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How to get maximum benefits with your free directory submission?

Marketing is essential for all types of businesses; be it an online or offline business. While hoardings, brochures and visiting cards are the most common but expensive offline marketing tactics, internet marketing consists of other techniques like seo, link popularity and use of social media which is a much cheaper marketing option. There are various online directories where you can add your website URL for free. While making submissions, make sure you submit to the right category. So browse through the directory, to find the category or sub-categories that best fit your website.

Use an alternate email address to avoid spam

This is a very important step in directory submissions as most directories will reject your site if it is not submitted to the right category. If you find two or more categories that match your site, it's better to go with the category with the least number of links or the one that has higher Google PageRank. While making submissions, you will have to give your email address to the directory for confirmation or other purposes. Though most directories don't generally sell email addresses, there are a few that do. So to avoid having your primary email address targeted with spam, it's better to create an alternate but real email address for directories. Do make it a point to check your email regularly as sometimes, the online directories will send you an email with a link for activating your submission. The greatest benefit of free directory submissions is that you need not do it on a regular basis. You only have to make a submission once, and the directory does all the other work for you.

Use article directories

Besides free submissions to directories, you can also avail free traffic to your website by listing your URL in online classified sites, search engines and while commenting on forums and blogs. It's not necessary to comment on blogs and forums on an everyday basis; but the more active you are on the blog, the better results it gives your website. You can also make free submissions to article directories. You have to write articles related to your niche like advantages of your product or services, tips to use it or perhaps how to use it and post it with a link, to the article directories. If you don't actually like writing articles, you can always hire freelance writers to do it for you. Though you may have to pay for the articles, it is worth it as submission to article directories greatly helping in improving website traffic.

Social media helps

You can also avail of free advertisement to your website by joining groups on social networking sites like Facebook and LinkedIn. You just have to create a fan page or profile page on these sites.

The groups in these sites have a habit of discussing subjects and pages they find on the site. So if anyone gets interested with your page, they will share it with others in their group, and thus help increase your online popularity.