Question by Michaela C: How will I get traffic to my new site?
I’ve started a new jewellery and accessories company. The website is http://www.cherryrocks.co.uk
What are the best ways to drive traffic to the site?
Hi everyone thanks for your answers. I have a facebook page set up, have been adding links to other sites, signing up to directories, but still have had no joy in reaching customers further than my home country. Have ad words but just for northern ireland, the uk is out of my advertising budget.
Answer by ThatOnePerson
create a facebook page for it, Buy facebook ad space (pay-per-click)
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That’s a tough field to break into, ( have you heard buyz.com was down 46% for 2009? )
Search engine optimization is the standard method to get free traffic. This might require an investment of both time and money. An extra that might grab the search engine’s attention would be an original article series, search engines love text, having more of it than the competition might be helpful, though the real source of search ranking is backlinks from other sites, check out the number of backlinks the competitors sites have, with the site explorer. It’s safe to assume you would need a similar number of links to rank as well.
Does you sellers paypal account automatically allow credit card buys through paypal for those without an account, would you just have to use the paypal icon showing credit cards?
Bidz.com’s revenues for the 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2009 totaled $ 110.4 million, compared with $ 207.4 million for the 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2008.
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There are many factors to becoming visible in search including, indexing (submitting your site to search engines), your site’s content (both the quality and frequency of dynamic content being posted), elements / features your site includes (blog, rss feeds, etc.) and structure of the site (code). External factors also play a role in your visibility in a Google search. This includes blog(s) connected to your site, Twitter/Facebook and other social media connectivity, inbound links from high quality sources (see http://www.trafficjamseo.com for our service) and web traffic to name a few.
Since about 60-70% of most site’s web traffic is generated through search (Google has the majority market share), I would agree that SEO and PageRank should be your focus. This is a long process and since it is not your core competency in business, it may be wise to outsource it. Hiring for SEO is a tricky road to navigate. My company is a niche and would not be able to help but my FAQ page may help you learn a little about building links and some about SEO in general. http://www.trafficjamseo.com/faq.htm
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Here are 10 effective methods to generate
traffic to your website:
1. Leave comments on other people’s blogs with
a backlink to your site.
2. Advertise your website or service in the
appropriate category on Craigslist.org
3. Participate in LinkedIn.com
4. Exchange reciprocal links with other related
sites in your niche.
5. Purchase ad spots or solo email ads in
popular newsletters or ezines from
directoryofezines.com
6. Submit articles to trade magazines with a
link to your site in your bio
7. Use OnlyWire.com to automate your social
bookmarking and automatically generate
backlinks and traffic
8. Promote your website on the “Thank you” page
of other sales sites related to your niche.
Work out a mutually beneficial commission
with the site owners.
9. Participate in online forum conversations that
are related to your product, and insert your
site link into the signature area.
10. Create your own blog at blogger.com. Blogging
is a powerful and effective way to get free
traffic from search engines, RSS feeds, other
blogs, blog directories .. and more!
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Blog Traffic Tips:
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1. Submit your blog to all major blog directories
like Technorati.com
2. Participate in blog carnivals. This is very similar
to submitting articles.
3. Provide an email subscription form that allows your
blog readers to receive your blog posts via emails.
Use the WordPress plugin “subscribe2″
4. Rewrite some of your blog content and post it to
articles directories to increase backlinks and
traffic. Try using ArticleMarketer.com
5. Find a hot topic on Technorati, post about it on
your blog and then ping Technorati with your new
post.
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