- Put your web site on business card
- Incorporate your domain name into your letterhead
- Buy an ad in other ezines or email newsletters
- Engage in online communities and make sure you include your domain where appropriate (like in your signature)
- Include a link to your web site in your email signature
- Build a corporate Facebook page and post interesting information that links back to your site.
- Include a link to your site in your Twitter profile
- Include a link to your site in your Facebook profile
- Include a link to your site in your LinkedIn profile
- Include links to your site in your Tweets where appropriate
- Exchange links with a related site
- Develop an affiliate network where others get paid to market your site.
- Create press releases for anything new: staff, location, service, product, etc. Be sure to mention the web site as the source for more information
- Write on your blog regularly (if your blog isn’t on your web site, include links to your site in each blog entry)
- Create an informercial video about something relevant to your company. Upload it to video sites like YouTube. Make sure the video finished with a link to the site and that the site is mentioned in the description.
- Create a podcast on a relevant topic and don’t forget to mention your web site in the audio.
- Use email marketing (like iContact or Aweber) to regularly communicate with your customers. Include links back to your web site
- Write guest blogs for other sites with links in the bio back to your site.
- Buy an ad in the local newspaper with your domain name as a prominent part of the ad
- Create a TV commercial and buy some spots on local TV. Include your URL in the ad.
- Run a radio ad that mentions your URL
- Create an amusing video that highlights how your company solves problems and make sure the video links to your site. Upload it to Youtube.
- Share company videos that you’ve uploaded on Twitter.
- Share company videos that you’ve uploaded on Facebook.
- Create a PowerPoint presentation about something your company is good at. Include your URL. Upload this file to a site like SlideShare.
- Create a new award like “Best <your industry service or product> in <your area>”. Advertise it on your web site asking for submissions / nominations.
- Create a press release to go with this new award and send it out to news organizations, pointing them to your site for more information.
- Use an email blast to all your subscribers to announce the new award and point them to the site for details.
- Read other blogs. Engage in that community by leaving comments (with a link back to your site)
- Devote time to write a really good white paper on a hot topic in your industry. Provide this as an incentive on your web site for users to sign up for your newsletter.
- Advertise this white paper on social media sites.
- Post the white paper download info on sites you have access to – don’t neglect chambers of commerce and other business organizations. They’ll often share your info for free.
- Offer a free seminar on a popular or useful topic. Post the details on your site and then refer people to the site for details.
- Use social media to promote your seminar and direct people to your site.
- Engage in or start a group on LinkedIn regarding your industry (better to engage in existing groups) or area of expertise. Establish yourself as an authority and regularly link back from the group to a pertinent part of your web site.
- Blog about current events and tie them back into your topic.