5 Ways To Promote Your Website Using Web 2.0 Techniques
February 9th, 2008It’s one thing to build a website. Now you have to promote it! If your like everybody else getting traffic to your website is key for survival. In this article I will show you some traffic generating tips using web 2.0 techniques. This can mean the difference of having one to sales a day to a constant everyday cash register machine.
#1-You Need To Utilize Social Networking Sites – Social networking site can bring a huge amount of traffic to your site because most of the online traffic is on these huge networks like YouTube, MySpace, Facebook, etc. Create a profile and talk about who you are and what you like to do. Make it interesting and entertaining. Don’t try to pitch to early! It turns people off and away from your profile. Describe things you like to do and then softly mention this is what your line of work is towards the end of your description. If your able to provide links do so. Be truthful and honest when presenting yourself. Then when your profile is done, start requesting friends with people in your target market. Watch your opt-ins start coming in as people are captivated by your profile and are more curious about you and what you do.
#2 – Create Video Commercials Or Tutorials And Post Them On YouTube – Another great way to market online is to create a commercial and then place it on YouTube. Creating videos will benefit you greatly, because millions of users visit YouTube to watch videos. With a video, you can demonstrate how your product or service works, get testimonials of others who used your product or service, and the list goes on. Just be creative and different. Guaranteed you will draw attention.
3# Post Your Ad On CraigsList- Craigslist brings in a lot of traffic. People are doing searches on Craigslist for jobs, rentals, homes, electronics, small biz ads, etc. If you use good headlines and interesting copy in your description, more than likely you will get a favorable response. We talk about using Craigslist and strategies to get people to click the link in the ad and opt-in to your squeeze page or visit your product information. Just subscribe to our free newsletter below for those techniques.
#4 – Create Your Own Blog – Many people today are finding that creating a blog is an excellent way to market just about anything. When you build up a blog, you basically work to build up a readership, and over time they begin to trust you and what you have to say. While you will be able to use the blog to promote your business, you will also want to be sure that you provide your readers with helpful information that will keep them coming back again and again. People love knowledge, and when you share knowledge on your blog that people are not familiar with, you will get them to become repeat visitors. Make sure that the articles are well written and interesting as well. Offer insightful articles and information. Become a resource to your readers and watch them return for more.
#5 – Offer Your Expertise In Online Message Boards – Using the online message boards to help people in your niche can work to your benefit. Find message boards that target your niche and become a resource to the users. Offer advice, tips, techniques to this crowd and watch them seek out your “strategically placed” signature link. Do not pitch at all in the message boards. It’s useless and a waste of time. On top of that, it violates a lot of terms of service for the boards you post on. Instead be the go to person people look for when they have an issue they know nothing about or need help with. Become this person and watch your traffic go up.
Each of these web 2.0 strategies is very important. In fact, when you use all these methods combined together, you will be able to successfully market your website online. Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough room to give you more tips. You can get my free ebook, which will have more social marketing tactics for you to use in your marketing campaigns. If you don’t have time to get it thats okay too. You can start using the web 2.0 marketing tactics I just gave you and start getting results now.
About the Author:
Yomi A. is a freelance writer for Fire Your Boss Network. He writes business articles on social marketing, traffic building and lead generation. Download his ebook on how to increase traffic to your website.
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