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Another way to promote your website

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I was just thinking the other day that I’m going to get some business cards made up so that I can promote my websites.

I used to have cards printed out that listed my exotic pets websites so that when I’d go into a pet store that sold exotic pets I could hand out my cards to customers that I met in the store that wanted to learn more about their potential new pets care.

Now that I have a ton of blogs I might as well do something similar with business cards. It would certainly be easier to hand out a card than wait for someone to find a pen so that they could write down your website address now wouldn’t it?

Do you have business cards with your blog or website address printed on it? If so, has it helped you promote your site in any way?





Promoting your blog

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I was wondering … what kinds of things have you don’t to promote your site?

If you haven’t already, I’d recommend that you add your site to all the big search engines – Google, MSN, and Yahoo. Then get your site listed in Dmoz, Truth Laid Bear, and any a web directory that suits your sites topic.

Niche directories are great to be listed in if your website or blog is about a specific niche topic.

Another thing that I do try to try to promote my site is comment on blogs. Now, I haven’t been quite as good about this lately as I used to be, but it’s a good thing to do. Think about it. When someone is kind enough to leave a comment on your site you probably visit their blog. Especially if they’ve left a great comment. So it makes sense to visit other peoples blogs regularly and leave a comment. You should get some return traffic by doing this and if a blogger likes your site enough they might even add you to their blogroll or write a post about your site.

What else do you do to promote your site?

I need ink cartridges again?

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Honestly. How much ink to they put in ink cartridges these days? It must only be a couple of millimeters because I run out of ink so fast and I barely print anything.

Do you find that that happens with your printer too? Or have you found one that prints well but is fairly economical with it’s ink?

I know I just bought ink about two months ago. I’ve only printed a few things. How on earth could I be out of ink already. I think I’m going to purchase a big box of generic ink cartridges for my printer at an online store. That might be the only way I’ll be able to be sure I’ve always got ink when I need it.

She’s venomous but you’ll love her

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How do you know when you’ve chosen a great avatar for your blog? Well, how about when someone tells you that they like your avatar so much that they’d like to get their hair cut like it? LOL

Yep, that would be Venomous Kate. If you haven’t been to Kate’s blog yet what are you waiting for? I just love her writing style.

All of her posts are well written and once you visit her site you can’t read just one post. Before you realize it you’ll find that you’ve read several and laughed or giggled at some line or another in each post.

She’s an amusing, sarcastic, straight forward tell it like it is kind of girl. You’ll love electric venom and I’m sure you’ll love her other blog I think Therefore I blog too.

Oh and if you want to really impress her, bring her a Martini when you drop by as I think that might be one of her favorite drinks.

Find love and marriage at Lovers Planet

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I used to work in the Toronto Jewelry trade and it’s amazing how many former Russians work in the trade. My first, well only, boss was a Russian Armenian and he happened to be the son of a famous Russian basketball player. When my bosses father moved to Canada he got into the jewelry trade almost immediately and he still works in the business. They’d been involved in the jewelry trade in Russia and brought their skills to Toronto with them.

So now, when I think of Russians, I always seem to think back to my days in the jewelry trade. I remember those times fondly because I really enjoyed the people that I worked with. We got to be friends and I learned some of their language and customs.

Imagine my surprise when I visited a website called Lovers Planet that specializes in dating. Particularly matching up Russian women with potential suitors in other countries.

The woman listed in LoversPlanet.com are, in most cases, true Russian brides. They’ve listed their profiles on the site and they are hoping to hear from foreign men who are also interested in online dating and possibly marriage.

When a Russian woman applies with the dating service they undergo a short phone interview. Now, I can tell you from my experience with both Russian men and Women they are generally good people. The women are brought up to be marriage minded so it’s not at all odd to me that they would list themselves at LoversPlanet with the specific hope of finding a man they could love and eventually marry.

New members of the site are welcome to send free introduction emails to the Russian girls. The womens profiles list photographs as well so interested parties will have an idea of what the woman they are interested in looks like. The site states that most of their female members are educated, employed, computer literate and have at least a basic knowledge of English. Many of them work in the fields of marketing, banking, accounting and some are even police officers.

One feature that some of you might like is the Top one hundred Russian Bride List. I suppose this is a list of the most popular women listed on Lovers Planet.

Visit the site if you are interested in dating and getting into a serious relationship. Perhaps you’ll find a Russian woman similar to some of the ones that I met in the Jewelry trade. If you do – you’ll be a lucky guy!

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