In an earlier post I told you how PlugIM is short for “Promote Internet Marketing”.  Today, I’m going to give you one idea of how to do just that.  Do you have a project related to internet marketing?  A website, a blog, a new software product for keyword research or search engine optimization?  Maybe you’ve written a great article or product review or started an excellent conversation in a thread at a popular internet marketing forum.  The first step is to visit PlugIM (create a free user account if you haven’t all ready) and post a link to your project along with a short summary of what your project is about.
 
Many Digg-like news sites, don’t allow self promotion.  So it’s a big no-no to post a link to your own site or blog post.  PlugIM is just the opposite.  That’s one of the main reasons we’re here, is so you can promote your own material.  The only thing we frown upon, is posting affiliate links.  Why?  Well say a hot new internet marketing product comes along offering a great commission.  Next thing we know, we have 30 links posted on PlugIM to the same product, only difference being the affiliate ID in the link.  Affiliate links will be promptly deleted, but if you have an affiliate program for your own product and you’d like to promote it, by all means, post a link directly to your affiliate program.
 
The next step is to get your PlugIM story as many plugs as possible.  Not only will this get your story to the front page (which in turn holds more visibility) it’ll also draw more attention if it has more plugs than other stories on the front page.  And it’ll be listed higher in the top stories section.  Also our newsletter contains the most recent top story links.  What’s the best way to get plugs?  Ask for them!  Let’s say you posted a great internet marketing blog entry.  At the bottom of the post, include a link to your PlugIM story with a note saying “Did you enjoy this story? If so, plug it for me, at PlugIM”.  Or if you have a hot discussion going on an internet marketing forum, post a link to the PlugIM story in the thread to let everyone know they should go plug the thread.  If you’re giving away a free report to your mailing list, ask them to plug it if they like it.  If you launch a new software package, ask the customers who purchase it to plug it for you if they find it useful.
 
Not only will this help you get more exposure, it’ll also help grow the PlugIM community.  And the larger the community, the more traffic you’ll get each time you post something new on PlugIM.