SEO

The next part of our campaign is the advertising bit, having a site that no-one can see is like having a shop with no windows or doors, everyone will shop elsewhere as they don’t know what you have to offer.

We have dealt with the tags so the search engines should be happy when they find you, now you have to shove your site in a few places that get indexed on a daily basis.
This ensures that your website will get indexed by google, yahoo and alike as quickly as possible. These next 4 steps are free and necessary for the continued growth of your internet business.

The first site we want to visit is http://craigslist.org
When you get to the site you will want to find the small biz ads section and find the relevant area for you. If you don’t live in the USA or England then please use the area closest to you.
Please respect this site and do not spam it, he provides a valuable service and you will be banned if you misuse it.
Add your website, make sure you make use of the title tags as described in DIY seo prt 2 (just google the title if you haven’t read it) and you will get a valuable link from a high PR site for a week or so. Because Craig’s gets indexed on a daily basis your site will be included by the bots.

The next visit you will want to make is to http://blogger.com, if you already have a blog you can skip this section.
Blogs as we all know by now are a favourite of the search engines and blogger is another high PR site that gets regularly visited.
Open an account, get a snazzy title and get blogging. If you can make at least one post a day for a month then you will get the googlebot visiting you on a daily basis. Put a link back to your site from your blog page that the bot can follow, make sure your content is relevant to your website and include those valuable keywords you worked so hard on.
Make sure in your blogger dashboard that you have the “notify weblogs.com” box ticked, we need all the exposure we can get.
In the site feed tab you have the option to publish the site feed, make sure this is ticked and make a note of the feed URL, you will need this for the next step.

The next step for now is for you to get along to http://feedburner.com and open an account.
Add your URL from blogger and get hold of your feed link in the publicise section.
You can also grab a little orange button so your visitors can syndicate your site.
Finally, go to http://pingomatic.com and open an account. After EVERY post you make in your blog, skip over to pingomatic’s site and get pinging.

By completing these 4 steps you should find a significant increase in traffic to your website and you will get googled, yahoo’ed and msn’ed on a regular basis, this is good.


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Email Advertising Doesn't Get Any Cheaper Than This

What is the most powerful marketing tool a web site owner has?
I'll give you a hint - it's not banner advertising! It's e-mail -
nothing else even comes close.

Have you ever really considered just how many people use e-
mail? There are millions upon millions of people out there who, if
they're anything like me, just plain love to get e-mail and
communicate with others using this wonderful medium. Part of the
beauty of e-mail is that people pay attention to e-mail. People will
actually read your advertisements if they're mixed with information
that's valuable to them. E-mail is the ultimate marketing tool.

How to Harness the Power
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"Great," you say, "but how do I use this 'awesome power?'"
There are an unbelievable number of innovative and really effective
ways to use e-mail to advertise yourself and your business on the
Internet, but for the scope of this article, we're going to focus on
one.

E-mail Signatures
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E-mail signatures, or "sigs," are one of the easiest and most
effective ways for an Internet marketer to promote his web site (or
other people's sites, for that matter.) For those of you who don't
know what an e-mail signature is, here's an example of one I use
on a daily basis:

Sincerely,
Micah D. Cranman
Sybren Design
http://sybren.net

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Would you like to tap the money making potential
of the Internet with a powerful website? If so,
contact Sybren today for a FREE consultation!
http://sybren.net | mdc@sybren.net | 770-971-9868
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(NOTE: Signatures can also be an effective tool when used in
newsgroups, discussion groups, or message boards. Use them
anywhere possible!)

Signatures can be easily set up in any e-mail program that's worth
something, and usually very easily. Just look in the "help" section
or browse around the program menus and you should be able to
figure out how to set them up pretty quickly. I personally use
Microsoft Outlook Express, and have found it to be totally
sufficient for my needs. (www.microsoft.com) Others swear by
Qualcomm's Eudora Pro, (www.eudora.com) and still others by
other programs. Just pick one that suits your needs.

Now, there are three key components to a signature, each with a
different purposes:

1. The closing of the letter - this is the first four lines you see in the
signature above. It's purpose is two-fold: to avoid having to type
a closing to save time (which can really add up if you get a lot of e-
mail), and to provide information about yourself, and possibly,
some contact information.

2. The advertisement - this is where you try to generate interest
for whatever you're trying to promote in the recipient of the e-
mail. It should in someway catch the reader's eye or stir up some
emotion that will impel them to act. (Note: FREE works especially
well as an attention grabber. Try to offer something free in your
signature.) This "ad" of sorts should be no more than 5 or 6 lines
long, and should probably be separated in some way from the rest
of your message, as seen above.

3. The information which shows the reader how to act - you have
to include some form of information about how an interested
reader can access a deal, contact someone, visit a web site, or
whatever else you're trying to get that reader to do. So, offer
them a way (or several ways) to go about "taking action," with
contact info, a web address, a phone number, etc.

How to Use "Sigs"
-------------------

Signatures can be a powerful tool for the budget-conscious web
site owner, if used effectively. If used poorly, they're simply a
waste of time and effort. So, in order to use signatures in a manner
that will produce positive results, here are a few things that you
should do:

a) Use as many different signatures as you can. Don't just send
one signature you've developed over and over again to the same
people. Think of several different ones you could use for your
business, and alternate. Also, signatures are an excellent tool for
promoting an affiliate program that you're involved in. Again, have
as many as you can, and rotate.

b) Test the effectiveness of your signatures. Don't just keep
sending the same group of signatures if it hasn't generated good
results. Try some new ones, testing each particular signature for a
little while to see if it's working better than other sigs you've tried.
And once you've improved on your initial results, don't just stop
experimenting. KEEP trying to improve upon your signatures
more and more and eventually, you'll really be generating some
good results.

c) Have a signature for every "type" of message that you send. If
you make a signature for every different situation and "type" of e-
mail you encounter, you can boost their effectiveness. For
example, since most of your friends probably don't want to hear
about your business or some affiliate program you're promoting,
think of something else that they would like and would benefit
them. Here's an example: you ever hear of those "get paid to
surf" programs? Well, since it would be unprofessional for me to
try to get people to sign up for them on this site, I promote the
programs to my friends through the use of e-mail signatures. I
could use something like this:

Regards,
Micah

P.S. Have you heard of those new "get paid to surf the web"
programs? Well, I signed up with one called AllAdvantage.com,
and they really work! I got a check for like $30 last week in the
mail. If you want to sign up for one, just go to:
https://www.alladvantage.com/joinsecure.asp?refid=ASU-673

See how effective that could be? And that applies for ANY e-mail
"situation" you might encounter.

Get to Work!
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Now that you're aware of all the benefits of using "sigs," you have
no excuse not to start. So, start thinking about a few signatures
that you could use. Jot them down on a piece of paper, revise
them, edit them, and USE them. Good luck!

About the Author

Micah D. Cranman owns and operates Sybren Design,
a web design firm specializing in helping small businesses
build effective and attractive websites. Visit Sybren
today at http://sybren.net or call 770-971-9868.