Traffic Generation part 1
Posted on 14. May, 2008 by Benjamin Patton in Traffic Generation
I have decided to post this here for my readers that didn’t get a chance to read my guest post over at thatblogsite.com Enjoy!
Day 1: Introduction to Traffic Generation
Welcome to the first installment of my five part series on Traffic Generation. Today, I want to discuss the various things that you need to check to ensure that your site is ready to receive traffic.
Think of this: If you were expecting company at your home, there are certain things you might do in advance. You would make sure your home was clean, that there was fresh soap and clean hand towels in the bathroom, and you might prepare some snacks, or even an entire meal.
Preparing your website follows the same concept. You want to make sure that things are neat and tidy. Make sure that your navigation follows a logical sequence. Make sure that you have plenty of good content, and that everything is spelled correctly.
You also want your visitors to be able to participate in your site – to take action. Look at each page, and determine what type of action your visitors can take. Do you have a forum or blog? Do you conduct polls or surveys? Do you have a subscribe box for your opt-in list on every page of your site? Make absolutely sure that your website is ready for company! Also make sure that your pages lead your visitors to take the action that you want them to take, no matter what that action may be.
That is the first and most essential step of traffic generation. If your site isn’t pleasing and welcoming, any traffic generation activities you do from this point on are wasted! Take the time, and put forth the effort to make your site as good as possible – and learn to look at it from your visitor’s point of view!
After you do this, make sure that you are using all of the best known Search Engine Optimization techniques, such as making sure that you have clean HTML code, that you’ve used your keyword effectively, that you have keyword rich text links and alt tags, and that the title of your website, in your HTML code, has your main keyword or phrase as well. Take some time to explore SEO techniques, so that you can draw natural search traffic as well.
Once your website is ready for company, you are ready to start inviting that company. You do not need any special tools for traffic generation. What you need is your computer, an Internet connection, your mind, a willingness to do the work, and knowledge. That’s all it takes.
Homework Assignment:
Make absolutely sure that your website is ready to receive traffic. Do you have an opt-in page? Do you have a subscribe box on every page of your site? Look at each page, and determine whether there is enough content, and if there is an action for your visitors to take on each page. Make sure that your site is optimized for the search engines.
Related posts:
- Traffic Generation part 3
- Traffic Generation part 5
- Traffic Generation part 4
- Traffic Generation part 2
- How To Score Traffic Using Twitter
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Damn this is good! I am very fortunate that you are posting this information here, because I missed it at thatblogsite.com. A question for you Ben, howdo you make a big RSS button or a box letting people subscribe by mail. My RSS button is the tiniest in the world and is practically hidden. Hit me up on IM if you can.
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Nathaniel, I hope you enjoy the new RSS button
Now you should gain a few rss subs since people will be able to see where to do it on your site hehe.
I got that part right I think
On to reading the next 4 tips!
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Its really important to keep visitor engaged on the site.
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Hrmm that was bizarre, my remark obtained eaten. Anyway I wished to say that it’s nice to know that another person also mentioned this as I had hassle finding the same info elsewhere. This was the first place that advised me the answer. Thanks.