Every site owner and Webmaster wants a steady stream of traffic to their website, but many of the commonly used tools or techniques either cost too much money to take to long to implement to be truly effective. You don’t need a lot of money or expensive scripts to help you drive more visitors to your site; all you need is some creativity and patients.
1. Ask for referrals
Asking for referrals can be one of the easiest ways to gain more traffic to your site. You can add a mailto link on your website that says something like “Recommend this site to a friend”. If your site has a newsletter or emailing list you may create a simple question form asking your existing customers or visitors once a month for referrals. The best approach is to be friendly and don’t over do it.
2. Create a newsletter
Having a newsletter for your site is an awesome way to personalize your site and offer important tips and information about your sites products and services. If your site has sales or support representatives then you can highlight them and how there are there to help your customers and site visitors. There are a variety of ways to run your newsletter, either from a subscription based email list or only web type. Make your newsletter special by including your readers or site visitors. Once ways is to have an answer and question section that offers information for commonly asked questions.
3. Set up Site surveys and polls
Involve your site visitors by adding site surveys and polls. Asking for your visitors and customer’s opinions about relevant site topics is a powerful method in developing both trust and involvement in your website. You can also publish the results of your surveys and polls in your newsletter or email them to your mailing list.
4. Create a site contest or giveaway
Another way to generate excitement and interest in your website is to create a contest or giveaway. The prize can be a discount on goods or services or just about anything that will add value to your current site offerings.
5. Website testimonials
Ask your customers to write a simple testimonial about your sites goods and services and add them to your home page. Testimonials add importance and reinforce your sites reputation by letting other site visitors and potential customers see what other have to say about your products and services. You may want to also consider adding thumbnail picture of your customer with their testimonial. This will add a human element to your sites reputation.
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