One of the main challenges of having a sucessful dropship business is Marketing your site. Many people are always constantly looking for new ways to market their site. This is why i decided to build this list, to give you people ideas on ways to market your site that you may not have considered or to just remind you the alternatives that may be availible to you.
Its a good idea for any dropshippers, experienced or not to run down this list and see if you have considered these as a possibility to bring more traffic to your site.
1.)PPC(Pay per Click)
Pay Per Click programs such as google adwords can be a great way to increase traffic in the short-run. But becareful on your spending, you can easily go over budget. It is important to monitor the conversion rate to make sure that the cost is worth the result. PPC is a not a simple task and for it to be effective it takes lots of time and research into keywords and writing up ads that target your audience and also attractive.
2.)SEO(Search Engine Optimatization)
SEO is one of the best if not the best way to build traffic to your site in the long-run. It is not simple and requires lots of research and work in many aspect, to be successful in SEO.
3.)Tell Friends and Family
This is an free and easy way to bring a few more vistors to your site. Print business cards to pass them out, have your site as your email signature, or simply tell your friends and family verbally.
4.)Forum
Forum is also a good way to promote your site. A active forum poster can actually rent his signature space for money. Its also a free alternative to consider.
5.)Blog
Start your own blog. This is can help keep your vistors updated and more involved with your site, making them loyal customers. Blog can also help your site’s SEO a little if you link it to your site.
6.)Get Custom products to advertise your Website.
You can do this by going to CustomDropshipper.com or other simliar sites to buy custom T-shirts, Mousepads, Postcards and many other unique items for your business
7.)Rent Advertising space
You can also rent advertising space sites from other active sites. Some sites, forums, blogs will rent their space(ie, banner, links) for money. Its a good idea to look for a site with lots of traffic and also the same audience as your targeted market.
8.)Coupons
Create coupons if your dropshipper allows these functions. Coupon can provides an impulse incentive for buyers to buy more or make their first purchase.
9.)Link Exchange
Exchanging links with other sites that have related products can benefit both you and your link exchanger. For example if you sold only music alblums its a very good idea to do a link exchange with another site that sells cd players and accessories.
10.)Myspace.com or Facebook.com
Total these socially networks can potentially be a very good way to drive traffic. For example you can create groups on facebook easily devoted to your site and ask your friends to join.





1 user commented in " Online Marketing Tips Pt.1 "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a Trackbacki like no 6 tips. first time hear dropshipping. i would like to try that. and for no 10 i will go for it now
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