Using Social Bookmarking To Funnel Targeted Traffic
Monday, May 17th, 2010In order to produce a successful online business, you need to have high search engine rankings. It is very possible that you have a product to change the way of the world and you are offering it at unbelievable prices, however, if no one knows about you - it doesn’t sell. With this in mind, it is essential that you improve your marketing campaigns and increase the number of people who visit your site. This doesn’t take a lot of effort and if you take the right steps, all planned out, the benefits you can get are immense. Although there are many ways to do this, one of the most widely used and result oriented tactic is to leverage online social bookmarking sites. So how can your business begin benefitting from the use of social bookmarking sites? The process is actually quite simple. If you are able to get quality one way backlinks and increased targeted traffic from the social bookmarking sites, you will start seeing convertible visitors to your website from both direct and indirect sources. After a visitor finds your site, you simply need to convince them to buy something.
You also have to determine the results you are aiming for. Ask yourself whether your goal is to win a top position from a search engine. I know this can look like an impossible task, but with some hard work and a good strategy, you can make this happen. If you are ready to get started and want to know how to go about it, this article will help you get started on the road to successful social bookmarking and reap its benefits.
There are three major considerations that you must account for in order to use social bookmarking successfully. First of all, you have to have a good title. Remember, you are competing with lots of other information out there, so its important to create a title that catches the reader’s eye. It is an unfortunate fact that a lot of well-written content is never seen, due to the simple fact that the title was unappealing. If a title catches someone’s eye the odds are that they will at least skim the article to satisfy their curiosity.
Did you know your bookmark’s title does not have to be the same as the title of your article? It’s just not necessary. In fact, you should take advantage of this by giving it an eye catching title unless your title is already good enough. It is your bookmarks title that will be the main reason people decide to click though or simply move on. You need a title that will attract people attention enough that they want to go to your site and see what you have to offer. Remember, there are thousands of other sites bookmarked, so you title really has to stand out. In addition, it is advisable that you provide an intriguing description for your bookmark. This short description should intensify the main hook and should continue the “interesting streak” from the title. You want to make sure that you don’t give away a whole summary here, but just some information that will seal the deal and convince the reader to click and read. This strategy can work for driving traffic to not only articles but also to videos or blog posts. Don’t make the common mistake so many bloggers do: avoid bookmarking the home page of your blog from a social bookmarking site. It is foolish and ineffective to bookmark the home page. Once you do this, there’s not much room for further bookmarking. It can also become very random. Rather, you should bookmark a post that you want traffic driven to. Not only will users be more guided, but you will have a better understanding of which posts have attracted readers. It serves as a testing ground to know what they want to read. Regardless of what type of content you are linking, be it post or video, avoid the root domain and choose the exact URL.
In addition to this strategy, you can take advantage of online companies that have designed applications that will help you increase your marketing. If you are a member of various social media sites, like Twitter, it can be very difficult to build a following of thousands of people, let alone make regular update posts. For this purpose, there are free applications, as well as applications that can be purchased, that provide assistance for automating postings and developing a greater number of followers. There are other automated features included in these programs that may be very beneficial to your marketing attempts, it is up to you to decide how you use them and the benefits you get out of them.It may not be very obvious at first, but by coordinating your internet marketing efforts and social media sites, you can open a whole new world of possibilities, and take your internet marketing to a new level. You can stay one step ahead of your competitors, by successfully utilizing these social sites in conjunction with the appropriate applications to more effectively build your business.
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