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Start with good SEO or any promotion you do will be wasted. Next target blogs, forums, facebook groups relevant to the niche your site caters to.
i use multiply.com to sell stuff. there's a vast network of potential customers there. like you can initially add your friends and then connect with their friends and so on. you just have to invest time inviting contacts and putting new contents often.
the best is be ver relevant and look for qurries at diff forums , i like yahoo answers the best as you can find almost from a to z services and questions regarding them, if you provide solutions, ppl will come rushing to your store. best of luck
giveaways and coupons and newsletters. You can go to etsy.com in the forums they have tons of advice that you can read and not have a be a member. Most of those sellers make tons so it's worth a look.
I agree. Before you begin any sort of promotion, make sure that your site is fully optimized, otherwise your efforts will be in vain. I also have to say that social networks only work depending on the product niche. Certain products simply will not benefit much from these types of communities.
There are several ways to go for it. Make your site SEO optimized. If required redesign or restructure your directories. Create online promotion strategies (e.g. use webeserve.com). Check out web portals where you can create online promotion strategies, promote your business. Write quality landing pages.
What type of store is it? Eg. If it is a shoe store you could stand outside a shoe store in your city and hand out fliers for your website - slightly unethical but good leads.
Looks like worth reading. If you set up a store on taobao, there're many 3rd parties who want to promote your store - not for free, it's hard to pick up a reliable one.