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Effective Promotion for Little Cost - Part 1
By Keith Lee

Hello to all my friends. This is the first of several articles that will contain marketing and promotion tips that can be very effective in promoting your site for little or no cost. So sit back with your favorite beverage, put your feet up on your desk (make sure the boss does not see) and enjoy. These tips are all proven techniques that do not include spamming.

Tip #1 - The Signature File

It is such a simple little thing that the vast majority of people overlook it. How often do you forward an email you received to a friend of yours because you thought they would like the info. or printed it and given it to someone. Here is the other person receiving that email and at the bottom of it is 

Keith Lee
service@onedog.com

Or how many emails do you send out everyday to all kinds of people wanting more information?

You just missed a great marketing opportunity: “The Signature File” 

A signature file, in case you don’t know, is something that is available in most, if not all email software on the market. It allows you to create a file of information that is automatically added to the end of every email that you send. You can add all kinds of valuable information to create an interest in your business. Don’t just sign your name. Give them more. 

1. Current sales
2. What you do.
3. FREE Contest
4. Goofy Stories

Anything to attract them to your site. The sig file that we use is designed to promote all of our sites and what we do.

Keith Lee
service@onedog.com
Phone 503-981-0131
Fax 503-982-7558
The OneDog.com Network.
The Complete Internet Solution for Small Business.
Professional, Affordable, Fast, Effective.
"Your Best Friend on the Internet."
OneDog.com
OneDogDesigns.com
OneDogMarketing.com
OneDogSports.com
OneDogGolf.com

Use this feature of your email software to help promote you website. Don’t miss the opportunity. And best of all its FREE.

Tip #2  - Ask for the Link

Asking another webmaster to link to your site is one of the best methods for marketing your site. The more sites you are on the easier it is for people to find you and the more sites you are on will get you better rankings in some search engines. You see, some search engines figure your sites popularity into their method of listing your site and your popularity is determined by how many links there are out there to your site.

The number one method for people finding new websites is from other people’s sites. Surprised? Second place is search engines.

It is an easy thing to do. Just Ask! You might try writing a nice letter that explains your site and ask for the link. Search the Internet for sites that are related to yours or offer services that compliment yours so that you can develop strategic partnerships. These are the best sources to link to. Send out a few every day. You will be surprise how fast the links will add up.

OK, now get to work on these two and check back in a couple of days for the next couple of tips. In a couple of months you will see major improvement in your hits and it will have cost you little to nothing. 

Next up…..  Strong Titles, Meta Tags

Enjoy and see you again soon.

About the Author

Keith Lee is the President and Founder of the OneDog.com Network “Your Complete Internet Solution for Small Business” You can contact Keith at service@onedog.com