Get Traffic To Your Website In 3 Steps
One of the top questions asked by all new internet entrepreneurs is "How do I get more traffic to my website?!" Rightly so, as without visitors to your new domain, you can pretty much count on it failing!
The challenge is knowing where to begin when it comes to generating website traffic. What usually happens is we end up in the Adwords 'Cycle of Death'! We create our website, spend a lot of money creating Adsense ads, then end up running out of money. All while generating very little to no traffic. This is actually quite common for internet business owners. There are actually some tried and true methods we can use to avoid these mistakes and start out right!
We can actually use a 'not-so-secret-secret' to generate traffic and increase sales that successful internet business owners use all the time! No gimmicks or crazy initiations. We'll just need to block off a little time and get to work!
First, you have to define the market you are selling to. Sounds simple, but in reality if you don't market to the right audience your sales will suffer. So how do we find our audience? A handy, and FREE, tool is Google Trends. You can type in keywords related to your niche, product, or service and see trends including geographical data of the searchers. The Google Adwords Tool will also be a great help in narrowing down keywords to use to target your audience.
Next, you will need to start marketing your website to create direct web traffic. This is the 'guts' of generating traffic. You have your audience defined, and we have some keywords you can base your strategy around. Using your keywords and audience demographics, you will need to start generating article content in a few key article websites to create a bigger presence on the internet. Ezines and Go Articles are a couple great sites to use. In these articles you will simply talk about your niche, products, or services. Write for your target audience, and use the keywords you researched throughout the article. In the author resource box, you will have the opportunity to provide a link to your website home page, or a specific page on your website pertinent to your article.
Last we will add email marketing and additional strategies to increase our website traffic. Email marketing uses programs to help send targeted traffic to our website and articles. I usually send traffic directly to my website when I am just starting to help provide an initial boost of traffic while my articles build presence. It is important to use email marketing only with opt-in, targeted traffic or else it will be ineffective. Social media like Facebook and YouTube are also great tools to use to help generate traffic. Again, they help supplement our article and email marketing strategies.
If we follow these simple steps, we should be able to generate a decent amount of traffic to boost sales and get our website off the ground! You just have to realize it will take a little time. Stick to the strategy, and the traffic will follow!
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