Get More Traffic Using These Powerful Offline Advertising
Techniques!
By Grady Smith


With the invention of e-commerce and online storefronts we've
ushered in a new low-cost way to promote and run a business. But
still the fact remains that most businesses online are completely
neglecting the affordable advertising methods available to us in
the offline world.

With over 500 million households online, and even more accessing
the Internet from work, now is the time to expand your marketing
and bring the offline world to your website.

Advertising offline, using the methods I'm about to detail, is an
effective way to bring new prospects to your site that you
wouldn't have reached through your online efforts. The Internet
is a cluttered land -- full of flashing banners and pop-ups --
that sometimes distracts our prospects. But by reaching out to
them offline we're able to once again grab their attention using
time-tested techniques, and in the end, bring them online for the
purpose of visiting our site.

Here's three effective ways that might not be new, but are often
neglected as a way to bring new visitors to your website:

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CLASSIFIED ADS
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If you've done your marketing homework you know there's an easy
to identify audience that is in need of your product. And by
taking your advertising offline, you now have a wide array of
targeted publications to reach your audience.

Almost any product has a magazine or trade publication that
reaches those interested in it. And by creating a classified ad
that builds enough interest, it's easy to simply provide a link
to your website and get strong traffic for your efforts.

Plus, since we're talking about using a URL instead of a long
postal address, the expense is relatively low to run these ads.


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PRESS RELEASES
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Again, you can use the offline pr

ess to announce your website.
And this is a free way to do it. Trade magazines might be
interested in running a promotional story about your site. Or,
maybe newspapers across the world will want to run something and
give you free publicity.

A strong offline press release can open new doors of free
advertising and shouldn't be passed on.


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MAILING LISTS
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An old staple of the mail order marketer, mailing lists are still
a targeted way to bring new prospects to your website.

In fact, I've found that the response is better when compared to
asking the prospect to write for more information. The Internet
allows an interested person to simply type in a URL instead of
filling out a form, finding a stamp, and getting the response to
the mailbox.

There are different mailing lists available, and with a little
searching you're sure to find one that targets your precise
market. Then you can mail a full-blown direct mail package to
these lists or simply send out an inexpensive postcard that
directs prospects to your Website.

With the ease of marketing offline, and the potential for
bringing new prospects to your site, these three suggestions are
ideas you should work to implement into your marketing strategy.
When done right they open a completely new and sometimes easier
means of getting the traffic you want. And they're deadly
effective for making your hits climb when combined with your
traditional online marketing efforts.

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