Traffic Tip #6 – SEO – I Meta a Website

1

Category : free resources, general, hints and tips, traffic

Search Engine Optimization – The Basics of Boosting Website Traffic

Search engine optimization is vital if you want to get your website listed at the top of the search engine rankings. You will have to design and write your pages not only for the customer, but also for the search engine spiders and crawlers. It does not have to be hard and it does not have to make you pull your hair out in frustration. By following a few tips on how to go about writing your pages, you will find success with your website.

One of the first mistakes that most people make when designing a website is Continue Reading

Share

Traffic Tip #5 – Getting Bookmarks

1

Category : free resources, general, hints and tips, traffic

5 Ways to Get Visitors to Bookmark your Website

There are many factors to keeping someone’s interest on your web page or site. It is not an easy task. Your ultimate goal is to get them to come back repeatedly. There is one precious commodity that most of us do not have much of – time. Face it even you do not have the time when surfing to read in depth every site you want to. Naturally, you bookmark it because it was impressionable enough for you to want to put it in your favorites. Now read about what will keep the customers coming back for more!

Before you consider setting up a web site, you will need to have your goals in mind. Answering a few targeted questions will help you decide how to best approach setting up the site. Targeting your customer is very important. Their age, economic status and gender will play a part in deciding how you will need to have your site designed. For example, you would not sell jeans in larger sizes and higher waist styles to a junior teen sized woman. Good market research is the foundation for setting the goals of your site, and marketing and designing your site with your customer in mind. This is only the beginning and a mere part of the story of getting customers and keeping them

You will need to look at how your customer Continue Reading

Share

Traffic Tip #4 – More Content

2

Category : free resources, general, hints and tips, traffic

3 Reasons Why More Website Content Can Increase Traffic

People typically visit the internet in search of information. They are looking for content that is relevant to their purpose. They typically are not looking for marketing ploys. There are a number of ways to increase this content, Continue Reading

Share

Traffic Tip#3 – Affiliate Ads

1

Category : free resources, general, hints and tips, traffic

Get Affiliated – How Affiliate Programs Can Work for You

*****************
CHECK IN THE COMMENTS FOR A GREAT AFFILIATE OPPORTUNITY!
**********************

Joining an affiliate program is a great way to allow other people to do your selling for you. You can make up to $200 an hour and work only a few hours a day by joining or creating your own affiliate program. Does that sound tempting? Many affiliate programs can get on you the right path to a sustainable income through a small or home based business.

So, what are affiliate programs exactly? An affiliate program is sharing revenue between you and a business that sells services or products. The business rewards you with money for sending customers their way. Does it sound good so far? Now you know what an affiliate program is, now let us see how it works.

First, you place links on your website to a particular businesses website. When a visitor clicks on that link and purchases a product or service from that business, you earn a referral fee. Some affiliate programs will only pay you for a limited amount for time while others will track the sales from your referrals for the entire life of the customer. The average referral fee comes from a percentage of the total amount sold. Some businesses will pay a set amount, click through, or other actions initiated from your website. That percentage can vary from business to business. More visitors and the higher the sales is more money in your pocket.

Does that sound easy? Remember there is no easy money. You cannot just put up a website, start posting a dozen affiliate links, and expect the money to come swarming in. There are a few things to consider first. You need to decide what kind of website you should have that would allow you to start making money through affiliate programs. What works best for you and your website? Now you will have to decide how you will market your website most effectively. Never create a website that consists solely of affiliate links. This creates a very unprofessional site and does not bring in the traffic that you desire.

Another aspect to developing a small business is careful panning. You should be able to map out a profitable strategy by using affiliate programs. Your planned strategy should allow your business to grow and enable you to build a sustainable income on a regular basis. You need to be able to generate a reasonable income website by using affiliate programs that will bring you more than petty cash and that will be worth all your time and effort.

Do not wait for the website traffic to flow in all by itself. It is up to you to market your website and lure the visitors to you. Only hard work and persistence will grant you the keys to success. You will need to research all of your options carefully before entering into any contracts or making any commitments. Even if you do not have your own service or product to sell, you can still make money by selling someone else’s service or products. You can do this by becoming an affiliate of another e-commerce website.

Finding an affiliate program can be as easy as going to a Link Share or Commission Junction. These are companies that have systems set up for you to find, apply and manage a variety of affiliate programs through their websites. These companies will also collect all your commissions and compile all your earnings into one paycheck, so that you receive only one check instead of a series of small checks. You can find an affiliate program in nearly every area that interests you. Be sure to take you time when browsing through the categories and select the ones that would work best for you.

If you are interested in putting an affiliate link on your website, most programs will give you instructions on how to establish a link to their website. Normally, the web page allows you to produce a HTML code to post on your website. This HTML code will display an image or text on your web page that is directly linked to the businesses website and contains information that will let the business know which click through came from your website.

Share

Traffic Tip#2 – Lookin Good!

5

Category : free resources, general, hints and tips, traffic

Three Reasons Why a Good Looking Website will Increase Traffic

If you really want to increase traffic on your website, you may want to step back and take a look at the site from a visitor’s point of view. A good looking website increases its traffic naturally because those who visit it will likely come back and tell their friends about it as well. The presentation of your website says a lot about you and your business. If you want to have a highly successful web business then it is necessary to have a nice website. If you want to have an active blog, the same thing applies. With more than half of the world logging in web time each week, it is important for today’s businesses to maintain interesting and effective websites that pertain to their businesses. If you are interested in learning why a good looking website is important when trying to increase traffic, take a look at these three reasons. It is amazing on how simple they are, yet how often they are overlooked.

Professionalism

The first view of your website by a visitor says a lot about your business as a whole. If your website looks cheap and self-made, then it is likely the visitor will not think your business operates in a professional manner. When it comes to dealing with customers on the web, you certainly want to look professional on all levels. If you are an online retailer, you want customers to feel comfortable ordering from you. If they do not think your website looks professional, they may not feel comfortable doing so. It is not necessary to have your website professionally created in order to appear professional. All you need to do is play around with different approaches to see which templates work best for your business. The more you read and learn about website creation, the better your site will look. Educating yourself on the issue of website development is important when you are trying to do it on your own. If you find yourself overwhelmed, then you can always turn to a professional for the creation of your site. Therefore, to maintain a high level of professionalism, you need to have a good looking website. In turn, but creating the professional atmosphere, the consumers will likely return and bring their friends as well.

Entertaining

Not only should your website look professional, but it should also have an entertaining value. Entertainment is something that will draw visitors into your site in a deeper way. If they see an interesting link, they will likely examine your site in more detail. By offering things like contests and free giveaways, you can easily draw in more traffic. If your site is boring however, it is unlikely you will be able to keep anyone there for more than two seconds. Offering games to play on your site that may pertain to your business, you can keep the traffic flowing. You can even offer links to other exciting and informative websites, in order to act as an “in-between” for the fun. Anyone would rather visit a fun and entertaining site than a boring and plain website. If you offer enough excitement it is likely the regular visitors will advertise your site to everyone they know!

Easy On the Eyes

A good looking website will also increase traffic if it is easy on the eyes. In addition to being professional and fun, your website should be easy on the eyes. This essentially means that it should be attractive as well as easy to function within. Choose colors and an arrangement that will appeal to a wide variety of people. Using really bold colors will possibly hurt the eyes of viewers if they look at them for extended periods of time. You can always add splashes of colors in graphics and borders, but it is best to keep text in dark colors. Create an interesting layout, but not one that is so unique that it is difficult to use. If your website is easy to look at and visitors can navigate easily around it, they will want to come back.

If you focus on these three reasons to create a good looking website, your traffic will surely increase. Having a website that looks professional, entertaining, and is easy on the eyes is the key to inviting and maintaining web traffic for your website. So, if you are creating your site now, or if you want to overhaul your existing site, keep these three tips in mind to get the most traffic to your site as possible.

——
Putting my money where my mouth is…I will be overhauling this blog so there are not the blank ad spots. They are driving me nuts, so I am going to fix it.

If you have any suggested WORDPRESS Themes that are free or low priced, toss them out! I am sure that many people are always hunting for good themes!

Share

Traffic Tips – I need your help!

2

Category : free resources, general, hints and tips

Well lets see….keep your eyes on the prize. That’s what I am doing right now.

The skinny:
I am in a competition between blog owners to drive as much traffic between now and June 7th.
I am up against roughly 500 people.
I think that I am way behind already.

What’s at stake:
A complete blog overhaul
A $2000 business setup.

What I need from you:
I need some information. We all share it. We all find it. We should all use it. I need TRAFFIC TIPS. What can I do to drive as many people here as possible?

What I am willing to do:
Compile everyones tips and tricks into an ebook and give it away to you and anybody else who wants it. That makes this a WIN-WIN-WIN situation: you, me, and everybody else. It creates good karma for you. You may learn something along the way. We may come up with a collaborative system that will be the next big thing (this is pie in the sky).

I will also be adding some reviews of different traffic strategies that I find from paid systems. In the end, we all are a whole lot smarter for it!

Well, I think it would be great if people chimed in and left some great traffic strategies. I don’t need to know about PPC ones, unless of course you are willing to fund them. :)

I look forward to reading your ideas. I am willing to use this site for demonstration or testimonial purposes too! If you have a paid system that you are looking for a case study – I am willing to give it a whirl!

Share

A New Feature!

11

Category : free resources, general, hints and tips, marketing, reviews

So I added a new feature to this blog.
Have you seen it? Did you hear it? Do YOU know what I am talking about?

It is the Facebook like chat pop up at the bottom.

Here is why it should be effective:
Facebook celebrated its sixth birthday on February 4th, 2010. That day, Facebook announced that it now had over 400 million members (as of today it is much more). That’s a HUGE accomplishment considering that just a year earlier, they had ONLY 150 million users. Think about it – how many systems have you seen using Facebook advertising as a model of the business? WHY NOT HARNESS THIS IN ANOTHER WAY?

There is a great link in there. Click on it and get access to a free webinar by ALEX JEFFREYS himself!

Drop me a comment and tell me what you think of the pop up. Do you think that it would be helpful to you? What ways would you use it? Do you hate it? What do you think something like this is worth? Would it confuse you if it showed up? OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT ABOUT IT!

THANKS!
Jerry
TheOnlineSuccessProgramBlog.com

Share

The Mojo Report – ROCKSTAR LISTBUILDING

3

Category : free resources, general, marketing, reviews, specials

Building your list is a system – a process with inputs and outputs with some magic in the middle to amplify the output. That’s the bit where you use some leverage to add some love.
Marc Eglon hit the nail on that one. I have had an opportunity to review his new ebook, THE MOJO REPORT, as well as how to become a rockstar list builder with his methods.

What better way to become a true list builidng ROCKSTAR than to first research a ton of things out there. Then actually try the methods. Then culminating the best of the best to create superstar rockstar lists.

But wait there’s more! Not only did he check out all the list building systems, he went to the guys who really know what they are doing. Really they are nobody when it comes to traffic generation…. Alex Jeffreys (a mentor of mine), Sean Mize, Soren Jordansen, Justin Brooke, Matt Garrett, and Andrew Stark. WOW! That list is of guys who know their stuff when it comes to traffic generation. Marc posed a question to each one…“If you had to build your business from scratch tomorrow, what would be the first thing youʼd do?” and the answer? Three simple words….BUILD A LIST.

I went through and checked out the rest of the ebook first, then the whole program. Can you say NINJA MAGIC? Marc mapped out the whole thing…and even included quick reference cheat sheets!

Don’t know where to start? No problem! Marc went through and created a quickguide called the Brass Tacks ( twisted his arm for a copy…here you go… Brass Tacks )

He made complete videos of all the interviews with the rockstars listed above. You can only get so much from some printed text….so why not WATCH the whole interview? Marc even got guys like Sean Mize to divulge some information about his business that is not available anyplace else.

Marc goes on to cover many topics:
+ squeeze pages and how to tweek them
+ adswaps
+ webinars
+ product creation
+ A TON MORE!

I can’t say enough good things about Marc Eglon’s Mojo Report and Rockstar ListBuilding. Download the report, and check it out for yourself. The Mojo Report

Leave me a comment to let me know what you think about it!
….email marketing - rockstar listbuilding

Share

More giveaways added to the list

2

Category : general, giveaways, hints and tips

I have added a few more giveaways to my list at http://theonlinesuccessprogramblog.com/giveaway

I can’t tell you how important it is to use these events if you are trying to build your list. I have expanded mine exponentially over the last month.

Share

New Giveaway Announcer Added

Category : free resources, general, giveaways, hints and tips, marketing

I have added a giveaway announcer to the links section…. OR you can bookmark it directly at http://theonlinesuccessprogramblog.com/giveaway/ . I will be posting all the JV Giveaways that I find there. It will stay current as it will removed expired events, so be sure to check it regularly. It will post links for contributers until the event opens, then it will post links to sign up as a member to get lots of free gifts!

So, what is a JV or joint venture giveaway? They are a great way to get new, good quality products for free (member opt ins are required. If you upgrade the account – recommended – then you can download the gifts directly) You can find some find some valuable information and helpful tools all in a onestop shopping environment!
If you are a contributer, who is trying to build an email list, you can contribute to the giveaway and get subscribers who want to download your gift for free (really for an email opt-in)

You can join a jv giveaway either as a member or as a contributor. If you have your own product, or a PLR or MRR product, you can give it away as a contributer. If you do not have a product to give away then you can join as a member and download any of the free gifts that you want, all they require is your email address.

Each JV giveaway will have its own rules for contributors and you should study these as they will be different for each one. You are expected to promote the giveaways and your account will be monitored during the giveaway to see how much traffic you are sending to the JV giveaway. Some giveaways will just give your gift a low rank and move you down in the page listings… but other giveaways will remove your gift if you are not promoting the giveaway and maybe even downgrade your status as well.

Good luck! Try it out! Become a member at one and score some neat free loot! After you get the hang of it, get out there! BE A CONTRIBUTER! It can’t hurt!

Stay current on the JV GIVEAWAY scene at http://theonlinesuccessprogramblog.com/giveaway/

Share