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1. Internet Marketing Strategies - The Yahoo! Answers Strategy
The third technique in effective website
promotion is through the use of a simple “who
would ever thought of” tool – the Yahoo!
Answers feature of Yahoo. Launched in 2005,
this question and answer community site
allows people to ask questions and have them
answered by other users in the environment.
Its feature makes it an ideal ground for selling
promotion to your brand and website. It is
surely one of those fantastic places to visit where we could get that instant exposure to
potential visitors and yes, customers. And of course why not utilize this feature? Yahoo!
Answers breeds countless numbers of internet users from all around the world. If you are
looking for an ideal marketplace to promote or sell your website, Yahoo! Answers is the
place.
Located via the URL www.answers.yahoo.com , the site contains all the possible
questions ever conceived by the human mind. Well some might not seem human at all, or
dumb for short, but you may still consider using this tool wisely. How does it work? Here
is a simple step to utilize this feature.
1. First type in www.answers.yahoo.com and once inside the site, click on the new
user sign up link.
2. Upon clicking the button, you will be asked to enter in your personal information,
given that you have no yahoo mail account yet. Then after putting in all the
details, click the Create My Account button. By then you are ready to go!

2. 3. Once registered, you may now post your strategic questions. Or if you want, try to
look for questions posted in the environment that are somewhat related to your
website or brand. Meaning to say, considering your goal to attract more visitors
and potential customers to your website, you may want to spot for the needs
around. Once you find that question, you may post your humble answer there.
4. Oops! don’t forget to attach your website link to your post. Without this move,
you will not be able to promote your product or brand and you will waste that
opportunity to advance your way up in the marketplace. One of the most
surprising truths about this is that most of the users in Yahoo! Answers don’t have
marketing and promotions in their mind. You may only find few users who did
attached some links to their own sites, which means to say that you are among the
first to wisely realize the tremendous benefits of using the Yahoo! Answers tool.
So here is fast run-through example. Let’s say you own a website about guitars and you
want to have it promoted fast, then you may sign in to Yahoo! Answers and post a
question like, “Where can I buy good guitars?” then since it will be posted in the forum,
others may give their own advices and tips. But then as a business-minded person, you
may post an answer like, “Hey I have found a good place to buy good guitar. It’s in
www.yourguitarguru.com.” Now what you just did there was you’ve nailed a link in your
website link for others to see, thus, generating more visitors to your website. You can
also search for questions related to your topic. For example, a question posted by an
unknown user says, “Where can I get online tutorials for the guitar?” Here you may put
in your humble answer in the post and also add the link of your website there. Don’t
forget - post and link. These and many other ways you can do in the Yahoo! Answers tool
to generate more traffic and visitors to your page. Cheers to your success.