Marketing my new site?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by hitboy, Jul 12, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hello fellow DPers..

    I started a site not to long ago yet I'm not sure how I should market it yet.. I don't really want to spend cash advertising it though hehe ;). I have been building links for it and it should around pr 3-4 next update..

    The site I am talking about is www.dexurl.com its for people to submit their sites and rate and review each others.. Its kind of a Digg for websites..

    Any recommendations would be great I started off by telling people in the freebies section of dp and got some submissions there.. Whats the next step?
     
    hitboy, Jul 12, 2007 IP
  2. ablaye

    ablaye Well-Known Member

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    Exchange links, get links from free web directories, try writing interesting and informative articles and submitting them to digg and other news sharing sites.
    By the way, nice site. I have joined and submitted 2 sites.
     
    ablaye, Jul 12, 2007 IP
  3. hitboy

    hitboy Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for your submissions lol anyhow yea I got the link part covered I have great experience in that sector hehe but I just need more ways to get more people to submit their sites and join etc...
     
    hitboy, Jul 12, 2007 IP
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    mnymkr Well-Known Member

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    hey i just wanted to say i really like ur site. i will submit some sites in a bit
     
    mnymkr, Jul 12, 2007 IP
  5. Solid_Nuts

    Solid_Nuts Active Member

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    nice site, ill add some of my sites soon! keep up the good work.
     
    Solid_Nuts, Jul 12, 2007 IP
  6. hitboy

    hitboy Well-Known Member

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    Thanks guys im glad people like my site but any tips are the marketing side =)
     
    hitboy, Jul 13, 2007 IP
  7. Shay

    Shay Member

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    Since people are looking for a static links I would offer that the top 5 will get a direct static link on the homepage. People would need votes so they will ask their friends to sign up. It might work.

    The same way you can do with the top 5 on each category.

    Good luck with your website.
     
    Shay, Jul 13, 2007 IP
  8. tomabbs

    tomabbs Peon

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    Nice looking site mate, get into some link exchanges and directories!
     
    tomabbs, Jul 13, 2007 IP
  9. petersonpol

    petersonpol Well-Known Member

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    very very nice :))

    I added some my websites
     
    petersonpol, Jul 13, 2007 IP
  10. Marian

    Marian Member

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    Will submit some of my sites soon! :)

    Marian
     
    Marian, Jul 13, 2007 IP
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    rush4rk Active Member

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    added mine too
     
    rush4rk, Jul 13, 2007 IP
  12. hitboy

    hitboy Well-Known Member

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    Any tips on marketing it besides anything to do with links lol
     
    hitboy, Jul 13, 2007 IP
  13. BrianJump

    BrianJump Active Member

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    Bro-
    Hit ALL the internet web forums and post info (ask to rate/review it or offer freebie posts etc) then do a pr submit to the press release sites..
     
    BrianJump, Jul 13, 2007 IP
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    craiger22 Well-Known Member

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    Nice site, just wanted to let you know I recieved a 404 error after registering.
     
    craiger22, Jul 13, 2007 IP
  15. John_Dean

    John_Dean Peon

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    These are the 10 most popular "things" that you can do.

    10 ways to promote your website

    1. Post newsgroups
    2. Press releases
    3. Email to VIPs
    4. Article submission
    5. Reciprocal Links
    6. Forum Posting
    7. Directory submission
    8. Tell everyone with whom you communicate
    9. Post adds to free advertising website
    10. Blogging

    What is most important here ?
     
    John_Dean, Jul 14, 2007 IP
  16. Yankee0306

    Yankee0306 Peon

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    Nice site. I'll be adding some web sites.
     
    Yankee0306, Jul 14, 2007 IP
  17. richrf

    richrf Active Member

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    Hi,

    I wasn't able to get to your site, but in general, I think one of the first lessons I learned when first building my site is that the vast majority of visitors don't have the time or inclination to comment on anything. Just think about the tens of thousands of visitors who visit Digg and never comment or do anything but follow a link. Those who do, usually have a monetary or "ego" incentive. Many try to figure out ways to "beat" or "cheat" the system. This usually involves a group. So anytime, I, or anyone else tries to do something "interesting", you can be sure there will be a tidal wave of visitors who will try to cheat or beat it. This is one of the reasons I have not run any contests or "incentive programs". I am sure that I will have to deal with a whole lot of spam like stuff if I did.

    SO for the time being, I rely mostly on word of mouth or interesting content to attract repeat visitors. So far, my attempts have been very mediocre, but as I continue to understand the nature of the Internet and my own visitors, I slowly get better at it. The first principle of marketing is to know your customer.

    Good luck!

    Rich
     
    richrf, Jul 14, 2007 IP
  18. gley

    gley Peon

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    Hi,

    Do you use offline promotion?

    Many people miss out on the value of offline promotion opportunities by imprisoning themselves to marketing their business online. Offline promotion is effective in generating both sales and traffics. Online promotion shouldn’t be your only plan to promote your site. Use offline promotion to build your online business. Here are some ideas you can use to attract targeted traffic to your website. If you ignore just one then you are losing business.

    Business cards, Printed Balloons, T-Shirts, hats, Flyers, Giving an item to charity, events, printed magazines, radio, TV, face-to-face networking, Classified Ads in your local newspaper, etc and the ways are endless just use what fit your business

    By the way I wasn’t able de to reach you website! It seams to be very heavy. ;)

    Gley Yahya
     
    gley, Jul 14, 2007 IP
  19. hitboy

    hitboy Well-Known Member

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    THanks for all the suggestions... Im not really sure though why someone got an error trying to join the site it seems people are adding sites fine..
     
    hitboy, Jul 14, 2007 IP
  20. mwgr5

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    I added my site to your site too. The site is very nice. I would try to market the site on other web development forums.
     
    mwgr5, Jul 14, 2007 IP