Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Informative report about advertising online

By Rohndra Tanderly

Everyone knows that online marketing is important in growing a business. You won't sell what you have to offer if people don't know you exist. With the advent of the internet, advertising is a little more complex than it has been in the past. Not only do you have the traditional options for your advertising dollars, you also have many options for online advertising.

Advertising that is targeted to people that already interested in what you have to offer is an obvious choice. Put yourself in your customer's place. If you were looking for the product you are offering, what words would you use to search for it?

Pay per click (PPC) advertising creates a link on a page which is triggered by a keyword. You only have to pay for this advertising when a person clicks through to your website. Google AdWords is an example of this type of advertising.

Another way of advertising online is text link ads. This works by letting you select you keywords within the text of other sites out there and drive those people to your website.

The next method is online classifieds or classified ads. These ads differ from newspaper classifieds because they are usually free and offer massive exposure. Remember find a site with online syndication or huge traffic otherwise you wont get the traffic you want.

Now its time to get started. Use some of the cheap methods listed to start generating traffic. - 15634

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