5 Simple ways to promote your website

Promoting you website does have to be drag or a drain on the resources. Heres 5 ways you can promote you web site simply and cheaply.

1. Use an email signature - on any email you send make sure you use the signature feature that is available on most email software. Include you phone number and your web site address. To find out how to do this use the 'Help' feature in the email application or search the internet.
2. Make sure your website address is on you letterhead - you web site is like a brochure including you web address on your letterhead is like sending a brochure with every piece of correspondence you send out.
3. Paint your web address on the side of your van - as you drive around people will see your web site address all over the place. If you don't have a van add you web address to your shop sign or make a poster with it on and put it in a window where people can see it. 
4. Run a competition - you could run a monthly competition on your site to a win a DVD or a bottle of champagne. Tell you existing clients about it maybe they'll tell their friends. This is a good way of expanding you mailing list and finding out who's visiting your web site.
5. Run a pay-per-click advertising campaign - this could run alongside a competition or promotion over a short period with a relatively small budget. To find out more about pay-per-click advertising visit these sites: Google Adwords, Overture.