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08-27-2004, 04:05 AM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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Marketing your hosting
No company can make it without advertising. That is a fact.
Simple question. What is honest, pure, marketing for a hosting company?
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08-27-2004, 04:28 AM #2rogue element
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Have a look at this thread:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showth...hreadid=293359Eric J. Bowman, principal
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I'm just a poor, unfrozen caveman Webmaster. Your new 'standards' frighten, and confuse me...
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08-27-2004, 05:00 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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1. Buy Ultimate Affiliate software and set up an affiliate program on your site.
2. Go to my.inetinteractive.com, buy some banner space.
3. Head off to google.com, overture.com, searchfeed.com, 7search.com, and set up some pay per click listings.
4. Hit the 'other offers and requests' forum and buy text links on a handful of PR6+ websites.
5. Find a bald 20somethin guy with an outdoor job that goes to clubs at night, and pay him to tatto your host's name on his head for 3 years.
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You have now experienced "marketing for a hosting company".
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08-27-2004, 05:09 AM #4Superhero
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Originally posted by Dan Grossman
5. Find a bald 20somethin guy with an outdoor job that goes to clubs at night, and pay him to tatto your host's name on his head for 3 years.Webmaster Forum • webmastertalk.net • Webmaster Community Forum
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08-27-2004, 05:33 AM #5Junior Guru Wannabe
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It would be up to the guy to pay for the tatoo to be removed...
If not, free advertising for lifeHostWithUs.co.uk
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08-27-2004, 06:10 AM #6WHT Addict
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only on head ? I say, print your domain name on some cheap
dotted condoms and give out to local schools. This way you can
help the kids aware about AIDS and also when they will grow up
and will need hosting they will turn to you
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08-27-2004, 06:41 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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thats not funny
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08-27-2004, 11:15 AM #8Web Hosting Master
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I've advertised in some very low cost CCP listings in these obsucre search engine result deals; and I've actually got decent results and some good customers. It just shows you that you never know where you will pick up good customers from as long as you target the sensible end of the market regarding cost/resources. At the moment I am just selling via word-of-mouth and have closed sales to the general public, but when I reopen sales again I will probably continue to throw a bit of confetti at the low CCP alternatives out there: findwhat.com, mamma.com and the like.
Also, check out the promotional and SEO orented forums at www.sitepoint.com/forums for SEO information and promotional ideas.
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08-27-2004, 02:40 PM #9Junior Guru
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Originally posted by dualnic
only on head ? I say, print your domain name on some cheap
dotted condoms and give out to local schools. This way you can
help the kids aware about AIDS and also when they will grow up
and will need hosting they will turn to you
hahahhaaha
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08-27-2004, 02:43 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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Just buy cheap condoms, print some small stickers with some $3 label paper from your local Staples and a printer, and put the stickers on the outside of the condom wrapper.
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08-27-2004, 03:51 PM #11Junior Guru Wannabe
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The tatoo on the head has already been done by CI Host. Innovation, not replication.
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08-27-2004, 03:54 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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Replication, not innovation, is how 99% of the people that make money make it.
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08-27-2004, 04:25 PM #13Superhero
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Are you serious about CI Host?
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08-27-2004, 04:43 PM #14Web Hosting Guru
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Originally posted by Amdac
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08-27-2004, 04:49 PM #15Superhero
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Originally posted by Iggy
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08-27-2004, 05:18 PM #16Junior Guru Wannabe
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Originally posted by Dan Grossman
Replication, not innovation, is how 99% of the people that make money make it.
Read any good marketing books lately? Thought you were going to get some great ideas? Nope, they all say "innovate."
So essentially, if you are to become a successful businessman, and not a corporate, farm, or blue collar drone, yes, Innovation, NOT replication, is your answer..
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08-27-2004, 05:23 PM #17Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by VintageHost
HAH, good one. I guess people like Bill Gates, Phil Spector, and all those other crazy people should be ashamed they didn't copy other's ideas. Innovation is how real businessmen make real money.
Read any good marketing books lately? Thought you were going to get some great ideas? Nope, they all say "innovate."
So essentially, if you are to become a successful businessman, and not a corporate, farm, or blue collar drone, yes, Innovation, NOT replication, is your answer..
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08-27-2004, 05:55 PM #18Junior Guru Wannabe
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I am glad that you, personally, are successful. I commend the fact. This dispute, however, is between two different ways of thinking, and at the fear of it continuing for hours, I propose an agreement to disagree.
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08-27-2004, 06:52 PM #19rogue element
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Originally posted by VintageHost
HAH, good one. I guess people like Bill Gates, Phil Spector, and all those other crazy people should be ashamed they didn't copy other's ideas. Innovation is how real businessmen make real money.Eric J. Bowman, principal
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I'm just a poor, unfrozen caveman Webmaster. Your new 'standards' frighten, and confuse me...
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08-27-2004, 07:06 PM #20Superhero
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Originally posted by VintageHost
HAH, good one. I guess people like Bill Gates, Phil Spector, and all those other crazy people should be ashamed they didn't copy other's ideas. Innovation is how real businessmen make real money.
I'd comment on Phil but I have no idea who he is.Webmaster Forum • webmastertalk.net • Webmaster Community Forum
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08-27-2004, 07:14 PM #21Web Hosting Master
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See, we're all in agreement. Imitate or acquire successful products and methods, market aggressively, and make money.
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08-27-2004, 07:17 PM #22Superhero
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Originally posted by Dan Grossman
See, we're all in agreement. Imitate or acquire successful products and methods, market aggressively, and make money.Webmaster Forum • webmastertalk.net • Webmaster Community Forum
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08-27-2004, 07:24 PM #23Aspiring Evangelist
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How about this for an idea. Take a successful idea/business and put a new spin on it.
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08-28-2004, 01:57 AM #24Junior Guru Wannabe
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Originally posted by HVoice-Eugene
How about this for an idea. Take a successful idea/business and put a new spin on it.Vintage Host Optimization -- Want security? We've got your security right here.
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08-28-2004, 03:18 AM #25Keep rockin' in the free world
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Originally posted by Dan Grossman
2. Go to my.inetinteractive.com, buy some banner space.
Bottom banners were 0.08% and top were something like 0.66%
Considering the price is $25 CPM you think it would attract more clicks.... I guess not.
Save your money and advertise elsewhere, it didn't work well for us at all but it might for you.... experiment with different things and consider offline advertising.