Monday, July 31, 2006

Don't be Afraid to try Something New!

If your site statistics indicate that you are receiving a good traffic volume, but most visitors leave within 30 seconds, it's time to try something new.

The key is to experiment...and keep experimenting until you see a favorable shift in your site's "stickiness." This can be measured by sales conversion or simply a positive change in the duration that typical visitors spend on your site. Look at return visitors too - the more the better.

But the bottom line is that a Website is dynamic. You always have to be adding new content and adjusting your offerings, layout, navigation, incentives and attractiveness until you find a formula that works. That's why it is so important to carefully review your site statistics on at least a weekly basis.

Hint: Make small changes and give it a few days to see if the change is having a positive effect. If not, try something else. Keep experimenting and sooner or later, you'll find the right mixture that puts money in your pocket!

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Valuable Content is Key to Website Marketing

Many small businesses treat their Websites as nothing more than an online brochure. This is OK if all you want is a place for sales and support people to point customers and prospects. But it foregoes the opportunity to tap into a worldwide, 24x7 market.

The best and simplest way to turn your small business Website into a marketing machine is to add valuable content that is periodically refreshed. This can be free useful tools, authoritative whitepapers, articles or eBooks, a directory to useful sources, etc. These build credibility, a preprequisite to collecting names, phone numbers and email addresses. And if you are selling online, achieving credibility among site visitors is an absolute prerequisite for success.

Add valuable content means that your site is more likely to be bookmarked as well, leading to return visitors. If your content captures attention, it is more likely to get passed on to colleagues and business associates too. This is called "viral marketing," a phenomenon that can significantly increase your business.

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Happy 4th of July!

How do you know when you are a workaholic? I think I answered my own question. Here I sit during the morning of what is suppose to be a relaxing holiday, banging away to complete client assignments. Even worse, it doesn't feel like work to me. I enjoy what I do...maybe a little too much.

Time to stop and take the dog for a walk before the Pacific sun burns away the June gloom.

Happy 4th, everybody.

Saturday, July 01, 2006

New Service - Affordable Online Marketing Appraisal

A lot of small businesses put up a Website and promote it as best they can. Yet, they seem to hit a wall. Their site never appears within the first three pages of search engine returns for their keywords. In effect they are invisible on the Internet. Or despite a healthy flow of traffic to their site, sales never seem to increase. Where to go from here?

If you find yourself in this position, you might feel a sense of hopelessness. Maybe you've tried several things but nothing seems to work. It's like an invisible barrier keeps your online marketing efforts from succeeding. You would give anything for a knowledgeable Internet marketing expert to look at your site, but have neither the time or money to spend on a consultant.

Now there is a way to get the answers you need to revitalize your online marketing, to point it in the direction of success. A simple course correction can often make all the difference in the world. We know that online marketing works. Now let's make it work for you!

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