Online Promotion: More Traffic To Your Site = More $$$ : Not always

More Traffic To Your Site = More $$$ : Not always

Written by Mike Nalbone

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types of products or services we offer visit us, rather than just "casual surfers". Let me explain: Many sites will promise you free traffic or hits to your web pages. Some are free, others charge a fee for a membership. Before committing yourself to these programs, be sure that you can choose repparttar 124659

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more sales you will make from this traffic. It really is worth your time to understand your customer & then go after them specifically. Beware of traffic providers who promise you an outrageous number of visitors per day, like 5,000 or 10,000. Many of these companies just load your URL into a web browser & then set it to auto-refresh (reload) every few seconds. Yes, you will get 10K hits in a day, but they will all be from repparttar 124661

same computer/IP address & will not provide you with a single lead or sale. Don't waste your time with them.

Ten Free Tools You Need to Promote Your Business

Written by Marie M. Roker

1. Free Publicity.

You can create a dynamic, free press release at repparttar following sites: http://www.openpress.com http://www.prweb.com http://www.prfree.com

2. Free Tools to Make Your Website Sticky.

Want to keep your visitors interested? A sticky website is a site that gets visitors to stay longer. http://www.freesticky.com http://www.findsticky.com/index.html http://www.hotplugins.com http://janim.net/index.php http://www.killerfreebies.com/webmaster.shtml

3. Write Content Rich Articles.

Are you an expert or knowledgeable in a particular area? Share your expertise with others through your writing. Great places to submit articles: http://www.articlecity.com http://www.alumbo.com http://www.ideamarketers.com http://www.family-content.com http://www.goarticles.com http://www.selfgrowth.com http://www.amazines.com http://www.valuablecontent.com http://www.submityourarticle.com http://www.bellaonline.com

4. Create a Newsletter or Ezine for Free.

Ok, now you've written and submitted your articles and you feel ready to start your own newsletters. These resources will get you on your way to being an ezine guru: http://www.ezinequeen.com/articles.htm http://www.emailuniverse.com/ http://www.netwoozy.com/ezinebuilder.pdf

5. Got Subscribers?

What use is an ezine or newsletter without subscribers? Who is going to read your ezine? Get your ezine in front of your target audience Free Resources: http://www.list-city.com You pay 03 per subscriber for premium listing, otherwise it's free http://www.totallyfreenewsletters.com Also, try swapping ads with other ezine publishers who will reach your target audience.

Email Marketing Resources: http://www.constantcontact.com http://www.verticalresponse.com http://www.intellicontact.com http://www.topica.com

6. To Blog or Not to Blog

Yes, blogging is important. How else will a potential customer get to know you on an more personal level. How often you blog is up to you, but keep it interesting and incorporate some business tidbits into your blog. You may even opt to have a personal and a business blog. Resources: http://www.typepad.com http://www.blogger.com http://www.wordpress.com http://ebloggy.com http://weblogs.about.com/ http://www.blogexplosion.com http://www.bloglines.com http://www.feedburner.com http://www.pingomatic.com http://www.technorati.com/ping.html http://www.daypop.com/info/submit.htm http://www.feedster.com/add.php http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php http://www.boingboing.net/suggest.html http://www.weblogs.nu/directory/submit.php?add=top www.webworldindex.com/ http://www.blogsearchengine.com/ http://www.blogwise.com/bycountry.php http://www.bloguniverse.com/ http://www.blogarama.com/index.php?show=add

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