Tips for Increased Website Traffic ...and more

If you have a busy life and other work obligations there just simply isn't enough time to do all that is needed for your business, however, learn to make a conscious effort to do something each day, no matter how small.

Here's a good practical tip ...

Do at least one thing every day to give your business a boost. Perhaps add something new and fresh to your website, send out an informative email to your autoresponder, contact one of the millions of website owners requesting a link, add a catchy signature to your business name, check out a new tool, etc..

I'm sure if you put your thinking cap on you could come up with some creative ideas on your own, however the basic idea is that no matter how small, do at least one thing every day for the success of your business.

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"Business has only two basic functions - marketing and innovation."   Peter Drucker

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    Tips for increased website traffic
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There are lots of ways to get traffic to your site however most people are interested in getting the most traffic for the least amount of money, preferably for free.

While it's difficult to get anything for free nowadays there are still a few good ways to help build your web traffic and still pay nothing.

Build a second content-rich website.

Because content is king on the internet many have adopted the idea of building a content-rich site in addition to their  original sales site.

If you set up your title, description and keyword tags carefully and find a good balance for your keyword saturation,  you may be better able to achieve high search engine rankings with a site that contains only good content and information.

Once you have built your content-rich site you can then use the content to point your viewers to your sales site.

Add an article page to your existing site.

By adding article pages to your site you can point readers of the articles to your sales page.

For example, let's say you have a website that sells quilts. Set up a few article pages that reference quilts such as a page on quilt making, quilt history, the best made quilts, etc. Allow each of the articles to reference links to your sales page.

This is a very good sales tactic because you've attracted the attention of someone interested in quilts and now you can give them a small nudge to buy.

Also, with proper meta tags and keyword usage, an article page is much more likely to make it to the top of a search engine listing than a sales page.

Build your links through reciprocal linking

This is an absolute must if you are going to get traffic on the web. 

By establishing reciprocal links you are verifying to the search engines that you have credibility. If high ranking sites have you linked on their sites then the search engines will find you worthy of high ranking too.

Your linking process should start with installing the google toolbar http://toolbar.google.com/  The toolbar will display the Page rank for each site you display.

When exchanging links remember to link only to sites that will place your link on a page that is a PR 4 or higher.  Many people link to sites where the home page is a PR4 or higher but the actual page they are listed on is less than PR4, or worse yet a PR0.

Start a newsletter

Most people are afraid to publish a newsletter because they don't like to write or feel they can't come up with original content.

While your newsletter should offer information that people are looking for, the information doesn't need to offer original content from you.

Try finding articles or stories on the internet that you think would be of interest to your readers. Then simply add the title, name, author and brief description of the article in your newsletter, then place a URL that points them to the original article. Your readers will be happy for the information and you'll be able to place ads in your newsletter for your site and products that your readers will see.
                     

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Keep your website up and your costs down by employing a website host that is not only reliable but pays you to refer others. 

There are literally thousands of website hosts out there and they're not all created equal.  You need a host that you can depend on to keep your site up and running at all hours or you may lose sales.

There are many hosts that offer very cheap rates, but believe me, they're not all reliable and many have hidden costs.

Evaluate them carefully and always get recommendations.

My favorite is Thirdsphere Hosting. It's been a life saver for me --and it pays you when you refer others!  A few referrals and your monthly hosting costs could be free.
http://www.homenotion.com/thirdsphere

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