Online marketing is expensive. You can loose thousands of dollars in Pay Per Click and thousands of site-targeted dollars, and you can go through thousands in getting text links from smaller sites. Believe me, I’ve done it on advertising.

Yet, The best kind of marketing is the where you don’t pay a dime. Anything free is cool, since it helps my sites make more money and won’t increase my outlay for that campaign.

I wante to give you three easy and quick ways to get traffic to your  website at no additional cost.

1. Free Business Cards

No-cost  business cards are the foundation in my advertising arsenal. You can leave them everywhere and give them to anyone. The best part is, they are free! Use them where you want, when you want, and as often as possible. That is the motto I live by whenever I get a shipment of free business cards in the mail.

2. Link Exchanges

if you want to know who to link to, do some research on you competitors, then get links from the same place they do, but also of sharing visitors. Most people who like a site will bookmark it. After they have read everything they want, they will read the site that you link to. You get the visitors, and share the visitor through a link exchange.

3. Business card networking

After you have received your free business cards, use them to network with other people. Every time you meet someone, hand them one of your free business cards. After that, ask for one of their business cards in exchange. If they don’t have one, make sure you mention what you do, and the website address that is also listed on your free business card. Free business cards make a great networking tool if you will put them to use. Never forget, they are free, and should not be used sparingly. Use them in any situation you can think of. People will take them home and visit your site when they pull your business card out of their pocket.

With those three free website marketing ideas, your website will not only be more successful, but you won’t have to spend any of your hard earned money on marketing!

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Find Your Sweet Spot

It starts with 1 simple question; “Who are you?” Have I touched on any topic you wrestle with? You are not alone! My guess is you represent the majority. Most businesses today have a lot of discovery to do before formulating a sound marketing business plan. Business advertising has a sweet spot that is unique to every viable business, finding it comes from a blend of market and website analysis. What that means for all businesses is you need to become acquainted with your market before you create your site. That’s only one part of the equation! When people visit your website measurement is a must! Now, you can add measurement to your market intelligence for a quick gateway to your keyword sweet spot.

When you find keywords that really turn your website visitors on, that’s valuable information for your business, both online and offline. It could seriously change your bottom line to adapt some of that juicy data your analytics is telling you into other areas of your business. What I am trying to tell you is small business advertising can easily be improved by taking a look your market first. Then take a good look at what your target audience does on your website with your analysis tools. If you do not use web analytics tools on your site, it’s a crime against humanity.

Business Promotion that Counts

Marketing your company today is limitless. That fact has many business marketing minds shaking their heads. The buzz is around Social marketing for branding, while the SEO (search engine optimization) experts can improve your ranking. What about Google AdWords for instant targeted traffic to your site? There has to be some business in all those email addresses you have been collecting. How does viral marketing work anyways? Is direct mail coming back?

Man that’s a mouthful! Questions like these press the minds of business brains everyday. Promoting your business on the internet can be a blind puzzle or methodical steps that have outstanding results. But where do you start?

Build Business Relationships

Marketing and advertising companies have usually been a requirement to help cultivate long term relationships with clients. Today, online business relationship marketing can be coached and managed with software. It sounds impersonal but it’s actually the opposite. I have recently been working with the best software in the CRM industry. I can tell you, first handed; there is no better way to manage your clients and prospects. It’s all in the follow up sequences baby! Done properly, customer love does not get any better than this.

Armed with this information, you can now deal with the main ingredients for a recipe that works. The above ideas are creative ways to dominate your marketplace. If you can apply one or all of these to your business situation you will alleviate the problem of poor profitability. In no time you will see a marked improvement in your bottom line.

John is an internet marketeer. He provides an elite level of SEM support. John plays an instrumental role in creating full production team website strategies.

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Whether it’s for professional or personal use, making your own website is easy, even if you don’t know or understand HTML.

HTML and How to Get Past Using It

HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is the basic language used to create websites. However, with the use of “What You See is What You Get” (WYSIWYG) website editors, you can easily make a great looking, fully functional website, even if you don’t know or understand HTML.

How to Choose the Right Service

There are many choices when searching for a reliable, affordable, and easy to use website editor. It’s good to narrow down the choices and do your research before choosing the one that’s best for you. Here are some things to consider when choosing a WYSIWYG editor.

• Is it a free service or a paid service?

• Will unwanted ads appear on your site?

• Is there customer support?

• Is there product support?

• Are there other tools available to you, such as advertising, search engine submission, website optimization, directory listing, and other tools that will help you get visitors to your website?

• Can you build an online store and accept payments online? (assuming you need this service)

Paid Services -vs- Free Services

If you are making your own website for professional use, consider paying a small monthly fee to use a quality website editor. If you don’t, you may not get the support you need and you may realize, too late, that you should have gone with a higher quality service. If your website is for personal use, decide how simple, or complicated your website is going to be and weigh the options. It may be best to use a free service.

The Bottom Line

There’s no better way to make your own website than using a WYSIWYG editor if you don’t have any HTML knowledge, or your knowledge is limited. It’s a quick and easy way to build a great looking, attractive website, that’s affordable and works for you or your business.

Try making your website right now by taking advantage of a free 30 day trial from Homestead.com.

Read more about my website success story and find out what tools I used to make my websites into successful lead generating and sale converting machines by visiting DesignYourOwnWebsite.org!

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If you are a business owner who is just starting to place his business on the Internet then you are making a wise choice. Once you have a website for your business you will be able to get your business in front of millions of potential customers from all over the world. However, before you jump right into the online marketing world you should be aware of a few of the qualities that all business web sites should have.

1. First of all, your web site must look professional. First impressions are very important, and you want to start building credibility as soon as someone lands on your web page. You will probably be hiring a web designer to build your page for you. If you have no idea how you want your website to look just browse around the Internet. Look at other websites out there until you find one or two that you like. Show these sites to your web designer so that she has a good idea of what you want.

2. Second of all the best business web sites are those that are easy to navigate. You want your site to look clean. Navigation links to different pages on the site should be clearly indicated. The pages should be well organized, and they should contain helpful information for your customers. The easier your site is for your customer to navigate the more they will trust you. This is because you have taken the time to make their shopping experience more pleasant.

3. Thirdly there are some things you should definitely avoid on your website. Never use flashing banners on your site because these not only take longer to load, they also annoy the heck out of people. When was the last time you stayed on a site that had banners flashing at you? You should also avoid the use of music or cute animation on your site. These types of items take longer to load especially for those that do not have high speed Internet connection. Online shoppers have such a vast array of sights to choose from that they will go to the site that loads the fastest.

4. Lastly another thing that all the best business web sites have in common is a brand or logo. If your business has a logo offline, don’t forget to add that logo to all of your web pages online. This is how people will identify you. In the vast ocean of online business websites, you definitely want to be able to stand out from the crowd.

So if you are considering taking your business online pay attention to some of the best Australian business web sites. Take note of how their sites look, and what they do to stand out. Then get a good website designer and develop your own website for your business. You will be surprised at how much more money you can make by going online.

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