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Originally Posted by bigsleep55  Hey guys and girls,
I'm wondering what kinda of switch overs people have done with SBI? I got a friend to build this site (so its obviously not with SBI now...) for my dad's new business [ Jade - The Wellbeing Centre */ *Massage Therapy, Darwin NT]
Now i (and most people i know) love the look and layout of the site, but business is slow. I want to get more hits on the site and wonder if there is anything maybe my dad could do (maybe write a blog of some sort??) to get more hits and either enter into product sales or referals, and hopefully more foot traffic into the store.
Thanks for any advice! |
The best way to generate traffic is write lots of quality articles incorporating high demand / low supply keywords in your niche. Learn about Search Engine Optimization so all your pages are optimized for Google etc. Aim for at least 30 content pages, then gradually build up from there. One new page per week will keep you on Google's radar.
You should also begin an inbound link building program. Get as many inbound links to your homepage as possible from relevant, high quality websites and blogs. Do not engage in link farms. Submit your site to free online directories with a PR3+, starting with Dmoz.org and then working your way through
Strongest Links.
Submit your hompage and best articles to a handful of decent social network sites... StumbleUpon, Digg, Delicious, Facebook, Twitter, etc, etc. Get your friends to do it too. Only submit articles that are worth the attention. The idea is you get noticed by a few others, they bookmark you, and the snowball effect kicks in. You can get thousands of spontaneous hits this way.
That's just for starters... but it'll get you going. I don't have any experience of SBI switch overs but do recommend you read the
Action Guide for free to see where you may have missed out, then make a decision if you want to transfer. You have a great looking site... now comes the hard part - traffic
Remember it takes time to get recognized by the search engines. I don't mean getting indexed, but really making your mark. Lots of interesting content = lots of reasons for people to visit you. Keep plugging away. keep learning new tricks. You'll get there