Saturday, 29 March 2014
Your blog or your website is like your virtual image. It is the digital mirror through which the entire world sees you. If nobody visits your website, then you are doomed. Consequently, nobody will know what you do.
The number of visits to a website will, ultimately, determine the success or failure of such website. It is therefore, imperative that your blog or website should attract as much visitors as possible. Since the primary purpose of generating traffic to your website is to:
• Improve Visibility
• Improve Ranking and
• Improve Revenue,
I have, therefore decided to publish the best 21 ways to direct massive traffic to your websites and blogs. This publication has been divided into 3 parts for easy assimilation. Happy reading:
1. Write and Publish Articles: this is no doubt a very powerful tool. The more articles write and publish on your website, the better. Depending on your niche, endeavor to publish a minimum of 1 article per day
2. Participate In Forum Discussion. Another strategy to help make your website more popular is to join and participate in forum discussion. Make comments and provide answers on other peoples post. Include your website’s URL in your comment, if possible. Examples of popular forums are: Warrior, Nairaland etc
3. Social Networking Sites: most social websites are free to join. Join and sign up with as many social websites as you can. Make posts and comments. Insert pictures where necessary. Interacts with other users frequently. Examples of free social websites are Facebook, Twitter, Eskimi etc
4. SEO: SEO is the acronym for Search Engine Optimization. This is one of my favorites. Optimize your blogs and websites by frequently adding keywords that are relevant to your niche. Make sure that your contents are original. Google has a way of detecting “Copy & Paste†bloggers.
5. Open a Good “About Me†Page with eBay. eBay has over 50 million customers worldwide and they do allow the promotion of websites in the “About Me†page. Sign up with them and create a nice “About Me†page. Insert your website’ link on this page and see your traffic grow. So, go take advantage of this.
6. Free Adverts: There are lots of sites out there that provide free ads space. Utilize this opportunity to drive traffic to your websites. Example are: Google trader, advert-space.com, nairaland.com, worldwebsurfers.com etc
7. Paid Adverts: you can also drive massive traffic to your website by paying to advertise your website. Such places to advertise are: Google, Facebook, Newspaper etc
8. Make Use Of Backlinks: Whenever you make a comment or a post, try as much as possible to input your website’ URL in it. It could be a post you make on social bookmarking sites like Facebook, twitter, etc. Users who read your comments or posts can click on your link which will direct them back to your site.
9. Set up Your Own Discussion Forum: You can create your own community discussion forum where users can engage in discussion.
10. Business Card: This is another effective tool that can be deplored to generate massive traffic to your websites and blogs. Print your business card and include your website’ URL on it.
11. Word Of Mouth: Tell your friends, your family members and your business associates about your sites. Encourage them to visit your sites more frequently.
12. Use Your Car And Trucks: Turn your car, your truck, your bike into a moving advertisement tool. Get a sticker with your URL on it, and stick it on your car or what have you.
13. Offer Freebies: Majority of the people like ‘awoof’. Offer visitors to your site freebies like eBooks etc.
14. YouTube: Aside Google, YouTube has been adjudged the largest search engine. Post your video on YouTube and include your website’ URL at the end.
15. Sign Up With Questions And Answers Websites: These sites are very effective when you need to direct traffic to your sites. Sign up with them and ask questions or provide answers on relevant topics. Examples of these sites are: ask.com, answers.com, askville.com etc
16. Unbroken Links: Make sure your links are up and working. Broken links discourage your website’ users.
17. Clear & Clean Backgrounds: Make sure that the background of your blogs and websites are clear and cleaned. Blurred and badly designed background easily put away visitors.
18. RSS Feeds: These are very effective tool to drive traffic to your blogs. Use them a lot.
19. Referral Programs: Offer a discount or commission to your site users if they refer others to your business.
20. Email Listings: This is definitely a very effective tool to drive traffic. There are lots of websites out there who can provide you with email-listing services. Examples are: getresponse.com, aweber.com etc
21. Be Patient: More importantly, be patient. It takes Google some time to index your site
I hope these tips are helpful. For more interesting topics
