Sunday, April 28, 2013

How to encourage traffic to a new forum website?

Q. Hi,

I have just made a forum website and registered it to google, yahoo and bing. I have also signed up for google free tools like adwords, webmaster and google analytics. I just want to know how I can get traffic to my website cause at the minute there is non.

All advice will be appreciated, thanks
Is it possible to be done free?

A. First thing you need to do is to populate your forum with posts. Make them as authentic as possible and relevant to your topic. No one wants to go to a ghost-town like forum. They need to see activity before they jump in

Here are some shoestring marketing ideas that can help you get the visitors you need at the least cost possible:

1. Create the best content you can with the best products you can possibly offer. Your content is your best advertisement - if visitors love your content, then they will go back and spread the word to others.

2. Use social media. Twitter, Facebook, Stumbleupon, LinkedIn, Reddit, Digg and others can be a big source of traffic for your business. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools.

AddThis http://www.addthis.com

3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area.

Google's Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide (PDF format) http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/www.google.com/en/us/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf
Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld.com's "Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone: 26 steps to 15k a day." http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2010.htm

4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News.

http://www.przoom.com/
http://www.prweb.com

5. Submit articles. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website. If 50 websites publish your article and it contains a link back to your website, then you easily get 50 links from a single article. The more links you have, the greater your chances for increasing your search engine rankings.

Here is a comprehensive list of where to submit your articles http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006022407481

6. Improve your conversion. Getting visitors is one thing; getting them to buy your products is a whole different story. Read the article " How To Sell More on the Web: 30 Tips To Increase Conversion Rates For An Ecommerce Site " http://www.powerhomebiz.com/092006/ecommerce.htm for tips on how to improve your conversion rates.

7. Post a link to your site for free where it is allowed (always read the Terms of Use). Examples are:

Craigslist http://www.craigslist.com
Google Base http://base.google.com

Is it possible to add google analytics to my twitter page?
Q. I've been using Google Analytics on Tumblr for over two years and love it. Is it possible to add it to my Twitter page? I have read some stuff about being able to add it to a Facebook fan page but so far no luck with Twitter. I would assume it's because there's no HTML editing on Twitter like there is with Tumblr. If you can give me a step by step way to insert the Google Analytics code to my Twitter page, that would be great.

A. I don't think that it is possible to add Google analytics to any twitter page.
But maybe it is possible i don't know .

How to make my video more popular?
Q. I've tried messaging people to check it out, sharing it on Facebook and Twitter, but I will need some more ways to make my videos popular. I do make interesting topics, and good quality.

A. 1. Add your YouTube video to video search engines.

2. Make smart, search engine optimized (SEO) titles and descriptions. Tell your YouTube viewers what your online video about with carefully chosen words. Think ahead and ask yourself, "What will people be searching for?" If you are making a YouTube video about the stock market, use terms that someone interested in the stock market will search for.

3. Brand your video! Create a logo in Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator. Add it to all of your videos. If someone steals it, which can happen online (many people use Keepvid.com to steal YouTube videos), your brand will still be on the video. In your brand, include the address of your web site or blog where a viewer can find the original movie content.

4. Promote your videos on MySpace and Facebook. Both social network websites offer easy ways to upload or link to YouTube videos so that all of your friends can view them and tell their friends, as well.

5. Stay ahead of the trends. A way to easily make popular videos is to make them about popular topics in the news or on television. Did Britney Spears do something crazy again? Make a video about it and post it on YouTube. When people search for it on Google or on the online video search engines, they will find it and watch it! It's a natural way to create popular YouTube content and make money.

6. Investigate which of your YouTube videos are doing well using Google Analytics and YouTube Insight and copy what made them successful.

7. Tell people about your YouTube videos using RSS feeds from your personal blog. I would recommend Feedburner.com as a great place to start with RSS feeds.

8. Include a link to your YouTube account in all of your emails. Put it in your email signature. Even when your friends forward your email, it will be included in the body of the message, spreading the word about your YouTube videos and increasing your chances of finding new YouTube viewers.

9. Make "video responses" on YouTube. Go to a video that has a lot of views and comments, and click "create a video response." Now, your video will be linked to the popular video!

10. And don't forget to ALWAYS backup your YouTube videos on your computer. If something happens, you do not want to lose your movies! Backing up your computer is better than having to re-film all of your YouTube videos.

With these tricks of the trade, you can easily make some money on YouTube through search engine optimization and smart promoting of your YouTube content.




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