Hi All, do you have any advertising tips other than forums and banner ppc ads?

try doing a little local advertising like have someone to hand out flyers it works...

What's your advertising budget?

Trying searching through this forum, especially under "Running a Web Hosting Business"..there have been a quite a few posts related to this topic lately. Good luck! :)

For example: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=885172

try SEO and exhibition participation.

So much of this depends on your target audience. Around here, Chamber of Commerce luncheons are great places to network. Of course there are plenty of other organizations as well like Yellow Tie, BNI, the Regional Commerce and Growth Association and so on.

Write the articles and press release and submit your articles to the free charge directories like www.ezinearticles.com and www.associatedcontent.com

The best way to advertise your web hosting is finding a niche and targeting that particular audience. As you know Web Hosting is a huge field and toughest market, hosting/advertising with a niche will always lead you on success.

No amount of advertising will ever beat out the accolades of satisfied customers spreading the word about you. Incentivizing your happy customers to spread the word will do far more than any ads ever will, but if you have something unique and special to offer and you want to advertise somewhere, might I suggest... here on WHT?