1_Litre_Porsche_Beater
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I have one and im looking at the million foms of online advertising, question is if any of you have had any experience with online advertising and what did you find successful for yourself or someone you know? do any of you have any suggestions or pointers where i should start?
I already know about google bombing etc
Its a online shop btw
Cheers 
[Edited on 11-12-2008 by 1_Litre_Porsche_Beater]
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nik
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Advertising online is a waste of money IMHO. My sites are really well listed on Google - One of them comes up nearly number 1, or nearly always on the first page on a world wide search for various things.
The key is good coding, keywords throughout the site, swapping links with relevant and respected web sites etc. I don't pay a penny for my advertising, and get great success 
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Cosmo
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It really depends what you are selling, as some will benefit from paid advertising (i.e. highly competitive products that are targeting a certain type of customer), where as some will benefit from putting the money into SEO and getting good placements in the search engines.
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1_Litre_Porsche_Beater
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I sell sex toys and lingerie things like that, been going since may but i've not really put any effort in but i would like to sell my other business to my partner and focus on this 100%. Its an extremly competitive market 
[Edited on 12-12-2008 by 1_Litre_Porsche_Beater]
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Nismo
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Read up on googles webmaster tips and SEO, setup google analytics and adwords, succeed with google and you will succeed in business.
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Toby
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the best form of online avdertising is well writtern websites so they come up first in search engines etc
edit: as above
[Edited on 13-12-2008 by CorsaB4ever]
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Cosmo
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Identify your target market, search about for popular websites that those people would use, and see if they offer paid advertising on their site (banner ads, sponsored forums, etc.). That will normally be cheaper than adwords and gets right to your target market.
At the end of the day though, if your website isnt one of the best out there in your market, then you'll have no chance of succeeding no matter how much you advertise - so spend your money on that before anything else if its not.
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1_Litre_Porsche_Beater
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Cheers for the advice guys
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