Sunday, 13 June 2010

New blog post : When 'Thank You' Just Isn't Enough! http://bit.ly/bYqvee
New blog post : Protect Your Online Reputation Across Social Media Sites http://bit.ly/cZwo9P

Thursday, 10 June 2010

Just added : Really Simple Ways To Increase Website Visitor Conversion Rates http://bit.ly/cZxxub

Tuesday, 8 June 2010

New blog post : Do You Want To Know My Secret Voodoo Blogging Methods http://bit.ly/bxpHuh

Monday, 7 June 2010

New blog post : How A Small Business Built An Email Subscriber List Without A Website http://bit.ly/a3xEts
New blog post : Personal Press Premium Wordpress Theme http://bit.ly/96oVDW
Read on my blog : 3 Ways a Small Business Can Build an Email List without a Website http://bit.ly/9mKvUm
New blog post : 3 Ways a Small Business Can Build an Email List without a Website http://bit.ly/9mKvUm

Monday, 24 August 2009

The Fundamentals of Traffic Generation

Every successful website needs traffic. Not just any traffic will do either, a website that makes money needs targeted traffic that converts into sales. 

One of the best ways to generate traffic over and over again is to have your website optimized for the search engines. Not only will this make it easier for the search engines to index (list) your pages in their search engine result pages (SERP) but will be a great return on investment as search engine traffic from the organic listings is free.

SEO may be one of the best investments you can make for your online business and I recommend you start by hiring a reputable SEO Company that will manage this for you. 

Search engine optimization is a big subject and beyond the scope of this article but I do want to drum home that this really is the best source of traffic you can get because it is highly targeted. 

Example: Person types in keywords into Google, sees your website and description and clicks through to your page. As long as your page matches your description by delivering on the promise of what the content will be, your conversion rates should be good.

Before you start generating traffic to your website please take the time to make sure your website is optimized and is user-friendly, this will reduce the chances of your visitors hitting the back button as soon as they land on your site and sending your bounce rates through the roof.

For more to do with SEO you should check out my SEO Blog for the latest online marketing solutions.

To your success,

Karl