Congratulations! You now have your site on the World Wide Web. Your next step should be to attract as many visitors as possible to your site. To do this you will need to "advertise" or "promote" your site in as many ways as possible.

You may ask, Why do I need to advertise? Well, would you have a set of brochures printed to advertise your business and then leave them in the box without giving any out? You can think of your site as your new "Store Front", without letting people know that you are now open for business, the only visitors that you will get is your friends that you have personally told about your place.

There are two way in which you can promote your new site. 1) By submitting your pages to as many search engines as possible. 2) Traditional advertising methods not related to the Internet. I would like to talk about the ways in which you can do your advertising on the Internet. You should, of course, start listing your internet address in all your ads, letterhead, business cards, etc. And don't forget the most powerful advertising of all - WORD OF MOUTH!

NEW AGE Resources will be happy to submit your site to over 200 Internet Search Engines for the low price of $75.00. But why not save your money and do it yourself! You may just find that it is fun to do and you may learn a lot about the Web during the process. Below is just a sample of the Web sites that can help you promote your Web Site. NEW AGE Resources is not connected to these sites in any way and can not be held responsible for any of their content.

	Search Engine Watch Explains how search engines find and rank web pages, with an emphasis on what you can do to improve how search engines list your Web sites. Also provides background about search engines, tips on how to use them better, some history, and even a game to test your search engine knowledge.
	123 Promote They offer a step by step on-line tutorial of web site promotion. The site very informative and covers many topics in-depth.
	Internet Publicity Resources Steve O'Keefe's Internet Publicity Services, Chapter 12,. Many great tips and trick to promote your site.
	Virtual Promote Jim Wilson's VirtualPromote has everything. Tutorials, search engine tips, 500 sites that list sites, links to awards, etc. He even has a weekly e-mail newsletter with promotion tips and the latest and greatest things in website promotion. Not only does it have all this information, but Jim teaches it to you as well. An all around excellent promotion site. A definite must see and use.
	SitePromoter! Generate traffic for your website. The Fast, Easy, and Accurate Way to Earn Top Positioning in a Search Engine. Instantly Generate Traffic To Your Website!
	Submit It Announce your Web site to your choice of hundreds of search engines and directories. Type your information just once and automate the process of filling out directory forms. Ideal for small businesses and individuals that only need to announce a couple of Web pages.
	Exploit Submission Wizard The Wizard software program was developed to offer web users the ability to submit sites fully automatically to the ever increasing number of search engines on the net without hassle or complication, and in a fraction of the time and cost normally associated with the tedious manual or semi-automatic on-line site submission processes.

There are also sites which not only offer help in promoting your Web site, but also offer Web Marketing Magazines. Those that I have found of interest are:

	Web Digest for Marketers
	Web Marketing Today
	WebPromote Monthly

After you have listed your site with the various search engines you may wish to see how your ratings are. Make sure you give the search engines at least six weeks to get your sited listed:

http://www.rankthis.com Rank This! will tell you just how high your pages are listed in the search engines.