Okay, so now you have a great site. Unfortunately, though unless you spend a considerable amount of time marketing and promoting it, no one will see it. If you are unable to get people there, then you have a wonderful site that only you see. Since that is not our purpose, let's look at some of the things that need to be done to ensure success.
1. Start by making sure that all your family and friends have the address and visit it. Ask for there feedback, and find out if there are things that need fixing right away.
2. Being listed in search engines is critical, since it is the highest referral source on the net. We believe, however, that one should wait to submit a site until other avenues have been developed. Many of the large search engines will find your site without even being submitted because they use spiders to crawl the web.
3. Link sharing is an important in the marketing of your website. Most search engines look to see how many other sites link to you - believing that if your site is important other sites see its value and link to you. Make sure that the links that you get are relevent to the type of site you have.
4. Getting your site listed in directories can boost your traffic and help with your search engine ranking. There are many regional directories and subject specific directories that will be a great value in marketing your site.
5. Setting up your own newsletter and getting your site listed in other site's newsletters will also help market your site and increase your traffic.
These are just a few of the key marketing techniques that are free. Before paying for traffic through the use of click exchanges, banner links, paid inclusions, sub- mission, etc. give them a try.
