While
it’s important for your business to have a presence online, less emphasis is
placed on traditional websites for promotion these days. The social environment has proven lucrative for online businesses.
Customer reviews, for one, are often known to increase sales.
Social Networking Sites
These
types of sites generally allow for free membership, as well as extensive multimedia freedoms for better branding or product galleries. Sign up and create your profile,
write your biography, import your contacts and start socialising.
Blog Sites
Another
great location to make oneself at home is at one of the many free blog sites
around the Internet. Less formal than
traditional sites, but with added flexibility, blog sites allow
you to create content and increase your online presence with ease.
Mini Sites
Don’t
have a huge budget, but want a small site? There are many services
out there offering free yet confined online space to the public. The
construction tools are easy to use, and additional hosting is available
if you want to build something a bit bigger.
Business Directories
Now
that you have at least one ‘official’ resource, it’s time for submissions to
business directories. A quick search should yield many options for you, but
industry specific or location based directories can be just what you need to reach your niche audience.
Business Lookup
With
a LookupPage business account, you not only get a customisable page to display your company information,
products and services and contact details, but also a customised URL
with your business name.
e.g.
www.yourbusinessname.com
This
profile is guaranteed a top spot in Google search results for your business
name, and even provides detailed search and traffic information so you can gain
a better understanding of your market.
Sign up now for a LookupPage business account and do more business online.
Trying to be helpful - thanks for the positive feedback Karl
Posted by: Udi Drezner | August 08, 2009 at 11:45 PM