Monday, November 9, 2009

Ten Tips for Generating Traffic To Your Website

I know what you’re thinking, oh great another article about generating traffic to my website. Well it is important for your website to have traffic. It makes absolutely no sense to have the most informative website in the world that no one knows about. This article lists ten low cost ways to generate traffic to your website. Enjoy.

1. Trade links with sites that have high ranking and content similar to yours.

While visitors are important, targeted visitors are really important. If your site is about dogs, it would be silly to trade links with a site that is for people who hate dogs. That would be counterproductive and just does not make sense. No, in order for your link trade to work, it should be with a site that covers the same topic that your website covers.

2. Publish a blog.

I really do not have time to go into all of the benefits of a blog in this article. Just understand that search engines love them and that other bloggers link to other bloggers frequently.

3. Publish your own newsletter.

Now I know what you’re thinking, publish a newsletter? That sounds like a lot of work. Well yes it is, but if you write your newsletter about something you’re interested in, it won’t really seem like work at all. Can’t write your way out of a paper bag? Don’t worry about that, there are lots of places online where you can get free content on a regular basis. Just go to your favorite search engine and type in article directory and you will be amazed at the number of results that come up.

4. Offer some free content relevant to your subject matter.

People love freebies. Make sure that your content is of good quality and related to your subject material. It would also be nice if you required the visitor to leave an email address before receiving the freebie, that way you can build your list that much quicker.

5. Swap ads with other ezine publishers.

Find ezines that match your topic and offer to swap ads with the publisher. Many publishers will agree to this type of arrangement for a short period of time, especially if it is something of value to their subscribers.

6. Participate in online forums

7. Publish your url on everything you distribute (books, business cards, brochures, etc.)

8. Study everything you can about generating traffic.

This is extremely important since the Internet changes minute by minute. Subscribe to ezines, read ebooks, read the forums. All of these sources will help you stay current on the latest Internet trends.

9. Ask successful Internet marketers as many questions as you can think of.

Many Internet marketers want to help you to succeed, especially if you are one of their affiliates. If they help you succeed, they succeed. Remember, the only dumb question is the unasked question.

10. When you see a good idea, use it.

This should almost go without saying, but if you see a great idea, that you can easily implement while doing your research then by all means use it. That is why you are doing all of this research in the first place, right?

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Tweaking Your Existing Website For Greater Profits

I was recently asked what the newest process or product I was working on, as well as what the newest thing I've learned is. That's a great question! I've currently been looking at my existing website and addressing the existing business model to see if it's the most viable model for me. I'm currently split testing various pages of my site and looking at the strategies I'm using to see if those strategies and methods can be improved for greater profits.

One of the biggest parts of my business that was a huge money maker for me at the beginning for the longest time, which I kind of got away from was my membership continuity program. This has made me a lot of money. I've kind of taken it for granted and not looked at further ways to use it to make even more money. It's not good to become to content with your business. Always look for new ways to improve it.

Also, I started getting rid of having my sales team, which I still don't have in-house like I used to. The other thing is I got away from was doing all the teleseminars and seminars circuits. On these circuits I focused heavily on selling high-ticket items. That is really the only method I used to sell them - through seminars. So now, one thing I decided to do is focus specifically on these income streams that have and continue to make me an amazing income stream. I thought why don't I just go and re-establish these old income streams and just start making a hell of a lot more money! Right now I've decided to do a ton of teleseminars to sell bigger ticket items. Why? Well, because this method of making money has made me a lot of money so why re-invent the wheel? I've decided to do more of these events while also looking at improving my conversion rates using the teleseminar circuit strategy.

One of the biggest things I've been thinking about is how I can offer a big ticket item that would be the most beneficial to people. I want to offer something that more people would be willing to exchange their money for. So what is that? You too should think about this in your existing niche. What is it that you could sell to your existing list that would create a hunger for them to purchase? What can they not do without? That's how you can make a lot of money in your niche but you need to focus on bigger ticket items so that you put in the same effort but for greater returns.

So basically, that's what I've been thinking about lately. I'm focused on jumpstarting my teleseminars/webinars again and also jumpstarting the sales team process internally. These are the two business models that I'm heavily testing. I've also been doing a ton of split testing on a lot of pages using Hypertracker. If you're not currently split testing your pages you're missing out big time! You're not only losing a ton of money, but you're also missing out on building a solid business that could sustain you very well for years to come. That's the bottom line in any business. You need to test and track as soon as possible. If you currently lack a spit testing tool go to Hypertracker.com and download the software. It's an excellent tool with a wide selection of capabilities to help you test and tweak your sites.

If you can create good sites that are converting very well, you can increase your response rate, increase your audience loyalty, gain credibility and build a solid business that can run itself. Remember, it's all about the numbers. Look at your existing sites to see how you can improve them for greater results!

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