market my website
it's one thing to have a beautiful website, it's another to get people to see it. You're now a global presence, where millions and millions of people can find you. But at the same time, you're competing with all those other websites, and too often people spend time and money building a great website, without thinking about how you're going to be found.

In general, people will not find you. It's rare that people just browse for the hell of it. THose days are over. Now people use the web for very specific reasons, and have limited time and attention spans. So you need to help them discover that you're there, and that you're worth visiting...

• publish your website in all your marketing materials, on your business cards, letterheads, and around your business premises (stickers and brochures). Include it on ads.
  
  
• get your webdesigner to design your site so that the search engines can find you and classify you correctly. There are tricks to doing this, by using hidden keywords, certain HTML heading styles, keeping your text and messages simple and focussed. Speak with your designer about these issues and make sure they understand what your mission and message is. The search engines have automatic robots that scan the internet all the time looking for new materials. They'll find your webpages. Make it easy for these robots to find out what you are marketing.
  
  
• contact other websites, local directories, and submit your website for inclusion.