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Web News & Tips - Issue #237 Web News & Tips Published by MateMedia, Inc. Your Partner on the Web Providing quality Web services at affordable prices since 1995 MateMedia provides the following services: * Small Business Web Hosting (Shared & Managed Dedicated Servers) * Web Design & Development - Custom Web Applications * Database Development & Hosting * Website Maintenance & Webmaster Services * Search Engine Promotion (Optimization & Submission) * E-Commerce - Shopping Carts - Sample Shopping Cart * Domain Name Registration * Domain Name Affiliate Program * Web Hosting Affiliate Program * For more information about our services email sales@matemediainc.com or call us at 877-309-7521 - Read what our clients have to say about us IN THIS ISSUE: Host your website with MateMedia and get a free merchandise shop Become a MateMedia Domain Name Affiliate Become a MateMedia Small Business Web Hosting Affiliate Free Webmaster Tools Free Scripts for Your Website 10 Ways to Advertise Your Business For Free Web News A Step by Step Guide to Getting Started on the Web Recommend this newsletter to a friend Advertise in Web News & Tips 10 Ways to Advertise Your Business For Free By Kenia Morales At some point many small business owners are left with no or a small amount of capital to promote their business. But many entrepreneurs utilize these free or low budget yet effective tactics to promote their business online and offline. 1. Print out flyers or business cards and take them to your local stores, banks, beauty shops etc. 2. Word of mouth never fails, so tell your friends to tell their friends. 3. Make a cookie, candy or fruit basket and take it to your local store with your business cards. 4. Exchange links with other sites. 5. Post your brochures business cards at your local bulletin board. 6. At a restaurant when tipping include your card. 7. Send a press release to your local newspaper. 8. Submit your site to search engines and directories. 9. Give out free samples, promotional products, e-books etc. 10. Write articles for others to use on their website and newsletter include your web site URL and a brief description of your services/products. Increase your rank in the search engines! Check out our new search engine optimization plans Become a MateMedia Web Hosting Affiliate Web News Big growth, big problems, small businesses are saying, with more than three-quarters of survey participants expressing concerns about managing a burgeoning business. Of the 2,400 owners of U.S. industrial small businesses — including distributors, manufacturers, service companies and their suppliers — that were surveyed during Spring 2003 by Thomas Regional, 78 percent are optimistic about growing over the next 12 months, but they are seriously concerned about effectively managing their expansion. More than half (53 percent) of the respondents expected to increase their workforce, and In-Stat/MDR estimates that nearly 38 million jobs will be provided by the roughly 2.4 million small businesses that will be in operation by the end of 2003. Many Canadians log on, log off, log on, log off, and log on again, according to research from The Yankee Group that finds 48 percent of the nation's users access the Internet at least three times per day. Furthermore, 71 percent of those spend at least 15 minutes online during each session, and 5 percent of Canadians report they stay connected to the Internet throughout the day. Combine phenomenal increases in buying power, a growing population, and rising Internet penetration, and find a valuable demographic market. The African-American community is becoming a strong online presence, and creating its own unique identity. Research from Selig Center for Economic Growth, Terry College of Business, The University of Georgia indicates that the nation's black buying power will surge from $688 billion in 2002 to $921 billion in 2008 when almost nine cents of every dollar spent will be from an African- American consumer. Advertisers plan to put significantly more money into rich and streaming media in the next year, but concerns about return on investment and high costs are still stumbling blocks, a survey found. Jupiter Research (a unit of this site's corporate parent) came up with the results by interviewing 579 U.S. advertising executives in August 2003. Asked what percentage of their online ad budgets they expect to spend on rich and streaming media in the next year, 42 percent of advertisers said spending would fall between 1 to 19 percent. Only 36 percent said last year's spending was in that range. Copyright 2000-2003 MateMedia, Inc. |
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