Promoting Your Web Presence From the Ground Up
So, you have a website. A nice website, at that. But no one’s coming to visit.
The problem is that the old adage “If you build it they will come” no longer applies on the internet. You can’t just build it…you’ve got to promote it, too.
Here is a nine step solution to get started with web promotion:
The first two steps have you submit your website to the two most important directories on the internet.
1. Submit your website to the Yahoo Directory
2. Submit your website to the DMOZ directory
The next three steps require that you build links to your website through article and press release submission:
3. Write a 400-600 word article having to do with the topic of your website. Include two links back to your website and submit the article to Ezinearticles
4. Write a 400 word press release and submit it to PRLeap and Inewswire
5. Write another 400-600 word article having to do with the topic of your website. Include two links back to your website and submit the article to Ezinearticles (yes, again)
The next four steps involve more web directory submissions:
6. Submit your website to the SiteSnoop directory
7. Submit your website to the Linkopedia directory
8. Submit your website to one or more of the following (expensive) directories: Best of the Web, MSN Central, Business.com.
9. Track down the top three “niche” directories for your website. Submit to all three.
An example of a niche is “Real Estate.” The best three Real Estate directories are :
Reals Network,Real Estate ABC, IRED