The Internet is comparable with Hollywood a little as these are the places where people come with dreams in their eyes, with hopes to change their stars, with unstoppable enthusiasm to do something big.
Not all succeed, but at the same time not all fail either.
Those who do, realize that success comes only when they understand and know how to attract enough and consistent traffic.
What Is Traffic And Why It Is So Important To The Success Of AN E-Business? Traffic means people visiting your virtual "shop".
Unless they see what you have how would they buy it; and unless they know where you are how could they visit? Therefore, side by side with learning the nitty-gritty of web designing and hosting you need to pay attention to methods for generating traffic.
The most popular known today are through aggressive marketing through the following methods: Article writing - 'Content Is King' is the adage that rules the Internet today.
People love information and they want it free with no strings attached to it.
Therefore, those websites which have great, informative articles backing their content draw people to them like a magnet.
Blog postings - blogs are free to set up unlike websites which need a minimum investment.
The best with blogs however is that they are recognized by search engines as separate entities.
Postings and links to websites from a blog are valued at par with links from other websites.
Affiliate programs - this is simply put recruiting salespeople for your website.
An affiliate program rewards those who generate traffic and sales for your website.
This is an excellent way of gaining ground on the Internet.
Forum participation - similar to blogs, one can become members of different forums on the Internet and through discussions (not selling) they could raise interest towards their website.
Many forums also allow their members to leave a link for the benefit of other members.
Link exchange - this is closely related to the content you have on your website.
If it is great and others feel that their surfers would benefit from that particular content, they would link to your website.
The search engines take note of this appreciating gesture and accordingly they accord your website with higher ranking.
The higher the ranking the more traffic you would attract.
Not all succeed, but at the same time not all fail either.
Those who do, realize that success comes only when they understand and know how to attract enough and consistent traffic.
What Is Traffic And Why It Is So Important To The Success Of AN E-Business? Traffic means people visiting your virtual "shop".
Unless they see what you have how would they buy it; and unless they know where you are how could they visit? Therefore, side by side with learning the nitty-gritty of web designing and hosting you need to pay attention to methods for generating traffic.
The most popular known today are through aggressive marketing through the following methods: Article writing - 'Content Is King' is the adage that rules the Internet today.
People love information and they want it free with no strings attached to it.
Therefore, those websites which have great, informative articles backing their content draw people to them like a magnet.
Blog postings - blogs are free to set up unlike websites which need a minimum investment.
The best with blogs however is that they are recognized by search engines as separate entities.
Postings and links to websites from a blog are valued at par with links from other websites.
Affiliate programs - this is simply put recruiting salespeople for your website.
An affiliate program rewards those who generate traffic and sales for your website.
This is an excellent way of gaining ground on the Internet.
Forum participation - similar to blogs, one can become members of different forums on the Internet and through discussions (not selling) they could raise interest towards their website.
Many forums also allow their members to leave a link for the benefit of other members.
Link exchange - this is closely related to the content you have on your website.
If it is great and others feel that their surfers would benefit from that particular content, they would link to your website.
The search engines take note of this appreciating gesture and accordingly they accord your website with higher ranking.
The higher the ranking the more traffic you would attract.
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