending on the category they choose. Currently, we are offering free accounts that accept up to 3 categories with every submission. Each category provides a keyword rich link to the user's website for free. So, I want to get a couple of hundred submissions before I start charging for this process. My question is how do I go about advertising it (since it's free) that reaches the right people? I put a notice on a real estate forum, and so far none of the realtors have taken advantage of it. Thanks for your suggestions. I don't want to violate any rules here, so I won't advertise the name of the website, but if anyone PM's me, I'll be happy to share it with them. James
hm... I'm thinking that the realtors won't care if it's a PR3 or PR5, but instead they'd care about the traffic. Realtors probably don't know what PageRank is, and they sure won't write 1500 words to get a good link. Im sorry that I don't have any good alternatives or suggestions, but that was jsut my observance.
Guy123: there's no requirement to write anything, but the opportunity is there to use the page to plug your business, whether it's a Realtor, Attorney, Surveyor, Engineer, Mortage Broker, or Software developer for Real Estate related software, (and more, all covered by various categories). I was hoping that if they were smart enough to be on a Forum, they'd be smart enough to understand that getting a higher PR would help their own website. Maybe I overestimated that.