Internet Business Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses

One of the most frequently asked questions in regard to website promotion is, “How do I get more links to my website?

The answer is, everywhere. You can get links from just about any website if you know where to look and how to ask.

Here are my top 10 places to look for links for a new website or new company.

1. Squidoo.com - Squidoo will allow you to create a “lens” (mini-website) on their website that you can use to link to your company website. That is a free link from squidoo.com to your website.

2. Create a Google Page - Google pages are also mini-websites hosted by Google. They are easy to create and you can easily link back to your website. This is a free service.

3. Create a Blogger Blog - Blogger is a blog hosting service that will help you create a blog. On your blog you can link to your company website. This is a free service.

4. Create a Wordpress Blog - Wordpress is like blogger, create a blog on each site and make sure it links to your company website.

5. Buy Links - Buying links is the quickest way to get tens, hundreds, or thousands of targeted links to your site. Cost is usually between $5 a month to $100 a month per link. Use this link and get the first $100 in links free!

6. Create a Newsvine account - Newsvine is a social news website that allows you to create your own “vine”. In your vine you can link to your company website. Cost is free.

7. Create a MySpace account - MySpace isn’t just for teens, you can create a MySpace for your company name and link back to your company from MySpace. Free to everyone.

8. Create a Wikipedia page - If your company is large enough, create a Wikipedia entry defining what your company does, it’s history, founders, market demographics, etc. This will get you a free link from a very trustworthy website.

9. Leave comments on blogs - If you have a few minutes per day, find a blog that has something interesting and leave a comment that links back to your company website. Free.

10. Create a blog and post to it - If you are a leader in your niche, or can write great linkbait, a blog is a great idea. A good piece of linkbait that makes it to all the social websites like Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, Netscape, etc can easily get you 1,000 awesome links.

I saved #10 until the end because I feel that it is the most important part of building links. The links that come in will be from similar websites, will be free, and Google loves them.

Use those 10 tips to get thousands of links to your website and watch the new traffic and customers come in!