An abundance of self-proclaimed “experts” out there promise they know the
secret of driving traffic to your website. However, increasing your
website traffic is not rocket science and doesn’t have to be complicated or
difficult. While you do have to invest time and resources to achieve
quality results, the mystery of Internet marketing is yours to solve. Here are
seven easy and effective ways to drive more quality traffic to your website.
Content doesn’t just mean the words on the pages of your site. Content can
take the form of blog posts, free how-to guides, whitepapers with industry
insights and facts, ebooks to educate your audience, and more. It
empowers visitors with helpful information to make them feel comfortable
turning to you for advice when they are ready to become a customer. But
remember, writing one blog post won’t send thousands of people to your website
overnight. Research shows that it takes
about 20 quality blog posts published on a regular basis to start seeing a
significant increase in lead activity.
When it comes to content, quality over quantity is key. Quality
matters, period. Too many companies have fallen victim to SEO schemes
that preach, “more is better” when it comes to content. While continually
producing content is essential, quality is most important. If you create
informative content on your area of expertise, search engines and customers
will reward you. Stumped for content ideas?
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Keep a notepad by your phone and write down questions customers have.
Answer them on your website or blog.
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Look in your email inbox for the most common questions from customers, or
your Sent folder for your answers to their questions.
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Think about the topics your customer service team fields the most and make
sure your website content answers these questions.
You don’t have to be an authority on content strategy, search engine optimization or writing for the web
to create informative and interesting content that shows your knowledge and
industry expertise.
Chances are that you have a video camera on your phone, tablet or
computer. Just like written content (see above), you can inform and educate your audience via video. People love
personal interaction and video is a great chance for people to get to know you
better. YouTube is one of the top search engines that people use to find
information. Not only do they search, but they also share. You can easily add
video to your website and YouTube channel to generate traffic and gain leads.
Here are a few ideas for creating video content:
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Take video of your office and facility
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Show how your products are made and create demos
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Conduct interviews with your staff
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Explain one of your products or services
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Get video testimonials from your customers
Of course it’s important to create content, but it doesn’t do a lot of good
if nobody sees it. Having the right distribution channels is essential. As you
create new content on your site, share it across all of your social media
channels. As you share your blogs, new offers, videos and more, you’ll connect
with prospects who can turn into leads.
Think social media can’t generate leads for your business? We’ve discussed at length how we were skeptics and changed our
tune. It’s one of our top new business lead sources!
Not sure what to say? Create a social media editorial calendar to
keep the conversation going and ensure content is produced consistently.
Content is meant to be re-purposed, so don’t be afraid to re-phrase a social
message and post it again at a later date.
Every page of your site is a potential entry point for a lead if it’s
optimized correctly. Treat each page as an opportunity to speak direct to a
specific person using a targeted keyword phrase. To find relevant keywords,
start with Google’s Keyword Planner. Once you
decide your keyword phrases, incorporate them properly within the meta tags and
on-page content. A simple one-two-three plan is to make sure the keyword
phrase is included in:
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Page <title> tag
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meta description (to increase click rate, not necessarily to improve
ranking)
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H1 tag
If you aren’t sure how to do this technical stuff, then simply include a
keyword in your blog or page title and once or twice inside the copy of the
blog/page.
Sharing your expertise on other blogs not only shows that you’re an
industry thought leader, but can also drive traffic to your website.
As you read daily/weekly industry blogs, comment on at least one a week.
Commenting allows you to offer your professional insight and add something of
value to the conversation.
Sometimes, you can include a direct link back to your website for valuable
“link juice” that search engines love. Some blog comment tools like Disqus also
include a link to your most recent blog post. So, always use your real name and
offer as much information as possible to improve your digital footprint.
Paid search tools like Google Adwords, Bing ads and
Facebook ads are also a viable option when used in conjunction with organic
content creation. The downside is that paid search can be very expensive
and time consuming if you don’t know how to manage it. But, most paid
search tools have valuable statistical analysis and budget setting so you can
monitor and adjust along the way.
Having a website is not enough to make the leads roll in. You have to pull
people in with quality, original content that answers their most pressing
questions about your product or service. To learn more about Internet marketing
and continue to demystify the options.
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