Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Five Tactics to Grow a Webpage for Your Small Business

By Maya Haddad


It is exceedingly valuable for a small business to have its own webpage that it can use to promote their business. Considering the immensely large scale of the Internet, this becomes more and more important. However, the real key is making sure a webpage is effective and visible. There are a few different tips small business owners can use to make sure their webpage doesn't lag behind.

1.Start a Blog Business owners should start a blog if their business model or time permits it. A blog can help a webpage express their views and opinions, while driving traffic to a webpage. A business's blog, or a relevant outside blog, can be linked to important content on a page as well. Blogs have their fingers on the pulse of breaking and poignant news. This will cause a webpage to garner more interest and keep it relevant.

2.Take Advantage of Social Media Social media leads the pack when it comes to current internet marketing. As a minimum, a small business should set up and maintain Twitter and Facebook accounts. Other social media sites may be appropriate as well. On your website, provide links to Twitter and Facebook as this provides an easy way for visitors to your site to follow or "like" your website. Attracting interest via social media sites means that you will get more traffic to your website. Another good idea is to add a Twitter or Facebook feed to the home page of your website. Visitors will stay on your website for longer and will be able to find out the interests of other people that have looked at your site, as well as share their own.

3.Develop a Mobile Webpage Smartphones-iPhones and androids among them-are quickly taking over and are becoming ever more the main medium for accessing the Internet. Many typical web pages are difficult to view and browse while using a smartphone. Having a mobile web page makes it easier for those people who like to look at the web while on the move to do so. Websites that are mobile friendly have the technological advantage.

4.Make the Webpage Interactive Photos and videos on a webpage can help drive traffic, keep people interested, and on the site for longer. Constantly updated photos displaying products or services of a webpage makes a site interactive for the user. Online Web galleries can host thousands of photos at a time, and by imbedding a link for the Web page's account, slide shows can be placed on the webpage. Furthermore this would count as a relevant link to your webpage. Hosting YouTube or Vimeo videos on a webpage will also accomplish a similar task. Internet users are more and more frequently relying on visual media, such as video and photos, to gather information and search the Web. In addition, a webpage should constantly update its graphics and logos. This will always give the appearance that a webpage is fresh and constantly adapting to the times.

5.Take advantage of Search Engine Optimization Search Engine Optimization (SEO) increases the visibility of your website to search engines that people use to find information on the Internet. SEO methods include using keywords in your website content and incorporating relevant links to other sites from your own website. These kinds of techniques enable your page to be ranked higher on search engine hits, which encourages more people to visit your site. A lot of small businesses use SEO techniques to improve their visibility in what is an increasingly competitive online environment.

With all of these tips, a small business can help grow their webpage. By driving traffic and creating fresh content a webpage will achieve higher visibility. Social media can also play a large part in helping a webpage gain younger support and more of an online presence. If a small business follows these tips, a webpage will is able to compete in the ever-growing market of the Internet.




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