One of the biggest questions is “How
can I drive more traffic to my website”.
Here is a list of 30 different ways a
small businesses owner can drive traffic to your online store
1. If you’re launching a new site, or new
content, write an introduction nd submit it to share sites like Digg, Reddit and Now Public.
2. Create a Yahoo Group in the niche
your site sits.
3. Bookmark your site on Del.icio.us and if you’re
really keen, add a Del.icio.us button to your homepage.
4. Create a Technorati account and
“claim” your blog.
5. Submit your site to free, search engine
friendly directories. An excellent list can be found here.
6. Place a free ad for your company
on Gumtree.
7. Syndicate your site’s content by using
an RSS feeds.
8. Submit your RSS feeds to agregator
sites like FeedBurner, Squidoo, Feedboy, Jordomedia, FeedBomb, FeedCat,
rssmad, feeddirectory and feedfury. Stolen from DigitalPoint
9. Write an article related to your site
and submit it to article sites.
10. Sign up to StumbleUpon and get your
friends to Stumble your site.
11. Add a link to your site in the
signature of any forums you post on.
12. Buy enough hosting. No one likes a slow
site.
13. Don’t worry about PageRank – worrying
about PageRank is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by
chewing bubblegum.*
14. Offer something for free. Free is good.
People tell their friends about free stuff.
15. Offer your users as many ways as
possible to contact you. MSN, Skype, Yahoo etc all complement email, phone and
a real address.
16. Advertise your site on Craigslist. It’s free, relevant
and localised.
17. Submit your site to DMOZ.org. It may take time, but it’s
worth it.
18. Create an XML sitemap of
your site and submit it to Google.
19. Sign up with an affiliate programme to
sell your product, or if you’re a publish, make some cash!
20. On your Contact Page ask people if they
mind receiving your newsletter.
21. Send out a newsletter!
22. Go to a free seminar for Website
owners. You might learn something.
23. Find quality and relevant blogs and leave a comment
(with a link back to your site of course).
24. YouTube and Google Video are excellent portals on which to
launch a viral campaign.
25. Giving away an eBook is an excellent
way to generate word-of-mouth about your site.
26. Contribute to related subject areas on
Wikipedia.
27. Ask bloggers and other Web site owners
to review your site and/or products.
28. Have user friendly page names – most
tools comes with some way to avoid http://www.yourdomain.com/pgInfoPage…CFE3AEDAF8DD9D
29. Tell your local rag about your site.
These newspapers are desperate for stories and you may well even get a pic of
your ugly picture published.
What other ways can you think of to
help drive traffic to your website?
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