What is the best way?

**Sandeep Chougule** · 06-Sep-16, 12:36 PM

What is the best way to promote your small business online?

**ebrahimsraha** · 22-Feb-17, 06:29 PM

you may use google adward paid one and keep one going to add unique things people will find it for sure

**SilverNodashi** · 23-Feb-17, 12:45 PM

simple. register on some random forum, add some random posts. And a couple months later, register another account and reply to your own posts. Like it was done here

**PlatinumWealth.co.za** · 25-Feb-17, 11:29 AM

Originally Posted by Sandeep Chougule

What is the best way to promote your small business online?

Start with word of mouth in your surrounding community then mail press releases everywhere then adwords then done

@DaveA how did you start this forum btw?

**JinkyS** · 04-Apr-17, 09:48 AM

You can use google adwards, SEO or promote your business on Social Media sites

**PlatinumWealth.co.za** · 04-Apr-17, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by JinkyS

You can use google adwards, SEO or promote your business on Social Media sites

Define SEO

**grayson** · 05-Apr-17, 04:18 AM

SEO = search engine optimization.

To put it simply, if you do SEO well, you can be on top of google page search when people look for the kind of products you (and other sellers) offer.

**Dave A** · 05-Apr-17, 05:44 AM

What are adwards?
(Seeing they have come up twice now).

**PlatinumWealth.co.za** · 05-Apr-17, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by grayson

SEO = search engine optimization.

To put it simply, if you do SEO well, you can be on top of google page search when people look for the kind of products you (and other sellers) offer.

Not in 2017 no. SEO will help to a point, but the landscape is very different now compared to 2014.

**GielTettelaar** · 23-Aug-17, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by PlatinumWealth.co.za

Not in 2017 no. SEO will help to a point, but the landscape is very different now compared to 2014.

Depends though. SEO is definitely different, a lot different from 2014, but it's definitely still worth doing. It's just nowhere near as easy as adding some keywords and then you're at the top of Google. Things such as structured data will still get you higher on Google's ranking.

The main difference is that it requires a lot more research than that it did a couple of years ago - which I find is why people generally struggle with it. Either because consultancy is too expensive or the time required is too much.