Promoting your site or blog is essential to the success of your online business. This article will help you get started and design a campaign that is adapted to your audience and your products.
Create a quality site or blog. You should write useful articles and tips related to your products. Update your site or blog at least twice a week and share these updates on social networks or via your newsletter. Organize your site so that your visitors can easily find what they are looking for and offer suggestions for more products or discounts. You should connect your different related articles and pages with links placed throughout your text or in your menu. You can bring attention to certain discounts or products with ads or banners if necessary. Keep track of which links get the most clicks to find out where you should place your links to attract more traffic.
Use emails and social networks to share your new content and bring more people to your site. You can get people to subscribe to your email alerts or to connect with you on social networks by presenting this as a way of having access to interesting discounts or exclusive information about new products. Place links to your social network profiles on your site and in the signature of your emails. Add a subscription form for your email updates on your site or blog. You will get more subscribers and friends on social networks if you encourage people to share your content with friends, for instance, to win prizes or by organizing a contest and requiring people to connect with you on social networks to enter the contest. You should post updates on social networks and send out emails on a regular basis and keep track of which updates are the most popular so you know which topics and formats work best.
Develop good relations with your customers. People will trust you if you write quality content, sign your articles with your name, and get featured on serious sites or blogs. If you get enough articles features on online magazines or blogs, you will soon be recognized as an expert on your topic. Encourage people to ask you questions on social networks or to send you emails. You should respond to these questions in a timely manner and always be helpful and friendly. Get an 800 phone number if you think customers would want to call you to learn more about your products. Talking with your customers on the phone is a great way to gain their trust. If you receive a complaint, do your best to satisfy your customer by sending the product again or offering them a refund. Developing good customer relations is the best way to give legitimacy to your business and to get people to order products form you again.
There are other aspects of internet marketing you need to learn about before you can design your campaign. Remember to keep track of your results so you can improve your campaign over time.