"Sometimes Obsession is a Good Thing!"

No, I'm not talking about washing your hands fifty times
a day or smoking a pack of cigarettes. That's just not
healthy. However, if you are obsessed with promoting
yourself online, you've got a good thing going. If you
want traffic you need to sleep, breathe, and eat
promotional marketing techniques. Don't assume that just
because you've listed your site with the search engines
your work is done. That is just your starting point; the
beginning, not the end.

You need to start thinking about press releases. You can
write them yourself, or pay someone to write and distribute
them for you. Editors expect to receive these by E-Mail
these days so with a little research you should be able
to come up with the E-Mail addresses of your target market.
For links that will help you with this see:
http://www.ideasiteforbusiness.com/direct.htm

How about classified ads? Write one for your site and one
to promote your newsletter. (You do offer a newsletter,
right?) Do a search for "free classifieds" and try to
post at least four or five a day. Better yet, purchase
submission software that will do the work for you. I
recommend Trellian's "Classify Pro" software. Find it
at: http://www.trellian.com/classify/index.html

Do you run your ads in other Ezines? If not, you're missing
out on a great way to generate publicity. Do you like to
write? Writing articles on a topic you know a lot about is
a great traffic generator. There are so many newsletter
publishers looking for content to publish in their ezines.
I use this technique a lot, and believe me, it works. To
find publishers looking for articles I recommend
"The Directory of Ezines" at
http://www.linkcounter.com/go.php?linkid=229590

When was the last time you applied for an award? I'm not
talking about a "Barb's Best" here, but a prestigious award
like Netscapes Pick of the Month,Hot Site of the Day or
Yahoo's pick of the day. Winning just one of these famous
awards can send thousands of hits to your sites. Cool Site
of the Day is rated by 'Wired Magazine' as one of the top 5
rated Internet awards in the world. Apply for the Cool Site
of the Day Award TODAY:http://wetrack.it/csotd/af.cgi?103

Now are you getting it? If you want your site to be
successful you must promote it constantly. Obsession,
when it comes to Net Marketing is a good thing!!