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Is Your Website Ready for the Amount of Traffic that Your Social Networking Strategies Can Give?

Written on August 28th, 2009 by debspagno shouts

If you are trying to drive traffic to your website, then you better see to it that your website is ready.
 
While social networking helps you promote your business, it can also be one strategy that can help generate traffic for your site. This is why before you actually make known to all your contacts that you have a website, you have to make sure that your website has the following:
1. Your company name and phone number – This must be found at the top of every page in your site.

2. An interface that’s easy to navigate – You have to make sure that your viewers will be able to find exactly what they are searching for without much difficulty.

3. A content-rich landing page – Your landing page must have comprehensive information that is enough to let your visitors know what your company sells.

4. A comprehensive About Us page – Make sure that the information you enter into this page encompasses the company or the business image that you want to portray.

If you still are uncertain about how ready your website is, then by all means contact me. I can help you evalua
te your website and I can even provide you with tips, techniques, and suggestions for free. Email me at drichmond@tekkbuzz.com.

Remember, you will only be able to make the most out of your social networking efforts if your website is all ready to receive the amount of traffic that social networking can give.

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Can Google Analytics Help You in Improving Your Website?

Written on August 24th, 2009 by debspagno shouts

Okay, so you’ve signed up for a Google Analytics and you’ve already been given the code which you have installed on your website. Aside from helping you determine the actual number of people who visit your site each day, you can also use the data that you will be getting from Google Analytics in order to find out which of your marketing efforts are actually effective for your business.

When I recently attended a meeting of the Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) in Grand Rapids , I had a change to do traditional face-to-face networking. I was able to share and get ideas from fellow entrepreneurs and I even had the chance to exchange business cards with those who became interested in what I do and those who have businesses that might be useful to me or my clients. The following day, I noticed that there was a significant increase in the number of visitors I had to Tekkbuzz.com. Google Analytics helped me realize that attending functions such as that AWE meeting can also work to drive traffic to my site.

The Google Analytics system gives you totally comprehensive data that you will even know which pages are mostly visited by people. In my case, I found out that my “About Me” page had the most number of views.  So  examined that particular page thoroughly to make sure that it contains enough information that my potential clients would need. Also, when you determine which page is not doing too well in terms of attracting traffic, you can actually take some extra time generating links to that particular page so it would be more visible to your readers.

By allowing you to see traffic patterns, Google Analytics results are excellent references when you work to improve your website.

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Measuring Your Website’s Success through Google Analytics

Written on August 21st, 2009 by debspagno shouts

google analyticsDo you have any idea how many people visit your website in one day, or one week, or one year perhaps? If you don’t, using Google Analytics, you can actually find out for free. You can even find out which web pages are attracting the most visitors.

Google Analytics is a free service that lets you do all these things and more. Here’s how it works. Google gives you an HTML code and a comprehensive instruction that would tell you to paste that particular code into your page so Google can provide you with the necessary stats you need anytime you need it. The code will not at all affect the appearance of your website.

So why is it so important to track the performance of your website? The statistics that Google Analytics can provide information about how many people visit pages on your site. You may find particular pages are more popular than others.  You’ll want to put your most important information on those pages. If you find a page is receiving very little traffic, you may need to change the topic of the page to make it more relevant to your readers.

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Traffic and Social Networks: How They Can Work Together to Drive Traffic to Your Site

Written on August 19th, 2009 by debspagno shouts

increase-website-trafficWhile you are having fun talking with your friends on Facebook, there  is actually something else that you are doing at the same time that will help your business; driving traffic to your website. Social networking sites such as Facebook can drive traffic to your website if you know how to maximize your account.
While using your Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn accounts to build relationships, you can actually mention your business operations in your posts. You have to remember, however, that hard selling in social networks may annoy your users, so be sure that what you say about your business or products is relevant to the conversation. Save your sales pitch for your website content or your Facebook Fan Page.
Here are some tips that you can use to make sure that you are making the most out of your social networking account.
1. Make sure that your website address is highly visible on your Facebook profile.
2. Write important personal and business information in the section right below our photo.
3. Connect to  lots of people. If your number of friends increases, the traffic that gets directed to your website also increases.

What difficulties have you encountered/are you currently encountering in setting up an account for a social media network?

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SEO Talk: Achieving Improved Search Engine Rankings

Written on August 12th, 2009 by debspagno shouts

top_rankingsHaving your own website on the internet doesn’t guarantee that your business will automatically gain better sales or even have increased leads. You need to be found by potential customers before any of that can happen. With the amount of clutter in the web, you need to make sure your site doesn’t get lost.

I specialize in social media coaching to both businesses and individuals so when someone searches for the keywords “social media coacing” using a search engine (Google, Yahoo!, or Bing), I want my website to be on the first page of the results. But what is it exactly that needs to be done in order to get a higher ranking?

There are several methods to optimizing a website for search engines. One simple way of doing it is to contact clients, vendors, and other people you know who have their own website. You can ask them to link to your site. The more links you get, the higher your ranking goes. Note that certain websites may also ask you to link to them in return. Link exchanges are healthy SEO practices so if their link fits with your niche, you should agree to swapping links.

The process of improving your search engine ranking cannot be classified as a science. Traffic, sales leads, sales. Start learning SEO now and get all these three in no time.

Got SEO questions? Feel free to post your questions here.

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