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Best Websites for Advertising to Small Business

Carter Hostelley — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:40:32 +0000

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! = )

Best Twitter Advertising Services for Marketing Your Business

Carter Hostelley — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:07:08 +0000

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. = )

Best Blog Directories for Marketing Your Blog

Carter Hostelley — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:06:28 +0000

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!