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There's an old saying that goes something like "To make an omelette, you need to break some eggs" lol advertising, marketing and product sales kinda work that way. You can't sell much if you only go the free or low cost route, because it might limit the impact you want to make on your target market. I mean, for one thing, marketing and advertising is your communication tool. The better you use them, the better your product does. Its a bit of a tricky combination though, and a lot of it can be hit and miss. But sometimes you come up with an idea that blows everyone out of the water and makes one product popular.

The best thing I think you could do, is set an advertising budget, and do market research around products similar to your own. See how they're getting everyone's attention and then come up with a better way of promoting your product. Look at what clients want to see and hear, and give it to them, without fancy bells and whistles (ok, maybe one or two lol)


Ah, social media. Another poor horse being flogged to death methinks. Social networking can be extremely helpful, but in the end, that's all it is. A networking and customer/PR tool. Its there for the sole benefit of interacting with clients and building a decent web reputation so that prospective clients feel more comfortable doing business with you, and to build a network of trust. Yea, Facebook allows adverts and all that, and that's where it can be helpful. Combining that with a fan page perhaps, and killing two birds with one stone, but its not going to be as effective as working with the many other marketing options out there. That's what makes guerrilla effective. It allows you to take your target market by surprise, and break away from the mundane advertising strategies and literally makes them pay attention to what you're saying.

(my 20 cents, and IMHO) lol

What would you say is the proper manner?

Kim Wilde - love's a no, and lady Antebellum as well now. I'm taking it easy and stepping away from the rock this pm.

Ah no, we called her the Iron Lady. Can't believe she's gone. :'(

I will miss her, and my thoughts go out to her family in this dark time. The world lost a really great Lady.

Why would you say its the best in your experience?

Although that might seem to work, others are asking about tried and trusted tools that are used and that people could recommend.

Ah, now I remember, we've locked horns before I see, like now.

Really?

hmmm, Tell me why you think so?

Another thread that can do with a rest methinks I'm sure they've figured out what to do by now.

Thread Closed.

Because its a free directory. There are a lot of netherworld seo's that use these to boost their rankings, and when they find one that works well for them, they tell all the other seo's all about it.

Forgive my cynicism, but I believe that this is one of the reasons directories are so depreciated. Where they're meant to be helpful, other SEO's find it to be a tool of Google autonomy. As for promotion? I would go about it the same way you would any other site, but don't follow the generic. Find interesting and new ways of using these areas (be it social networking, blogging, squidoo lenses, Youtube etc.). Take part in forums, not just register and post haphazardly to get a signature, the same with blog commenting. Take your time to read what the person has written and ask them compelling questions, that could spark a conversation. The more you talk to a person the better it gets, because not only do you have more links pointing back, but you show people reading the blog comments that you are an authority, you are not just there for a link, and that you give a fluff about what the person wrote.

2 words lol Web Reputation. The better it is, the better your company is seen online.