Best place to advertise?

I think that best solution is to use few ads companies. Google Adwords and Facebook is the top choices for me. Also it's good thing to find someone who can write about your services.
 
Duality said:
I personally think that the best place to advertise a hosting company is on webmaster forums and word of mouth. I see that as the best because you are getting out to the people that are going to need hosting, so it works in your favor.
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If you would like to take banner ads, then you can also focus on the content based websites like popular article directories, blogging websites and news websites. Having a presence here will help in getting good incoming traffic to the website.
 
James-A said:
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true but you need to think of the banner design so it gives enough clear information of what you are advertising, but at the same time not over powering and cluttered, so that it will entice people to click on it.
 
Duality said:
I personally think that the best place to advertise a hosting company is on webmaster forums and word of mouth. I see that as the best because you are getting out to the people that are going to need hosting, so it works in your favor.
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I agree With You Mate if anybody running a hosting company he should advertise his company in webmaster forums then People can know about that company easily and can buy their services also if they like offers.
 
I really had not taken advantage of forums until recently, been helpful to a certain degree. Considering starting to advertise on some of them, just not sure about best steps. Probably will be spying on some of you :)
 
This question comes up a lot of times on forums and discussion areas like this..

I personally would say for a new business or old but is good when you first start out is to advertise locally in news papers etc. Not to many people know how to create a website or how to go about getting one made. If you advertise locally and explain to them how it works they will buy your service. Also you should have a free site builder if you do this because it can save you time and make you money..

Anyway meet up with business owners could even be friends that own business and explain to them about your business and how if they have a website how it can affect them in a good way by getting them clients / sales what not or even just to have their information up on the site.

Anyway you can work out a plan with them charge them monthly or yearly a package include a domain and anything else they need but give them a price.. When you do local advertising I suggest you do different prices per client because their needs ill be different. some may already have a site that is big but wants to transfer to you because of your price you gave them or your service is just better.
 
i think industry specific sites are great like hosting discussion, and if you offer vps's for example lowendbox.com is great
 
Word of mouth advertising is often the most effective way. If your friend suggest a service you will most likely end up choosing that service, or at least you will consider it. You can make your customers do word of mount advertising by providing good customer service, ensuring your customers are getting what they have paid for and keeping them satisfied in overall.

Another good way is targeted advertising, for example Adwords or advertising on websites related to your business. You should never buy PPC ads on sites which pay users to click them (PTC websites). Those ads are never targeted and the conversion rate is very low.
 
I did frequented some of them before and it attracts some clients as well. In all honesty, i think positioning on Google would generate the most reactions as far as new clients. I'm not positioning my blogs and forums but, i will work on that.
 
Don't forget about an affiliate program! Nothing like a small army of sales people who you pay a commission to. It's pretty much a win-win for everyone involved.
 
Local places are great! Also getting into forums and such is very helpful :) word of mouth is wonderful though since everyone loves hearing from a friend that a place is really great and takes care of their clients!
 
IMHO, the best place to advertise is through PPC and then second is forum posting. You can target the visitors or customers if you use these strategies.
 
Forums are a powerful place to advertise. They have a focused audience and in most cases costs you nothing to reach thousands. It also boosts your SEO by having quality links across top websites. :)
 
Best Advertising options would be:

1) word of mouth (always the best)
1) Forums
2) Web Hosting directories such as hostsearch.com or tophosts.com
3) Paid ad spots such as Google adwords or paid advertsing banner spots on different websites.
 
We have always advertised on Adwords. You will only get a good return if you seo your site and adword keywords correctly. The combination is what works on adwords.

We are just starting forums as a method, we'll let you know how that goes ;)
 
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