Low Cost Social Media Traffic Generators
Traffic to a website can often times take a great deal of time depending on what your timeline and expectations are. Everyone wants traffic fast but often times that is easier said than done. Pay per click advertising can be very expensive and search engine optimization is long term, so where do you start?
When approached strategically social media can often times bring in traffic fairly quickly at a relatively low cost compared to things like pay per click advertising. If you have a little extra time on your hands writing some content, connecting with like minds and pushing your message can entice very qualified visitors to come over to your website to see more.
Here are a few ideas on how social media can pull in traffic relatively quickly to your website:
LinkedIn: LinkedIn can be a nice gem for your business if you know and understand how to approach it. Find the groups in your industry and start becoming part of the conversation. Launch a blog on your website and use that content to push through the pages of your specific LinkedIn groups. Start a discussion? The LinkedIn groups allow you to be able to start a discussion where others can chime in and put in their 2 cents.
Twitter: It doesn’t take very long to start following other like minded people on Twitter. Unless you are a big brand or a celebrity people will most likely not start following you for any reason, give them a reason to want to hear from you. Start following them first and over time people will follow you back increasing traffic to your website. Do this every few days if you can and you will slowly start to see a great deal of that Twitter traffic start finding its way back to your website.
Social Bookmarking: I know, this is an ancient (maybe a few years old!) form of spreading your online message but it still works. You don’t have to be a power user on Digg or Stumbleupon to get some good traffic coming in. Stumbleupon often times can sporadically pull in heaping amounts of traffic you just have to take two minutes and drop your link into their website.
Social media is not expensive but does require a little bit of time which should be a bit more appealing than dropping thousands of dollars in pay per click advertising. Take a little time each day and you will quickly see that traffic making its way over to your website.
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Great article!! This is a must for everyone to increase traffic!!!
I find this article good. As I’m just learning web site marketing for last couple years full time. All this information sound good, so I will give it try.
Thanks Dan
P.. S. does web site spokeperson on your web site HELP bring in more clints inyour site ?
D.
I will add to that list joining discussion and leaving comments on other people’s blog to establish yourself as an expert and also get am inbound link to your website.
When you make a pertinent comment, other blog visitors will follow the link to your website as well.
Thanks everyone for your comments!
Hi Dan,
I have not been a fan of the live people on sites…In fact I have only seen it in action about 4 or 5 times on client websites and it did not seem to increase the conversion rate at all…
Hope that helps.
Thanks,
Nick
I have to agree with you, Nick. I tend to turn off sites that have live people, as well as the fake virtual assistants some sites have. In particular, when sites have you click to speak with a “live” person only to find it is a robot. This is insulting to the reader’s intelligence. This may work on people who are new to the internet, but not to seasoned professionals.
Excellent article, by the way. Quite informative. Keep them coming.
Hi Barb,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the live person topic. This is a great topic for a new blog post I think
Yes, I agree with you it is insulting and does not stand up to the expectation that a live person will be there not a standard generated message only…
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i was lost prior to reading this post. You are helping me to understand this social marketing thing .
Thanks
Good work
Mark D.
Thanks Mark, I am glad this post helped you better understand social media in general!
Take Care,
Nick
How do you distinguish between whats acceptable and whats not in a Linkedin Discussion? I posted a comment about a new wpwebhost service i had just found out about becuase they offer free premium themes when you purchase a hosting package and 2 people accused me of spamming. The topic is about the cost of a thesis theme. Not sure why i was accused of spam. I was just trying to help out. Seems to be so much negativity and cynical comments. Others where really appreciative but i still have 2 that leave those comments for everybody to see.
Hi Brad,
Thanks for reading and your question.
I am very active on LinkedIn and I think the key is to share information based articles and blog posts only, not promotional posts trying to announce a product. Many people consider this spam and every group is slightly different based on the moderators of that particular group. Your best bet is to write and submit helpful and informational articles and you should not have a problem.
Thanks!
Nick