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How would invest 1.000$/month to promote a site?

by myaple
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Hi

We have recently launched a Saas platform that allows users to create online promotions on their sites, Twitter and Facebook accounts (coupons, contests....)

We want to promote it worldwide, and currently we have a 1.000 $ monthly budget.

How would you use this budget? (e.g press realease services, adwords, ads...), which providers would you recommend?

Thx for your help
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  • Profile picture of the author dvduval
    I would find good people are you can help with the promotion rather than paying for a service like you mentioned. Find someone who is smart and has energy and will Really get involved in places like facebook, twitter, forums, and other places Where potential buyers will be frequenting.
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    • Profile picture of the author myaple
      Originally Posted by dvduval View Post

      I would find good people are you can help with the promotion rather than paying for a service like you mentioned. Find someone who is smart and has energy and will Really get involved in places like facebook, twitter, forums, and other places Where potential buyers will be frequenting.
      that's an option, but my experience so far it's not very positive, this kind of action it's very time consuming and the results are very slow.

      anyway thx
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  • Profile picture of the author michleadwing
    i think you should search for a people who are very much familiar to all of the sites.
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    • Profile picture of the author howinfo
      Yes, press releases definitely, I have had very good experience with that and also social media marketing, and I would also do some small experiment with adwors and if it does not work then drop it as adwords can waste your budget quite fast.
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      • Profile picture of the author luane
        I would do a paid press release on the high end (google press releases to find the paid services). Unless you write good copy, hire someone from Elance or Rent-a-Coder or here on the Forum, to write you a GREAT press release (check out Fiverr.com too). A really good press release can drive hundreds or thousands of people to your site. Online editors pick up and syndicate the outstanding press releases. Use curiosity and tease the reader. Make them curious enough to visit your site. Provide value in the press release without giving away the cow. Offer some incentive to visit your site, like a contest or a freebie of some sort that will draw them to your site. Use Facebook Ads (check out the WSOs on just the strategy) with demographics from Alexa.com or Quantcast date for your site. Google Adwords can be very profitable if you target the right audience, but also quite costly. Media buys on websites and online publications that target your audience are also effective (check out the WSOs here for a good one on that - it is a science too.).

        Hope that helps!

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        • Profile picture of the author myaple
          Originally Posted by luane View Post

          I would do a paid press release on the high end (google press releases to find the paid services). Unless you write good copy, hire someone from Elance or Rent-a-Coder or here on the Forum, to write you a GREAT press release (check out Fiverr.com too). A really good press release can drive hundreds or thousands of people to your site. Online editors pick up and syndicate the outstanding press releases. Use curiosity and tease the reader. Make them curious enough to visit your site. Provide value in the press release without giving away the cow. Offer some incentive to visit your site, like a contest or a freebie of some sort that will draw them to your site. Use Facebook Ads (check out the WSOs on just the strategy) with demographics from Alexa.com or Quantcast date for your site. Google Adwords can be very profitable if you target the right audience, but also quite costly. Media buys on websites and online publications that target your audience are also effective (check out the WSOs here for a good one on that - it is a science too.).

          Hope that helps!

          Kristie
          thank you Kristie
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      • Profile picture of the author myaple
        Originally Posted by howinfo View Post

        Yes, press releases definitely, I have had very good experience with that and also social media marketing, and I would also do some small experiment with adwors and if it does not work then drop it as adwords can waste your budget quite fast.
        Any press release service you would recommend?

        thx
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  • Profile picture of the author Randall Magwood
    Google Adwords and Microsoft Adcenter. Both does a good job at converting well with squeeze pages. Do you plan on selling the product directly from a sales letter page, or will you lead them to a squeeze page? You should also consider Google's Content (or Display) network. Think of it as advertising on a high traffic website without the hassle. But just specify what sites you want to advertise on first.
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    • Profile picture of the author myaple
      Originally Posted by Randall Magwood View Post

      Google Adwords and Microsoft Adcenter. Both does a good job at converting well with squeeze pages. Do you plan on selling the product directly from a sales letter page, or will you lead them to a squeeze page? You should also consider Google's Content (or Display) network. Think of it as advertising on a high traffic website without the hassle. But just specify what sites you want to advertise on first.
      I don't yet because right now , we are on beta, and it's free
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      • Profile picture of the author myaple
        anybody else?
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  • Profile picture of the author himanuzo
    $1000 monthly - link building through press release, comment on related blogs (manual, not spamming), social bookmarking, youtube video, web 2.0 sites, article marketing, and more..
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  • Profile picture of the author TheArticlePros
    Originally Posted by myaple View Post

    Hi

    We have recently launched a Saas platform that allows users to create online promotions on their sites, Twitter and Facebook accounts (coupons, contests....)

    We want to promote it worldwide, and currently we have a 1.000 $ monthly budget.

    How would you use this budget? (e.g press realease services, adwords, ads...), which providers would you recommend?

    Thx for your help
    Did I miss something? You only have $1 per month to invest?
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    • Profile picture of the author jolarry
      I think 1000$ is a good budget to work your seo and to provide visibility.
      edit: Is better than 1$
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