{"id":352,"date":"2006-09-23T21:57:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-24T05:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ubertor.com\/?p=352"},"modified":"2022-10-14T00:07:20","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T07:07:20","slug":"the-8-free-things-every-site-should-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ubertor.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/23\/the-8-free-things-every-site-should-do\/","title":{"rendered":"The 8 Free Things Every Site Should Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marketing Guru Seth Godin <a href=\"http:\/\/sethgodin.typepad.com\/seths_blog\/2006\/09\/the_8_free_thin.html\">posted a list in his blog<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/sethgodin.typepad.com\/seths_blog\/2006\/09\/the_8_free_thin.html#trackback\">tonight titled<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/sethgodin.typepad.com\/seths_blog\/2006\/09\/the_8_free_thin.html\">The 8 Free Things Every Site Should Do<\/a>.  (he also made a Squidoo lens for it)  He includes 3 rules:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Rule #1: If you have a site, you want more traffic.<br \/>\nRule #2: You don&#8217;t have enough money to buy as much traffic as you need.<br \/>\nRule #3: You&#8217;ve already made your site as compelling as you know how to.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>His list is a little technical for the average real estate professional so I figured I would post my own.<\/p>\n<p>The 8 Free Things Every Site Should Do (in no particular order)<br \/>\n1. Post listing to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Craigslist.org\">Craigslist.org<\/a> with a hyperlink back to your website<br \/>\n2. Build a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.squidoo.com\/\">Squidoo<\/a> lens (here&#8217;s mine)<br \/>\n3. Issue a Press Release<br \/>\n4. Google Analytics &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/analytics\/\">signup<\/a>, monitor your sites progress<br \/>\n5. Comment on other blogs with a link back to your site (good quality comments, don&#8217;t comment just to do it)<br \/>\n6. Write a blog<br \/>\n7. Add a signature to your email that contains your web address (emails tend to get forwarded all over the place)<br \/>\n8. Signup for and participate in <a href=\"http:\/\/activerain.com\/\">ActiveRain.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div data-counters='1' data-style='square' data-size='regular' data-url='https:\/\/www.ubertor.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/23\/the-8-free-things-every-site-should-do\/' data-title='The 8 Free Things Every Site Should Do' class='linksalpha_container linksalpha_app_3'><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='facebook' class='linksalpha_icon_facebook'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='twitter' class='linksalpha_icon_twitter'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='googleplus' class='linksalpha_icon_googleplus'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='mail' class='linksalpha_icon_mail'><\/a><\/div><div data-position='' data-url='https:\/\/www.ubertor.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/23\/the-8-free-things-every-site-should-do\/' data-title='The 8 Free Things Every Site Should Do' class='linksalpha_container linksalpha_app_7'><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='facebook' class='linksalpha_icon_facebook'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='twitter' class='linksalpha_icon_twitter'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='googleplus' class='linksalpha_icon_googleplus'><\/a><a href='\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/share?network='mail' class='linksalpha_icon_mail'><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marketing Guru Seth Godin posted a list in his blog tonight titled &#8211; The 8 Free Things Every Site Should Do. (he also made a Squidoo lens for it) He includes 3 rules: Rule #1: If you have a site, you want more traffic. 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