Promoting your Multi-Level Marketing Website

In response to a friend who wants to promote her store website.

Ok, it's going to be a little tricky since you're a franchise site (meaning, there are many more sites out there with the same content). You won't be able to depend on the normal Search Engine Optimization methods (keywords, title tags).

You have to create a pseudo warm market. You have to find people on the web who have an interest in you and what you're selling.

Step 1: Start a blog. Talk about yourself and how you're starting a business. Talk about the ups and downs, etc. etc. And always link back to your store site. I recommend blogger.com, as you can throw Google Adwords on there and bring in a few extra bucks a month (it might only be pennies, but it's a good motivator to post new blogs and send people there). Post once a day!

Step 2: Send your family to your blog. Anyone who is sick of hearing about your business will not be sick of reading your blog. Use that!

Step 3: Join forums that relate to what you're doing, or to you. Illinois Forums, Chicago Forums, Gardening Forums, Work from Home Forums. Register, introduce yourself, and start posting. Enter the conversation in the same way you would in real life-->reply to other people, give insight, be funny... THEN, talk about yourself. In the Signature line, post a link to your blog AND to your store site (see forum rules for what kind of advertising is allowed).

Ok, start with that! The only thing on the Internet that is NOT immediate is creating a web presence. It takes time to build traffic. The more people you can get to your store site, the more popular the site will become, the more products you'll sell. But, people can be turned off by a store site--so send them to your blog first!