What is the best way to advertise my website, on a small budget?
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Try Gurellia Marketing.\nthere are a lot of great books on the subject.
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You obviously have an idea of the niche market you want to go for if you are looking for sponsors?\n\nThere are many low budget, free webhosting however I agree that you would want something that actually works!  Tough call :)\n\nI personally use this service and have found them to be great..yes there is work involved but you will be guided step by step.  My site has been up for 6 months and I am already rated by Alexa at around the 500,000 mark with a google page rank of 3/10..if you know anything about online marketing that is good! :)\n\nAnyway...take a look and make your own informed decision...
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Post a link to your site for free where it is allowed (always read the Terms of Use). Examples are:\n\nCraigslist http://www.craigslist.com\nGoogle Base http://base.google.com\nClassifieds for Free http://www.classifiedsforfree.com/...\nText Link Exchange http://www.txtswap.com/\nRecycler.com http://www.recycler.com/\nYahoo Classifieds http://classifieds.yahoo.com/\nUS Free Ads http://www.usfreeads.com/\n\nAlso search for local newspapers and websites that accept free ads
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I would suggest creating a blog, surround it with PPC ads, then promote your blog to a targetted audience. As far as specific tools, I wouyld suggest that you review: Clickbank.com, CJ.com, Pheedo.com and Refer-it.com.
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http://metanetpromotions.com/\nThey will promote your website to lots of sites and search engines for free. Good luck.
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www.livedeal.com (this one is free if you want to advertise locally, $5.00 if you want to advertise nationally)\n\nauction.yahoo.com (totally free)\n\nHope it helps!!
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Getting your website URL known takes time. But do something everyday, and you can see the results later.\n\nSome ideas:\n\n1. Create the best content you can. Your content is your best advertisement - if visitors love your content, then they will go back and spread the word to others.\n\n2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools. Get a Recommend this Site script from websites such as cgiscripts.com and similar directories of scripts. Some even go as far as giving incentives to those who recommend the site to their friends. \n\n3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area.\n\n4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News.\n\n5. Submit articles. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website. Be sure to have About the Author blurb at the end of the article with your website URL
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set up a website and advertise online?
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Get into the TOP search results with Key words that match what you are selling.  Optimize your site so that the search engines "like" it.  You can read articals about search engine optimization.  PPC are alright but it is so much better to be in the actual search results and not have to PAY to be included.  \n\nI have a successful website and I find that being the first on the list of search results is one of the best and CHEAPEST (it's free) way to advertise my website.
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Advertise.  Legitimately.  You could try Google Ads for a start, they seem to be everywhere, and you don't pay unless someone clicks on them.
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I would go with Google Adwords.  This will get you some targeted traffic (resulting in people wanting to be at your site) and quick.  Be sure to monitor your hits so that you can shut it down when you don't want to spend anymore money.
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1. Apply to banner ad networks such as BurstMedia, Fastclick, Tribal Fusion, Advertising.com and others. They will give you a code to put on your site for the banners. They typically allow you to put your own ad campaigns so you can show paying banners instead of their non-paying default ads.\n\n2. Sell your own ads. You can use an advertising management software such as the free (and very good) phpadsnew. PhpAdsnew allows you to set how many impressions you want shown for the banner, the priority percentage, and allows you to set the campaign dates.
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visit online communities such as http://namepros.com and http://webhostingtalk.com - they have sections where you can advertise your services.
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The first thing to ask is "Where is your target market going?" -- and that is the place where you should advertise. \n\nAre they going to the search engines? \n\nMost definitely yes, so you can use the option of using pay per click advertising (you pay for every click your ad gets). Google, the biggest search engine, has a program called Adwords, while Yahoo also has its counterpart program. Adwords is easier to set up. PPC however entails a great deal of savvy, monitoring and strategizing -- from selection of keywords to figuring out the bid amounts to determining conversion per keyword.\n\nWho are your target audiences and what sites are they using?\n\nYou did not specify the services you offer. But assuming for example that you are a graphic designer and doing logo designs, then one target market would be new business owners and website owners. If you are targeting small businesses, then you may want to advertise in small business websites. Check the advertising options they offer - from banner ads (check what sizes are offered from standard banners to leaderboards), to sponsored text links, to newsletter advertising.\n\nAnd every time you advertise, carefully monitor the conversion: how much business is your ad bringing in and what are the most effective formats/websites to use?
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Some ideas:\n\n1. Create the best content you can. Your content is your best advertisement - if visitors love your content, then they will go back and spread the word to others.\n\n2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools. Get a Recommend this Site script from websites such as cgiscripts.com and similar directories of scripts. Some even go as far as giving incentives to those who recommend the site to their friends. \n\n3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area.\n\n4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News.\n\n5. Submit articles. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; educate potential customers; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website.\n\n6. Carefully track your conversions. Getting traffic is one thing; getting them to buy your products is another thing. Watch how well you are converting your traffic to sales. Look at your website from a customer's point of view - does it encourage sales; does it encourage confidence; does it have a strong call to action? Sometimes, simple things can do wonders for conversion such as putting the BUY NOW button above the fold and using eye catching red color. Experiment and see what works for your site
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One low-cost business to start is to create a website, write content and earn money using affiliate or advertising programs. You can even just start a blog, which is free through Blogger.com http://www.blogger.com and then apply to Google Adsense program.\n\nYou may want to read the article “6 Hottest Businesses on the Web  http://www.powerhomebiz.com/052006/web.htm which lists six areas of the new Web that present new opportunities to small online businesses:\n\nThe Web offers tremendous opportunities for those who know how to harness it. You hear of stories of people who earn thousands if not millions of dollars from doing business on Web. While there are many scams (same way in the traditional business world), there are various ways you can legitimately make money on the Web.\n\nHere are the main business models you can adopt:\n\n1. Sell products on the Web - Big boys like Amazon or Lillian Vernon online catalog or smaller businesses like BigKidsVideo.com or Candle4Less.com all sell products on the Web. \n\nYou can either sell: (a) through your own storefront through your own website or applications such as Yahoo Stores; or (b) sell through online auctions like eBay\n\n2. Information Delivery. Others such as About.com or EuropeforVisitors.com create content and monetize their content in a number of ways:\n\na. Advertising - From the article "How to Generate Advertising Revenues for Your Web Site" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol28/adrevenues.htm , there are several ways you can earn money from advertising:\n\n1. Join an advertising network. Advertising networks are organizations that aggregate Web sites that offer advertising space, and sell banner ads (and other advertising options) across them. Traffic requirement is often a minimum of 5,000 monthly impressions, although many do not accept sites hosted by free page services. \n\nBurst Media http://www.burstmedia.com\nFastclick (ValueClick). http://www.fastclick.com\nAdvertising.com. http://www.advertising.com\nTribal Fusion http://www.tribalfusion.com \n\n2. Participate in contextual advertising networks. Contextual advertising are text ads delivered based on the content of the web page using an automated system. \n\nGoogle Adsense https://www.google.com/adsense/\nYahoo! Publishing Network (currently in beta and available to US publishers only) http://publisher.yahoo.com/ \nIntellixt http://vibrantmedia.com/site/web_01a5.htm \nQuigo Adsonar http://www.quigo.com/adsonarexchange.htm \nIndustryBrains http://www.industrybrains.com \nCommission Junction Evolution http://www.cj.com\n\n3. Sell advertising for your site directly. This is admittedly a more difficult route for a small business site wanting to earn advertising revenues. But hey, as they say: "no pain, no gain!" \n\nb. Affiliate Programs - you sell other people's products that your audience may be interested in; and you get a certain commission after the desired action was done (whether a sale, a lead, subscription to email newsletter, or however this is defined)\n\nc. Paid online content. Hoovers.com or WebmasterWorld.com Supporters forum all require paid subscription before accessing the information\n\nd. Content licensing and syndication. Some publishers such as the Associated Press get paid every time their content is published elsewhere
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1- you should mail targeted companies with your site address showing them the # of visitors\n\n2- Try to introduce some Free banners for your potential clients (call me when you do that :) I will be your 1st free client)\n\n3- Set a price for the banners, and try to market it to companies you are in good contact with , 1month Free for a 3months ad contract ...\n\n4- be patient it will fruit shortly, look shall I teach you a hint ??? (Start your counter with a five digits number- do not tell anybody)