Are your Marketing Efforts Failing?
Marketing your website needs to start with the content of your site.
So if your efforts to market your site are falling short of your
expectations, then you might want to take a look at What You Are
Marketing
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Once your content is in order, you can start to work on the actual
marketing of your site with a better degree of success.
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The Importance of Being Relevant:
Relevance is the single most significant factor in getting your
prospects to take action. To persuade your visitor to take action, you must
be able to see the world from his or her buying point of view.Decision
always begins when the customer becomes aware of a need or problem. Once the
need has been identified, the customer begins to explore possible avenues
for meeting the need.
This is the important point: the customer searches for a solution he or
she perceives as relevant to the need. |
Make the value of your site obvious:
Your homepage should offer people a brief, informative, and
prominently placed description of your website and/or business.People
want to know right off that they have come to the right place and that your
site has what they are looking for.
Let your site visitors know why your business is unique and why they
should do business with you as opposed to your competition.
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Create content that educates & informs:
Create a site that contains useful information that visitors need and
can use. The content should be well organized, easy to find and clearly
written
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Keep your content fresh:
Attract new visitors and keep them coming back for more. Offer a tip
of the day or week on your home page.
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Become an active participant:
Seek out appropriate newsgroups or online forums. Watch discussion threads
and post helpful information. And be sure you understand the rules of
conduct for the forum you participate in.
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Make contact often with your clients:
Send out new information or product notices. Distribute a content rich
newsletter with links back to your site.
Routine notices will help to reinforce your company branding and
marketing efforts. And please, do not send unsolicited bulk e-mail or
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Make sure people can find you:
Include your web address and e-mail address in all letterhead, promotional
materials, business cards and advertisements. Make this a vital part of your
marketing communications strategy.
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Use an e-mail signature line:
In your signature line, include your company name, e-mail address, URL, and
a short tag line. This is a very subtle way to remind users that your
Website is out there.
-courtesy of allterdimpressions
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