Holding a contest will be of little use if nobody comes to know about the contest being held on your website. Here are ways to promote your contest:
1. Announce your contest on your website index page, major traffic pages or even All pages of your website if you can manage that with ease. The point here is that if a visitor visits a certain page of your website through a link from a search engine or from another website, he/she should not leave the website without any clue of the contest being held.
2. Announce your contest to your lists, newsletters or ezines, if you have any.
3. Announce your contests on networking forums and newsgroups in appropriate places. Please take care not to spam.
4. Update your email signature and add a one-line description and a link to your contest page.
5. Post your contest details on the following contest sites. You can post on all these sites for free, but for just a few more dollars, you can consider a paid listing which will multiply the visibility of your ad and thus, the traffic generated.
List of Contest Sites to promote your contest:
http://www.cashnetsweeps.com/
http://www.contesthound.com/
http://www.online-sweepstakes.com/
http://www.contestformoms.com/
http://www.contestguide.com/
http://www.sandysrealm.com/
http://www.contestalley.com/
http://www.grandmajam.com/
http://www.cyber-sweeps.com/
http://www.prizetower.com/
http://www.sweepstakesonline.com/
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Before you decide on placing advertisements on other websites, go through the following information on the various types of advertising. Mostly, all small to medium websites will clearly mention on a separate page (dedicated to information on advertising) the different types of advertising and advertising spots that they have to offer. Here are the most commonly used types:
Banner Advertising
Banners are placed on various spots on the pages of the website. Yours may be the only banner placed or it might be rotated in the same spot along with other banners i.e. your banner will be shown to alternate visitors or every 3rd, 4th or 5th visitor depending upon the number of banners being rotated.
Banners will be different shapes and sizes depending upon the various spots available for advertising.
Text Advertising
Your text link along with a description will be placed in particular spots. Text links can be in the form of classified ads placed on a separate page reserved for the purpose, as a listing in a shopping or resources directory, or as a featured or sponsored link on a relevant page. For e.g. a text link for a website selling flowers may be placed as a sponsored link on a page containing information about flowers, flower arrangements etc. There may also be other forms of displaying text ads such as Featured Site of the Month or Website in Spotlight etc.
Run of Site Advertising
Your banners or text ads will be placed on all pages of the website. Some websites will even rotate 2-3 different banners (for your advertisement) to break monotony.
Advertising on a Particular Page or Section
As opposed to run of site ads, your ad will only be placed on a particular page or all pages on one particular section or channel. The content on websites is usually categorized into various sections or channels. If you sell finance or mortgage deals, the Money or Finance sections of websites will expose your ad to your target audience. Similarly, if you sell home-decor products, the Home or Family type sections will give you best exposure.
Pop-Ups and Pop-Unders
Your website advertisement will pop-up in a new, usually smaller sized window (browser). If the advertisement pops above the page of the website, it is called a pop-up. If it pops behind the website, it is called a pop-under.
This form of advertising is flexible enough to accommodate graphical images, real media animations as well as a complete HTML page as an ad. Since the entire browser in which the ad will be displayed will be dedicated to your ad, you can choose to display only a large graphic or even an entire HTML page.
About the Author:
Lata Tokhi is a successful website publisher with a network of popular websites. She shares her internet success secrets with you at
Visit some of her other popular websites at , a Home & Lifestyle website and an online community and , a complete Holiday portal.