I have started an online gift shop, and am looking for the best and cheapest way to market, advertise and come at the top of search engine results. Also other tips for advertising outside the internet would be great. THANKS!! BTW if anyone is interested in a sneaky peek the address is http://www.giftsofwonder.co.uk its not quite finished yet, but keep it in your favourites and come back in about a week if you see anything you like :) THANKS EVERYONE!!

the best, easiest and cheapest solution would be to open an eBay store ... then you are included in eBay searches automatically .. .. plus Google searches might throw some of your items up in results. In eBay you would have your own 'store', with just your products in it. And you would get worldwide customers if you wanted them! Another alternative might be Google Clicks advertising... I put links below to get you started... Hope that helps Philip

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What about linking it into to Ebay? Everytime I search for ANYTHING at all on the net, Ebay always pops up in the top 5 searches ... Best form of advertising ever, is Word of Mouth. Perhaps you could hold a party in someone's house, prepare some leaflets and get people to take them into their work for you? Alternatively, why not contact your local newspaper and see if they are interested in running a story about "local person sets up on-line retailer" type article - link it into Mother's Day/Easter etc., etc,. Very best of luck - hope it all works out for you.

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Try craigslist , the most 7th visit site in the world for FREE classified ads. You can choose the location near your city or area, For some Keywords that are not so competitive, your ads will appear on the first page of Google. Important : Your Keywords must be in the TItle of your ads.

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