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Product Hunt:
https://www.producthunt.com/
http://www.inc.com/christine-lagorio/30-under-30-product-hunt.html

http://visualwebsiteoptimizer.com/
http://www.bttradespace.com - free advertising to over 200,000 members worldwide.
http://www.aboutus.com - Free advertising for your site.
http://www.storymanager.com
http://www.socialedge.org - Also known as skollworldforum.org - A site for debating and solving real world problem
http://www.myswaparoo.com/ - Worldwide Exchange of Goods & Services / Free to Join

http://tealium.com/
http://www.producthunt.com/

Review sites:
http://web.appstorm.net/

Google Analytics
Disqus
addthis - Social bookmarking widget
https://maitreapp.co

Google Places: is a good place to plant your flag, he said. These are free directory pages for local businesses; there are 50 million "Type in your business name in Google," he said. "If a Google Places page exists, it will show up in the results."

Google Offers: Customers are still driven by deals and Google Offers matches your business with relevant customers in your area looking for discounts. Customers prepay for these targeted discounts and small-business owners are paid a few days after the offer runs.

Google AdSense: While Google can drive customers to your business, it can also be a money maker. Small-business owners can add custom search engines to their site and earn cash from ads on the search results pages. With AdSense, entrepreneurs can also display ads that match their audience's interests on their website and earn from valid clicks or impressions.

Ad Words Express: Since many small-business owners don't have a lot of time or advertising agencies at the ready, this is a quick and simple solution. Business owners provide some basic information and Google creates their ad. Google will also manage your ad, pushing it to the right people whether they're searching on laptops or mobile devices.

Google Keyword Tool: t is all about the keyword, and it is important to select the right ones to attract the right customers to your business. This feature enables you to test-drive keyword ideas using any combination of keywords, a URL and categories. Users can compare statistics for your keywords with one or more match types at the same time. The mobile search component provides data by search volume and competition types.

Traffic Estimator: Once you perfect your keywords, you want to know how much your campaign will cost. Business owners will get a report on average estimated cost per click, total estimated clicks and total estimate costs for each keyword.

QR Codes: Quick response (QR) codes – the square bar codes that are popping up everywhere – are quickly becoming an easy and popular way for businesses to drive traffic to their website. Shoppers with smartphones are able to scan the codes, which then instantly directs them to a retailer's website. Including a QR code on the back of a business card is an easy way for small business owners to get into the QR game. Using QR codes to offer incentives – perhaps a promised coupon code to those who scan it – also increases a company's chances of having of the shopper following through. To get the most out of QR codes, many experts suggest using them to direct consumers to a special landing page rather than a business' usual homepage. This allows businesses to easily rotate the content, encouraging shoppers to keep checking back in. QR.net, Create QR Code and Microsoft offering free QR conversion services.

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