I wanted to see if I could get some peoples opinions on a subject that has come to concern me of late… I am a freelance designer and I have got most of my clients, thus far, through word of mouth/verbally, but I have recently thought of publicly advertising my website. Any insights/ideas about the best place to advertise (design/art hotspot? yellowpages/yellowpages.com? search engines?)
Anyway, any information or insight on the subject would be greatly appreciated.
Also, got some new design prints coming out soon (hopefully something you will all like)....
Thanks/Cheers,
Jerad—DesignbySolo
Bryan Davidson, 4 months ago
I’m in the same situation as you. Any listings you can get in search engines are bound to help, and having business cards you can hand out to people is another good way of verbally advertising. I’d say that the yellow pages are a good place to advertise, but personally I’d never hire someone out of the yellow pages unless I really had no other choice. If you’re getting decent business with word of mouth, it’s only going to get better.
Jeffrey Phillips, 4 months ago
have u checked ur website stats? Should tell u where all your hits are coming from. eg. redubble, facebook, any other site you are linking up with. I get a shitload of hits from ppl clicking on my avatar when i post at the drawingboard.org forums.
Jeffrey Phillips, 4 months ago
(um that posted prior to completion) – anyway i guess once you know where ur traffic is coming from you can devote ur time and resources in that direction. apart from good SEO, personally i dont think online ads are all that effective. i mean when was the last time u clicked on a banner ad..
DesignbySolo in reply to Bryan Davidson’s comment, 4 months ago
Thanks, I appreciate the advice.
DesignbySolo in reply to Jeffrey Phillips’s comment, 4 months ago
Thanks, I’ll use the stats as a starting point