5 Nifty Ways to Use Fiverr to Grow Your Business

Fiverr’s been around since February 2010 & is very rapidly becoming an invaluable outsourcing tool for many online marketers.

Now if you haven’t heard of Fiverr before, it’s basically a site where people will place ads for services that they’ll provide for $5…& you’ll be very surprised at some of the unusual services that get listed!

There are literally thousands of different services & service providers listing on Fiverr so it’s a really nifty way to get some excellent work done for a measly $5 – things like graphics, articles, link building & much more!

I’d heard Fiverr being talked about on forums for quite a while before I eventually took the plunge & started using it about 4 or 5 months ago, and now I wouldn’t be without it.


 
1. Amazing Website Graphics

Want to get some cool graphics done for your site? Maybe a new header design, some banners to help promote your affiliate program or an ebook cover.

For $5, these guys will design you great website graphics. Personally, I’ve used designerhash for a few jobs recently and been very happy with their work, but there’s several others out there that look pretty darn good too!

How about a professional ebook cover?


 
 
2. Powerful Press Releases

Press releases are a very worthwhile way to build some high quality backlinks to your site & hopefully even get some interest from the media. Yes, by submitting a well worded, effective press release, it’s quite possible that you might be contacted by a TV or radio station, newspaper or magazine for some further promotion!

Now if you’re not too sure how to go about writing your press release, this person will write one for you for $5.


 
 
3. Harness the Power of Social Media With Facebook Fan Pages

These people will design some great looking custom graphics for your Facebook fan page landing page for your business.


 
 
4. Promote Your Business Online With Video

Video on the net is HOT these days – many people would rather watch a video than read text. Make a great impression on your new customers with a killer intro video on your site.

Get a professionally done, short promotional video for just $5!

Have some else submit your video to some of the top video sharing sites on the net for extra exposure.


 
 
5. Search Engine Optimisation – Driving More Traffic to Your Site

Now SEO services are something you need to be a bit careful of on Fiverr. There are some really great gigs that can help your site immensely in the search engine rankings, but there are also some gigs that could seriously damage your site.

Basically, I would be very careful signing up for any service on Fiverr that provides backlinks direct to your money or main site…but it can be very useful for building links to your Tier 1 or 2 sites (sites you’ve built to provide backlinks to your main site), which will still in turn pass on some very powerful link juice to your main site.

Get articles written for your site…

Now this SEO service doesn’t look too bad – almost 1400 reviews, most of them positive – might even give it a try on some of my Adsense sites.


 
 
Here’s Some of the Slightly More Weird & Wonderful Services You’ll Find…


 
Are you starting to get lots of ideas pop into your head? The amount of work you can get done through Fiverr is nothing short of amazing!

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Vince October 26, 2011 at 3:23 pm

Hi Rachel,

I used Fiverr in the past (after listening to an interview of the founder) to make cartoon drawings from family photos but did think of using the service to promote my website.

I also came across a talented graphic designer who made a few website headers for me. For just $5 he provided 3 different designs and I could ask him for minor changes. Very positive experience.

Great post! I will check back at Fiverr soon.

Cheers,

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admin October 27, 2011 at 7:38 am

Great to hear :) . I was actually thinking about putting the cartoon drawings in the post, but ran out of time, so I’m glad you mentioned it!

I know some people have used Fiverr to get cartoon drawings done of well known people in their niche (eg. for a Top 5 or Top 10 list) & then made a post on their blog with the cartoon pictures and a bit about each person. They then contact the well known person, and let them know about the post and let them have the rights to use the caricature of them for anything they’d like. Now people like being included in a Top 5 or Top 10 list (appeals to the ego :) ) & the cartoon drawing adds a unique twist to it so usually what happens is they end up promoting the post for you!

This can provide a very nice boost of traffic and links to your site…something I reckon I might try out soon.

Cheers

Rach

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