I'm not skilled at too many things .... but making things (your business) easy to remember and marketable, that I'm pretty good at. I think it started because my middle name is Ian, making my initials DIG. With that, somehow I got into creativity and acronyms.

Our 516Ads.com. Long Island Advertising/Community Network is growing. Our foundation is community and commerce. Support and provide the community with the pertinent information they need, while supplying Long Island business with creative affordable advertising strategies. At 516Ads.com, we like to give you the best. More than anything else our ad strategy is long term, affordable advertising and providing business with excellent resources and information. Below please find some Ad Tips to help you better market and promote your services.

Ad tip #1- An oldie, but a goodie. Keep it simple. Lets use 516Ads.com as an example. 516 is the area code for Nassau County Long Island. Ads is for advertising. 516Ads.com - Nassau County/Long Island advertising. Same goes for 631Ads.com, Suffolk County Long Island. One simple name tells you so much. It's easy to remember. Keep it simple. Make your domain name easy to remember.

Why? When you have a easy name to remember, all of your other advertising is more effective and less expensive. I don't know about you, but where I live, area business, the fence guy, the paint guy will put out signs, promoting their services (I applaud and support their effort), however cars passing by at 10 MPH, never mind 50MPH aren't remembering their phone number as they pass by. However if you have a name like 631Ads or 777LIMOS, they have a far better chance of remembering. From a money standpoint, all of a sudden you don't need to take out big display ads to get your point across, you can take out smaller ads. Additionally a print ad reader, similar to driver probably won't remember your phone number, but with a easy to remember name, down the road, when they finally need your services, they have a better chance of remembering you.

Ad tip #2 - I don't know what it's like in other areas, but networking, bringing business people together, with the hope of building business relationships is excellent advertising of your services. I won't lecture you, it's simple. Build business relationships ... start networking. If they don't have it in your area. Start your own. For Long Islanders and New Yorkers, my thought is you can never have enough resources of networking events. It's up to you to choose which ones are best. Below are two FREE resources to area networking events. MeetUp.com is an excellent networking tool. If you use it for nothing else, use it to get a list of usually over a thousand area events. Another excellent networking tool is b2bnetevents.com. Simply, a calendar filled with event information.


Ad tip #3- If you're on a tight budget, even if you're not, often webpages, is a better option than websites. It's less expensive, has easier upkeep and 80% of internet users don't leave the home page. Make your webpage special. Every business should have a web presence. I think the importance of a fancy website is exaggerated. Think of a website/ webpage as a communication/ contact page for people to reach you. For 98% of businesses, that's what it is.

Keep your ads simple, network, webpages is an excellent alternative to web sites. Hope this helps. - David 516Ads.com 516-547-4018