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Driving Traffic to Your Website - Developing Your Customer Base Learn how to bring in the customers to your website. Developing a strong customer base is your goal. How are you going to do that and what are your options? A word of caution: it's also probably good judgement to be conservative in your spending during this time until you've tested your market niche. There'll be a lot of businesses who will charge you for exposure and promise phenomenal results, but until you've tested your market, there's a lot of factors that are still up in the air. Start with free ads and gauge the response you get from them. Free ads are most likely i the form of classifieds, but they may also be bulleting posts on MySpace or other networking groups. Link exchanges are also away for you to get your brand name out there with little to no cost! SBI! will also help you understand how to funnel RELEVANT traffic to your business site. Check these out to start. Learn about SEO Optimization. Most people will do a search to find what they need on the internet and most searches stop after the first few pages. With that in mind, take some time to research your niche key words and improve your search engine rankings! Get listed on major search engines and directories. FREE! Search-It! tool - use this tool for key word searches in popular categories. Developing a reciprocal link exchange strategy is another method to increase your site's exposure. You'll want to have quality links that benefit your clientele. Link popularity also improves your search engine rankings. Review Value Exchange to start. This program enables you to find high-value, similarly themed sites that you can exchange links with. You'll also want to consider automating your link exchange program. Write your way to exposure! e-Zines, newsletters, and articles help to get your website out in the public's eye. Again, be on the look out for the free sites where you can submit your content. There's also blogs, forums and groups (free - of course) which can be used to start developing some skill in your writing. Are you concerned about having to write? Well, here's a thought. Most of the information on the internet is in written format. If you want to operate on the internet, you'll do whatever it takes to get your message across. Unless you're going to record your singing or end up on You Tube, you'd better practice your writing. Don't let that be a show stopper to your online success! Online Networking - people still need human interaction even in a somewhat impersonal medium such as the internet. Establishing solid relationships with other business owners and clients will be helpful to your success. It's a great way to add a more personalized touch to reaching your clientele. Visit us at our networking sites and send us a note! Email advertising - This is a good way to maintain your relationship with your clients. it adds to the "stickiness" of your website. Here's a tool that will help you decrease the chances of your email being flagged as spam - SpamCheck Build It! Check your newsletter or email ad using this tool and stay out of the "Junk Mail Folder". The main idea is to be where the people are. You want exposure for your business and the more the merrier. There are still opportunities that we haven't discussed - eBay, online malls, local offline methods, etc. If you're feeling overwhelmed, the idea is to take it one step at a time. You don't have to take large steps, but you do have to keep stepping! Get in the habit of doing something everyday for your business. You can make that a part of your training system.
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