10 Power-Packed Promotion Strategies
By: Terri Seymour | Posted: 23rd February 2005
There are many ways to creatively and affordably promote your online business. I have tried all of the following and they worked very well for me.
Joint Ventures - Participating in joint ventures with fellow
publishers can be a very profitable experience. This could be
anything from a group pop under window to advertising each
other's ezines in your welcome letter. I also know a lot of
people have had some results with signature buddies, where you
would swap ads, so to speak, in each other's email sigtag.
http://expertonebiz.com/articles/jvmoney.html
http://www.jvmarketer.com/jvresource.html
http://personalizedpartyfavor.com/freenocatch.htm
Writing Articles - Extremely effective method of building your
reputation and your business. Writing articles is not hard, just
stick with what you know and do not think you have to use big
words to impress anyone. People are just looking for
understandable articles with helpful info and useful resources.
Write as if you were talking to a friend.
mailto:getideas@getresponse.com
mailto:yesarticles@getresponse.com
http://www.ecommercebase.com/article/254
Submit your articles here:
mailto:article_announce-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;
mailto:articles4you2use4promotion-subscribe@yahoogroups.com;
http://www.MakingProfit.com http://www.ideamarketers.com
Ad Swaps - Swapping ads, or running another publisher's ad in
exchange for him/her running yours, is a very popular method of
promotion. There are hundreds of thousands of ezines on the net
and most of the publishers are willing to swap ads. When writing
to a fellow publisher, be sure to include a link to a sample
issue of your ezine. Introduce yourself and let them know how
you know about their ezine. Tell them about your ezine and
suggest a possible swap. There are publishers who will even swap
solo ads which is a great opportunity!
http://www.swapezineads.com/
http://www28.brinkster.com/bluesite/swap.htm
http://www.linkydinky.com/swap/
Discussion Lists - Participating in discussion groups can get
you established as an expert in your field as well as build your
reputation as one who is there when needed. This can bring you
subscribers, customers and clients. Always follow each group's
guidelines for posting and treat everyone with respect and
courtesy. mailto:hbj_chat-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
mailto:ideasbypost-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
mailto:newbies911-subscribe@topica.com
mailto:Webmaster-Talk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Message Boards - Similar to discussion groups. Find a few
quality boards and visit regularly. Participate and help
whenever possible by offering your experience, advice, expertise
or support. Always follow the rules.
http://www.entrepreneur-web.com/index_1.shtml
Fr~e Ecourses - Compile a series of articles and turn them into
a mini ecourse. Give step by step info and provide helpful
resources to compliment said info. Always provide links to your
website, ezine and any products that are applicable. You also
want to have your email on every page so it is very easy to
contact you. Assemble your course on a fr~e autoresponder and
start offering it to your subs, visitors and submit it to fellow
webmasters for distribution. Example:
mailto:moe-mini-course@getresponse.com
Fr~e Ebooks - Creating an ebook is not hard. You can simply
compile several articles that you or other people have written.
Provide tips, resources and information. Offer your ebook to
webmasters, ebook directories and ezine publishers for
distribution. http://www.pcvoyager.com/dir/ebooks.html
mailto:ebooksforeveryone@getresponse.com
Fr~e Directories - There are hundreds of fr~e ezine, business,
and website directories all over the net. Take some time each
day or week and submit your heart out! The more places you get
listed, the more exposure you get.
http://www.ezineuniversity.com/resources/index.html
http://ezineadhelper.com/businessdir/addsite.htm http:/
oolsforthe.net/
http://www.ezineuniversity.com/resources/index.html
http://www.directoryofezines.com http://www.EzineLocater.com/
Link Exchanges - Similar to ad swaps only you are listing other
links on your website in exchange for your link being listed on
their website. Set up a special set of pages with different
categories for link exchanges.
http://myownezine.com/links/index.shtml
mailto:LinkTogether-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
http://www.iwr.com/free/reciprocal.htm
AutoResponders - Autoresponders are used to mail out follow-ups
to ezine subscribers, requests for more information, orders,
article requests, etc. Effective follow-ups can raise your sales
substantially. http://www.myownezine.com/ebooks/ARUR10d.exe
http://www.jogena.com/articles/article101.htm
http://www.getresponse.com http://www.sendfree.com
If you consistently use some or all of these methods, your
business is sure to grow. They have been very productive for me
and can be for you as well. If you have any questions about the
methods I have talked about, please feel fr~e to contact me. ;-)
About the Author
About the author : Terri Seymour and her husband Terry of www.seymourproducts.com offer a no cost, home business opportunity. Apply online. Resources and more for your home business available at
www.myownezine.com Free ecourse business-building-ecourse@getresponse.com
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