How Can I Get Product or Service Promoted On the Internet in Africa?

Getting visitors on your product or service online is the holy grail of most business owners in Africa or beyond and rightfully so. Not only can you turn visitors into Naira, if done properly, but it also gives a feeling of accomplishment. In all honesty getting people to your product/service online is really not that difficult. There are probably 1000 things that you can do to attract visitors. The real trick is making use of all of them. The mistake that a lot of people make is believing that having a website/Online presence is a enough, some mystical ritual that will invoke the buyers and clients magnet spell. Ok, so I'm being facetious but the reality is it does take work and diligence to make things happen.
First thing first is a Website: website is consist of basically three things
1st  . Web address: this what people type on their computer to locate you online eg www.cokoye.com.
2nd . Design:  this is structure, look and feel of your online presence where all what your aims are all about are displayed to the public eg Products/services, Price, Contact details, working hours, procedure etc with menu links.
3rd. Hosting: this is a space where the two above will reside online before people can see your online presence.
When these three things are put together a Website is say to have been developed.
There are professionals offering these services online, just do your research and choose the one you like.  If you're from Nigeria I recommend www.perfectvisualhost.com

I am going to assume that an idea for a website has already been decided upon.
This is by no means a complete list.

1. The first steps in your online marketing is getting the word out. Visit the business directories and submit your website www.cokoye.com/webdirectory ,  www.demoz.com There are hundreds more.

2. Search engine submittal. A lot of web sites offer this service for a fee. I personally have never found it worth it. I recommend doing this yourself. It is easy and does not take that long to do if you submit it to the top search engines. To submit your urls visit:
www.submitexpress.com/free-submission.html/inue%3D/addurl . Is free, it allows submitting to up to 70 search engines at once including google.

3. Forums. Get to know your market. There really is no better research than visiting forums related to your market. Find out what your customers concerns are. Keep reading until you feel comfortable enough to join conversations. Don't spam the forums and be sure to read the rules for posting. A lot of forums will allow you to leave a link and some will not. Either way make sure you respect the guidelines for posting. Most forums allow an avatar and signature. These appear when you post. You can usually set them up in your preferences when you sign up at most forums. Forum like cokoye.com  here

4.E-mail newsletter is an excellent way to reach out and become meaningful to your clients/customers

5- Link Exchanges
There are many websites out there who would be happy to exchange links with you. While doing link exchanges may get you some traffic, it's main purpose is for search engine optimization

6- Article Marketing
Write articles related to your website's industry and submit them to article distribution sites, like www.isnare.com, www.ezinearticles.com.  Other webmasters will publish your article, with a link to your site at the bottom. This is an excellent way to get some traffic and also build links for search engine ranking purposes.

7-Classifieds
Some products or services you can sell via classifieds. Just search the internet for free classifieds and post your ads to many as possible, one of them is www.cokoye.com/marketplace


8. Free information: Your website contains information about a service or product that you are very knowledgeable about. You can use this knowledge to generate traffic to your site by writing articles in your area of expertise.

9. PPC (Pay per click):  this is type advertisement that allows you to place your advert and pay only when people click on the advert.


10. Banner or Text ads: This type of advertising where site owner allows you to place banner in their website you pay for impressions or duration say monthly. Example is http://cokoye.com/general/cokoye-advert-rate-how-to-advertise-in-cokoye

These are how you can promote your product or service in Africa. By starting with these 10 marketing strategies you can lay the foundation for a strong presence on the internet in Africa or any where outside Africa. It will not happen over night but it will increase the popularity of your website. Remember, internet marketing is a cumulative proposition. The more marketing strategies you use the better.

Do you have any question, concern, or what you don't understand about promoting on internet? This is an open forum just click reply and ask your question and I will reply.

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