I have developed a social networking site at www.fineartsbaroda.com. It is a social networking website for artists. How do I effectively promote it. Can anybody tell me the guidelines I need to follow for effective marketing.
Article Marketing Press Releases Social Bookmarking Forum Posting/Participation Blog Commenting Facebook Fan Page Facebook Group Page Google Adwords Video Marketing Twitter MySpace I'm sure there's a few other things I missed..
As the above answer to your questions covers you need to be doing some if not all from their list. Daunting at first but break it down into bite sized chunks, thats what I do so Monday write blogs, Tuesday write articles etc etc - all week post on blogs and visit forums like this - a} you learn b} gets your name across And finally just keep doing it systematicially
Integrate Search Engine Optimization for the promotion of your site, but be sure not to violate the rules of Search Engine. Do more backlinks as many as you can.
Are you going to promote it locally only ? You can try social network promotion or flyers promotion offline
Add you site site to all outgoing mails and SMSes. Add lot of Reference tags to site coding. Get it listed to several search engines Highlight your URL in all your business papers and cards Get the pamphlets of site printed and circulate it with all the promotional activities Add dymanics to site, that will increase the loyalty ratio. Add continuation series.