Proven Strategies to Increase Website Traffic and Generate Sales
This post is going to contain the simple, yet effective techniques I have learned during my time online to generate targeted traffic and generate sales. These are strategies I’m using for my own online business and have found to be working well and improving over time.
If you’ve been following along with us, my last post was about a struggling internet marketer who is reaching out in a desperate attempt to generate sales with his affiliate marketing website.
One of the questions asked was, “How do I drive traffic to my site that can generate sales?”
This is going to be the topic of this post, and I’ll be going very in-depth, starting with the basics and moving towards the more advanced strategies.
I apologize in advance if this turns into a very lengthy post, but please bare with me as it will be well worth your time to read through everything.
So let’s begin, shall we?
The very first thing you must understand is that everything revolves around keywords. Keywords are the life-blood of websites and how they become seen by internet users using search engines.
SEO (search engine optimization) is the foundation of using keywords effectively, and this is how you’re going to target specific internet users to generate sales online.
Rather than going in-depth on the subject of SEO on this post, I have a few previous posts that should cover this subject thoroughly enough for you to understand. Please check them out, and if you have questions use the comment section:
Optimizing your web page for specific keywords is critical and is the foundation for which you’ll build the rest of your marketing efforts upon. Seriously, nothing else matters until you’ve done this. Don’t ignore it!
One thing I’ve learned is that backlinks are KING. Okay, so content is still KING, but backlinks are a very close second, and here’s why. Backlinks to your website or web pages are what helps to drive your site or pages higher in search engine results pages when someone searches for a specific keyword phrase. See how this is coming together?
Without building backlinks to your site, you won’t generate enough traffic to your site to generate sales. Now I know what you’re thinking here. There are other ways to generate traffic without building backlinks, and that’s true. However, the best traffic is free search engine traffic, and the only way to get it is to rank on the first page in Google, or Yahoo and Bing. I’d focus on Google as it produces over 70% of search traffic across the entire web.
Now that you understand the importance of building backlinks and getting your site or web pages to the top of search engines, you now need to start the backlink building process. There are numerous ways to go about this, and luckily for you, I’ve written many posts on the subject. Here they are:
- Improve Search Engine Rankings the Easy Way
- Get 80 High PR One Way Backlinks Each Month
- Build Long-Term Traffic to Your Work From Home Site with Article Marketing
- Build Your Online Business with Article Marketing
- Forum Signatures
- Free Traffic System
Remember when building backlinks that you want to use your keywords for the web page you’re linking to. This is the only way that your backlinks are going to be effective in boosting your search engine rankings.
Okay, so you now have a great start in getting backlinks; however, I’m not done just yet. 
Well… sorta. I have a post planned that will discuss another very effect backlink building strategy and will be posted soon, so stay tuned for that.
Hopefully right now you have a solid understanding of doing keyword research and web page optimization, and how it all ties in to building backlinks. This is all part of building targeted website traffic that will result in sales.
As always, if you have any questions about anything discussed here, leave a comment below.
My next post will discuss the second question asked by a struggling internet marketer, but in the meantime, start applying the tips I mentioned today to your website, and you’ll soon see an increase in traffic and internet income.
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Nice collection of articles, thanks!
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Ste, Thanks! Glad you found them useful.
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Twitter: DennisEdell
says:
Lookin for a side job buddy? let me know here if you haven’t already…
http://www.dennisedell.com/4999/wanted-keyword-research-experts/
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Dennis Edell,
You mean… ANOTHER side job? LOL
Already ahead of ya on that post.
Just send me an email, and we’ll work out the details. Thanks!
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Dennis Edell
Twitter: DennisEdell
@Alan Mater, I’ll be in touch.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Dennis Edell, Sounds good.
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Twitter: WebSiteTrafficX
says:
Thanks for another great post Alan. I love reading your blog. All the tips you give really work when I put them to use.
Great job.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Trevor,
Glad you’re finding them useful, Trevor!
It’s great to have you as a reader also!
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Nice post, a little over my head but for sure something to think about. Thank you!
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Joel P.,
If you have any questions about how to implement anything just let me know.
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Hi Alan,
you mention forum signatures as a way to get more backlinks, but what is your opinion about blog link building? I really think it is THE way to go nowadays.
I mean, we can both agree that there are TOO many web directories on the Internet and Google doesn’t pay attention to many of them. Therefore, blogs are a pretty good alternative.
What is your opinion?
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Angela@Webdesign Roosendaal,
Hi Angela, that’s a good question. I do agree that blogs are great for building backlinks. I regularly comment on other blogs, which in doing so earns me backlinks and gains readers.
However, I still feel posting in forums and setting up a forum signature is very effective. You can also build up direct traffic this way as well. Google loves forums just as much and will crawl a forum multiple times a day as they’re constantly updated.
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I’ve been following a long and these tips were very useful. I’m looking to start marketing some of my websites, so I can’t wait to read more.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Robert, Glad you find them helpful. You’ll find many more tips on other posts, so feel free to stay awhile and browse through my blog.
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Keywords is one of the most important factor to increase organic traffic, but also there are lots of ways on how we could generate traffic like using social networking sites such as facebook and twitter or article marketing. We just need to know what works and what doesn’t.
.-= diocelin@website design münchen´s last blog ..XT Commerce Abonnement Modul =-.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@diocelin@website design münchen,
Exactly, and what works for one person may not work the same or as good as another. It all comes down to doing what works for you, but there are always going to be some constants that work for everyone, and keywords and link building is one of them.
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I have used this kinds of techniques to increase my sites traffic like directory submissions and dofollow blog commenting and I’d say that it really is effective for the sites PR and for increasing its traffic which results to more income.
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Hi Alan, very helpful post. I enable dofollow, commentluv, and keywordluv in my blog. These plugins really increases traffic. I’ll be reading your other articles as well.. Thanks,
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Andy@dedictated server, Hope you enjoy them, Andy!
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Nice to see someone coming out with the basics. Set a solid foundation!
Cheers,
Nestor
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Nestor Hayden, First, welcome to my blog!
Glad you found these tips helpful.
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I’ve been trying to learn some methods for getting more traffic to my websites. This gets me started in the right direction, thank you!
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Shelly, Welcome to my blog!
Glad this post has helped you. Hopefully you can drive more traffic and sales now.
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Twitter: clickonportal
says:
I agree. There are 3 general things really; Content, Social Media, and SEO. Get these right and you should be okay, but it’s not always that easy, and don’t expect overnight success.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Mici @ Click On Portal,
“…but it’s not always that easy, and don’t expect overnight success.”
Very well said.
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Thanks a lot for this article and the additional links to the other articles written by you. Have only just come across this site, but I’m looking forward to read other stuff coming up
And a additional thanks for the tip on forum signatures
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Per H. Jørgensen,
Glad you found them helpful.
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You have really hit the nail on the head Alan. It all starts with keyword research. Getting this right is the key to everything. Of course you also must know how to optimize your posts and pages for your keywords. You have provided some excellent resources and content in your post that will provide some much needed help to many.
Thanks for sharing.
.-= Underground Traffic Blueprints Review´s last blog ..Underground Traffic Blueprints Reviewed =-.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Underground Traffic Blueprints Review,
Thanks for the kind words. Optimizing is definitely essential. As long as you include the keyword in the Title and around 2% of the total content throughout (making sure it reads naturally), you’ll be good to go.
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Yeah backlinks would be really the key to making your site more popular to search engines. It would likely drive traffic to your website but its not easy to do rather that saying it you need patience and effort to make such backlinks to other websites.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Trina Colon @ homes foreclosed las vegas,
Yes, backlinks are the glue that holds a website together in terms of search engine rankings.
Making the backlinks actually aren’t all that time-consuming, but rather the process in which you take. For example, forum posting and blog commenting could take an hour or two for at least 10 backlinks with each method. Writing articles for article directories or web 2.0 sites would take a lot longer for the same amount of links. It all depends what links you want and the quality you’re aiming for.
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Thanks for sharing your techniques to all the readers. They are effective yet simple. I’m looking forward for more articles of yours. Keep up the nice job.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Lucy @ easy slow cooker recipes,
Thanks for the kind words, and glad you found my tips useful. Hope you’ll stick around.
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Many people don’t realise that individual pages of a website should be optimised for their own specific keywords because the search engines treat them on an individual basis.
Much the same applies to indexing, just because the home page is indexed in a website it does not necessarily mean a page where a link is placed will be indexed and without it, the link is useless.
.-= Brian@Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives´s last blog ..Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternative HAFA =-.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Brian@Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives,
Exactly right! Targeting specific keywords for each page is important, and building backlinks to those inner pages is just as important.
Thanks for the input, Brian, and I hope you’ll stick around.
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Keyword prominence and density in the content plays important role for optimization of page.Page optimization along with quality link building approach will certainly lead to higher traffic and top search engine ranking.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Neil Hess @ Cheap web designer,
Exactly right, Neil. Thanks for stopping by and providing your input. Hope to see you around more often.
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Awesome post! All of the articles are helpful and will definitely help me with my link building campaign. However, I have to ask question: is it necessary to pay services to gain backlinks? I read an article that explains how effective link building can be attained for free. Is this really possible or am I just misinformed?
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Dude@Boarding School,
You can build quality backlinks for free. A lot of people choose to outsource the task, though, as it can be time-consuming.
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Hi Alan,
Love your content! It has finally clicked with me how important backlinking is to your site traffic. I have implemented some of your suggestions into my tool kit for getting increase in traffic. I am already moving up the rankings in Google with an increase in traffic. Thanks keep up the great content and I will be back for more!
Scott
.-= Scott @ Traffic Anarchy´s last blog ..Traffic Anarchy Bonus =-.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Scott @ Traffic Anarchy,
Great to hear they’re working for you, Scott! Just keep implementing, and you’ll be on page one in no time.
Thanks for the kind words.
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I like your emphasis on backlinks. They are extremely important because they are the prime way of getting viewers to your site. Without them, many people may not even know that your site exists.
.-= Rachel@ Chicago Search Engine Optimization´s last blog ..CookTek on Drupal – A Hot CMS Recipe =-.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Rachel@ Chicago Search Engine Optimization,
Right on, Rachel! Backlinks are like individual sales people helping promote your website. The more sales people you have, the more reputation you build with the search engines.
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Thank you so much for stating that CONTENT is still king.. Backlinks are of course key to any successful site, but with quality content ( which you have) is what truly brings a site to the top. Happy readers = Happy Business
Cheers,
Nestor
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Home Income Opportunity,
Glad you enjoyed the post, Nestor, and I’m glad you find my content as quality content.
You’re right: happy readers does equal a happy business.
Take care, and I hope to see you around more often.
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Twitter: evertisings
says:
Thanks so much for the article it helped a lot, thanks for posting..!
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Enrique Mantica,
Glad you liked it.
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Twitter: richescorner
says:
Good articles. I like your tips and will check out the backlink services you mentioned.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Richescorner@make money online,
Glad you liked them. Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you around.
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Thank you for the part about back links, they are close running to content. So many people swear it’s just all content content content. No back links = no traffic!
.-= Bryan@Best MLM Companies´s last blog ..Top Network Marketing Companies – Choose Wrong And You Kill Your Business =-.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Bryan@Best MLM Companies,
Glad you liked it, Bryan. You’re right, without backlinks, it doesn’t matter how good your content is if no one’s going to find it.
Thanks and hope to see you around.
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I think so too that we must take advantage of free search engine traffic as it offers a lot of benefits to the site you want to be promoted. Hoping to hear more insights from you, thanks!
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Joel Gray,
Yes, free search engine traffic is the best kind of traffic you can get. Thanks for commenting and hope you’ll stick around.
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Hi, this is such an informative and understandable strategies on how to increase website traffic and generate sales. I totally agree that keywords play a significant role in SEO. I believe choosing the right keyword can really increase traffic and eventually generates sales.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@raj @ flintstones halloween costumes,
Yes, the right keywords can make all the difference. Thanks for commenting and hope to see you around.
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My whole life I have tried to find something to make money online and everything seems to good to be true.
Your article was very interresting reading and will take it to heart.
Might use it in the future , you never know.
Thanx
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Twitter: ebusinessmom
says:
your article is great. your tips are understandable and precise. it will really help a lot of online marketers.
.-= ebusinessmom´s last blog ..How To Increase Blog Traffic With Four Free Traffic Techniques That Work =-.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Vernette @ ebusinessmoms,
Glad you found it helpful.
Thanks for commenting, and hope to see you again soon.
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Awesome! If they are really proven, then I think that its worth a try. Thanks for sharing the idea.
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Another suggestion is to drive traffic to your site is to use videos, whether as how-to tutorials, product demonstrations, and for entertainment to build-up interest.Remember to SEO your videos also to support your search engine ranking efforts.
.-= Matthew White @Video Marketing´s last blog ..Website Design Basics =-.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Matthew White @Video Marketing,
Great tip, Matthew! Videos can be great for building traffic and recognition. A great reminder for me to do more with them. Thanks for your input.
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Keywords are crucial if you want great positioning for relevant searches. It is important that the keywords chosen are both highly searched AND low competition. Too often people focus on the most searches however fail to recognize that there are 50 million competitors for those keywords!s
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@steve@SEO, Web site design,
So true, Steve. People often go after those highly searched for terms thinking they’ll rake in the traffic, only to find out the traffic never comes. I tell people to start low and slowly work their way up to the more competitive terms only after they’re ranking well and bringing in traffic for those less searched for terms. They’ll see traffic sooner and won’t be disappointed from the start.
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Nice work, SEO is so complex you need to get the on page and offpage SEO right, we used to focus on offpage and then for a long time we focussed on on page SEO but no we are trying to work on both at once we are finally starting to see some results.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Alan Maddick@Small Business Accountants,
Thanks for the input. I agree, both on-page and off-page SEO is vitally important. You really can’t have one without the other. They go hand-in-hand.
Thanks again and hope to see ya around.
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Hi,i think you did a great job with this article,and I would like to ask you something about Keywords.if for example I create a website and after that I start to promote him with some Keywords but after a while I realize that I have chosen the wrong Keywords and I want to change them with some others ,do you think that would work properly?thank you!
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@soso@jocuri,
Changing keywords to target is perfectly okay. In fact, it’s encouraged. That’s all part of SEO; testing your keyword strategy and making changes where needed. Just change your Title and Header tags to reflect your new keyword, and use your new keyword in all new anchor text links.
If you have any other questions, just ask.
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soso from jocuri
@Alan Mater,
I am new in this business and your article helped me a lot thank you so much for your reply too .
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@soso@jocuri,
Absolutely! Glad I can help.
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Increase website traffic to get more visitors to your website, increase your website copy to get a higher percentage of signups and increase your back-end sales letters to get a higher sales rate.These are my experiences,I hope that it contribute to this post.
By the way,great post you have here,it’s true that getting backlinks is really a hard tasks for a SEO.But with patience and determination,you will reach success.
.-= seph from search engine marketing agency´s last blog ..Site Map =-.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@seph @ search engine marketing agency,
Thanks for your input. I agree with everything you said.
Glad you liked the post, and I hope you’ll stick around.
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Great advice. The tips you have here will definitely be useful for newbies like me. The strategies you presented are easy to digest. I am very eager to implement them. Many Thanks!
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Claire@Bright Displays,
Awesome! Glad you found them easy to understand as that is what I was going for.
Thanks for the comment!
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The problem that I am facing with my site is I still can’t rank for some of keywords that I’m targeting. I am trying to build back-links by using different methods such as article marketing, social bookmarking submission, blog commenting, and forum posting. But, I still have a long way to go when it comes down to get my site rank on the top. My site is like three months old.
I’ll spend some time reading many of your posts, so that I can get some tips to improve my site effectiveness.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Arold Augustin,
Ranking won’t happen overnight. Plus, the amount of competition for the keywords you’re targeting will be a factor in how long it takes. Do you know how competitive the keywords are you’re trying to rank for?
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Arold Augustin
@Alan Mater, All of those keywords that I am targeting have monthly search volume below 10000. There are a few of them that my site sometimes appear in the fist page of Google, but for most of them I am not even in the top 100th position.
.-= Arold Augustin´s last blog ..Live Art Galleries =-.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Arold Augustin,
I would recommend to continue building backlinks for your keywords. I would first focus on the keywords that you do sometimes appear on the first page for, and then start increasing links for your other keywords.
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Artwork Pieces
@Alan Mater, That’s what I am doing right now. My problem is some of the keywords are too broad. I was kind of surprised to see my site in the first page. Those keywords have a monthly search volume of 720 – 1500, not too much that’s why it was easier for my site to appear in the first page of Google.
My problem is those keywords don’t convert too well because they are too broad. I have several specific keywords that I’m targeting, I am building lot of back-links, so that I may have a chance getting ranked for them.
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Claire from Bright Displays
@Artwork Pieces, A lot of backlinks is not enough. I learned that using your keywords as Anchor Text on your backlinks helps a lot in the SERPs ranking.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Artwork Pieces,
Yeah, I would focus on the more long-tail keywords and build anchor text links around them. Once you’re ranking well for them and bringing in traffic, then ranking for the broader terms will become easier. Just make sure the broad terms are still specific enough that the traffic is going to convert.
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Twitter: rfcamat
says:
I want to generate sales using your idea. This blog is really helpful.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@raymund,
Glad you find it helpful, and I hope you can use some of these strategies to benefit your own business.
Take Care!
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Twitter: SEOBlighty
says:
Your post had been quite educational. However I would like to ask you that if we post two different comments on a blog using two different keyword phrases but pointing towards the same page, would it be advantageous in anyway for going up on the basis of both those keyword pharases or is it good simply as much as a single comment? I would be grateful if you can clarify.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Huck@seo services london,
I’m assuming these comments would be on separate posts? If that’s the case, then yes, using different keywords would be advantageous.
I see some people doing that on this blog when commenting, and I have nothing against it. It’s a smart move if you want to build backlinks for more than one phrase.
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Thanks Alan. Your post about increasing website traffic is helpful to me especially that I am a newbie in SEO. I agree that keyword is the first and foremost very important in SEO. It is must find competitive keywords
Kirsty@shopping cart´s last [type] ..Shopping Cart Elite and the Auto Industry
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Kirsty@shopping cart,
Glad it could help you out.
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I’ve just started learning SEO and I can see how these strategies can be of use to me.I’m especially interested in the web page optimization part.Let the learning begin!
Cerise´s last [type] ..SEO- movies and other diets
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Cerise,
Great to hear! Let me know if you have any questions, and I’ll be glad to help you out.
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Always great to find new places to gain traffic very good post.Reviews are the best place to find them.Will bookmark your blog thanks.
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Thanks, Alan! Your tips are very helpful!
I think the best way to get targeted traffic with high possibility of conversions is to engage into specialized communities and build real relations with people you’d like to work with. Of course, it can’t be applied for any site or business, but I think it’d work for most of them)
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Molly@software application development,
Building relationships with people you want to do business with is definitely a smart choice. Thanks for the valuable input, Molly!
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Hi Alan,
You always come up with interesting topics. The best strategies will always remain the best and your post have elaborated on those important points. There are so many factors we have to take into account and we just have to find the right technique to apply those strategies. I strongly believe in the importance of long tail keywords, I feel its more result oriented.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Brian@Denver short sales,
Well said, Brian. Although I do see some changes being made regarding certain marketing strategies that may have less value than they used to. However, they’re still worth the time.
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probably more helpful if this contains more info on SEO. just a thought.
good job in trying. 
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Glen@Create your own website,
You can find numerous articles on SEO already on the blog. Be sure to check out the Search Engine Optimization category.
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Content may be king, but generally it’s only considered to be king in its capacity to draw attention in backlinks. The content itself can only be optimized so much, but there are an unlimited number of backlinks that you can acquire.
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Anthony@acne diets,
So true, Anthony. Thanks for the comment.
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My biggest problem was stubborness…
I figured my products were so good that they would sell themselves. Problem was, nobody was finding them. After wasting six months and thousands of dollars on PPC, I grudgingly started learning basic SEO and focused on creating tons of keyword optimized content. Haven’t looked back since
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Alex Work,
That’s great, Alex. Congrats on your success. SEO is definitely the way to go.
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Twitter: Adrhomes
says:
My company just launched our new website and we are working on building more traffic. Does Google look at the keywords in links the same a Bing or Yahoo?
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@Don@ Santa Cruz Homes,
That I can’t be certain. I want to say yes, but the way Google “scores” links is different than the other search engines. Advanced SEO is not my forte, so I would recommend browsing some SEO blogs or forums as I’m sure they would be more helpful in this area. Thanks for the question, though.
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thanks for the advices, u guys are starting to be my favourite blog about internet marketing
bless,
~alex
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Alan Mater
Twitter: AMater
@alex @ company formation france,
Thanks, Alex!
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Twitter: ctejares
says:
About those forums: There are some that allow you to place links in your signature. You better take advantage of that, and remember to participate actively. If the rules don’t allow links, then look for another opportunity. If it’s a related link, then it would be great for a topic, or as a recommendation.
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very nice tips! gonna start working on these strategies and i’m gonna try to come back with another comment to tell you how it worked!
~alex
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While you are doing online business the most effective way to get good amount of money is to increase the amount of traffic at our website. And the points which you have mentioned are really very true.
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You’re certainly right. Unique and quality content can only go so far. We all need Keywords on backlink to further increase our ranks in serps.
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Great tips on getting traffic to your site. I especially like the idea of using a check list.
I would also add the following tip: Search for your services- not by the name of your business, but by what you are offering. Discover what the top ranking sites are doing right (ie what their bank links are) and copy what they are doing, then make your site even better by using accessibility tips and offering something that brings your readers back time and time again.
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Hi Alan,
Your title says it all. You need traffic to generate sales. And depending on your niche you have you don’t really need that much traffic, just targeted traffic. If it’s one in which the demand for the product is consistently high, then more sub pages on your site with more related products to sell.
The key thing I learned in 2011 is that reaching no. 1 in Google while it’s good is not as important as staying in that position especially when you have so many competitors all ranking for the same keyword.
Sue
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