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1. Digg Yourself ((http://www.digg.com)
Digg is a website where people post cool and interesting links about websites.  Add some interesting content to your website, then DIGG yourself.  Once your link is on DIGG tell your friends and family to DIGG your link too.

2. Viral Video Marketing
Create a funny video of your kids, your dog or anything, upload it to YouTube then use the EMBED code from YouTube to put the video on your website.  Always remember – people always tell other people about funny things.

3. Google AdWords (http://adwords.google.com)
From the largest companies to small companies, everyone uses Google AdWords to drive traffic to their website.  It`s very easy to setup and very inexpensive, you can begin running online ads for $10.

4. Link Exchange
Find a website that offers a complimenting service to yours (for example a local home insurance company might exchange links with a local home builder or maybe a local bakery can exchange a link with a local coffee shop, etc...).

5. Write Articles
I`m sure that you are an expert on something or maybe you know how to do something really well (it can be anything).  For example a tanning salon might write an article on `making your tan look more natural` or if you are really good at video games write an article on `winning HALO 3 multi player battles`.  Once written you can then submit your article to as many on line article directories as you can find.  Just remember to add your website URL to the article so people can click on it and visit our website.

I have done everything but the viral video marketing and agree that they do work!  I have been blogging about tea, since I own a tea company, people have been asking me questions and its feels great to not only be providing a quality product but also education people on the benefits of tea.


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Lisa Liberatore
Baxter Tea Company
www.baxtertea.com

Thanks for the info.

Lisa,

You have a nice website!!! I think it`s really important for businesses to have clean attractive sites.

Tyra

If you`re in a competitive market, Google AdWords can get ex-PEN-sive! Be careful.

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Thanks again,

Tyra 

Thanks for the Kudos. I have hundreds of things that I can add to the list too.
I always make my own videos or have my clients make theirs. There are videos that you can purchase, but unlikely that you`ll find exactly what you are looking for.

There are many "tell a friend" scripts available. You can also simply ask them to forward any email that you send to the to a friend.

Doug




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