4 ways to market your business online?

I love it. Try these. Most are FREE

http://www.swaggerspot.com - free newsletter and way more
http://www.craigslist.com - most things are free
http://www.rushfun.com - target a specific group
http://www.myspace.com - target over 200 million people
http://r.yuwie.com/website - target over 300,000 people

http://www.google.com - adwords
http://www.youtube.com - make a video to promote

blogs like http://iraqiwarvote.blogspot.com - example of blogs

Add to that forum posting, blog commenting, social bookmarking, etc.

My opinion is don't just rely on one method in marketing. You should try free ads, forum posting, especially in your niche.

Originally Posted by dame M

I would like to hear people's opinion. I recently opened a small boutique in Manhattan, NY and want to know what are the free ways to market or advertise my business on line. I use Craigslist and CitySearch, but no such luck. Is their a website like myspace that can attract local shoppers?

You can start with keyword research using Google's keyword tool. You should target the local possible words pertaining to your business. After you have these keywords you can write articles (or outsource it) and submit to article directories and they can rank well in search engines.

Doing this can give you a boost in traffic as people in your area are using internet that much.

Article Writing and Submission
Article submission is a very powerful tool for search engine optimization. anybody with a good knowledge and skill in the use of article writing can make of it one of the best SEO devices, and a traffic generating tool in no time. The main aim of article submission the placement and use of strategic links to the target pages.

Press Release Submission
SEO press releases can bring you first-page visibility for your keywords very quickly. Sometimes, you can take over multiple spots on the first page of Google for your keywords.

Following are the best ways to market your business online

Set your business profile
Get your business cards
Ask for work or leads
Put videos of your products on you tube
Learn to ask for referrals
Run a contest

I think that the only good way to increase the traffic is the SMO.. Use Twitter, Facebook for the same

You can simply start promoting your local business on Facebook. Facebook is really very powerful for promotion and its even more effective for local promotion or sales.