What Next?

Hockey4Life · 07-18-2008, 01:01 PM

Alright, I've built my site, for the most part. I still have one thing with a table to workout. I haven't marketed it one bit except for my sig on here and I have made $150. I think that's pretty good for not a lick of marketing. DropshipCritic - In-Depth Reviews & Comparisons, Which is Right for You?

Though, I think I could triple that figure in a week if I do some kind of marketing. The only problem, I don't know where to start. I requested an entry into Google's search results but I'm guessing it was denied as I never heard back and can't find a link to my site except on here.

So how should I go about marketing this site? I really don't know where to start at all. I know of search engine marketing but I don't know how to do it at all.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Hockey4Life · 07-18-2008, 03:01 PM

I know half of you on this site can answer this question! Please help me out!

emd5005 · 07-18-2008, 05:43 PM

Start with Google Adwords PPC tool- you'll appear in the paid listings on search results for the keywords you choose. The tool is pretty much self explanatory, but if you need any assistance I can find some guides for you and hand them over.

Other than that I'd say find relevant blogs and purchase banner ad space on their sites- this can help a lot as well to get yourself out there.

These are just places to start. Good luck!

Hockey4Life · 07-18-2008, 10:42 PM

Thank you! This helps a lot!

HarveyJ · 07-20-2008, 07:31 PM

Hockey, impatient much? You only waited two hours for an answer...

PPC is great to get you listed near instantly...
The downside is that it's pricey, particularly for new websites that have no online history such as yours.

Once you've got a PPC campaign going, I'd recommend starting to build links with other sites that are relevant. Forums and other review sites about drop shipping and business models that revolve around it, such as consignment purchasers, etc.
Getting links from those sorts will help raise your placement on search engines.

You may also want to edit the Wikipedia reference to Drop Shipping an add your link in the "external Links" section, and state that your a review site of various drop shipping programs.
It won't help your SERP as Wikipedia is no-follow, but it will help with natural traffic.