Comments on: 5 Ways to Promote Your Business for Free Online http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online A blog and forum community for helping entrepreneurs young at heart better their small businesses. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mark Thackeray http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/comment-page-1#comment-160221 Mark Thackeray Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:23:39 +0000 http://younggogetter.com/2008/10/16/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/#comment-160221 Very informative article. In times like this we need to take advantage of every opportunity we can to market ourselves and our company! Very informative article. In times like this we need to take advantage of every opportunity we can to market ourselves and our company!

]]> By: Kim Web http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/comment-page-1#comment-135916 Kim Web Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:25:30 +0000 http://younggogetter.com/2008/10/16/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/#comment-135916 Great article there, I use most of those five and reading more was surprised to see that one uses Face book didn't think that would work and be beneficial, I find that forums work well not only are you getting a link back but one gets to speak to others in the industry and to learn what others have to say, I find this very helpful indeed. Great article there, I use most of those five and reading more was surprised to see that one uses Face book didn’t think that would work and be beneficial, I find that forums work well not only are you getting a link back but one gets to speak to others in the industry and to learn what others have to say, I find this very helpful indeed.

]]> By: Calvin Froedge http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/comment-page-1#comment-65992 Calvin Froedge Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:48:06 +0000 http://younggogetter.com/2008/10/16/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/#comment-65992 Great tips! I've been practicing most of these tips to promote my professional website design business and I've seen just as much traffic from free advertising as I have from my paid advertising. The conversion rates aren't as high, but it's free and with time you can really establish your business and gain valuable contacts and clients. Great tips! I’ve been practicing most of these tips to promote my professional website design business and I’ve seen just as much traffic from free advertising as I have from my paid advertising. The conversion rates aren’t as high, but it’s free and with time you can really establish your business and gain valuable contacts and clients.

]]> By: Clare @ Top Christmas Toys http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/comment-page-1#comment-65508 Clare @ Top Christmas Toys Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:44:06 +0000 http://younggogetter.com/2008/10/16/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/#comment-65508 Great article - other promo tools I use are forums, commenting on other blogs and blog carnivals. Marketing my blog seems to take as much time - if not more - than actually writing for it! Great article – other promo tools I use are forums, commenting on other blogs and blog carnivals. Marketing my blog seems to take as much time – if not more – than actually writing for it!

]]> By: Ellen Feaheny http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/comment-page-1#comment-63704 Ellen Feaheny Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:04:17 +0000 http://younggogetter.com/2008/10/16/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/#comment-63704 Glenn - Look up Atlassian at http://www.atlassian.com as an example of its effectiveness. In terms of effectiveness to "get the word out" - they offer one of the (if not THE) most successful WIKI collaboration tools available for thousands of dollars (and other engineering issue tracking and project management issue tracking SW), competing with a 100 or so mostly FREE "Wikis". They are effective bloggers, collaborators, fast iteration SW releasers, news releasers, they expose their "world" to the Web, and and and... They are reference example like no other, I believe. But don't believe me - check out their company specs - customers in over 100 countries, offices in 4 countries, ~20K customers, made 38mil or something last year, and only about 200 employees so far. Of course they also make damn good software too... and so that is the caveat for ANY good online marketing - you better have good product behind the marketing. Bad press spreads even faster online... (or offline), of course. Glenn –

Look up Atlassian at http://www.atlassian.com as an example of its effectiveness.

In terms of effectiveness to “get the word out” – they offer one of the (if not THE) most successful WIKI collaboration tools available for thousands of dollars (and other engineering issue tracking and project management issue tracking SW), competing with a 100 or so mostly FREE “Wikis”.

They are effective bloggers, collaborators, fast iteration SW releasers, news releasers, they expose their “world” to the Web, and and and…

They are reference example like no other, I believe.

But don’t believe me – check out their company specs – customers in over 100 countries, offices in 4 countries, ~20K customers, made 38mil or something last year, and only about 200 employees so far.

Of course they also make damn good software too… and so that is the caveat for ANY good online marketing – you better have good product behind the marketing.

Bad press spreads even faster online… (or offline), of course.

]]> By: Eric http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/comment-page-1#comment-63283 Eric Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:59:01 +0000 http://younggogetter.com/2008/10/16/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/#comment-63283 @Suzanne-- sorry for not responding sooner. There are several great free and paid services online. Here's a good article to help guide you http://ezinearticles.com/?Where-to-Submit-Your-Press-Release&id=1586425 @Suzanne– sorry for not responding sooner. There are several great free and paid services online. Here’s a good article to help guide you http://ezinearticles.com/?Where-to-Submit-Your-Press-Release&id=1586425

]]> By: Suzanne http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/comment-page-1#comment-62522 Suzanne Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:47:02 +0000 http://younggogetter.com/2008/10/16/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/#comment-62522 Hi Eric: I have worked for years sending out press releases the traditional way, to media contacts at newspapers and radio etc. I am keen to learn about new channels -- I wonder what method you recommend to distribute Press Releases online? I have looked up a lot of sites and they charge for the service - is there a good free option in your experience? Or a good paid for service for that matter? Hi Eric: I have worked for years sending out press releases the traditional way, to media contacts at newspapers and radio etc. I am keen to learn about new channels — I wonder what method you recommend to distribute Press Releases online? I have looked up a lot of sites and they charge for the service – is there a good free option in your experience? Or a good paid for service for that matter?

]]> By: Eric http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/comment-page-1#comment-61128 Eric Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:16:31 +0000 http://younggogetter.com/2008/10/16/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/#comment-61128 @Avi-- my favorite article directory is http://ezinearticles.com/ You can find more of them by searching online. @Avi– my favorite article directory is http://ezinearticles.com/ You can find more of them by searching online.

]]> By: John Peden http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/comment-page-1#comment-61079 John Peden Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:56:21 +0000 http://younggogetter.com/2008/10/16/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/#comment-61079 Social media does a great job of connecting you with other social media users. My business targets property owners, landlords, buyers and tenants. Here in the UK I am willing to bet that the number of that demographic who use social media for anything other than gossip and sheep throwing is less than 5%. Social media does a great job of connecting you with other social media users. My business targets property owners, landlords, buyers and tenants. Here in the UK I am willing to bet that the number of that demographic who use social media for anything other than gossip and sheep throwing is less than 5%.

]]> By: Avi http://www.younggogetter.com/articles/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/comment-page-1#comment-61068 Avi Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:03:54 +0000 http://younggogetter.com/2008/10/16/5-ways-to-promote-your-business-for-free-online/#comment-61068 Can you give some examples of how you find good article directories for your business? Can you give some examples of how you find good article directories for your business?

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