The following  marketing strategies should be used on an ongoing basis to ensure  a never ending stream of targeted visitors to your website. . 

This list is not exhaustive although we will include new marketing ideas when they become available.

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Search Engine Optimisation:

Design and optimise your website to be search engine friendly and you've completed  one the basics of Internet marketing. Nearly everyone uses one of the main search engines to search for information on the Internet.

Resources:   http://www.stompernetsiteseer.com/  
                   http://www.google.com/webmasters/          
                   https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal                                                                                                       

Directory and search engine submission:

Manually submit your website to the 7 main directories and search engines at least once per month. Check the Google guidelines and submit a sitemap.  Use the Google keywords tool for keyword suggestions for your website.. 

Resources:   http://www.google.com    http://www.yahoo.com    http://www.msn.com                           http://www.dmoz.org      http://www.scrubtheweb.com                                                      http://www.exactseek.com   http://searchsight.com                      

                                                                                                                 

Build a mailing list:

An Opt-in list is your back end.

Use squeeze pages to capture  traffic by allowing them to opt in to your mailing list.  Use with an autoresponder to promote your programs on a regular basis. Visitors often need to be exposed to an offer 7 times before they buy. The money is in the List.

Resources:  http://lists.topica.com    http://www.onelist.com                                                                    

Blogging

Blogging has taken over from article marketing. Write articles about your area of expertise in your Blog and they are automatically submitted to search engines. Search engines love them.  A good way to maintain an interactive  website community.

Resources: http://www.blogger.com    http://wordpress.org

Article (Bum) Marketing: 

Write articles about your area of expertise and submit them to the article directories. Use your website address as your signature.

Resources:     http://www.articlessubmissionservice.com/alldirectories.php                                                                                                              

 Forum posting and Yahoo Answers:

Get involved in forums that interest you and use your website address as your signature. Provocative signatures are usually more noticeable.

Resources:  http://answers.yahoo.com                                                                                                 http://thewebtrafficco.com/marketing-strategies/internet-forums-by-category/
                             

Squidoo & Zimbio:

Create a lens in Squidoo about the topic.  If there is already a lens there,  select a unique angle.

Resources:   http://www.squidoo.com/        http://www.zimbio.com/                                  

Ebay
Use the Ebay Classifieds to advertise your product.

Resources:     http://services.ebay.com.au/

Press Releases:

Write a Press release about the story you wrote on your review Blog. An excellent guide to writing press releases can be found at: http://www.publicityinsider.com/release.asp

Submit the press release to the following free press release services:

1.  http://www.free-press-release.com/submit/free-press-release.php
2.  http://www.prleap.com/
3.  http://www.i-newswire.com/submit.php
4.  http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/
5.  http://www.1888pressrelease.com/
6.  http://www.pr.com/press-releases
7.  http://www.prfree.com/
8.  http://www.clickpress.com/releases/index.shtml

Google Adsense:

Good for testing a marketing campaign in the short term.

Resources:  https://www.google.com/adsense/

Reciprocal Links: 

Exchange links with websites that compliment but don't compete with your business.

Strategic Alliances:

Aligning with a super affiliate who can push your product or service for you. 

Afffiliate programs:

Create your own ebook and submit it to Clickbank as an affiliate program.  Affiliates and super affiliates do your marketing for you.

Resources:   http://www.webaffiliatesdirectory.com/affiliate_networks_list.html  
              

Social Bookmarking.

Use social websites to promote your Blogs.

Resources:         http://www.jsbookmark.com/                                        

Craigslist

 Advertise on the largest mailing list on the internet.

Resources:  http://www.craigslist.org