You must be searching ways to increase your site visitors. You have been trying many ways to let things happen. Unfortunately nothing working. Don't get discouraged. Perhaps you have done many things but they might not be the right things to achieve your goals. Here are few tips which I am sure will be much more helpful to you then what you have done before. It is not only helpful to those who write blogs but also to those who are running websites of their own.
And of course let me know if it worked for you. I will appreciate your comments.
Win on the search engines when people search for keyword phrases related to
your products or services.
Submit your site to all of the major web directories. This will generate traffic
directly from the directories themselves and will also help to improve your
link popularity. That helps you win on Google! I have listed most of the web
directories available in my previous post.
Submit your site to all of the major search engines. But don't rest. Most of
the search engines don't list your site instantly. Be sure to check it after
few days or weeks.
Get people with complimentary sites to link to yours. Another way might be offering
rental kayaks on the beach, asking the local restaurant owners to link to you,
and offering link to them, asking the local tour guides, the real estate agents,
the night clubs, and everyone else. Links lead to clicks onto your website and
help to improve your search engine rankings.
Buying text links on other websites also helps to increase site visitors. More
spiders stops by and more people clicks through which finally improves your
search engine rankings.
Buying banner ads on other websites also helps to build your brand recognition.
Participating in a banner excange program won't cost you anything but leads
to a few extra visitors. On the other hand you're spreading your brand all over
the place.
Connect your site with other sites in your niche.
If you can spend few then pay for clicks or inclusion on the search engines
so that people will see your site in the sponsored links section of the search
results when they search for keyword phrases related to your products or services.
With affiliate marketing, you can either pay per click or pay per customer acquired.
Get news coverage of your business and your site. Approach online and traditional
media. This will often lead to others placing links pointing to your website,
which leads to more clicks and also to improved search engine rankings.
Using E-mail marketing may be irritating to those who receive it but for you
it is effective for the cost. Blast out your special offers, but be nice about
it and don't spam much.
Promote your site. Put your url on all your license plates. Paint it on your
car. Buy newspaper and yellow pages ads with your url. Put up flyers and stickers.
Sponsor a little league team. Do anything and everything to spread the word
about your website around your city.
Stage regular giveaways and spread the word about it.
Write articles for publication on other websites. The author profile will link
to your site. The article will show that you're an expert.
Write articles for your own site regularly. This will help you to win on the
search engines and gives your visitors a reason to come back over and over.
Ask for reviews of your self-published articles on other webmasters' websites.
Ask for reviews of your website, your products, your software, your services.
These will usually include links to your articles.
Write daily or weekly news briefs focusing in on your industry or specialty
area. This keeps your site "fresh" in the eyes of the major search
engines and helps you to spread a wide net when fishing for top search engine
positions.
Ask your visitors to sign up for your newsletter, and encourage them to send
it along to people they know. Send a newsletter regularly with teasers or lead-ins
to your in-depth new articles or with special offers and the latest products.
Become active in bulletin boards and chat rooms focusing on your industry. Leave
inciteful comments, and people will click on your profile, then visit your site.
Offer something people want at your site. Give them a reason to come back and
get more. Offer free downloads and update them regularly. Offer coupons or discounts.
Content content content.
This builds more links back to your site and establishes you as a credible reviewer,
an expert in your space.
Photo contests, essay contests, goofy contests, random drawings, anything. Example:
Messiest Garage in America contest on OfftheFloor.com.
Chambers of Commerce and other organizations will often add your site to their
member directory. That's an added advantage over the obvious business-building
and networking opportunities.
Creating RSS feed of your content gives people another way to interact with
your content.
Build your site so that it is accessible to all browsers and to PocketPC and
Palm Pilot users. Don't forget, people with disabilities buy things too. Make
your site Section 508 complaint. Your competition probably hasn't.
