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Still looking for new ways of promoting your web site? Right now, you are about to discover 10 new ways of promoting your on-line business at no costs involved. Here we go...



Strategy #1 - Free Directory Submission



First thing first. There are LOTS of free web directories eager to get and show your web site's address in their pages for free.



You will only need to submit your name, your web site's URL, a small description of your web page, and also you will have to provide an email address for submission confirmation.



Strategy #2 - Link Exchanges



Linking partnership is an agreement between two related web sites for exchanging links. You could easily insert a page called "Related Links" and add some links to other partners or related web sites.



Strategy #3 - Creating An Automatized Routine



That's quick: Build your own web directory where webmasters can submit their page only after adding at least one link to your web site!



This process is also time effective because you don't have to visit their page to make the time consuming submission: they'll do all the job, from adding your web site's URL on their web page, to submitting their info into your directory - you just have to approve the process.



Strategy #4 - Discussion Boards and Forums

Ever visited a forum? Is is that place where members talk about a certain topic.



Join a forum where people talk about your topic and insert a link in your replies signature. A signature is a text which will be automatically added at the end of each message you write. If someone reads your replies or new posts, they will also spot the link in the signature.



However, you should read carefully each forum/ board's rules regarding signatures because in some places, links are prohibited and you could get banned from posting a while.



Strategy #5 - Email Message Signatures



Every email message should contain a link in it's signature. it is the same thing as having a signature post on a forum...but more appealing. When someone receives a mail from you, he might want to know more about you... and here it goes: you just released a quick hint :-)



Strategy #6 - Writing Articles With Free Publishing Rights



This is marketing: if you write an article and give others the permission to include it's content in their publications, it's pure gold. Don't forget to include your web site's address at the end of each article.



As a guideline, tell everyone that removing the link to your web page is prohibited.



Strategy #007 - Recommend This Page To A Friend



When someone finds an interesting article on your page it's almost impossible to believe he won't tell his friends about it.



Add a "Recommend this page to a friend" link on every page to spread the word automatically.



Strategy #8 - Awarding System - 2 Simple Steps



Is your website a good reference for the others? Why not making a monthly contest or a free recognition system? You could simply inform your visitors about the guidelines to become a winner. How?



Step 1) Create an eye catching awards logo. It should contain this text line: "This web site was awarded by Your-Domain.com". Link the logo image with your website when sending the HTML code to your winners.



Step 2) Write few guidelines for your contestants: give them a cool idea to start working for the right to get an award recognition.



Strategy #9 - Collecting Email Addresses



If someone wants to receive news about your web site, create an email subscription system. From time to time, send to your subscribers a message with worthy news. It will definitely determine them to come back.

You want to sell a product faster? Write a short message and hit the "red button"! Every subscriber will get your message.



Please consider the fact that S.P.A.M. is prohibited in many countries!



Strategy #10 - Search Engine Results



Did you know that you can easily find lots of information about a certain topic using search engines? Take some time and improve your web site's relevance for search engines. Your page will get lots of hits from search results if you concentrate on a few particular keywords.



Do you think I'm done here...? Read more strategies!



BONUS Strategy #1 - Off-line Promotion



The real world is also an important thing to have in mind. Print your web site's address on anything you have: business cards, calendars, pens, document headers or even put a small sticker on your car's window... if you park in a busy place, someone will notice :-)



BONUS Strategy #2 - Free Give-Aways



People love you when giving something for free. Write some big quality information about a topic, put it into a small e-book and give it away for free - insert a few links to your web site on every page. Don't forget to inform you readers that your e-book is free for distribution as long as they do not change it's content.



If you care about your spare time, hire someone to write your ebook or articles. A ghost writer is easy to find - just search the web or visit a freelancing web site.



Bonus Strategy #3 - Write A Blog



Writing a blog is taking life more personal, and people will like it! Start writing about your life, about casual things that happen in your life. From time to time, mention about your web site's activity.



Bonus Strategy #4 - Making A Buzz



Talk to everyone about your web site. Persuade the others to talk about it. The word of mouth is a powerful technique to get highly targeted visitors. Create a story subject around your web site's topic.



Bonus Strategy #5 - Press Release



You could also consider creating a Press Release. There are many web sites which accept press releases.



Make it sound official if you are using a press release: write about you and your web site using the third person - content will be more worthy to read.



As you can see, I've added 5 Bonus strategies in this article. However, there are lots of other strategies to promote your website, but will involve money charges.



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About the author:

Vladimir Ghetau is specialized in professional Web Designing. He wrote the book "How To Advertise Your Business Like A PRO" which helps improving your web site traffic up to 378%. You can see work results on his web design and development website http://www.PixelTomorrow.com/ .