How to Increase Your Web Traffic to Make More Sales
by Published on 08-19-2009 07:21 PM
How can I get more web traffic to my site, and how can I get my visitors to buy my products? Is this a question you often ask yourself? Are you telling your visitors what you want them to do?
The difference between online marketing and traditional marketing, is that there are no live sales people to guide your customers through your online store.
So when visitors come to your website, they're on their own, If you don't have clear messages about what action you want them to take, they will be gone immediately --- and will never come back....In just a few seconds you can lose a potential customer forever
Here are some tips to help you --- get more web traffic to your site and get your clients to take action:
Make sure that you website is easy to navigate:
This is a biggie - so many web sites are a mess - they don't indicate what the site is about -- the navigation buttons take the prospect to a page which has nothing to do with the information they are looking for, -- links don't work -- the customer becomes baffled by it all and leaves your site.
Have an attractive storefront:
First impressions count, if your store front looks inviting your visitor will come in. Once they enter your store it is up to you to make sure that they can find the information they are looking for with as little fuss as possiblle
Have a call to ACTION
This is probably the biggest failing of business owners, you've done all the work, keyword research, the right domain name plenty of SEO an opt-in form prominently displayed etc, But the customer comes to your site and has no idea what to do next, and leaves.
Following is vital , possibly the most important strategy you can implement on how to get more web traffic to your site.
You must tell your prospect what your website has to offer.
Take them by the hand - tell them what to do, ie what you want them to do.
Make it very very clear, tell them exactly what you action you want them to take., word for word --- ie.
1. Sign up for your e-book - its FREE
2. Register here to arrange a free measure and quote
3. Click here, to get your 25% discount
4.Download your e-book here.
Have a video on your site telling your customer what to do.
TELL THEM what will happen when they have signed up for your e-book. - That it will be delivered immediately to their email address.
If they need to click on a link to get your offer -- TELL THEM! --- "Click here to get your e-book"
By creating a user friendly website you are providing --- Customer Service! an almost unknown commodity in the online world. I don't know about you, but whenever I find a business online that provides superior customer service I return again and again and I refer that business constantly.
At the end of the day you are looking for happy customers who won't want to go anywhere else.
Knowing how to create your own website will ensure that you can provide the information required to drive and keep customers at your website. To collect your FREE e-book How to Create Your First website By 3.45 This Afternoon go here -- http://www.createyourfirstwebsitetoday.com
Author Bio
Article by Liz Canney. Liz has been an internet marketer since 2005 and specializes in finding the best information and products for beginners and new people interested in starting an online business. For more information, visit http://onlinemarketingmagician.com/
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