8 Simple Ways to Attract Visitors to your Website
Here's a list of eight ways to attract visitors to your website, blog, or podcast:
1) Have something people want or value on your site.
Perhaps easier said then done. But think of things that you'd want and find valuable and then post similar things on your site. "Content is king" so have great content people are seeking. If people like your content they'll recommend it to others. See #8) Intention below.
2) Make it presentable/attractive.
Make it look nice. Use easy to read fonts like Arial and Verdana as mentioned in Ralph Wilson's Text Font Readability Study. Use nice graphics/images/videos which people are attracted to or intrigued by. If people like the look and feel of your site they'll forward it to others. Consider Web 2.0 design for your site, e.g., "focused, clean, and simple", easy navigation, bold logos, bold text introductions, larger text, etc.
3) Use key words/phrases.
Key words are the words searchers use in search engines to find what they're looking for. Use a few key words and phrases in the title and body of your posts/articles. Note: Don't overdo this!
4) Promote it
Once you've posted something of value to your site, let the world know about it! Tell your Facebook friend/fans, email your list, tweet about it on Twitter, submit it to Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, or other social bookmarking sites.
5) Ask others to Promote it
People like helping other people. Sometimes all you have to do is ask them and they'll give your content (post/article/podcast/video) a boost.
Be specific. Ask them to tell their friends. Ask them to forward your email. Ask them to retweet your tweet: "Pls RT", etc. Use your social media/networking connections and leverage them for your success. Try to do this in a nice unobtrusive way by helping others with your solutions.
Ask other sites to link to your site, especially education, government, and organizations which are highly respected and have high authority ratings. These inbound links can give great "Google juice" to your site in the search engine results page (SERP) rankings.
6) Have a great Title
As mentioned above use a few carefully chosen keywords in your title. Make your title intriguing - something people will want to click on...and pass along to others. Try to limit the length of your title to 60 characters with spaces. Of course, match your content to your title and try to deliver what you promised. And note that you'll want to assure that your Title is also placed in the <head> section of the HTML source code of the web page. Do this for your home page and every page of your website.
7) Have a great Description
Having a great description is a three-fold process: First, describe your article using keyword/phrases in the first paragraph of your article/post/content/etc. Second, enter a description if your blog platform (or plugin like Headspace or widget) allows you to. Or if your site's content management system (CMS) allows you to add a description/teaser, then add one. Third, enter a meta description for your web page (note that the second step may have automatically done this). A meta description is a short description of your article (150 characters with spaces) which is placed in the <head> section of your page's HTML source code.
8) Have Intention
Intend to have a great site with valuable content, e.g. posts, articles, podcasts, videos, etc. Intend to have/write/create/video/record something really interesting, creative, and unique. Intend to write something worthy of being found, which people want to find, and they're pleased/satisfied/happy when they find it. And if you do it right, then this sense of intention will result in a better site/articles/posts which people will be attracted to.
Bottom Line
Just remember, Google wants to deliver the best results (answers/solutions) to its customers: Searchers who are asking questions with their search queries. So make sure that your post/article/podcast/site is something people want/desire/need, describe that using keywords/phrases and deliver on the promise of your title & description and people will be attracted to your site. There are many more ways to attract visitors to your site, but these should give you a good start.
Resources
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