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Promoting Your Ecommerce Site
by Scott F. Geld
You've got your Ecommerce site all set up and you're
ready for customers. But where are they? Now the real
work begins! You have to attract customers to walk into
your Web store? How are you going to do that? Here are
some ideas:
Submit Your Web Store to Search Engines
Begin with the major search engines and directories, for
example, Google, Yahoo and so on. After that, find out
which other search engines are more specific to your line
of business and submit to them. Once that's done, you can
submit to the others that are available.
Cross Link with Other Web Sites
Contact other sites that attract a similar type of
customer that you do, and cross link with them. Sites that
are related but not exactly the same work best. For
example, if you sell flooring, find a site that sells
floor cleaner to link to...related, but not the same.
Purchase Links
Some successful Web stores sell links to their Web sites.
Their traffic level could be high enough that it may be
worth it for you to pay for a link on someone else's site.
You'll want to consider this carefully though, and make
sure that there is good potential for attracting new
business this way. MarketingBlaster.com also sells direct
links in a number of categories for only $5/month.
Offer Affiliate Programs
An affiliate program simply means that you allow other Web
sites to market your products or services. You still
fulfill the orders, but you pay your affiliate a
commission for each sale they generate.
Posting to Newsgroups
The strategy of posting to newsgroups is not as popular as
it once was due to the level of Spam that newsgroups get.
But it still may be worth some investigation. Be sure to
choose your newsgroups carefully and only post when you
have something of value to add. Remember, your signature
acts as an advertisement for your Web store.
Keep Your Content Current
It's very important to keep your content fresh and change
it regularly, so that visitors can expect updated
information when they visit your site. They'll keep
returning if there's always something new to read about.
Email Marketing
Make sure your site visitors have a way of leaving their
contact details on your Web site so that you can Email
them offers, information or newsletters in the future. The
list of names generated from this technique is probably
your most valuable resource. Make sure that when you do
send Email to this list that it is worth your recipients
while to read it. Too much contact of too little value can
drive customers and potential customers away. Never be
guilty of spamming.
Use an Email Signature
Create an Email signature file that includes the URL of
your Web store. Every Email you send to anyone is an
advertisement for your business.
Put Your URL on Everything
Your URL should appear on every piece of communication
your company puts out. This includes letterhead,
envelopes, business cards, packaging, invoices, labels,
brochures and catalogues. This is publicity and it's free!
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Scott F. Geld is the Vice President of Marketing for
MarketingBlaster.com. Contact him for all of your direct
link needs and for highly targeted PPC traffic.
http://www.MarketingBlaster.com
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