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Increasing the name recognition of your business is a sometimes tough task to accomplish. One of the best ways to increase the name recognition value of your business is to have your business name repeatedly in front of your target audience. The reason many businesses put their name on little knick-knacks and gadgets and give them away to customers and prospective customers is because this type of advertising works.

Custom printed pens, totes, flying discs, mugs, candy bars, stress balls, pocketknives, and more.

If you’re in need of Trade Show Novelties or advertising and promotional giveaways, you should trust your business with Gimmees.com. They have the items you need to help you promote your business or website. Getting promotional items that are imprinted with your name and that are usable in the hands of your future customers puts your business name in front of the exact audience you’re targeting.

Putting your website address or slogan on a Tshirt is a great way to advertise your site or online business. Tshirt advertising has been around for a long time and it has proven to be quite effective over time. The problem in getting Tshirt printing done is that usually there is a setup fee involved that once you add in to the cost of the shirts makes them more expensive, especially if ordering in small quantities. That isn’t always true, because if you get your Tshirt printing done here there is no setup fee. Everyone knows that ordering printed Tshirts online is a great way to get exactly what you want. That is true now more than ever as a greater variety of Tshirt printing options are out there.

A relatively new take on site sponsorship has started being used more and it is worth discussion. Themed sponsorship is when the overall theme of a website is entirely changed and attributed to a new sponsor.

Here is an example of a recent themed sponsorship done at an online forum community:

Original theme that was in use for years:

And here is what happened when they sold off sponsorship of the theme:

Now, with themed sponsorship the changes don’t have to be as dramatic as this, but it is hard to argue that this wouldn’t get the attention of the members of that community. The only real argument is were the changes too much? Were members of the community offended by such drastic changes? And that is a hard argument to settle, although there was much discussion at this site about those things.

Themed sponsorship, if done correctly, could be a great way to reach hundreds or thousands of people devoted to a specific niche. But, it is a fine line you walk as a site owner because you don’t want to scare off your members by having them think your site is under new ownership or has been hacked. Dedicated members of a web community sometimes also don’t like to feel they are being sold something every time they open a new page.

PikPakGo has designed a new service that caters to those that are looking to rent out vacation homes and condos. In the past, advertising your vacation rental was an expensive proposition as some services would charge in the hundreds of dollars just to list your property. Now, more and more places online are allowing for much more affordable advertising of vacation rentals… and rental property in general. When people conquer the power of advertising online, it can shore up a business’s resources and allow them to advertise over a broader spectrum and be seen by more people.

Want a chance to win $50 paid directly to you through Paypal?  The people over at Blogetition are making this so easy.  Entries are accepted through February 29th and there are a number of ways to enter.  Enter here at the contest page.

Running a blog contest like this is a great way to get the word out about your blog or niche site, often the incoming links end up being worth a lot more to you than the prize you gave away.  Feel free to get creative with your prizes too… make something, give away advertising on your site, or use something sitting around your house… of course like they are probably finding out right now, cash gets a good response.

Advertising and marketing your website can seem like a daunting task. How much will it cost? Where do I start? That’s what prompted us to throw together Our Favorite Free Ways To Advertise Your Website. In the coming days we’ll go through and explore these one-by-one, but for now… here they are (in no particular order):

1. Write and distribute press releases
2. Start a blog
3. Article submission
4. Reciprocal Links
5. Post on forums
6. Submit to directories (lots of them)
7. Add a link to your site to your email signature
8. Comment on other blogs related to your niche
9. Social bookmarking
10. Have an RSS button prominently displayed on your site
11. Banner or link exchange

For those of you that are interested in vintage autos, trucks, and other vehicles; Jeff Lilly Restorations has hit the web with a great site. Tons of great car information and some beautiful photos of cars they’ve restored (like their totally unbelievable Corvette Restoration). They’re slogan is “We Build Trend Setting Street Rods”, and one look in their gallery proves it. They have other great features on their site like pictorial tours of their shops, information on shipping, and even past articles written about Jeff Lilly Restorations in major automobile publications. A very effective website built for their needs, other sites could take note of that.