FREE Online Marketing Tips For Those On A Tight Budget. Part 3/3

This is the 3 part that I am sharing with regards to: FREE Online Marketing Tips For Those On A Tight Budget.

Reference from part 1 here.

Reference from part 2 here.

#Hashtag Campaign.

Nothing gets people excited like a hashtag campaign. Use a funny hashtag to get people talking about your subject on Twitter or Facebook. Remember to make the hashtag relate-able both to the target audience as well as to your brand. You could get the hashtag trending by collaborating with some influential players in the same niche as your target audience. You could also just promote the hashtag on Twitter by paying for it.

Similarly, you could also get the hashtag going on Instagram. But make sure you urge people to share their pictures by using the hashtag.

Blogging.

This is my favorite part! The more content on your site, the more opportunities there are for search engines to pick it up. Blogging can be a great (and free!) way to generate leads and links into your site. But don’t just be producing content to produce content. Write quality blog posts that will engage the readers. Guest blogging on more established blogs is another way to get more traffic to your own site.

Participate on Forums and Other Blogs.

Also you can visit other blogs, forums, and message boards frequently and leave informative comments and remarks. All of these give you the opportunity to provide a link to your website, which in turn helps with marketing your business. Participate often and become an active and respected member of sites you participate on.

The more you participate, the more you put your brand in front of prospective new customers.  Make sure the comments you leave are relevant and on target. Irrelevant comments made for the sake of leaving a link behind are often ignored or deleted or worse get you account banned.

What makes a good comment? Be sure to follow these quick tips:

• Read the article, then read it again. You don’t want to miss something that was already said in the post or misinterpret the author’s point.
• Be original. Take a once over of the comments already left and make sure your point adds to the conversation, or starts a whole new line of thought.
• Get there early. Comments in the first 1-5 spots are more likely to be viewed by readers. To ensure you aren’t tardy to a new post, sign up for email alerts for your very favorite blogs!

There you have it, 3 parts of FREE Online Marketing Tips For Those On A Tight Budget, brought to you by Matt! :-)