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    What should we start the advertisement from?

    How do hosting providers - beginners look for customers?
    Search optimization is expensive and takes much time
    Adwords is also expensive and there’s fierce competition

    What forums or stages are there for free advertisement?

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    This forum is probably one of the best if not the best webhosting related forum to advertise at.

    There is also local customers which generally pay a good amount vs the average customer to be supported.

    SEO is actually free but you are right it does take time. Especially when most webhosting sites have little content to aid with SEO.

    You can also pay for banner ads on some sites which at times can be a lot cheaper than adwords.

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    You're right that SEO does take time, but it is more about the long-term plan. It is recommend that if you are advertising on Google, then you should have some sort of on-going SEO strategy, as this will pay off in the future.

    If you require immediate results, Adwords is still a very good choice for start up hosts. Bidding on the top keywords isn't recommended, but being creative with a specific niche in mind and targeted landing pages is a very effective way to drive leads to your business.
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    Yes, WHT is a good place to start but the competition is rather stiff and there are a few providers here who probably get the most business from the forum.

    Webhosting directories such as Serchen can really bring a lot of traffic.

    In the beginning though starting local is always a good thing and I walked right in the door of local businesses and talked to the managers. I don't know where you are located but in the US Craigslist is widely used and we gained some of our first clients through advertising there on a regular basis.

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    Forums like WHT

    Hello

    Sure WHT is the best forum to start making posts about your servises, I whould say you to start making a list of hosting related forums(web developer forums, hosting, developer, even photographer forums and every IT related forum there must a topic where you can tell about your services).This will take a lot of time but it's for sure one the best ways to get treffic and it's free.

    Good luck

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    We began with just forums, and still kind of do, we also rely on word of mouth and much more, this has largely been where most of out customers have came from, and we havent done SEO or anything like that.

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    Forums-Worthy too

    Forum submission is really a cost effective and worthy too for a beginner in Online Advertising. But large number of posting in forums, blogs and QA's will be leading us to end up in spam. So starts with 5 forums per month will be treating as good and powerful links by search engines. Try to avoid marketing and advertorial related content while posting in forums.

    If you are beginner, so u must go for detail research in terms like Social Media Marketing and Online Marketing by reading blogs like kreataglobal.com/blog

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