Archive for the ‘promotion’ Category

March 23rd, 2010

Best Websites for Advertising to Small Business

Want to reach small business owners with your marketing message? Of course you do since small business spending represents about 50% of our economy's output every year. With that in mind, here's a list of the 28 best small business websites for you to consider advertising on.

We've ranked them based on our editorial review, monthly US visitors (estimated by Compete), and Google page rank (a key factor in determining ranking in search results… the higher number the better).

Website        
Type            
Monthly Visitors PageRank
       
Allbusiness Resources      1,329,000         7
Entrepreneur Resources      1,197,000         7
Inc. Resources         497,000         7
Small Business Trends Resources         157,000         6
PartnerUp Community         155,000         5
StartupNation Resources         132,000         6
Duct Tape Marketing Marketing         130,000         6
Business Nation Resources         127,000         5
PowerHomeBiz Resources         123,000         5
Business Know-How Resources         120,000         6
Home Business Magazine Home Business           97,000         5
Dane Carlson's Blog Business Ideas           94,000         4
Small Business Computing Technology           76,000         6
Young Entrepreneur Community           64,000         6
Small Business Search Marketing Marketing           57,000         5
MoreBusiness.com Resources           55,000         6
Small Business Brief News and Opinion           48,000         4
SmallBizBee Resources           36,000         4
Sparkplugging Home Business           29,000         4
SmallBusinessNewz News and Opinion           26,000         5
America's Best Companies Resources           22,000         4
BizyMoms Home Business           13,000         5
Small Business Branding Marketing             9,000         5
Work-At-Home-Business.com Home Business             9,000         4
Small Business Informer Resources             7,000         4
Expert Business Source Resources             7,000         4
Work At Home Success Home Business             6,000         3

 

We'll be the first to admit that we haven't included the small business sections of major websites like USA Today, Wall St. Journal, and Forbes.com… to name just a few.

Instead, we've focused on websites and blogs that are dedicated to helping small business… and are (mostly) affordable for those with a limited advertising budget (like us!)

So, let's help support our economy by getting small businesses spending again! = )

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March 16th, 2010

Best Twitter Advertising Services for Marketing Your Business

With an estimated 75 million people sending over 1.5 billion messages or "tweets" a month (and growing!), Twitter is an increasingly important way to connect with your customers and prospects – one you can't afford to ignore. Not sure what Twitter is? Read here.

Why not promote your business using one of the Twitter advertising services that have sprung up in the last 18 months or so. Here's a list of the 15 best Twitter advertising services for you to consider (so far!)

We've ranked them based on our editorial review, monthly visitors (estimated by Compete), and Google page rank (a key factor in determining ranking in search results… the higher the number the better). Full disclosure: we haven't tried them yet but will soon. Stay tuned for updates!

 

Service             
Pricing Models Monthly Visitors
PageRank
       
Sponsored Tweets     Per Tweet        118,000         5
Ad.ly     Per Tweet          61,000         6
Assetize     CPM          60,000         5
Featured Users     CPM          59,000         4
RevTwt     Per Tweet, Per Click          54,000         0
Twivert     Per Click          25,000         3
Magpie     CPM          17,000         5
Twittad     Weekly, Monthly          16,000         5
TwitHawk     Per Tweet          10,000         2
BeTweeted     Per Click            7,000         2
reTweet.it     Per Tweet            6,000         3
140 Proof     Per Click            3,000         0
PayMeTweets     CPM            2,500         3
adCause     Per Tweet            2,000         4
TweetROI     Per Tweet               650         4

 

You'll also notice there are different pricing models to choose from. Try them all… and decide what works best for you. The good news? Most of these Twitter advertising services only cost $10 to $20 to test. So what are you (and we) waiting for!

Looking for even more ways to take advantage of Twitter with your marketing dollars?

There are lots of Twitter related sites such as TweetMeme and CheapTweet that sell advertising. How about a tweet press release service? Check out Muck Rack for your one-sentence news release!

And there's plenty more to come as Twitter advertising is just getting started.

Btw, don't forget to follow us on Twitter. = )

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February 2nd, 2010

Best Blog Directories for Marketing Your Blog

Looking to market your blog? Let's start with the basics. You need to get your blog to show up in search engine results. You also want prospects to stumble upon your blog. What's an easy and cost effective way of doing this? List your blog with the best blog directories.
 
We’ve compiled this list of the 19 best blog directories. We’ve ranked them based on our editorial review, monthly US visitors (estimated by Compete), and Google page rank (a key factor in determining ranking in search results… the higher the number the better).
 
Blog Directory
Monthly Visitors
PageRank
BlogCatalog      2,466,000          7
Technorati      2,237,000          8
Blogs.com      1,605,000          7
Blog Toplist         549,000          4
Blogged         211,000          6
Best of the Web Blogs         150,000          6
TopBlogArea.com         147,000          5
Blog Flux         146,000          4
TopOfBlogs           74,000          5
Loaded Web           69,000          5
Blog Top Sites           59,000          3
Blogarama           32,000          4
TopBlogging.com           26,000          3
BlogExplosion           21,000          5
Bloggapedia           13,000          6
OnToplist.com           13,000          5
Bloggeries           12,000          3
EatonWeb           11,000          6
BlogHop             7,000          6

It only takes a few minutes to submit your blog. You’ll register with the blog directory, type in your blog’s URL, choose categories that your blog fits, and provide helpful keyword tags to make it easy for directory searchers to find you. That’s it.

Best of all, most blog directories offer free blog submission!

In a few cases, you may be asked to pay a fee but even then it’s affordable (e.g., $35 per year)… and some offer advertising opportunities that make sense for you to consider.  But don’t be surprised if the blog directories ask that you link your blog back to them. Why not as they need promotion too.

So what are you waiting for? Let’s start marketing your blog!
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