Getting more visitors to your blog or site

Hi All,

Today my post is all about increasing your visitors to your blog or website. As traffic is the lifeblood of any website or blog, I've done another post about this  here

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Chatting your Way to Increased Website Traffic

Millions of people are drawn to the websites every day just to chat.  Chatting is one of the most popular activities done by those using the web.  Many people admit that once they begin chatting, they become almost addicted to it.  The average online “chatter” will log on at least once a day for a chat.  Although there is no definite reason why people love this form of communication, there is something to be learned by their behavior.  When it comes to your website traffic, you may be able to utilize this chat “addiction” to increase website traffic.  There are two main ways you can use chatting to help your site.  One involves less startup time, but more maintenance time by you.  The other involves a longer startup time, but less maintenance.  Consider these ideas and begin using chatting to help your website increase traffic immediately.

If you are interested in using the chat audience, then you can certainly log in a few hours a day delivering advertisement to them.  This basically means that you can go into chat rooms with the purpose of posting your website link into the chat.  You can do this randomly, hitting a room, posting the link without prompt from other chatters, and leaving to another room.

Remember to contribute something to your audience, this is the best way to reach the largest number of chatters. The best way to do this is to join rooms that relate in some way to your website and its content.   However, by doing this, you will likely annoy some chatters, which is not good for your website.  You can decide whether the risk is worth it or not.

You can also be more personal about your advertisements.  This will call for going to rooms where you think the most selective targeted audience may be located.  For instance, if your website is about music, then you may want to visit chat rooms with music themes.  Once you engage in conversation a bit, you can freely and casually bring your website link into conversation.  You may gain more respect with this approach but you will likely not have as large of an audience as with the random posts.  If you are an avid chatter, then also consider adding your website link to your chatting profile.  As you chat, others in the room will be looking at your profile, without you even knowing they are doing so.  This is a subtle, but effective way to use chatting to help increase your website’s traffic.  Those that view your profile will likely want to check out your site and may even tell others about it as well.

Another way to use chatting to increase website traffic is by adding a chat element to your website.  This will likely take quite a while to set up.  Adding chat to your room is not the simplest thing to do.  It can however be a great way to draw people into your website.  This is especially true if your website is about a specific hobby, passion, or job.  If you have a retail site, it is unlikely that chat would be appropriate.  However, if your site is about stock tips, then a chat room would enable traders to discuss tips and information with each other, which would likely keep them and their friends coming back frequently.  One thing to remember however is that you should always monitor your website’s chat area every once in a while.  It would be unfortunate to have chatters using your room inappropriately or abuse certain policies you have placed upon chatters.  This would only make your website look unprofessional.

Using chatting to help increase website traffic is a free way to advertise.  If you do chat often, you have likely seen other chatters using this delivery as well.  Take note on which methods of chat delivery is most attractive to you when you see others doing the same thing.  This will allow you to have a view on both sides of the issue and likely help you to create a plan that is more effective.

  The more time and effort you put into this task, the faster you will see results, so go ahead and
  TAKE ACTION today!

Using link exchange for gaining traffic

Hi everyone,

Wow did my meetings with fellow online marketers get me motivated or what!! It really does benefit both you and your work at home colleagues to meet up once in a while.
I learnt there are many different avenues to take when working for yourself from home, if you decide to set up your own website, then here are some tips I picked up during the last week -

Link Market - Free Link Exchange, Link Building and Link Trade
Have you ever tried to exchange links, link building, or trade links? Was it hard? Use Link Market instead; - it is easy to use, free and very smart. It will save you hours of work.

When used sensibly, website link exchanges can draw an exceptional amount of website traffic and greatly increase your search engine outcome. Nevertheless, remember that too many link exchanges can be harmful. You do not want your website clogged with other website links. This can look tacky and cause visitors to turn away from your website almost immediately. You can write to other website owners and ask them to place a link from their website to yours, but there are a few rules of etiquette you should follow. When you ask another website owner to place a link on their website, remember you are asking them for a favor. They are under no obligation to comply. If you are asking this favor from a website with more traffic than your own, this can greatly improve your link popularity and generate more website traffic your way.

If you decide to become a member of a website club that exchanges links, do your research carefully. Here are the top five tips to get you started with your website link exchange:

1. Show respect. When asking another person to place a link for your website on his or her website, be sure to ask nicely. It is very important to remain respectful. Never sound demanding or brag about how great your website, products or services are and how the person you are asking would benefit from granting you this favor. Do not make it sound like they need you. Also, do not ask many questions or attempt to flatter the recipient of your request. This may make them to delete your email inquiry immediately. Your request should only run between 2 - 6 sentences, not half a page. Be polite when asking, but do not over do it. You do not want to sound like a fraud.

2. Make sure you proofread your request. Before sending out a request to another website, check your grammar and spelling. You want the recipient to see you as a professional, not as a person who cannot spell correctly. Spelling errors and bad grammar can kill any opportunity to promote your website quickly. Avoid using slang in your request. Nothing can be more distracting and annoying than a poorly written request.

3. Send your request from your website’s professional email address, not your own email address. It is unprofessional to request this favor from a personal email account or a free email account. For example, if your website is www.lovemydog.org, then send your prospective link associates your request through the website’s email address: contact@lovemydog.org. Do not use your own personal account or a free email account.

4. Have a nice, high quality looking website. This will help you to look more serious and professional than a low quality generic looking web site. Also, be sure your website content looks professional and is free of any spelling or grammatical errors. Lose the clutter. Websites cluttered with ads can be distracting and hard to read.  Having an attractive website will also help encourage other website owners to be more willing to work with you. Working with a professional is more attractive than being associated with an amateur.

5. Before you ask for your link on another person’s website, you can offer to place his or her link on your website first. This can increase your chances of having the other website place your link to their site. It can be as simple as one hand washes another. Just make sure that whatever links you use on your website have similar content to your own. It is better to have the websites compliment each other rather than clash with each other.

Exchanging web links is a great way to increase traffic to your website by increasing “link popularity” which can have a major affect on where your website appears on search engines. The websites that exchange web links with you will surely heighten your link popularity. This is especially true when the websites you are exchanging web links with have similar content as yours.

You can increase your targeted website traffic by exchanging web links with other websites. This will increase your link popularity and drive more people to your website through the links. Now do your research carefully and make your list on who you would like to contact for web link exchanges. Be careful to follow these top five tips closely and write away!
These tips are for those who already have a website set up but are just starting out in the world of online marketing.

More in a few days but until then,

keep dreaming the dream!