I think one of the best ways to promote is through youtube. You can make videos about your business area, for example if you are a web designer you can make videos on how to make your own website and towards the begining or end mention that you are a websdeigner and offer your services as well as a link to your site. You can even have a watermark at the bottom of the video of your site logo or url. A lot of the videos on do it yourself topics that are on youtube are by promoters themselves.

If you make an advertisement type video only chances are you won't get too many views but if you offer people something valuable like instructions then you'll get more views hence more visits to your site and some of these will convert into clients. Best of all this method of promotion is absolutely free.

Also you don't even need to make your own videos. If there are some out there that are free with no copyright claims then you can upload them and link back to your site. That way you'll still be doing a service - that of collecting these varied videos and putting them all in one place.

what if you have lots of competitors and they are doing the same way? I’m not an expert on this kind of e-business but I’d like to get more people in my website and make more business because now I’m offering my products and services also online. I hope to know your advices. Will

Drop a stencil of your site on ppl sun tanning at the beach and you will have walking billboards

We have been in the hosting industry for about 2 years now. We recently just started this new company (Gixxer PC) in August of this year.

Now...We have probably spent maybe...$2,500 in advertising total. Granted, been in business less than 6 months, and we have 100+ customers.

Money is what makes the world go round. You get money, you advertise (make sure you save enough for your next hosting bill :P). You get customers. Treat your customers perfect. Provide a great service. Then it comes onto word of mouth.

We havnt been on wht forums in about 2 months, yet still see a constant increase in signups.

All it takes is for you to have that 1 customer you impress...who knows alot of other web designers..or people who have sites.

Hie,
I think you dont go for new activities. Do the activities which you know very well. First be professional in it then go for other..

Thank's

Originally Posted by CnaHost

Well I have only been in the buisness since late august of this year and I only have 8 clients. I have done the usuall stuff to promote. Seo's, link ads,banners webmasterstuff.com listing. I am now starting to be in a slump of sign ups. Do you have any ideas of how I could get out of this? I have good uptime and good reviews.

Hello,
Same condition of our website. We also starting seo work from september 09. 62 pages are indexed but still PR of site is 0...I am working for increase it...i already told you to do link exchange, article submission, forum submission etc. If you got any new ideas share with me.. keep in touch..
Thank's

Originally Posted by alysha

Offer more disk space and bandwidth for a low price.

I would not do that. No need to oversell

I think the best way to promote is social bookmarking and forum posting with sig!

i have to agree with powerMonster. Try to get your name out in local market. I bought a VPS from one of the hosting company and i got a client that im charging for a whole year. And then i got other clients hosted on the same VPS that use less resources and im pulling in profit. i must have around 10 clients hosted, and only 1 of them is used to pay for the VPS rest all is money earned.

So yeah, do try to get your name out in local market. Offer them special deals. IF you deal with local business in your area it is much better then having clients from all over the world. Go to different offices, offer them your services and in no time you will have a good customer base and you can offer them additional services other then hosting. such as networking etc.

Thats how i'm doing it and so far its been working very well.

Cheers

whatever you do, never oversell to a point where u kill ur business rofl. so many hosts ive been with have done that before =/

Hello,
I agree with rahahm33. Do not oversell your work. it cause bad effect.

hi guys, what do you mean “oversell” a business? I’m getting on this market then every tip will be useful

what do you mean “oversell”

READ post No1
http://www.webmaster-talk.com/web-ho...osing-web.html

The hosting business is one of the most competed on the net. Ok, Now, Let's think about growing your business. To grow your business first you need to get many clients, second you should prove to them your hosting service is on par with the best hosting providers out there.

Now, how to get new sign ups? First you need to research a bit on many of these webmaster, hosting and domain related forums, where you can get potential customers. Make note of which companies are offering which promotions and their prices for the hosting packages. Now, offer somewhat competitive prices (or even low prices than those companies) for your hosting for the first 6 or 12 months. Tell them it is a promotion. That way, you can get many quick sign ups. If you have budget, you can do it right even if it means a little loss for that period. Offer them good customer support (better than some of those big hosting companies, if they respond to their client tickets in a hour or so, you should be even better responding to their tickets and resolving the issues within minutes). Needless to say your uptime should be not less than 99.9%.

That way you can instill trust in them. If they are satisfied with your hosting and support, then the word of mouth promotion can do wonders to your business. After the end of the promotion period (the low price period), you should be able to make good profits.