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    Best Place To Advertise Web Hosting

    Would anybody recommend PPC Search Engines, or Web Hosting directories ?

    Which websites do you think are the best ?

    Please help.
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    I'd go for Hosting directories, combined with offline advertising, flyers, etc.
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    go for -- thewhir.com

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    thanks for the thewhir.com
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    What are the bost web hsoting directorys ?
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    Re: Best Place To Advertise Web Hosting

    Originally posted by tonymaclennan1
    Would anybody recommend PPC Search Engines, or Web Hosting directories ?

    Which websites do you think are the best ?

    Please help.
    I would like to suggest to read the book " Pay-Per-Click Search Engine Marketing" Handbook by Boris and Eugene Mordkovic for most advance PPC strategies and recommendation, and for Web Hosting directories I consider webhostdir.com is the best.

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    Re: Re: Best Place To Advertise Web Hosting

    Originally posted by etechsupport2
    I would like to suggest to read the book " Pay-Per-Click Search Engine Marketing" Handbook by Boris and Eugene Mordkovic for most advance PPC strategies and recommendation, and for Web Hosting directories I consider webhostdir.com is the best.
    Thanks, ill try find and read that eBook, I assume you read it and found it very useful ?

    I am registered at webhostdir.com and need to deposit $100 in to my account to tart premium listings. But how effective are they. How many new customers do you gain from them (if you are willing to share this information) ?
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    Google Adwords, most of this Hosting Directory's is just waste of money

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    Web Hosting directories usually have a limited targeted audience, they are usually owned by the host provider itself. I think that it's far better to look for other cost effective way for advertising with proper planning.

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    In addition to Google Adwords (which I already use), what other PPC SE would you suggest (other than goClick.com) ?

    Theres so many out there.
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    Google Adwords and WebHostdir.com

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    Tony, I dont mean to rain on your parade but I felt tt I have to chime in.

    If you have experienced an extremely high ROI advertising on a particular site or in a particular niche, would you share it with others who asked the question "Where is the best place to advertise?" on WHT?. No offence to anyone really but pls take everything here with a pinch of salt. Most of what you are going to read about is a person's 2nd best tip at best.
    Nobody in their right mind will sacrifice their major cash cow.

    Just a lil something for you to ponder for the day.
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    Maybe someone who had a succesful hosting business, recently sold it, and is now retired, could help though. I'm day dreaming, I know.

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    Originally posted by steven-v
    Google Adwords, most of this Hosting Directory's is just waste of money
    You might also want to check out http://www.adbrite.com/ . They're pretty huge and I've visited a lot of sites that use their service.

    I rarely see a poor review of Google Adwords and have heard many success stories from web hosts and other companies. However, all of the success stories include a mention that they had to put a fair amount of time to find those keywords that worked the best for them.

    Going with a service like Adwords is definitely going to be a lot more work than using a hosting directory. Good luck tonymaclennan1.
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    We've had a lot of luck with FindMyHosting.com, I think web hosting search directories are your best bet, however, you need to use them to target a specific audience.
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    I think that word of mouth advertising leaves all others behind. Serve your customers well and let them advertise for you.
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    I agree with you Auracletech.
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    Yes, word of mouth have major influence on consumer behavior, as per the survey from planet feedback poll it has showed 61 percent of consumers trusted word-of-mouth.

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    I agree 100% Word of Mouth can be the cheapest way of advertising. but you have to keep your customers happy in order to get that good advertising. Try an affiliate program once you get your customer base to build up your customer base also.

    There are plenty of Hosting Directories out there to try out.

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    Whatever you do, do your best.
    Word of mouth does much more than you might think and of course affiliate program will help too.
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    I agree, word of mouth is great. It works even better if you offer a referral program along with it

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    Totally agree here

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    PPC is good if you have alot of money to invest in it. Especially with web hosting (very saturated keywords), it is going to be hard to get any results. Just my experience and opinion.

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    Magazine can work if you have frequency....it costs quite a bit per issue usually a 1/4 page will run you $3k

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