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how can I bring traffic to my website

Feb 9, 2009 1:30 PM

Click to view carilaz's profile Start-up carilaz 1 posts since
Feb 8, 2009
I have been working on my e-commerce site www,Daylightgifts,com, for a long time. I think it's OK, but what I really like is for someone to go over it and tell me their opinion. Maybe I'm missing something, because It does't get the traffic It should.
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Click to view Oracle's profile Professional Oracle 8 posts since
Feb 9, 2009
1. Re: how can I bring traffic to my website Feb 9, 2009 2:38 PM
Dear Carilaz,

My name is Mitch and I own a web-design comapny up in Alaska. I looked at your site and I don't think it's the site with the problem. Your site is very clean and neat with very easy navagation. One problem I know for many websites is search results. I always offer for a minimal fee for any website that I do, that, that site could become a "sponsored link" by Google, or a "Top Pick" by MSN. I think your low traffic can be hightened just by being right there in front. The average person never makes it to the second page of their search results. Usually they pick one of the top four things that come up. I would look into that for more traffic for your website. If you need help with that, I would advise that you contact a "web optimizer" in your area. They specialize just in helping a website get more traffic.

Good Luck,

Mitch
Click to view websolutions's profile Mogul websolutions 191 posts since
Feb 4, 2008
2. Re: how can I bring traffic to my website Feb 9, 2009 4:56 PM
Okay, the site looks clean but it needs optimization based on best practices, basically what works. I suggest the following:

  • Site Analysis (comprehensive)
  • SEO (on/off page: keyword research)
  • Design Modifications/Additions
I am assuming you want to get traffic organically that is why I am not mentioning adwords or any other ppc campaign.

By the way, how many items have you sold so far and where did your customer find out about you?

Best,

Mike
www.websitedesignpeople.com
Click to view Blaque's profile Mogul Blaque 24 posts since
Feb 7, 2009
3. Re: how can I bring traffic to my website Feb 9, 2009 5:26 PM
The fastest free way to generate traffic is Backlinks. A Backlink is when another website has a clickable link going directly to your website. http://www.rblaque.com
<a target="_blank" href="http//www.rblaque.com"> my page</a>

you can get backlinks through Ads, forum post, websites like merchant circle and classified.
just get your links out there; when search engine index there website they will index your website too.

you can check your backlinks @ backlinkwatch.com
Click to view onestopmarket's profile Professional onestopmarket 8 posts since
Feb 18, 2009
4. Re: how can I bring traffic to my website Feb 18, 2009 6:41 PM

Hi Carilaz-

One of the best methods to get your site noticed is to use search engine marketing. Based on surveys, over 95% of Internet users prefer to use search engines when trying to locate a product or service. It is estimated that more than $100 billion in consumer spending was done on the Internet in 2008.


The advantages and benefits of search engine marketing to capture a portion of this online spending are enormous. Consider the following:


  • High amounts of traffic Being the most powerful traffic source in web, search engines can provide your site with numerous and essential benefits. There are two main methods to get traffic from search engines - Pay-per-Click (PPC) advertising and organic search engine optimization. PPC website promotion can be an effective solution for newly launched websites to try as it is an extremely quick option. With PPC, website owners pay only for each click received from a search-engine. Beware of putting all of your eggs in the PPC basket. Targeting the non-PPC area of a search result is important too. Research shows that search engine users trust these results (organic results) more than Pay per Click results. In addition, while results in this area take longer to achieve, their cost is usually far lower than PPC ads.

- Targeting your audience is one the most important advantages of an effective search engine marketing strategy. It is proven by numerous experiments that the top website rankings in search engines such as Google, Yahoo, MSN, Netscape, and Alta-Vista can provide your internet business with high amounts of targeted visitors. Targeting visitors with finely tuned keywords is important because you want to attract qualified customers to your web site. This becomes compounded if you are using a Pay per Click campaign because you are paying for each click that comes to your website. Proper keyword targeting within your search engine marketing campaign can help you attract a higher percentage of actual customers rather than tire kickers.

- Cost-effectiveness. Compared to other website promotion techniques, search engine marketing (SEM) is one of the most cost-effective solutions you can implement. SEM can provide a very high return on investment. Tracking and historical reporting of your search engine campaign should also be implemented to ensure your keywords are performing effectively. You don't want to be paying for keywords that are not generating sales in excess of their cost.

  • Flexibility. It should be emphasized that SEM solutions are available for almost all businesses due to their flexibility and affordability. Within the Pay per Click and organic search engine marketing community there are a host of companies that can help businesses with varying budgets. Once a SEM campaign begins returning positive results, marketing spending can be increased to achieve higher volume.


In conclusion, studies show that an increasing number of people are turning to the Internet search engines to locate a product or service. The habit of opening your local yellow page book is rapidly declining. It is paramount for companies wishing to capitalize on this new consumer behavior to be properly positioned within Internet search engines. Improved search engine rankings will result in a considerable web site traffic increase and more sales generated. Search engine marketing should always be the most important part of any website promotion strategy!

If you would like to take your business to the next level with a complete Internet marketing solution, please visit http://www.onestopmarketing.com/.

One Stop Marketing.com offers the same type of programs large corporations use to optimize their Internet presence in an easy-to-use and affordable web site. The OneStopmarketing.com web site empowers business owners the ability to market their products and services over the Internet with a program that is cost effective, easy to manage, and has guaranteed results.

Click to view FlAdMan's profile Mogul FlAdMan 36 posts since
Feb 21, 2009
5. Re: how can I bring traffic to my website Mar 2, 2009 8:23 PM

14 million local small businesses use localadlink to get targeted traffic to either their website, or if they dont have a wesite, to the local adlink advertisement. If you are interested to learn more and have 5 mins, go to www.freewebs.com/cheapadz Good luck!
Click to view VarlooDesign's profile Authority VarlooDesign 10 posts since
Feb 24, 2009
6. Re: how can I bring traffic to my website Mar 2, 2009 9:46 PM
I really cannot emphasize the importance of highering a proffesional for web stuff. I just think it is too important and there are too many done-it-themself websites out there. Highering a solid web designer who has a proven track record will cost money initially (maybe, but some may arrange for payments) but they will more than pay for themself.
Click to view studio 525's profile Mogul studio 525 59 posts since
Dec 14, 2007
7. Re: how can I bring traffic to my website Mar 16, 2009 9:32 PM
These are some good ideas here. SEO and Pay Per Click are very effective. One thing that wasn't mentioned that I actually find the most effective is well-written articles and press releases distributed both online and offline. I've found this the best way to get highly targeted traffic. If you're not an experienced writer yourself, it's easy to hire professional writers and copywriters to do it for you. You need to find the right slant for your business and then write or have someone else write a few articles that are so interesting that people who really want your products will be compelled to go to your website to find out more. It's incredibly effective. And because there's so much more information, your visitors will be much more targeted than SEO or Pay Per Click.
As you probably know the key to selling on the web is to attract people who want to buy what you have to sell. And then make sure your website converts a high percentage of them to buyers. Conversion is the other part of the picture.
My company studio 525 specializes in attracting highly targeted visitors through these information articles, in addition to SEO and Pay Per Click. We also specialize in website conversions through a number of web oriented selling techniques.
I'm in the process of re-designing our website right now for this new economic situation. Check it out the last week of March. I have a new Special Report I'm just finishing up with an incredibly long title: 5 Things You Must Do Today To Instantly Increase Your Online Sales ... Especially In This Tough Recession
It will be ready the last week in March. You can download it free as well as see tons of other information and tips for increasing online sales. And checkout the dramatic sales results we've achieved for our clients.
I believe the Internet is all about information. That's why they call it the information superhighway.
This website shows you how to create the information people want and use that information to sell your products and services. Naturally the website walks the talk. Unlike the websites of so many other web designers and web marketers, this one actually sells.
That alone says something.
You be the judge.

Here's the link to my company website:
http://www.studio525.com

And good luck with your website. After a 30 year career in advertising, I find the Internet to be the most effective sales and marketing medium I've ever seen.

Peter
Click to view Royalton's profile Start-up Royalton 2 posts since
Mar 23, 2009
8. Re: how can I bring traffic to my website Mar 23, 2009 3:33 PM
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If you just starting your business now, you probably don't
have a lot of money to invest in advertising. I suggest you add your business to
local maps in Goggle, Yahoo and MSN. It is easy to do and most importantly,
it's totally free.
Good luck.
John
http://www.royaltonlimo.com


Click to view GiftHaven's profile Start-up GiftHaven 1 posts since
Mar 30, 2009
9. Re: how can I bring traffic to my website Mar 30, 2009 12:05 PM
Carilaz:

One way to help bring traffic to your site is called linkswapping. You can post a link from a website and they post your link on their site, this is usally done for free as it is a mutual benifit.
If you perfer I can get you started by posting a link on my website.

Another way is to post links on forums and communities.

<a href="http://www.thegifthaven.com">The Gift Haven</a>

I hope this helps.
Click to view Zanetine's profile Professional Zanetine 4 posts since
Apr 1, 2009
10. Re: how can I bring traffic to my website Apr 1, 2009 4:35 AM
There are so many ways to promote your website

but one thing you should notice that whether your site is fully optimized or not? and also is your website according to the W3C standards ??? these are some important things that you
must aware of.

right now there are so many errors in your website (you may check those errors ..just visit http://validator.w3.org )
your first preference must be that your website must follow guidelines of W3C .... due to this you can get a good ranking in search engines and also in future it would be beneficial for you
as search engines will be more strict and will allow the highest ranking only to those website which are following W3C guidelines..

for your website promotion you may have your profiles and group on community websites.. networking websites.. etc.... and so many other resources availiable on internet .. you can get
pay per click serivce ..

for further information and maintance

you may contact us at

contact@zanetine.com

or visit us

www.zanetine.com or www.zanetine.in
Click to view ThemedSEO's profile Mogul ThemedSEO 21 posts since
Mar 19, 2009
11. Re: how can I bring traffic to my website Apr 2, 2009 5:36 PM
Hi,

The best way to increase traffic is to do SEO for your website.before starting your process you have to know the current status for your wbsite.visit http://www.themedseoservices.com there you can get free SEO Reports.

Click to view SupremeCakes's profile Authority SupremeCakes 15 posts since
Dec 31, 2008
12. Re: how can I bring traffic to my website Apr 4, 2009 7:52 PM
in response to: GiftHaven
Hello,

As per Gifthaven's suggestion, after you install some links, visit: www.link-x-list.com to get your site listed. You can search there for appropriate link partners at anytime.
Click to view stevepat's profile Mogul stevepat 27 posts since
Jan 15, 2009
13. Re: how can I bring traffic to my website Apr 9, 2009 4:53 AM
Hey do SEO and Online marketing like PPC, ad Banners, etcs . you will get good and relevent traffic :)
Click to view BusinessDream's profile Start-up BusinessDream 1 posts since
Apr 9, 2009
14. Re: how can I bring traffic to my website Apr 9, 2009 5:12 AM
Lots of good advice so far. Much of it is either a bit complicated or costs money. Here is a few quick, easy and free things you can do.

Join related business forums. Network with the other members. Start joint ventures with appropriate sites (swap adverts). Submit articles about your products and services to article sites. (easily found with a quick google).

Good luck with your site!
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