I made the classic mistake when making my first website, I assumed that as soon as I finished it and submitted it to the search engines I would start to make money. I’m not the only one who made that mistake, so what I want to do is talk you through promoting your first website so you don’t run into the same delays that I did.
When releasing your first website you want to get people viewing it straight away so hey can start talking about it and spreading the word. If you don’t know where to begin then I assure you that you will find this article informative and very helpful.
If this is your first website then you will have a lot to learn, I strongly suggest doing research on search engine optimization as soon as possible, but for now I will cover the vital topic of how to get your first visitors.
For the sake of it you might want to submit your website to the search engines as the sooner your website is found by google the better. You don’t have to submit it to the search engines as long as you start building links as google will find your website from crawling other sites.
Once you have completed the design and uploaded your main webpage’s you now want to get your first visitor, this can be done by submitting your website to social bookmark site where other internet users will see your website and take a look. Social bookmarking sites are designed for people to share webpage’s around the internet with one another and have them rated. By submitting your website to sites like dig.com and reddit.com you will have your first visitors in no time.
Eventually you will want to add a blog to your website so every time you write a new post it will be a good idea to submit it to the social bookmarking sites to gain instant exposure.
I suggest writing a couple of press releases about your new website and what you want to offer. There are allot of free press release sites that have a good reputation with google and have the ability to get your press released viewed by thousands of people. Theres a good press release site called free-press-release.com which offers free and paid press releases.
Another great way to gain instant traffic is by posting on forums, you can start a new thread and mention your product and website, you will want to try and find forums that are related to your website so the visitors will click your link and following it trough to your website.
Also at some point consider submitting your website to website directories and article directories.
There’s so many article floating around the internet on how to build up traffic and increase sales, make sure you do your research and read a few articles on each subject to get a good idea of what to do.
Written by: Michael David Tedder Source: How To Promote A Website
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This post was written by Robjohn on June 5, 2009
