imtibacon http://imtibacon.blogit.fi Uusi Blogit.fi blogi Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:27:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en Search Engine Optimization Articles - SEO Articles - Self SEO http://imtibacon.blogit.fi/search-engine-optimization-articles-seo-articles-self-seo/ http://imtibacon.blogit.fi/search-engine-optimization-articles-seo-articles-self-seo/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:27:52 +0000 imtibacon http://imtibacon.blogit.fi/search-engine-optimization-articles-seo-articles-self-seo/ Whenever you are having a website or an online business, it is very common that your first priority is to get the best page ranking you can get on all the leading search engines. The point behind this is that the better your ranking is the better is your chances of getting the maximum number of potential visitors. And there is also a reason behind this. Almost all of the Internet users have the tendency of visiting those sites that they can get on the top of the search engine result pages. They …

]]> http://imtibacon.blogit.fi/search-engine-optimization-articles-seo-articles-self-seo/feed/ How To Get Repeat Visitors To Your Website http://imtibacon.blogit.fi/how-to-get-repeat-visitors-to-your-website/ http://imtibacon.blogit.fi/how-to-get-repeat-visitors-to-your-website/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:27:44 +0000 imtibacon http://imtibacon.blogit.fi/how-to-get-repeat-visitors-to-your-website/ > As the proud publisher of a website I’m sure you have spent a considerable amount of time and effort to attract traffic to your site. It’s not difficult to realize how it is to your advantage to get repeat visitors to your website, rather than to constantly be relying on finding someone new. A visitor who has previously viewed your website offerings is much more likely to become your customer than a first time visitor. To this end, I would like you to consider the following suggestions.
Update your website pages frequently. Stagnant sites are more likely to be dropped by some search engines than a site that is dynamic. You may even think about placing a date counter on the page to show when it was last updated. The search engines will spider your site more often, and your visitors are more inclined to return on a regular basis to see what’s new.
Offer additional value on your website. You can place links to affiliate and partner sites and products and request that they do the same for you. It is also effective to promote their books or videos as long as these products relate to your industry and are not in competition with your own product. You can invite customers to ???opt in??™ to get discounts and special offers. Place a link on your site to ask customers to ???opt in??™ to get a monthly newsletter or valuable coupons.
Place a ???Book Mark??? or ???Add This Site to Your Favorites??? link on your home page to encourage visitors to return. Add a link titled ???Recommend this site to a Friend??? so that the visitor can email your website link, with a pre-written title, for example, ???Thought you might be interested in this???, just by clicking on it. In other words, make it as easy as possible for your visitors to return to your website and to invite their friends to do the same.
Brand your website so that visitors can easily see that they are on ???your??? site. Use consistent colors, logos and slogans throughout the site and always include a ???Contact Us??? link on each page.Create a page titled ???Our Policies??? that clearly explains your philosophy and principles in customer relations. Also post your privacy policy as well so that clients know they are secure when they visit your site. Create a FAQ page which addresses and clarifies the most likely issues about your product or your company that are likely to be asked about. This will help to resolve most of the customers concerns in their first visit to your site.
Ensure that each page on your website has proper titles and keywords so that your customer can find their way back to your site if they lose the book mark. Never, never, NEVER! spam a visitor, who has opted in for newsletters or information, with unsolicited emails. If they later decide that they want to ???opt out??? of your newsletter or other mail, be sure you take them off the mailing list immediately. They may return if they like your products. But they will surely not come back if you continue to flood their email box with mails they consider ???junk mail??? or spam. Just remember to give your visitors plenty of reasons to want to revisit your website, and make it as simple as you can for them. They will be back.
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]]> http://imtibacon.blogit.fi/how-to-get-repeat-visitors-to-your-website/feed/ Brand Name Turnkey Website Advice http://imtibacon.blogit.fi/brand-name-turnkey-website-advice/ http://imtibacon.blogit.fi/brand-name-turnkey-website-advice/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:07:45 +0000 imtibacon http://imtibacon.blogit.fi/brand-name-turnkey-website-advice/ > Some national chains of service providers including real estate and mortgage companies offer turnkey websites for affiliates and franchisees. From a recent conversation with one mortgage broker, I was intrigued learning details of the relationship and the fact that some of these cookie cutter websites used by thousands of agents are fee based, not free.
This broker explained that for $25 USD paid monthly, or $300 a year, the agent gets a cookie cutter website. Each takes as little as 10 minutes to setup and then never changes. This recurring cost goes on forever which is why I question the value aside from name association with the parent brand. Here’s an explanation of difficulties the site may experience attracting new business.
Although each site is a sub domain of the parent company and will be treated by search engines as a separate website, the content for each agent is identical to all others except for contact information. Low cost cookie cutter website solutions may be practical for small business owners on a limited budget, yet having duplicate content that is just like 1000 other sites drastically impacts the value in seo, or search engine optimization
Search engines reward sites with fresh and original content, so the owner of a cloned site cannot expect major search engines to drive new business traffic their way. This may be okay if the realtor or mortgage broker is enjoying success, but if the business is struggling to make a profit, each agent must find new ways to market their business.
Besides the obvious methods with printed materials that include the sub domain website address, site owners will require more direct proactive marketing. Referrals will become extremely important, and should be utilized often. One option may be a standalone blog offering generic advice about their niche. The parent corporation is unlikely to allow use of their logo on an outside site, so the best the owner can do is provide value with news, reviews, and advice, and have links to their cloned sub domain.
This compromise in seo value by using an external blog violates my usual advice about blog integration for small business owners. The hosting options are either 1) external which is not integrated, 2) use a sub domain for partial integration, and 3) subfolder storage for full integration. With a fully integrated blog the search engines connect your blog as part of the main site, and the value for driving visitors to your site is enhanced.
In my conversation with the mortgage broker mentioned earlier, they stated revenue was sufficient to support their work as a full time job. Once they understood the downside, they agreed to consider the external blog for indirect promotion to help drive traffic to the cookie cutter site. Now that they understand their situation, the importance of direct marketing will receive additional focus with an emphasis on networking and referrals.
This is an important lesson in expectations. Once an owner has a realistic perspective of site performance, there’s nothing wrong with having a site that simply contains more than could ever fit on a business card. Having a www domain printed on your business card and stationery shows evidence of sophistication. It could make the difference between you and a competitor who still hasn’t gone online.
The ideal scenario for any small business is having an original site with fresh content added often instead of a cookie cutter clone. Integrate a blog and forum as appropriate and you create a search engine magnet, but that traffic is meaningless if your content is stale and only optimized for search engines. It is more important to design content for visitors who are more likely to stay longer and eventually buy when you provide quality information and value for money.
Finally, avoid the mistake made by some new small business website owners who buy turnkey websites based on late night television ads. You don’t get rich buying a clone site and then sitting back waiting for the armored truck to show up each day with bags of money. Sub domains from well known brand names like mortgages or real estate are no different. Hard work and promotional methods whether online or by dict marketing are still the keys to success.
Jim Degerstrom writes small business advice based on 30 years in management, sales, and marketing, including GM or President of small companies in 5 states. He is proficient in website design and graphic art, and runs his online
and offers advice on his from Kissimmee, Florida USA.

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