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Promoting Your Website

by Kimberlie Clare-Campbell

Often people think that once they have a website millions of people across the world will suddenly find it. Unfortunately it doesn't work quite like that. Instead we need to actively promote our websites to start the visitors flowing.

Promotion Tools You Already Have

If you are an established business you will already have a fleet of promotional tools at your disposal. These include

Business cards
Flyers
Letterheads
Advertising material
Car signage
Staff Uniforms

By adding your website address &/or QR code to ALL you business material you will spread the word about your website.

Using Social Media to Promote Your Website

There is a plethora of social media tools you can use to promote your website. Used well they can create traffic to your website.

Use sites like Flickr for pictures.
Put videos about your business or products on YouTube.
Write regular blog posts.
Tweet it.
Create a fan page on Facebook.
Send e-newsletters.

Want to know more about using Social Media and marketing to promote your business? Julian is happy to give you some tips. You can call Julian on 0414 736 484.

If you are planning a website or if you are reviewing your existing website you may also like to read these articles:

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