Gaining traffic to your business websites through social media sites is becoming popular. Here are five tips for those who want to use social media sites to build their website traffic.
(1) Engage people in their issues. Don’t just talk, listen. Help people with their problems (especially where you are gifted).
(2) Gain followers slowly, at first by following people. In common courtesy, many will follow you back. Build less than thirty people per day (or social media sites may ban you) up to at least several hundred for each social media site in which you engage.
(3) Write friendly and content-rich posts regularly to maintain your following. Monday through Thursday usually have heaviest traffic, especially Tuesday. Write your posts in a consistent pattern so that your followers know when to look for you. The more you post, the more people are likely to see your posts. On the other hand, you need to post quality to build a good reputation, and the need for quality will limit how many posts you can make. For Twitter, it is easy to write at least one post per day or several per week. The maximum number of characters per post is 140.
(4) For social-only sites, direct viewers to your blog (and from your blog to your conversion pages) for business. Your profile can usually include one of your your websites. For business-friendly sites like Twitter, include links to your blog and business sites in a percentage of posts, but not to the point of being annoying or pushy. Over time, your following will evolve into those interested in you and your business.
(5) Use keywords and keyword phrases in your social media profiles, blog post titles, posts, and anywhere you can–keywords that are relevant to your business. For keywords research, see sites like Google Adwords, Wordtracker, and so on.
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Peter Rubel
Tags: Social Media, website traffic
