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11 Quick Tips To Drive More Return Traffic To Your Business WebsiteChristoph Puetz Sometimes you need a kick start to get of the ground when promoting your new business website. Use these 11 tips to get started. A combination of several tips will most likely guarantee return visitors on your website. Return visitors most likely mean more sales. 1. Build a solid business foundation before starting. Create a business plan this should be document revisited every quarter, marketing plan, client profile, and a site map for your web site. 2. Be very consistent. Brand your company and stick to it. 3. Create acceptable and easy to understand policies the build trust: Customer Service, Code of Ethics and a Privacy Policy. 4. Network locally to bring people to your site. Start with the local chamber of commerce as an example. 5. Place your websites URL address on all your printed business literature -- business cards, brochures, newsletters, letterhead, invoices, ads, etc.! 6. Offer added values that are related to your business and the ideal client target group. A solid resource database helping clients getting most out of your services could be a good start. Maybe offer products. A FTP software for a web hosting client makes perfect sense as they can use it to conveniently upload their files to the hosting web server. 7. Add a "Recommend This Site to a friend" script on your site. If someone visits your site and knows someone else who may appreciate it, this feature will email the pages link to the recipient. Easy access to a tool like this could increase word of mouth advertising. 8. Setup monthly chats about related topics or install bulletin boards forums to build a relationships and community. This will attach customers to your business. Invite industry specific folks to a chat so that they can answer customer questions. This is a perk nobody can resist. 9. Teach classes in colleges or schools or speak to groups about subjects relating to your products and services. Students suddenly turn into customers and/or spread the word .... 10. Conduct periodic contests and announce the winners on your site. As a web host you could have contest for who has the best web design on your servers. People like to show off. Use this behavior to attract new clients. 11. Participate in online forums as an expert. Do not SPAM the forums with your advertising messages. Use the signature to quietly promote your services. Once people see you as a valuable member with lots of information and start trusting you, they will start trusting you their business. This article can be published by anyone as long as a live back link to http://www.webhostingresourcekit.com is provided. this note can be removed as long as a link from the authors resource box is provided
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