30 Ways to Get Visitors & Fans
This list was complied after a wonderful discussion on the Art Marketing group..so between what other people were doing and what I came up with from my own tool box..this is a great way to help you get more visitors to your blog. I am sure you could keep adding another tactic or tool to this list. If you have anything you would like to add, please leave it in the comment section. I would love to hear from else you are doing.
1. Use descriptive key words and write about them
2. Keep your website/blog updated – 2-3x per week
3. Do a newsletter and submit it to bookmarking sites – Stumpleupon, Delicious, Digg
4. Participate in forums or groups, Linkedin
5. Write articles and post them on article sites
6. Cross promote other people in your community, exchange articles, be a guest writer
7. Put your website in your email signature
8. Have a contest
9. Use Social Media Marketing tools like Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin
10. Write a comment to friends, colleagues sites, include your website URL
11. Send out invitations to your site for feedback or for your events
12. Ad words
13. Build relationships by staying in touch
14. Write a book, ask for people’s contact info or post it on Scribd.com
15. Write press releases
16. Create a Facebook Fan Page to direct visitors
17. Twitter to direct traffic to your blog website
18. Join other groups where your customers hangout
19. Ping.fm
20. Get listed in Google’s Local Business directory
21. Upload a presentation to Slideshare.com with a link back to your site
22. Profile people on your site and ask for comments or links back
23. Do Video’s of your products/services and upload them to YouTube
24. Upload pictures to Flicker
25. Subscribe to newsletters/blogs about marketing to get more ideas
26. List yourself in Craigslist, Kijji
27. Get valid links to your site from targeted traffic
28. Concentrate on building relationships so people will share your business
29. Offer a free e-book or gift
30. Write great content that people want to return or share it
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Wow I think you could focus on one of those at a time and it would keep you going for months. I never thought of half the things you mentioned, and I’m looking forward to reading your other posts. Thank you for the great site.
Hi Shane, I first wrote this for Artists, and then kept adding ways to get more visitors to your site. Now it has become one of the most popular article