Hoping that this list will help you promote your website or blog.
Since the majority of internet traffic comes from search engines that’s the first place to start.
- Yahoo
- Bing
Make sure to have a sitemap so that the engines can index your site properly and meta tags and meta descriptions are also important to have.
Another place where clients turn to find business solutions is online directories. Here are some of the more important ones. Adding your site to these online directories is important because it will improve your site’s SEO. Make sure to include as many details about your business as possible.
4. Yelp
5. Google Business
6. Yahoo Local
7. TripAdvisor
8. Yellow Pages
9. Super Pages
10. Angie’s List
11. Manta
12. DesKnows
13. BBB
14. Merchant Circle
If you’re a restaurant don’t forget to get listed on Urban Spoon and Open Table.
Social Sites are where a lot of internet surfers spend their time so it’s worth it for you to spend time creating a presence on as many social sites as possible.
I recommend setting up a 15. Facebook Page for your business and remember that 16.youtube is one of the most searched business directories. So create a youtube channel for your business. You can get videos made for your business for as little as $5 by going on fiverr. (I have the following gigs on fiverr offering video services:
Also you can create accounts on the following:
17. Google+ page
18. Pinterest accounts and boards
19. Foursquare
20. Polyvore
21. Reddit
22. Diigo
23. Stumble Upon
24. Instagram
25. Vine
26. Picassa
27. Flickr
28. Photobucket
Another great way to promote your business is in a blogging platform or an article submission site.
29. Blogger which is owned by Google is a great way to keep your clients informed about your business but it’s also another platform to get new clients.
30. Tumblr
31. Slideshare
32. Digg
33. Postach.io
34. Always make sure to include your url in your business cards, letterhead and email signatures.
35. Include your url in all promotional items you might give away.
36. Make sure to create press releases and include your url.
37. Launch a sweepstakes or contest to harvest potential clients info and create a mailing list.
38. Create a monthly newsletter, it’s easy to place this on your website, this is a great way to advertise your business. Make sure to include valuable pieces of information in the newsletter about your industry or info related to your business.
39. Offer free articles to other websites and make sure to include a link back to your website. The other website or blog gets free content and your get free links back to your site.
40. Participate in a link exchange
41. Have a twitter account and tweet make sure to tweet not just about your business but about daily happenings and interesting info.
42. Place an ad on Craigslist it’s free (make sure to include url to your site).
Be creative and make sure to take the time to set a plan of action to get at least some of the above done. I find it extremely helpful to keep a list of where I am advertising or participating and then I can take a few minutes a day to update my twitter, my facebook etc.
If you don’t have time to do any of the following you can find people that are willing to do it for you online at a vary affordable rate.
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