Unusual ways to get traffic to your site

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by edbri871, Aug 9, 2007.

  1. MTbiker

    MTbiker Well-Known Member

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    #41
    We did that so much in college dorms!
     
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    #42
    They wouldn't associate it with a urinal.
     
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  3. zorde

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    #43
    I've seen a juice bar do joint promotion with a website by printing the URL on the lid of the juice cups. (actually I think it was a round piece of paper with a hole in the middle for the straw.

    Everytime you go to take a sip from the straw the URL is inches from your face.
     
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    #44
    I have used bumvertising but for my offline business. Very effective.
     
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    #45
    That's what I do for one of my website. I even got a few visitors that way :D
     
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    #46
    what sort of people visit a site because they discover it on their wireless device?

    Sounds like a type of log spamming. So there is another way:

    Configure your browser to represent the referrer as yourdomain.com

    Anyone webmaster looking at their logs will checkout you site to see where their link is.
     
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  7. bobchrist

    bobchrist Active Member

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    #47
    You may wish to try out SMS advertising targeting specific business type.
     
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  8. Qryztufre

    Qryztufre Prominent Member

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    #48
    I would.

    My user agent is set to my domain name... not that I visit many sites that would pay attention to it but *shrug* it only took a few moments to set up and I could not think of anything witty to change it to at the time I learned how to do it.
     
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  9. techspy

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    #49
    You could always pay one of those morons on ebay to foreever tatoo it on their forehead. lol
     
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  10. MrCat

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    #50
    Stamp your URL to a thousand $1 dollar bill :D
     
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    #51
    -normal-go to your local magazine and buy a spot.

    -rare-get a directory and call everyone you can that they must visit your site. hope you dont spend more in calls!
     
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  12. Tearabite

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    #52
    Call in to a radio-show that has a topic related to your niche - for example if your site is about cars, call a car-show, if your site is related to computers, call Leo Laporte, etc. Casually mention your website URL on the air... I did this last year and it worked wonders :D
     
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    #53
    How about put stickers in bus stops or booths where people are waiting for public transportation?
     
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    #54
    How's this one......using a sharpie in a bright color(s), write your url on the bottom of your shoes? :)
     
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    #55
    lol. isnt there a law against this?
     
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    #56
    Actually a very good idea, if it's legal! Still good imo...:)
     
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    #57
    I was going to say sky writer as a joke :p

    but....
    ...how about a combination of these two ideas, plane + big giant banner + football game (80K people)

    might be a lot to have the banner made and the airplane rented though :eek:
     
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  18. BrianJump

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    #58
    How about it would be pennies, but restricted air space might be an issue... and fees would be HUGE.:eek:
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    How about Stand outside the gate at your local pro football or baseball event (got a sport related site?) and have a huge banner with url, or hand out a coupon and url on printed flyers before entrants get to the paid parking section.
    We did this at Disneyland one summer for several days until security found us...:cool:
     
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    #59
    I forgot about the airspace thing :eek: I bet you are right though
     
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    Kerosene Alpha & Omega™ Staff

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    #60
    How about an RC plane and a huge payload of flyers :D

    Airspace restrictions are only an issue if they can find the pilot :)
     
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