With all the literature and advice from all corners, i find internet to be the driving force in advertising.
In kenya we have seen several online marketing platform including ours www.eastafricanized.com

How does one manage to drive traffic to their website given the fact that most of them give free advert space and therefore do not make much money to run advert campaigns on other media.

Lastly, is this trend sustainable in the long term? Currently there are more than 10 advert site in kenya alone.

Content and more content though it is not easy to keep posting every day. And of course linking make the day, to creating more traffic.

Be relevant then try PAY-PER-CLICK for east Africans only!

Content IS key. Add real (not your own perceived) product value and excellent/timely service. These will be the basic ingredients of your online success. Most sites only get one of these right and write-off the other two factors.

That said... i believe you can consider making the following adjustments to your site;
- please don't display any stock/service that you are currently not providing.
http://www.eastafricaniz...2&adspostedhere=Yes

- you need to focus on a few core products (common to member states of the EA region) and then diversify from there. As opposed to going wide from day 1. You wouldn't want to give a "jack of all trades" impression. There's nothing that'll put off first-time visitors of your site more than that.

All the best.