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ARE YOU LISTED AT THE TOP OF
SEARCH
ENGINES?
Whether you are new to Internet Marketing or you are a
seasoned
pro you most likely know that getting listed at or near the top of the
major search engines can be crucial to your e-commerce efforts. After
all with millions of online businesses attempting to do the very same
thing that creates a multitude of competition. Therefore if your
efforts fail to get your website listed in the top twenty, then get
there indirectly.
Now you ask: “How do I do
this?” The first
thing that you can do is search for the top twenty sites that use the
same keywords that a web surfer would use to find your site. Visit each
site, then look for their contact information and then contact them and
ask if they have an advertising program that you can buy into. This
will more than likely be the most expensive path to follow. You could
also look to see if they have Google ads on their site, if they do then
through Google you could request to have your ads on that site. Again
this could be expensive on the pay-per-click system. Now if your
advertising budget is small or totally tapped out you may want to try
the strategies listed below. Keep in mind that these strategies may not
all apply to every website.
Upon arriving on their website look for their
guestbook.
If they have one get into it and sign it and be sure to say something
nice about their site. Make it more than just, “hey nice
site,” be creative. Some guestbook’s will have a
separate
place for you to insert your URL. If they do not have a separate place
for your URL, then be sure that you use a signature line with your link
in it.
Check the amount of traffic that the site gets and
ask the
owner if they would be interested in trading advertising. For those
sites that get more traffic than your site offer to give the owner
extra incentives.
Ask if the owner would be interested in a joint
venture
with you where you both cross promote your products. Package some of
their products with yours and place a link in each promotion back to
both sites, and both of you promote the package deal.
Another path to follow would be to try their
product or
service then submit a testimonial with a link to your site. This way if
they like your testimonial and they use it in their ad copy your link
will be seen by everyone that sees their ad.
Expand your testimonial into a full blown article
and
place it on your site. Be sure to contact the site owner and let them
know that you have written an excellent review of their website,
product, or service. This way they will definitely visit your website
to see what you have written and they would see the value in placing a
link on their website back to your review for their prospects to read,
hoping they could convert them to customers, and you may as well.
Writing articles that you submit to other websites
for
content on their websites is another way of getting your link contained
in your resource box seen by many for free as well. Remember these are
websites already at the top of the search engines so they may not
always publish your work but when they do you go straight to the top
also.
See if the website has a free for all or free
classified
section or both and if they do be sure to take advantage of it. Make
your headline catchy and attractive. Come back often to repost your ad
so it stays at the top in order to be read by all their visitors.
Get the website owners permission to give a free
e-book to
his customers, which you will have branded with your ad, or at least a
link back to your website or both.
If these websites have a discussion board or forum
be sure
that you join it. Visit it often and engage in the discussions and
offer solutions to any questions asked and start threads of your own,
get actively involved. Always have your link in your signature line to
provide links back to your website.
In conclusion, by using just a few of these free
methods
of getting your links and or information onto very popular websites you
will indirectly get your own website to the top of the same search
engines. This will result in far more traffic to your website and
possibly a higher rate of sales conversions. Remember the more
consistent that you become in your online efforts the higher the
results you will attain.
Copyright © 2006 and Beyond Roy J. Keller (All Rights Reserved)
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