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Reaching Readers While Offline
The power of the internet is at times unbelievable. We can now reach potential readers and customers through so many various means that it would be possible to spend all day at the computer networking. You may even do just that! However, with the increased use of instant communication through social networking, those who are new to the internet are still using the slower and steady forms of marketing.
Blog posts, forum participation, and professional networking are all great ways to reach potential visitors to your site–and it all happens behind the scenes while you’re offline.
Blog posts with links to your site are a great tool for drawing in free traffic. The posts stay up as long as you want them to, and direct links to them can also be shared via social networking indefinitely, with the use of permalinks.
Participating in forums is also a great way to make contacts who are truly interested in what you might have to offer. Gaining trust is important here, so you may need to be a forum member for quite some time before you will see a big return on leaving a link in your signature line.
Professional networking sites such as LinkedIn are also a great way to get the word out and drive free traffic to your site. List all your websites in your professional profile, and they’re there for anyone who joins your network to see and follow.

