Web Site Promotion-Advertising Your Website For Profits

Making money with your web site is the dream and goal of millions of webmasters all over the internet including myself. In order to reach this goal you need a variety of web site promotions running all at the same time.

Search engine optimization is still my number one traffic generator. I receive more traffic from Google than any other source on the internet. But it is becoming increasingly more and more difficult to achieve a top ten placement on Google or any other search engine as the internet grows and more webmasters compete for the same key words. There once was a time when I could rely on Google to provide me with all the traffic I needed but not any more. I need to promote and advertise my web site elsewhere if I expect to continue receiving good quality traffic to my web site.

Writing articles like this one is just one of the ways I use to promote my web site. There are literally thousands of sites on the internet that will allow you to submit articles such as this one. Your article will remain in their database or directory and as long as you allow re-print instructions along with your author bio you may also see your article on other sites that you did not even submit to. Make sure your web site URL is in your author bio and make sure the URL is active. Some sites will only post your article with static URL's which will not be quite as effective. You can also use anchor text for your URL to help your search engine rankings. Use your targeted key words as your anchor text and you should see an increase in your search engine optimization efforts.

Number three on my list of web site promotions requires some cash. The majority of people I talk to about getting good quality traffic to a web site all want to do it for FREE without any advertising dollars spent. Although it is possible to promote a web site for FREE with no money, I highly recommend some form of pay per click campaign using Google adwords or Yahoo search marketing (formerly Overture). There are also a host of other smaller pay per click engines that I have used in the past including Findwhat and 7Search.

Press releases on the internet are gaining in popularity recently and you can actually get a press release published and listed on Google and Yahoo news search within 24 hours. For guidelines and how to get published visit the following web page. http://www.prweb.com/

Reciprocal linking has dropped off of my priority list of web site promotions but it can still be a very important means of web site promotion if done properly, and back links to your site are also essential to a good search engine ranking with Google. First of all you are not going to want to trade links with just anyone. Make sure the page's your links are going to be on are actually indexed by Google. If you do not have the Google toolbar get it. It will tell you if a page has been indexed or not. Also ask the webmaster you are trading links with how many links they have per page. If they put more than 30 links on a page chances are your link will be lost and never clicked on.

Free classified advertising is another way to promote your site for free. But as the internet grows so too does the amount of webmasters submitting to these free classified sites. And the more people there are posting the less likely your ad will be seen. The key to good free classified advertising is testing your results. Test everything you do. When you find a good classified site that is giving you traffic keep using it but follow their guidelines on how often you should post.

Last but not least you need to be collecting e-mail addresses from your web site. Start a newsletter and ask your visitors to subscribe somewhere on your site. Once you have built up a good subscriber base you can e-mail your subscriber base a weekly newsletter that has to do with your web site's theme or subject matter. Always include UN-subscribe instructions in case your visitors change their mind and no longer would like to receive e?mail from you.

I have just touched the surface on a few of the different techniques that I have used to promote my own web site. There are actually hundreds of other offline and online methods to promote a web site. Use your imagination and do not be afraid to try new things. Test everything you do and when you find something that works keep doing it.

Tom Worsley is a successful work from home Internet marketer and independent representative for Strong Future International (SFI), Owner and Webmaster for http://kawarthapublishing.com.

This article may be re-published on your site or in your newsletter as long as this resource box is included.

---

Track or Perish

Who me? Track?Now I realize some turn a blind eye... Read More

Free Advertising and Traffic Exchanges

Reading the postings in different Newsgroups it becomes clear that... Read More

Cheap Website Promotion in Birmingham

People are always wanting to attract more visitors to their... Read More

How To Acquire One Way Inbound Links

How can one get a good ranking in the major... Read More

Kick-Off Your Web Traffic Virus!

Have you noticed lately how savvy webmasters are using simple,... Read More

1 Seldom Discussed Method Of Web Promotion

So you've made the perfect web site (in your eyes... Read More

How to Set Up Your Own Free Ad-Tracking Links and 7 Reasons Why You Want To!

Any time you use a URL in an Article, Web... Read More

Promoting Your Business Website - Where to Begin?

Website promotion is certainly a main focus of all business... Read More

Planning and Evaluating Marketing Programs

Measuring and understanding your Website's success is a critical process... Read More

Converting Web Site Home Buyers to First Contacts

According the National Association of Realtors(R) ("NAR") surveys completed between... Read More

Increase Traffic With a Good Title

There's such a thing as taking search engine optimization too... Read More

Free Exposure and Traffic for Your Website

Most new webmasters face the same conundrum: how can I... Read More

Ten High Powered Ways To Increase Your Traffic

Once you have finshed designing your website, you want to... Read More

The Sure-Fire Ways To Attract New Customers Now

1. Give Away An Electronic Information Product The product could... Read More

How To Ignite Your Sales

If you own a website, you definitely want to improve... Read More

7 Affiliate Success Steps

How to get your business exposed for free!Everybody in the... Read More

How to Promote Websites Popularity?

Once your site is launched, half your battle is won.... Read More

Website Promotion: 10 Insiders? Secret For Writing Profitable Ads

Do what I did. Learn these 10 insiders' ad writing... Read More

Building Online Visibility: A Three-Point Plan For Any Business

The latest trend in online marketing focuses on local search.... Read More

Hit the Target with Bullseye Marketing

Let's see here... as of today Google states it has... Read More

Promotion Techniques Dont Have To Be A Hassle

Are you tired of writing countless eMails to other webmasters... Read More

Give Me Quality Over Quantity Every Time

In the early days of developing my home business, I... Read More

Banners You Cant Ignore

Some "experts" say they don't exist. Apparently we have become... Read More

The Quest In Advertising Your Website

Website advertising, the unending quest of every website owner. And... Read More

Build Your Own Online Network

Many online business owners and marketers use a variety of... Read More

I Need Real Visitors, NOT Search Spiders!

The answer to the first question is simple, the difference... Read More

The 5 Key Steps To Promoting Your Website

Promoting your website can seem like a daunting, complicated task.... Read More

Website Promotion: 10 Electrifying Tactics To Boost Your Profits

Is your business lagging behind?Are you frustrated?Cheer up.Here are 10... Read More

How to Get Directories to Submit Your Site - With this 5 Steps Guide!

So you have completed that new site and want to... Read More

How One Free Advertising Method Can Trasform Your Income

A great way to get the word out about your... Read More

Hunting For Online Directories - The In depth Strategy

Directory marketing can help boost your companies performance a great... Read More

Search Engine Friendly Ways to Build Link Popularity

Acquiring relevant backlinks to your website is one of the... Read More

Google Gives Web Page History More Importance

The Google patent application submitted in March, 2005 has generated... Read More