Sunday, February 4, 2007

Offer stuff for free, or hold a contest!

I have seen this done on many sites before and the attention that you get when holding a contest or by giving away something for free is amazing. One of the tricks that online guru John Chow does is offering stuff that he has received from trade shows or things he has laying around in a contest on his site. You can for example set up the contest so that if someone adds your site to their favorites in Technorati by a certain date they are eligible to be randomly picked for your prize. This method not only increases your ranking on a search engine or social networking site but also increases your exposure through referrals as viewers will tell others about your contest.

Try this sometime and see what happens! If you have a great story from your own experience, post it here.

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