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Except the basic Social medias (Facebook,pinterest and twitter), What are the alternatives where i can advertise my services?

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Good question, . Several replies (notably , , and ) covered the obvious social and visual communities; below are practical alternatives and a short, actionable framework for choosing and testing channels that won’t spread you too thin.

  • Owned channels: build an email list and a content hub (blog, resources, tools). These give repeatable reach and let you control the message and conversion funnel.
  • Intent channels: paid search and focused SEO attract people actively looking to buy or hire. Prioritize tight, single-purpose landing pages.
  • Community channels: niche Slack/Discord groups, specialist forums and Q&A sites, developer hubs or industry mailing lists—participate first, promote second.
  • Content partnerships: guest posts, curated newsletters, syndication and sponsored placements in industry roundups reach targeted audiences without relying on big social platforms.
  • Audio & events: podcast guesting, webinars and local meetups drive engaged leads.
  • Marketplaces, directories and referral partners: claim listings, gather reviews and set up simple affiliate or referral deals.

Pick 1–2 of the above based on where your customers spend time and the content you can produce. Run a 2–4 week pilot with a clear KPI (cost-per-lead or CPL), a single CTA, and a dedicated landing page. Instrument UTM tags and conversion tracking. If you get impressions but no clicks, test headline/creative and targeting. If you get clicks but no conversions, simplify the landing page, match messaging to the ad, and reduce form friction.

Combine community-focused advice from and with owned assets so you capture the traffic you earn. For creatives, the curated industry roundups and portfolio syndication mentioned are useful complements. Respect each community’s rules—add value before asking for business—and double-check current privacy/opt-in rules before running email or paid campaigns.

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Member Avatar for JonnyP

Well it depends on your niche, if it's visual for example there are a lot more sites like pinterest that can help, if it's tech/internet related, g+ can help a lot, instagram is a great one to try too

Member Avatar for Deepanshu_1

If you want additional advertising platform, make efforts in LinkedIn, YouTube, SlideShare, Reddit, Stubleupon and Quora.

Member Avatar for OtisGross

For image rich sites, Pinterest, Instagram is recommended. If you have a specific niche for your business, you can try looking for communities or forums and gain engagement through interacting with them. Gooogle+ is also recommended for it is one of the fast growing online community with a lot of interesting features.

Member Avatar for PhoemelaJackson

Major Sites would be Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Googleplus
Youtube for video marketing. Creat PDF and upload them to slideshare and issuu.
Share it to stumbleupon,reddit and other social bookmarking sites.

Member Avatar for PhoemelaJackson

Do SEO with great keywords (creating quality backlinks for your website).
Have a social media (Facebook, Twitter, Gplus, Pinterest) and share it there.
Find niche social media sites where you can post your products like Chictopia an

Member Avatar for mindstreak

You can use flickr,imgur for photo promotion acivities and linkedin,youtube,stumpleupon and web 2.0 sites for alternative promotion activities

Member Avatar for Mudassir Hasan

tagged.com and tumblr.com are good sites to promote services because number of people use these sites.

Member Avatar for MaynardCoss

Tumblr and Pinterest are two most effective social media site that can help me promote my brand. I also have accounts at behance.com and dribbble.com (communities for web designers) for my web design website.

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