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| 4 Ways To Build Website Traffic | Views: 469 |
| Oct 11, 2005 1:08 am | | 4 Ways To Build Website Traffic | # |
Cathy Qazalbash | | 4 Ways To Build Website Traffic
Getting website traffic is one of the most challenging
parts of running a web based business. Your website is like
a bricks and mortar store and building targeted traffic to
it is how you will get warm ready to buy customers, at a
relatively cheap price. You can have a beautiful attractive
store with products/services that are highly desirable but
without a steady stream of quality visitors you cannot
succeed.
In order to gain truly targeted visitors you need several
ways to do it. Building traffic is your primary goal when
you first make your website. Here are 4 ways to get highly
interested and ready to buy visitors to your site and
achieve your ultimate goal, selling your prod/service:
1. Search engines
2. Pay-Per-clicks & Google Adwords
3. Linking to related sites
4. Article distribution.
Submitting your site to the search engines will bring
visitors who have been searching for your products or
services to your website. They will be more willing to buy
than those that you have reached by direct marketing
(advertising) because they were specifically looking for
your product/service.
Pay-Per-Click engines: The visitors that come to your site
by this means will be highly targeted, because they have
looked you up with a specific targeted keyword. This is a
good relatively cheap way to build quality traffic to your
site. Mass submission of 50+ keywords at low bidding pieces
can achieve your purpose.
Linking to related sites is a free effective traffic
builder. Be careful to be very sure that the sites you link
to are related and not your competitors. They should not be
offering the same product but complimentary ones. Avoid
link farms and sites that have little or no traffic.
Distributing articles: This is a powerful way to bring very
interested potential customers to your site. I have
personally seen very good results with this form of
promotion. Within a month of submitting my info article
with my small bio, I saw a significant rise in traffic to
my websites and even a couple of clients. Never
underestimate the power of info articles. People love
information and will visit your site with a good mindset.
These exact same methods have helped me to build up my
website traffic and get warm ready to buy visitors. Because
your visitors are so targeted you will begin to see sales
with relatively little traffic, and build your website into
a high converting store front.
Diversifying your traffic building techniques will ensure
you have the maximum chances of getting the warm ready to
buy customers you need for your successful business.
Article written by Cathy Qazalbash
Freelance writer/copywriter
http://advertise-your-business.com
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| Oct 12, 2005 2:53 pm | | re: 4 Ways To Build Website Traffic | # |
devika kataria | | thanx cathy for the writing one of the most amazing and informatice articles i have ever read.one of my friends is starting an online business soon and im sure your ideas will be of great help.way to go! Private Reply to devika kataria |
| Oct 12, 2005 7:40 pm | | re: re: 4 Ways To Build Website Traffic | # |
Cathy Qazalbash | | Hi Devika,
I am glad you liked the article. if you or your friend need any help, please let me know. We are here to help each other
Cathy
http://advertise-your-business.com
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| Oct 13, 2005 4:18 pm | | re: 4 Ways To Build Website Traffic | # |
Tracey Paradiso | | Thank you, Cathy. The one way I've had success in generating traffic is by sending out regular articles on behalf of clients.
Quick PR tip: Get yourself on a schedule with news releases - at least one a month - to help you generate an online presence. It won't happen overnight, but over time when people enter your area of expertise or your name into a search engine, you'll be amazed at the amount of links that pop up.
I'm very curious about search engines, Cathy. If I've been advised correctly, I understand it takes two months for a website to be acknowledged by a search engine -- and if you make even one small change to the home page, the two month process starts all over again. Is that true?
Two, I've been told that search engines "read" web pages from left to right in columns, so your first column of copy should be chock-full of key words. Is that so?
I welcome any other tips on what to me is a perplexing topic.
Best always,
TraceyPrivate Reply to Tracey Paradiso |
| Oct 13, 2005 6:51 pm | | re: re: 4 Ways To Build Website Traffic | # |
Bill Dugan | | Hi Tracey,
No expert here, but I have had some success getting listed with Google by taking advantage of the Google Site Map program. Google spidered my website within 24 hours of submitting a "Google Site Map".
You can get the Google info first-hand here:
http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login
I installed a free script on my website and followed their instructions to create the site map (relatively painless). You can find the script and instructions here:
http://enarion.net/google/phpsitemapng/
I only check on this discussion board a couple of times a week, but if you have any questions about how to use these resources, I would do my best to answer.
Bill DuganPrivate Reply to Bill Dugan |
| Oct 13, 2005 9:37 pm | | re: re: re: 4 Ways To Build Website Traffic | # |
Steven Boaze | |
Just a quick note...
I'll agree with Bill's recommendation about
utilizing Google Site Maps.
Also if you want to get into Yahoo quicker,
setup a free Yahoo account, and setup a
profile with all your site links. Yahoo
spiders itself and will index your site(S)
quicker than submitting.
Steven BoazePrivate Reply to Steven Boaze |
| Oct 13, 2005 10:31 pm | | re: re: 4 Ways To Build Website Traffic | # |
Cathy Qazalbash | | Hi Tracy,
I have found that once you are indexed by the engines they do not put you back to square one when you change content on your main page.
For a long time search engines were a deep mystery to me too. However over the years I have made friends with some. I find if you submit on a regular basis you do rise up. I have obtained a #1 position with yahoo but google has always been a problem. The person who helped me the most to unravel the mystery is Ken Evoy. His formular is simple. Optimized content! Visitors love it and so do search engines. Yahoo and Alta vista in particular.
Make your 1st paragraph your best because many engines only read the 1st paragraph not column of your website. Do not overdo the keywords this will harm you.
You are right about the articles. This is the best and most effective piece of promotion I ever did, giving me lots more traffic and clients within a month of putting out my articles.
Steven put me straight on the meta tags. Thank you Steven and Bill for your wisdom on Google. I may yet get this troublesome engine in control.
Cathy Q
freelance writer/copywriter
http://advertise-your-business.com
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| Oct 16, 2005 5:13 pm | | re: re: re: 4 Ways To Build Website Traffic | # |
devika kataria | | thanks for the article once again and if i need more help i now know whom to contact! Private Reply to devika kataria |
| Nov 03, 2005 5:39 am | | re: re: re: 4 Ways To Build Website Traffic | # |
VicToria Freudiger | | Goodness gracious. By the time I read all I needed to do to set up for the free google networking tool, my head was swimming and my pc was screaming alert. I am just not looking at the same thing you guys are? I'd still like to add this to my (network) sites but now am cautious.
regards,
VicToria Freudiger
Entry Way Publishing
http://www.entrywaymarketing.com
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| Nov 04, 2005 5:26 pm | | re: re: re: re: 4 Ways To Build Website Traffic | # |
Donna Evans | | Hi,
These are all great tips. You should also remember to promote your site off-line. I have worked with clients who think that just putting their website up should bring them lots of contacts, and that isn't necessarily so. I have a whole list of ways to promote off-line and will try and get it posted later today. But wherever you have your business name and phone number, include your website address! I have one client that does not even put his website address in his ads - that is very frustrating.
Donna
http://www.gizmocreations.com Private Reply to Donna Evans |
| Nov 05, 2005 1:59 am | | re: re: re: re: 4 Ways To Build Website Traffic | # |
Bill Dugan | | Hello VicToria,
I have found an easier way to create the sitemap. This online tool will create the code for a Google Sitemap - but only for 10 page URLs -. Once you see the code, it is fairly easy to add more pages (although, it can be time consuming if you have lots of pages).
You will find the online tool here:
http://www.sawpit.net/home/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=52&MMN_position=82:82
Once you have created the sitemap, upload it to your root directory on the server.
Then register with Google Sitemaps and let them know that it is there.
http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login?sourceid=gsm&subid=us-et-aslgt
Doing it this way, you do NOT have to install any script on your server - which may overcome some of that caution.
I hope this helps.
BillDuganPrivate Reply to Bill Dugan |
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