Who does not want more relevant traffic and go to the next level! Here are 10 Free or Low-Cost Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Store:
Drive Traffic to Your Store
1. Drive Traffic to Your Store by Submitting Your Store to Search Engines
Don’t wait for them to find you. You can automatically submit using multiple submission sites (make sure you use a temporary email address for this). To submit your store to Google create a Google Webmaster account at http://www.google.com/webmasters/
2. Drive Traffic to Your Store by Submitting Your Store to Directories.
Do a search for niche directories for the topic of your website. Just type in “directory + electronics” or whatever your store is selling. There are also many general directories that accept submissions for free. The primary value of directories is not direct traffic, however. It is the links that help your ranking (and therefore traffic) with the search engines.
3. Drive Traffic to Your Store by Becoming Active on Forums.
Forums are a great source of traffic for many stores, especially serving niche markets. Always put a link to your store in your signature with your unique selling proposition (why you are different).
4. Drive Traffic to Your Store with Classifieds
This works well for many stores selling unique or niche products. There are many places that you can advertise your products for free or low cost, although few of them seem to be of any value. Test. Some high traffic online classifieds: www.ebayclassifieds.com , www.kijiji.ca , www.craigslist.org
But make sure your classified listing looks professional (most classifieds support basic HTML coding and formatting so your ad there does not have to look cheap)
5. Drive Traffic to Your Store by Exchanging Links with Related Sites
Exchanging links can get you traffic in two ways: traffic from that site and traffic from the search engines because the link helps your ranking.
6. Drive Traffic to Your Store by Submitting Your Products to Shopping Sites
We have many clients using shopping sites to generate a large portion of online sales. New e-commerce system we offer (WooCommerce) already supports feeds to many shopping sites.
7. Drive Traffic to Your Store by Giving Testimonials on Other Sites
Liked an e-book or other online product? Tell the author, and let them know they can use your testimonial. Mention that you’d appreciate it if they leave the link to your store (under your name) active. By the way, we welcome your testimonials. If you want to add yours with a link to your store, send it to sales@finestshops.com
8. Drive Traffic to Your Store by Writing and Submitting Articles
This is a great way to generate free website traffic, boost your SE rank, and establish yourself as a leader in your field. After you write an article, you want it to work for you as much as possible.
9. Drive Traffic to Your Store Through Social Marketing
Social marketing is no doubt the newest buzz as a method to generate website traffic. However, many are still unsure how to approach the social marketing ring and the steps needed to be effective when doing so. Following are simple steps to take when joining in on the Social Marketing platform to generate traffic.
9.1. Build A Network Of Friends: The first step to social marketing, believe it or not, is to not market your website at all. You want to start by creating a network of friends within the social site with like-interests and goals. However, you will generate traffic to your site by placing a link in your profile. Each time a member visits your profile, it’s likely they will visit your site as well. Avoid any promotions for the first few weeks. If you jump in simply by promoting your site, you will quickly be ignored by many members of the social network you are participating in.
9.2. Socialize Often: Spend time each day socializing on each of the social networking sites in which you are a member. The more you participate, the more exposure you (and your website) will receive, making it easier to build necessary connections.
9.3. Slowly Introduce Website Links: Once you have created a network of friends, you can then begin to slowly introduce links to specific areas or your website. Be cautious when attempting this. Only recommend your website when it is absolutely relevant to the member and/or topic you are posting to.
9.4. Stay Active: The key to social marketing is to be consistently active. Don’t take too much time off between conversations, postings, etc. You must maintain the friendships and network you have built along the way to keep a steady flow of traffic.
10. Drive Traffic to Your Store with Video marketing
Video marketing is a fantastic way to drive traffic and build relationships with your potential clients and customers. In today’s article, I want to reveal a super simple video marketing strategy that anyone can use to start driving traffic to their websites. I remember everyone used to be talking about how video marking was the future of the Internet.
Well, it is no longer the future of the Internet. It is now. If you are not using video in your marketing efforts you are seriously missing out. You’re missing out on the conversion rates, and you are missing out on the traffic and relationships that it builds.
So, I’m going to give you a super simple strategy that you can use to start implementing videos into your business today.
10.1. All you need to do is grab a super inexpensive camera. This camera is called the Flip Video Ultra. This camera will allow you to put a camera in your pocket and use it whenever you need to use it. So, you can pull the camera out and just shoot a video impromptu. This is very easy to use and makes making videos very simple.
10.2. Upload that video to all the major video sharing sites. This will give you the most exposure possible. In the video, you want to mention that you have a website and make sure you mention that many times throughout the video.
10.3. In the description box make sure that you put your website URL in the very first position. This will make the URL clickable on most of the video-sharing sites. Now, that will begin to start driving traffic to your website.
This is a super simple video marketing strategy. You can start using it today to start driving traffic and sales to your websites. Most importantly, video marketing helps you build strong relationships with your potential customers and clients. As the old saying goes, people buy from people they know, like, and trust.
To your success!
Your FinestShops Team
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