Home Based Business and Work at Home MarketingPosted by Nick Niesen on October 28th, 2010 Let's face it, if you work at home and operate an online home based business, the number one goal has to be "website promotion". If you don't have a good Internet marketing plan in place, You will fail! Let's talk about ways to get traffic to your website and get the kind of sales you deserve. Now, over the years, I have tried just about every home business and work at home idea that I could find on the Internet. I have spent thousands of dollars on scams and schemes. I have spent countless hours, days, weeks, months and years trying these programs. Why, you ask? Well, I am sure you have heard the term "trial and error". I have always considered these tasks, not as a loss, but as "Priceless Experience". I have been able to weed out the losers and find the winners! There are several ways to promote your website or online home business that can easily fit into most any budget. Let's take a look at some methods that I have found to be extremly effective. -Traffic Exchanges: -Articles for Content: -Blogs: -Newspaper Classified Ads: Yes, that's right! Newspaper ads. This is a great way to get traffic to your website. It is a very economical method of advertising. When you do this, make sure and be consistent. Run your ads for several weeks. -PPC Advertising: This is a very good way to get traffic to your website. It is neccesary, especially when your website is new. It will get traffic to your site while you work on climbing up the search engine natural rankings. -Search Engine Optimization: Make sure you find a reputable company to help you with this. Ask them to email you with at least 12 websites that they have optimized and are ranking on the first page of Google and Yahoo! Don't use them if they cannot provide this information! Remember, "the proof is in the pudding". Like it? Share it!More by this author |