Home Small Business Tip 2009 02 18

[Bill Brine-Lead Generation Master]

Increase Traffic to Your Home Small Business Website

Do you have a website for your home small business? If you are not getting the traffic you think you should be getting, maybe its time to examine your website in more detail and rethink some of the things you are doing.

There are many reasons why people do not visit your home small business website, or why they do not stay for long on your website. Here are 10 ideas that may entice them to stay longer or to come more often:

1. Offer free original content. It's important to give your visitors information they can't find anywhere else. If you're the only source for a certain type of information, people will flock to your home small business website.

2. Offer free software. Most people like to find good deals on software. If the software is free, that is even better.

3. Offer a free contest or sweepstakes. People love to win things. If you can fulfill that need, people will stop by to visit.

4. Offer a free directory. Create a directory of home small business websites on a particular topic that is related to your target audience. People will visit because they will find what they're looking for, all in one place.

5. Offer a free ezine. Most people love to get free information that they're interested in emailed to them on a regular basis. This saves them time and money.

6. Offer a free community. People like to have a place were they can have discussions with others on a particular subject. You could add a forum to your home small business website.

7. Offer a free affiliate program. One of people's basic needs to survive is money. When you offer them a free opportunity to make money they'll line up to visit your home small business website.

8. Offer a free online utility. When you offer a utility that can solve a problem, people will visit your home small business website. The utility could be a free autoresponder, email account, search engine submission, etc.

9. Offer free current information. Supply news stories related to your home small business website. People want up-to-date news on the topics they are interested in. They will also be interested in visiting your home small business website.

10. Offer free samples of your product or service. Have you ever been to a store and you jumped at the chance to get a free sample of food? This same concept will also attract people to visit your home small business website.

These are the top 10 strategies, in my experience, that you can use to increase the attractiveness and stickiness of your home small business website. Consider these ideas carefully, and implement those ideas that are appropriate to your home small business.

Bill Brine-Lead Generation Master
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