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04-30-2009, 03:46 AM #1WHT Addict
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Where to advertise?
For a new hosting company starting up what are the different places one can advertise? I already know about WHT and word of mouth. PPC ads and paid links might work too. I know other forums might be a good place but am I missing some medium that is commonly used?
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04-30-2009, 05:50 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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Read this section.. There are suggestions on about 3/4 of the threads here because people do not do their own research.
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04-30-2009, 06:57 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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Local advertistments on newspapers. (make it large & eye-catching)
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04-30-2009, 07:38 AM #4Eternal Member
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04-30-2009, 05:55 PM #5WHT Addict
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Interesting idea--do most hosts including yourself prefer phsyically close accounts signing up? I always thought that since hosting was an "internet business" that neither buyer nor seller cared that much for how close a webhost is especially since most largish webhosts are obviously getting the bulk of their clientelle from around the world rather than their own zipcode.
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04-30-2009, 07:48 PM #6Eternal Member
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It really depends on your own business model. Personally, I prefer local clients, particularly small to mid size brick and mortar businesses. I prefer them over the "usual" customers found online because:
- higher degree of loyalty / less churn. They won't switch hosts to save 2 bucks a month.
- no spam, no high resource sites, no headaches.
- very low disk space / bandwidth usage.
- very few support tickets, if any.
- good source of referrals. WOM travels very well in a local community.
- will usually be willing to pay much higher prices than the "Internet shopper".
- prefers to cut a check once a year rather than monthly cc payments (so no cc charges, less bookkeeping, etc).
Generally, a business owner prefers to write a check for a few hundred bucks a year and just wants to get back to running his business. Usually, they are just brochure sites, and as long as his email is always up, you never hear from him. Perfect customer.
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04-30-2009, 08:14 PM #7Temporarily Suspended
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I agree, less tech savvy clients are willing to pay more and are more reliable. I was very surprised by the level of fraud for domain registrations.
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05-01-2009, 12:23 AM #9Web Hosting Master
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As I said, look around this running a web hosting business. You will see that most hosts prefer it. It appears you haven't done any research otherwise you would know that the most successful way to gain customers is locally, especially when first starting out. Do you really think you can compete with thousands, if not millions, of other hosts on the internet?
Look in the tutorials section too.
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First you have to decide where your target audience is based on what type of services you are offering. If you have a niche for example, you can't do general run of site advertising.
If you have a store front then local advertising may work, otherwise advertising locally may not work the best. People that buy from local in town advertisers usually want to meet.PlatinumServerManagement (also known as PSM)
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05-01-2009, 07:04 PM #12Junior Guru
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i guess it really depends on the company, as for me, its much harder to get local clients
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05-02-2009, 01:21 AM #13Junior Guru
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- Advertising your web hosting site.
- You should start from local marketing targeting your potential customers.
- Try listing yourself on web hosting directories or just use their links and add to them yourself.
- You need to become listed on popular web host directory sites.
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05-02-2009, 09:03 AM #15Eternal Member
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Getting customers locally doesn't mean they have to necessarily be in your community proper. And it doesn't mean you necessarily need to meet up with them face to face. Regardless of where you live, target your town or your city or even your state/province. Most people will consider that dealing locally, and prefer that to dealing with someone half a world away.
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05-02-2009, 09:26 AM #16Web Hosting Master
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We go to all the major cities in Texas (Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, etc.). You don't have to only deal with your specific community. If you did that you wouldn't make any money.
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05-02-2009, 09:33 AM #17Junior Guru
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That's true, but if you don't have any major city near then I can still see it being difficult. =)
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05-04-2009, 01:50 AM #19Web Hosting Master
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I advertise locally, and now I'm hitting the radio market. I will be advertising on 2 stations in my area that are listened to by many business owners, and those that just want a website. Since I sell the whole package (design, hosting) it's worth it for me to spend $1200 per month in advertising because 1/2 a client will cover that cost. I'll report my findings next month.
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it depends on the business plan, i suggest try local advt first..
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05-11-2009, 09:24 AM #23New Member
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There is lots of places you could do this, type in Google, "web hosting directories" and adds your website to the lists.
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