Strategies I Use To Promote My Website
Thursday, September 9th, 2010With billions of websites, how do I promote my website to help people find me? This is the question I hear most often from professionals and small business owners. It is a very important question. More than 85% of people looking for a business use internet search. Being found should be a top priority for every business.
Most people who say, “I need to promote my website” think there will be one or two things they need to do once. Website promotion is an ongoing task. It is not enough to be one of the billions of websites or to be one of those that are being promoted. The question should be: How do I promote my website so I can rank in the top ten on the search engines?
Consider that 97% of those who conduct the 61 billion searches performed every month will not click beyond page one. Now that search results include live social search results as well, ranking in the top ten for a keyword is the goal.
How Do I Promote My Website for those Results?
Effective website promotion requires a combination of tactics. You can either manage the campaigns yourself, hire a marketing firm to do everything for you, or you can work with various contract and freelance experts who will provide the expertise you need in various areas of your marketing plan. Only you can evaluate the balance between time and money: what do you have the time and knowledge to do and what can you afford to outsource. The way I promote my website might be different from the way you promote your website.
I Want to Promote My Website Efficiently
Here are the methods I use to promote my website and that I believe will serve you well in promoting yours.
- A professionally-built and designed website
- Keyword Research
- Search Engine Optimization of your site and everything else
- Buy some ppc ads on the search engines
- Use social media link to your site and to get people talking
- A well-conceived blog (with links to your site)
- Link various pages of your site
- Content development plan
- Article marketing strategy
- Get the attention of the media with press releases
- Submit your site to appropriate online directories and search engines
- Take full advantage of local search
- Use landing pages
- Develop a strategy for developing leads
- Invest in a lead management system of some kind
- Offer free items or information to get people to join your mailing list.
Once you master these tactics you will know how to “promote my website.” If you can learn how to do each of these tasks, or find someone who knows what they are doing, and you can weave these together into an integrated marketing and sales strategy – don’t forget sales – you will be well on your way to driving quality traffic to your site. This is the best advice I can offer when you ask me, “How do I promote my website?
If you are a small business owner or professional and want more information about lead generation, view the short video, “How Article Promotion Can Drive 25,000 New Prospects to Your Site Every Month – For Free.”