Posted on: January 25th, 2012 by Hemal |
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When you start promoting your small business online, you can see a flurry of new customers if you have a proper business website with regular traffic coming to it. But most businesses that don’t have websites (and even many that do), don’t take the time to add their business information to important online directories and social media sites.
If you have a computer repair shop in a city or town, think of how many of your potential customers are searching online for computer repair solutions? All they want is your contact information presented with very little effort and accurately displayed.
So we at Keolo Hosting created this quick check-list of websites your business website should be a part of.
Do you want your website to become popular? Do you want potential customers to visit your website, know about your business and then buy your products or use your services?
If you want your business to be profitable, you should be social! Twitter can really help you with this. Today Twitter is one of the most powerful and popular social media services. It’s hard to believe, but Twitter can get you even more traffic to website than Google!
Here are 3 simple ways how to get traffic from Twitter:
1. Choose Proper Twitter Username
Choosing proper Twitter username is very important. If you use Twitter for business, then your Twitter username should be directly related to your website. Seeing your tweets people always see your Twitter username and think about your website. For example, if your business has a website http://www.keolohosting.com, just choose username keolohosting when create Twitter account, just like we did
Make a username that is really close to your website. As a result people will see your tweets and think about visiting your website. In your turn you will get relevant Twitter traffic.
2. Create Interesting Twitter Profile
Let your Twitter profile be remembered! Include a couple of words about your business in the Bio. Upload your logo to the Twitter account. This will let your followers to think about your website/business and you will get the traffic to website.
Putting a direct link to your website in the Twitter profile is a must! Your followers should know who you are and where they can find you. Give them such possibility and you will see how to increase Twitter traffic to your website.
3. Tweet Regularly And Be Active
Your tweets should be interesting. Do not tweet only links to your website. Ask questions, make replies, send direct messages to your Twitter followers! Try to respond them as soon as possible – it’s very important on Twitter. Follow new users. Join the discussions and conversations.
And the last, but not least. You should tweet regularly, do not be lazy!
Following this easy 3 ways will get tons of Twitter traffic to your website.
LinkedIn Corporation recently went public with its stock LNKD.
What does this mean for your small business? By debuting its IPO, LinkedIn has solidified itself as a business that’s here to stay, and one that can really help boost your online business awareness and a great way generate new leads. The problem with alot of small businesses that create their profile is that once its created, you leave it dormant expecting to get new leads and connections.
Well you’ve heard the saying, “you get out as much as you put in”, and there is no exception here. Here are 5 quick and smart ways to grow your small business on LinkedIn without spending to much time.
Keep your profile professional – First of all, make sure your profile picture is your face, not a silly or clever picture that you post up thinking it will attract others to your profile. You want people to recognize and get used to seeing the face behind the company. Make sure your headlines are accurate and professional, as well as the rest of your profile content. Always update your profile every 2-3 months!
Get recommendations that matter – The easiest way to gain credibility on LinkedIn is via recommendations, so make sure the ones that you do get from others are professional and to the point. Ask other reputable connections to give you recommendations. If you have few recommendations, try giving other businesses (not in your line of business) recommendations, and they may return the favor!
Keep your summary strong and short - This is not where you copy your resume-styled messages and write something like “goal oriented person seeking…blah blah”. Since you’re now marketing your small business, write why you do what you do, and what makes you different than the competition.
Use LinkedIn for SEO benefits – Once you create your profile, its public to the world, which means it will get indexed in search engines. So you want to make sure you optimize your profile page with keywords you want associated with your small business. Remove any “I” or “me”, and replace it with your name or business name to make better use of your LinkedIn profile.
Use all the LinkedIn extra features – Features like “creating your own LinkedIn group” can really help you grow your business by bringing in like minded people and sharing your expertise with them to build credibility. For example, if you have a small business based on Landscaping, you can create a small group and invite people who share that interest, and share tips with them on a daily or weekly basis. Continuous messages from you will give them a constant reminder that you are an authority in your field of business, and they will start remembering your business instantly. Here’s where “word of mouth” can really help your business soar to new levels!
We at Keolo Hosting hope that we’ve shed some new light on the value of LinkedIn to you and your small business. There are a variety of new tools that come with your business profile page that can really help you increase your brand recognition and generate new leads. The only thing thats required of you now is to take action. Start today, grow tomorrow!
When you start promoting your small business online, you can see a flurry of new customers if you have a proper business website with regular traffic coming to it. But most businesses that don’t have websites (and even many that do), don’t take the time to add their business information to important online directories and social media sites.
Do you want your website to become popular? Do you want potential customers to visit your website, know about your business and then buy your products or use your services?
LinkedIn Corporation recently went public with its stock 