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By Wiredwizard   Location, location, location. The number one rule in buying advertising. Well where do you point your marketing efforts online isn't the location the internet? Contrary to public perception no its not. For instance services and products that target web designers and programmers may be more effective on Google then Aol most of thoes people have broadband and dont use dial up services. Another example would be someone selling a service for designers would have better results targeting Mac forums etc.. ( alot of designeres prefer Macs ).   Determing where to concentrate your efforts is tricky business. You need to 1st of all be honest to yourself as to who your core market will be. I have a friend that sells tin toys and he fancys that his core market are tin toy collectors. After taking a look at his web analitics and his sales reports I can tell you that his core market is older generation that  are buying nostalgic gifts for...

Email Marketing is a form of direct marketing in which a commercial message or an email newsletter is sent to a list of interested audience through electronic mail. It is similar to sending direct mail except that sending emails is much easier and less expensive. Whether a growing organization or an established firm, email marketing offers a cost effective way to keep in touch with the customers and build a loyal base of customers. Increase traffic to Your Website One of the hardest things to do in internet is attracting traffic to a website. Though search engine optimizations can bring visibility to your website, just the traffic does not make profit. You should have a strong marketing strategy to convert the traffic into customers. Email marketing is the best way to sustain the interest of the people who visit your website and make them do business with you. By sending regular newsletters with quality content, people will be compelled to visit your website to know more...

So how about a few ideas on getting the all important new clients or as I like to call it being able to eat as a freelance web designer.   I think a lot of times we miss the simple ideas weather its because were trying to keep up with the latest technologies or chasing agter the all too familar clent that has failed to pay there invoice. Finding new clients can get a little frustrating. so here are a few Ideas   1. Freelace Web Design Sites -- Put it in google if you need some examples. Very usefull if your hungry. On the plus side there is lots of work and its all freelace. The down side your competting with designers and developers all over the world so bids are really way lower then what you would normally do the work for.   2. Classifide Ads -- Sites like craigslist and backpage are great places to make freash contacts. Keep your web design ads simple and honest. I see alot of fancy image ads and so forth. My own experace - I list ads as Memphis Web...