- Offer to write a guest post on a blog that caters to your niche. Join Blogger Linkup to connect with bloggers who are looking for guest posts.
- Use Trackback links when you refer to other blog posts. The best part is that a link to your blog is now included on their site.
- Manually submit your site to at least 100 web directories in order to receive 100 backlinks to your site.
- Record an article and upload it to podcast sites such as Podcast Alley
- Find ezines in your industry that accept guest articles and offer to write one. You can search for ezines at Ezine-Dir
- Create a “hub” of unique content on Hubpages
- Comment on high-traffic blogs and include a link back to your site.
- Write an informational eBook and give it away on your blog or website in exchange for your visitor’s name and email.
- List your free eBook in popular eBook directories such as Free-Ebooks
- Upload your eBook to popular document sharing sites such as Scribd
- Add your free eBook to Craigslist
- Place your eBook on Ebay
- Start a viral campaign by giving away your free eBook when others Tweet about it or Facebook “like it” using CloudFlood
- Write a press release and submit it to Free-Press-Release
- Send your press release out to journalists and editors. The company Gebbie Press will send you a disk full of addresses for free by filling out a form on their website.
- Submit articles to offline trade magazines.
- Start a LinkedIn Group
- Create a short Powerpoint that teaches a specific skill and post it on Slideshare
- Create an informational video and post it on dozens of video sharing sites using TubeMogul
- Create an informational product that someone else can include as a “special bonus” for the product that they are selling.
- Build a lens using Squidoo
- Create stories using social media at Storify
- Create a short and snappy signature and use it in all of your emails.
- Post in forums appropriate to your niche and include a link to your site in your signature.
- Send a free copy of your product to bloggers in exchange for a product review.
- Answer questions in LinkedIn Answers
- Answer questions at Yahoo Answers
- Run and publish surveys using Survey Monkey
- Allow your customers to share, vote and interact through Ideascale
- Analyze and schedule the best time for your Tweets using Timely
- Create website polls using Micro Poll
- Submit your site to Cool Site Of The Day in hopes that they will feature your website.
- Join Triberr so that your “tribe” can re-tweet your blog posts.
- Create a course an add it to Learnable
- Offer fun quizzes on your site using Question Writer
- Offer fun contests on your site.
- Load a top bar to your site that directs your visitors to perform a certain action (sign up for your newsletter, subscribe to your blog, etc) using Hello Bar
- Participate in a banner exchange program
- Make free business cards online and hand them out using Freepdfcards
- Create a newspaper style format of popular Tweets using Paper.li
- Supply a testimonial for a product or service that you have used in exchange for a link back to your site.
- Place your free offer on someone else’s thank you page.
- Set up an integrated social network on your blog using Buddy Press
- Set up a separate social network using Ning
- Create a “how-to” video and submit to tutorial sites such as Good Tutorials
- Get involved in a Google Group related to your niche at Google Groups
- Optimize each page of your website for a particular keyword or search phrase using a plugin called Scribe SEO
- Make a custom 404 error page for your website redirecting people back to your home page.
- Place your text ad on thousands of websites for free using Adsvert
- Start an affiliate program to get the word out about your small business.
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