Promote With Auction Sites

by Kevin Nunley

Need a quick way to boost your web site traffic? If your hits are a bit depressing, try this.

Jerry West, an Internet marketing expert with Netgateway, says some have found using on-line auction sites can boost their traffic.

Jerry says this is how it works: "List a product or service at far below it's worth. Set up ad copy and a link to your site on the bidding screen."

Jerry has seen as many as 400 visitors click to the site with an average of about 65.

This is a good cost-effective means of bringing targeted traffic to your site. As long as your page does a good job of covering the product or service listed on the auction site, you can get lots of inquiries.

Of course, this is one of the oldest tricks around, well known to retailers. They're called loss leaders. Watch for a big department store near you to advertise a popular product at a very low price. The store may be losing money on the item, but they are getting plenty of customers into their store with the hope of having them buy other products that are not discounted.

You can read Jerry's free on-line marketing manual at WebMarketingNow.com.

Kevin Nunley provides marketing and copy writing.  Read all his free tips at http://DrNunley.com or reach Kevin at kevin@drnunley.com or (801)253-4536.