Here are 7 promotion methods for you to try, one for each day of week:

=> Day 1 - Submit Your Site To A Search Engine

No big surprises with this promotion method; just submit your site to a new search engine, or directory. It is best to concentrate on major search engines and directories, and add your site to minor search engines as and when you discover them.

Do try to keep a log of just when and where you submit your site.

- http://www.HowIPromoteMyWebsite.com/bin/ap.pl?search-engines - http://jimtools.com/submit.html

=> Day 2 - Post A Newsgroup Discussion

There are newsgroups, bulletin boards or forums on just about every subject imaginable. A good place to start is http://groups.google.com which allows you to search all of Usenet newsgroups for a particular term or phrase.

Post a message online, via Google, or offline using Outlook Express (or similar). Follow forum or newsgroup guidelines, when you start a discussion or answer someone's query. It *is* okay to mention your website in a 2-line signature, though.

Newsgroups and forums also prove a good place for you to get known and develop trust.

=> Day 3 - Swap Links With Other Sites

Links make World Wide Web go around; they also improve your search-engine ranking! One way of achieving lots of links to your site is to swap links with other sites. There is an excellent article on link-swapping at http://www.bannertips.com/howto.shtml but basically:

- Identify sites with similar content to yours - Request a reciprocal link (be polite, and use webmaster's name) - Create a "Links" section on your site and put links there.

=> Day 4 - Write A Testimonial

Writing favourable comments - testimonials - about another website could make you an instant online friend (we all respond well to flattery after all!). This could lead to a link-swap or even a possible joint venture (see Day 6).

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Summary: Learn a new way of using banners that will help you promote your website.

Banners without links make great promotions!

Normally a banner has information about a website at another location. When you click on banner it links you to this website and you must click 'Back' to return to page you were originally on. Even though this is most common use of banners, it is not ONLY one.

You can also create an animated banner for promoting very website it is placed on. This banner has no link. It is called a "promotional image".

A promotional banner can be used to: a) provide an exciting title b) announce an upcoming event c) feature a new product or service d) send out a public message e) welcome visitors f) give an explanation or definition g) announce a feature article

You can place a linkless banner anywhere on a webpage: at top, in middle, to side, or at bottom.

There are several websites on Internet that allow you to create your own free animated banners. You can quickly create a banner and have it emailed to you as a "gif" file. Then you can upload image to your webpage in exactly same way that you would upload a photograph.

If you already know how to create your own animated banners, simply omit link and "click here" (or minimize it at best).

The following are step-by-step instructions on "how to create a linkless banner" using excellent services of Ad Designer.