“20 Ways in 20 Days” !

Great marketing tips when starting your new 'online' business

1. Print Media - newspapers, magazine, trade publications, etc. **please find attached a handy newspaper listing to help you
2. Check out the training/heaps of info available at www.giveoppsuccess.com
3. Personal Contact Marketing – “who do you know?”
4. “Face-to-Face” Flyers – shopping centres, train stations – you name it!
5. Bandit Signs (ask Anan how!)
6. Advertise your website in the appropriate category on http://www.craigslist.com/
7. Start a blog and submit it to the 100’s of free blog directories.
8. Leave comments on other people’s blogs with a link back to your site.
9. Sign up to Social Networking Sites – Facebook, Twitter, Myspace etc.
10. Submit a video to http://www.youtube.com
11. Use Content or PPC advertising (linkedin/yahoo search/bing)
12. Answer people’s questions on http://www.answers.yahoo.com
13. Add a link in your email signature to your website. It’s a free and easy way to get a little more traffic
14. Post free classified ads on any of the sites that allow it. (search on google)
15. Join ALL social media sites – brand yourself – keep it simple.
16. Use a traffic exchange (low quality traffic, but can sometimes be worthwhile) eg. www.trafficswarm.com
17. Email everyone on your ‘list’
18. Hit “reply all” when you receive junk emails & make a positive comment in the reply leaving your email signature that includes a link to your website
19. Leave a ‘paper trail’ every time you leave home eg: biz cards on a few cars as you walk from the car park into the shopping centre, biz card with the Sales person in each shop you visit, biz card with the waiter – the possibilities here are endless
20. Put signs/magnets on your car (www.vistaprint.com)
You've got enough ideas here to drive literally thousands of visitors to your web site! And MOST importantly HAVE FUN