Generating traffic to your blog - part 3
Social bookmarking sites can be a great source of both links and traffic.
Let me take a minute to explain what social bookmarking sites are and why they can get you traffic.
Social bookmarking sites started as a way to keep your bookmarks on line and to share them with your friends. Now if you have been using your computer for any length of time I am sure you have added to your favorites or bookmarked some of the sites you visit regularly.
Social bookmarking sites work about the same way with a few exceptions. You can save a site but you will need to add some keywords and a short description. This you can then share with the general public. They can vote them up or down depending on how useful they feel they are.
This allows other members of the site to search for things by the keywords and find what others have thought about it before clicking through. They also have pages that show what’s new, what’s hot etc.
Get a post on the first page of what’s hot at a site like Digg and you can get a lot of traffic.
Now a couple of caveats in using bookmarking. Make sure that you are bookmarking sites of others too. After all this is things that you find worthwhile. They can’t only be your posts. You will get classed as a spammer and may lose your account.
One of my favorite tools is to use a service called onlywire that will allow you to bookmark 18 sites at once.
There is a lot more to using the social bookmarking sites and one of the best resources that I have found for traffic in general and bookmarking in particalar is Traffic Manifesto from my go to guy for this topic Ross Goldberg.
Martha Petrizza
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1. Trade links with other web sites. They should be
related to the subject of your web site. Instead of
trading links, you could also trade banner ads, half
page ads, classified ads, etc.
2. Start an e-zine for your web site. When people
read each issue they’ll be reminded to revisit your
web site. They’ll see your product ad more than
just once which will increase your orders.
3. Form an online community. It could be an online
message board, e-mail discussion list or chat room.
When people get involved in your community they
will regularly return to communicate with others.
4. Write articles and submit them to e-zines, web
sites and magazines that accept article submissions.
Include your business information and web address
at the end of the article.
5. Give away an electronic freebie with your ad on
it. Allow your visitors to also give the freebie away.
This’ll increase your ad exposure and attract people
to your web site at the same time.
6. Combine your products or services into one big
package deal with other businesses offerings. You
could share a web site and advertise the package
deal; which means double the traffic.
7. Submit your freebie to the online directories that
list your particular item or service for free. If you’re
offering a free e-zine, submit it to all the free e-zine
directories on the internet.
8. Participate on message boards. Post answers to
other people’s questions, ask questions and post
appropriate information. Include your signature file
at the end of all your postings.
9. Exchange classified or sponsor ads with other
free e-zine publishers. If there is a huge subscriber
difference between e-zines, one can run more ads
to make up for it.
10. Post your ad on free advertising areas on the
internet. You can post it on free classified ad sites,
free for all links sites, newsgroups that allow ads,
free yellow page directories, etc.
Quote of the Day:
“Hope is a waking dream.” — Aristotle
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1. Use a hand written letter on your ad copy instead
of text. Write the ad on a piece of paper, scan it and
publish the ad on your web page. Adding a personal
touch will always increase your sales.
2. Publish a list of famous and respected customers
who have bought from you on your a copy. People
will think that if these people bought from you, they
should also trust your business and purchase your
products. Make sure to get their permission first.
3. Show before and after photos for your products
on your web page copy. Show the problem picture
and then beside it, show the picture of the resolution
to the problem when they use your product.
4. Include an article or review that has been written
about you or your business with your ad copy. This
will show people that your business is respected and
will increase your credibility.
5. When you offer free bonuses in your ad copy, also
list the dollar value beside each bonus. People will
feel they’re getting a good deal and it will increase the
value of your product.
6. Hire a famous person to endorse your product or
service. Make sure the person is well known to your
target audience. Include their picture and statements
on your ad copy.
7. Include your own picture on your ad copy. This
will show people that you’re not hiding behind your
ad copy and will increase their trust. Also, include
your contact information below the picture and a
brief statement or quote.
8. Tell your potential customers on your ad copy
that you will donate a percentage of their purchase
price to specific charity. This will show them you
really care about the people. They may just buy
your product to donate to the charity.
9. Ask your potential customers plenty of yes and
no questions in your ad copy. The questions should
remind them of their problem and make them think
about what will happen if they don’t purchase your
product.
10. Tell your potential customers they will receive a
free prize if they find the five words in your ad copy
that are misspelled or spelled backwards. The longer
you can keep someone reading your copy the greater
chance of them purchasing.
Quote of the Day:
“I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good
therefore that I can do, or any kindness or ablities that I
can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me
not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way
again.” — William Penn
Sincerely,
Martha Petrizza
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