HOW TO INCREASE WEBSITE TRAFFIC

Back to basics on How to Increase Website Traffic
by: Neil Paige



In common terms Website Traffic is the number of visitors coming to a website from all sources over a given period of time. This is one of the basic parameters for judging the success of a website.

If we do a simple mathematics - more visitors would mean more conversions, however this may or may not hold true if sufficient attention is not given to basics, which we simply tend to ignore.

Parts that need to be kept in mind

• Focused Content: Your content has to be focused. The content should be tailored for different set of visitors – to the point that you even think about how your company profile will be presented to respective segments. The quality of writing has to be top-notch business grade.

• Title & Description tags: When a visitor searches for keywords on a Search Engine, results are essentially a fight of the title and description. This is where you leave the first impression. The user will be more inclined towards a compelling title as he would perceive your website to better than others.

• Offer Original & Quality information on your website: This is the best way to attract traffic to your website. Offer original & unique information which visitors cannot find anywhere else. This will also help in branding your business image as Industry experts & will also get you good quality one-way links.

• Give Freebies: Who doesn’t like freebies? Offer your visitors free e-books, free Cd’s, free whitepapers, free consultation, free webinars etc. People love these and will keep coming back for more. This will not only increase new and repeat traffic but also help in link building.

• Social Media: Use Social Media websites like Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin to share information with your targeted audience. Share your writings & researches, participate in discussions, and help others by solving their problems. This will propel people to visit your website more often and look for desired information.

• Advertisements: There are many free/ paid ways to advertise your business online. Classified Ads is free and is one of the ways to place business related ads which help in driving traffic. You can also benefit from Paid methods like Google Adwords programs which are more targeted and help in bringing visitors based on demographics, location and preferences. However you need to decide on a budget for these and then plan accordingly.

• Update website regularly: Keep updating your site by adding new, relevant and helpful content to your site. Search engines also give preference to sites with new and relevant content.

• Blog: Using unique and effective writing strategies is one of the best ways to boost website traffic. Create a blog that supports your website and make sure that your blog navigation flow your visitors to your website with ease. Also include your product/services links within your blog posts so that the visitors who read your blog can easily navigate to your website.

We at AftertheNet (http://www.afterthenet.com) keep supplementing our clients with the most basic to the most advanced techniques for any goal they decide to reach with their website. Our step wise approach gives them the complete visibility of their website, which often they are deprived of in absence of a trustworthy resource.



About The Author

Neil is a member of the Knowledge Centre Team at AfterTheNet (http://www.afterthenet.com).

HOW TO BECOME THE BEST BLOG SITE IN YOUR NICHE

How to Become the Best Blog Site in Your Niche
by: TJ Philpott


Being the best blog site in your niche carries many advantages especially if you blog to make money. Operating a blog that has a strong following is a reflection of the dedication and commitment invested into the ongoing process of the blog development itself. Any blog owner/operator knows what it takes to attract and retain the average blog reader and this is not something that happens overnight.

Now if you blog to make money you can see how a strong reader base could benefit you financially. In addition your authority within the niche will make it all the easier for you to attract additional readers since other blogs will have the tendency to link to your site.

What we're going to focus on here today is the importance of paying attention to the comments left by subscribers at your site. Within these comments you can find valuable nuggets of information that can be used to improve not only the blog but even your marketing strategy.

Here are 3 ways to use these blog reader comments that can help you become a more effective blogger and marketer.

Market Research Information

Putting out questions to your subscribers asking their opinions on certain products or trends could yield useful market research information as to current consumer preferences. Another approach could be polling your readers on what are some of their more pressing problems to which they wish they had a solution: what bugs them!

In both these scenarios the response of your subscribers could uncover a previously hidden niche or trend you could capitalize on. Market research information like this can easily cost a significant sum for a large corporation but you can collect this information right from your blog and use it to your advantage.

Blog Performance Feedback

Asking for opinions on the subjects of your post or perhaps the content itself can give you feedback as to whether you may need to make a change. Even simple inquiries about the layout of your blog, the graphics that are used, or the format of your posts could lead to dramatic improvements for the site.

Remember your blog is really for your readers so you should strive to give them what they want.

Encourages Interaction

Involving subscribers in these polling processes or even merely responding to their comments helps complete the 'cycle' of interactivity. This creates a sense of community for subscribers and increases their satisfaction. People like to know that their words or opinions are being heard and better yet acted upon.

Being the best blog site within your niche comes with many advantages and benefits but it also translates into a certain amount of commitment. When you blog to make money the stakes go even higher. Learning to tap into any available resource that can enhance your blog development and marketing effectiveness is a valuable skill. Using comments left by blog readers as we discussed above will allow you to put more distance between yourself and your competition. It is simply up to you to recognize and act upon any useful information a blog reader may have already left on the site for you even if it hasn't been solicited.



About The Author

TJ Philpott is an author and Internet entrepreneur based out of North Carolina.

HOW TO ATTRACT CUSTOMERS TO YOUR BUSINESS?

How Do You Attract Customers To Your Business?
by: Lynne Saarte


One thing is sure when you are in business; you do not stop hunting for new clients and prospects. Even when business is doing great, you still have to look for and attract new customers so you can ensure that your business keeps on growing. If not, then you might end up losing your customer base, which can lead to your losing your business altogether.

That is why it is very important that you market regularly. Marketing should not stop when you have a solid client base; it should not stop when business is doing very well; and it should never stop even when the economy is down and everybody’s curbing their spending activities. You got to attract customers at all times.

But we know for a fact that targeting and attracting customers is a very difficult job. Not only are you introducing your business to your target audience, but more importantly, you are trying to convince them to do business with you. This then means that you have to show them you are different and that you are exactly what they are looking for.

To help you with your marketing efforts, here are effective strategies so you can target and attract customers to your business:

1. Find out what they are looking for.

Bear in mind that it is all about them; your customers. It is all about what they need and want. If you want to attract as many customers and clients to your business, you have to learn to give them what they are looking for. Look at market trends; study what products and services sell the most. And also find out what problems have yet to be solved by other companies. By doing so, you will be able to position yourself to show your target clients in your ads such as your catalog printing or print catalogs that you can provide them something that has not been provided by any business in the market.

2. Your client’s money is important to them.

You have to learn that money does not grow on trees. They are earned with hard work and sweat. That is why your target clients would not part with it that easily. Unless you are able to convince them that what you provide are excellent quality products and services, only then will they trust you with their hard-earned cash.

3. Consider the demographics.

Market to the right people with the right message. Determine who would be most interested in your offer, as well as who would have the most capacity to buy your product or service. You do not go wasting your time and effort trying to advertise to just about everybody. If you target carefully, you can attract the right people who would surely be able to act on your offer right away.

4. Be different.

Make your marketing campaign – be it catalog printing or print catalogs, or even hang tags – a stand out. Give your target clients a reason to become curious about your marketing campaign; enough that they would want to go over what you are trying to convey to them. Your design and style will help you become distinct to attract the attention of your target audience.

Targeting and attracting customers is not impossible although it is hard work indeed. By considering who is most likely to engage in business with you, you can very well provide yourself with a solid and strong customer base that can provide you with a robust business.

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About The Author

Lynne Saarte is a writer that hails from Texas. She has been in the Internet business for some years now, specializing in Internet marketing and other online business strategies.

Squidoo Marketing and Profiting!

I have never tried using squidoo until few weeks ago and the result has been quite
amazing. Infact without having a website you can start making $100 to $1,000 monthly
using Squidoo for FREE.
I can easily package this secret that I want to share with you here into another report
and sell them but I won't rather I will give it to you here...FREE [hope you will send me
a thank you mail for it].

What is Squidoo?

It is is WEB 2.0 site. Where people post articles, videos and all other stuff for free.
Check out their website at: www.squidoo.com
I will advice you go to the website and read it very well but for the sake of making
money, I will go straight into the point I want to make.
You will need to open an account with them and it is FREE:
So go to the website, Click Sign up and open an account with them.
Here is what the form looks like:
When you open the account with them, you are one step away from making daily
income through this website and that is, creating Lenses. A squidoo lens is simple a web
page. But they call it lenses. So to create a lens, you just need to add an informative
article or video and it will be live almost immediately as long as what you wrote is
informative.
So How Does That Make You Money I Hear You Ask?
Several ways.
Squidoo allows you to put Google Adsense, Affiliate Links, Amazon products on each
lens that you create!.
Which means if you write an article, you can surround it with Google adsense, so that
each time someone clicks on the ad when they are reading your article, you make money
immediately! And if they click on your affiliate link, you make MORE money or buy the
amazon product!
Did you hear what I just said?
Just by posting an article in www.squidoo.com you can put Google adsense, Affiliate
Programs, Amazon products and each time someone clicks on the link, and buys a
product you make money!
See a sample article:
You can imagine just writing one article and then getting just 1,000 people to read it,
whether they buy through your affiliate link or not, just by clicking on the Google
adsense link, you keep making money over and over agan!
With this knowledge, how many articles will you write a day?
Here is another example of a squidoo article:
http://www.squidoo.com/repair-your-relationship
These are article has been embedded with Google Adsense and Affiliate Links, Amazon
products and the owner is making money almost from every view!
This squidoo knowledge alone is enough to earn you $5 daily from just a single article!
How? If you can write on topics where they pay as high as $1 per click, then you need
just 5 clicks a day to average $5 daily!.
Before the end of this report 10 smart readers will be earning $50 daily in less than 1
month from now from just squidoo alone even without a blog?...Will you be one of
them?
Can you see yourself making money in 2010 already?
Just by adding 1 article a day in squiddo between now and and the end of the year, even
if you earn jusy $5 from Google adsense daily that will be $1,825!. Of course you dont
expect to make N1 billion from adding just one article a day, but I hope you get the logic
here and that is from just 1 article a day.

Thank you for reading.