Promoting your website

Recently I started a new project which I hope to turn into a community website.

After designing the website I wanted to find some interesting ideas or ways to promote the website. There are many ways to market a product or service online. I choose some very simple solutions which I found to be suitable for what I had in mind.

Write an article

One thing you can do is write an article. It does not have to be a very long article, just enough to explain what your group, company, organisation, individual project is all about. Once you have the article written there are so many places online that you can distribute it. One of the best place that I have found for distributing artiles are articles directories. If you do a quick google search there are many free directories online that will let you submit and publish your articles.

You can even submit your articles to some websites and they will pay you for your content. It’s a great way to get some exposure, and maybe even get paid along the way.

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Create a video

Create a video. This sounds harder than it actually is. To create a video can be something as simple and easy as taking out your camera-phone and telling the world about what you do, make it interesting of course and then posting it online to sites such as http://www.Youtube.com, http://www.google.com, http://www.veoh.com, or any of the other dozens of video and file sharing websites available.

You can also use windows movie maker to edit your video, or create a new one from scratch. The service is free with windows XP. If you want something more professional looking, there are many websites online that will help you design a video and submit it, many of these services are inexpensive and do a reasonable job of create quick Internet ready videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSR9-j8b9u0

Post on other forums

There are so many online forums out there it’s impossible to know where to begin. A good place to start is with some of the webmaster forums. Many of these forums have webmasters just like yourself who are trying to find ways to promote their websites, or initiatives. You can find out what’s working, what’s not working, tips and tricks. In many cases these forums will also have a designated section where you can post your website. It gives their community members a chance to pursue new sites and see if there are any they might be interested in joining.

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Create a Widget

This has to be the best thing since sliced bread. The ability to turn your website or blog into a widget or a bliget. You can visit websites such as http://www.widgetbox.com and they have an automated application that you can use to turn parts of your website, or entire blog into a widget. A widget is a mini portable application that can be implemented on other websites, blogs or social networks. They are a great way to reach a new audience. Create a widget is very quick and it’s also lot’s of fun.

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Create a survey

Use polls and surveys to find out what your visitors are thinking. It’s a great way to assess what their interests are, and their reasons for visiting your website. It can also be a good way to find out if there are any new products, promotions or features that they would like to have implemented at your website.

There are literally dozens of ways to promote a website online. Each website will have different methods that will work. Try one method to promote your website and if that does not work, try something else. The main point of promoting your website is to keep trying till your find what works best for you.

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