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><channel><title>Web Hosting Geeks&#039; Blog &#187; search engine traffic</title> <atom:link href="http://webhostinggeeks.com/blog/tag/search-engine-traffic/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://webhostinggeeks.com/blog</link> <description>Web Hosting Industry News, Latest Trends, and Analyses.</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:48:19 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Three Ways to Efficiently Market a Web Hosting Business</title><link>http://webhostinggeeks.com/blog/2011/04/11/three-ways-to-efficiently-market-a-web-hosting-business/</link> <comments>http://webhostinggeeks.com/blog/2011/04/11/three-ways-to-efficiently-market-a-web-hosting-business/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:25:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Art</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[SEO / SEM]]></category> <category><![CDATA[keyword density]]></category> <category><![CDATA[quality content]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reseller hosting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[search engine traffic]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://webhostinggeeks.com/blog/?p=1536</guid> <description><![CDATA[Reselling web hosting services can be a difficult task, especially for an inexperienced webmaster that has never successfully built a hosting business. However, by creating appealing and unique hosting plans with reasonable profit margins, promoting to targeted audiences, and proactively marketing your services through a variety of avenues, it is possible to establish a significant [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Reselling web hosting services can be a difficult task, especially for an inexperienced webmaster that has never successfully built a hosting business. However, by creating appealing and unique hosting plans with reasonable profit margins, promoting to targeted audiences, and proactively marketing your services through a variety of avenues, it is possible to establish a significant client base rather quickly. Unfortunately, most resellers are only able to generate a small amount of income each month, as they are unable to find a large amount of clients that are willing to trust their hosting services. If you&#8217;ve been experiencing similar problems, then you may want to consider the following three ways to efficiently market a web hosting business.</p><p><strong>Creating a Blog with Quality Content</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>It is well known fact that the best way to generate consistent web traffic on a residual basis is to utilize the immense power of the search engines. To do this you&#8217;ll need to populate your web hosting site with quality content related to various hosting topics. By building a blog within your hosting site you&#8217;ll not only attract search engine traffic based on keywords embedded within your blogs articles, you&#8217;ll also provide useful information to your visitors and thereby establish trust and professionalism more effectively. In fact, if your blog posts are informative enough other webmasters and web surfers will link to your site on their blogs, and will link their friends to your pages when they are in need of information. To maximize your traffic generating efforts it is important to ensure proper keyword density and usage within each blog post.</p><p><strong>Newsletters and Press Releases</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Another way to proactively market your hosting services and expand your web presence is to publish high-quality press releases on popular websites. A press release is simply a news story that professionally describes the products and services offered by your hosting company. This ultimately improve search engine optimization efforts and generates a significant amount of traffic originating from the sites that the press releases are posted on. After soliciting a client base and collecting a large number of e-mail addresses it would be beneficial to market additional services to your pre-existing and former clients, as you can be sure that this is a targeted audience that will bring high conversion rates.</p><p><strong>Purchasing Banner Space</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Another great way to attract prospective customers and expand your market outreach is to purchase banner space on established web hosting review sites, and the websites of other hosting providers. These sites are frequently visited by people that are most likely interested in purchasing hosting services on an ongoing basis. By marketing to a targeted audience through custom designed banners on websites that have significant traffic levels you can begin seeing significant results within just a couple of weeks.</p><h3  class="related_post_title">Related posts:</h3><ul
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isPermaLink="false">http://webhostinggeeks.com/blog/?p=571</guid> <description><![CDATA[Most online marketing approaches are risky and unfortunately, many of them will not result in the increased website traffic you desire.  Today’s internet marketing firms will try to sell you on everything from pop-up ads to mass email campaigns, both of which people tend to find very annoying.  Being that an email campaign is more [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p
align="left">Most online marketing approaches are risky and unfortunately, many of them will not result in the increased website traffic you desire.  Today’s internet marketing firms will try to sell you on everything from pop-up ads to mass email campaigns, both of which people tend to find very annoying.  Being that an email campaign is more like spam distribution and pop-up advertisements are so aggravating they could actually cause you to lose customers, investing in such marketing solutions just might equate to throwing money out the window.  Instead of wasting money on these risky strategies, perhaps you should focus on something that actually works &#8211; search engine optimization.</p><p
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align="left"><strong>Boost Traffic the Natural Way</strong></p><p
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align="left">It is a proven fact that the most effective way to reel in targeted traffic and potential customers is through the search engines.  A number of studies show that nearly 90% of first-time visitors find their way to a website via search engines powered by internet brands such as Google and Yahoo.  You yourself are probably in this high percentile of web surfers who bypass all the pop-ups, spam messages and PPC ads by relying on the convenient search box to find the content you seek.  Search engines offer a consistent stream of targeted website visitors and in most cases, leveraging this traffic is absolutely free.  What you have to do is make sure your content is relevant to the search results because if it isn’t, visitors will likely be very disappointed when landing on your site.   If you keep this is mind when optimizing your site, the search engines will reward you with increased traffic of excellent quality.</p><p
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align="left"><strong>When Users Search, Everybody Wins</strong></p><p
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align="left">Search engine traffic results in a win-win situation for anyone trying to promote a website or business online.  Improving your volume of traffic does take a lot of money or hard work for that matter.  All that is required of you is good site optimization.  Despite the millions of active domains throughout the world, an alarming number of web pages are not indexed by the major search engines for the simple fact that most of them are not optimized correctly, or not optimized at all.  Unless you have a winning marketing strategy that simply cannot fail, this makes it very difficult for anyone to find your website.  Though it can be a challenge, optimizing a website is also something that can be done by an individual with little to no marketing knowledge.</p><p
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align="left">Believe it or not, the search engines want to send you as much traffic as possible.  This is because the more users who find the content they want, the more they will rely on that search engine and recommended it to others.  The actual search engine benefits tremendously as these recommendations lead to increased popularity and advertising revenues.  Search engines can be an excellent resource that helps internet users find what they desire and provide you with the targeted traffic needed to keep your site alive.</p><h3  class="related_post_title">Related posts:</h3><ul
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align="left">njoying success online is great but promoting your website is never the easiest thing to do.  We have all heard that SEO works wonder but not everyone is willing to put in the time intensive labor.  One of the best ways to optimize your site for the search engines is quality articles related to your market or topic.  If you do not have the writers in-house who can produce the content, you should strongly consider outsourcing.</p><p
align="left"><strong>Content is King</strong></p><p
align="left">More webmasters have come to discover that articles are an excellent way to obtain the relative one-way links and linkable content a website needs to generate search engine traffic.  The internet has opened up many doors for the freelance market.  What this means is that you can contract out some work at around $20 per 400 to 500 word article and possibly less when purchasing them in bulk.  If your site is bringing in steady revenue, this could be a rewarding trade off.</p><p
align="left">The greatest advantage of outsourcing articles is that you have the luxury to order content as it is required.  There is no need to worry about employing additional staff or equipment.  Simply hire a professional freelance writer and they handle the content while you focus on other important aspects.  In many cases, freelancers are represented by firms, providing you with access to even more resources and varying levels of expertise.</p><p
align="left"><strong>What Should You Pay?</strong></p><p
align="left">When it comes to outsourcing articles, you will find that prices vary greatly, and so do the qualifications.  The truth is that many freelance writers will take on a tremendous amount of work all at once.  While this allows them to maximum their earnings it also impacts turn-around time, meaning your assignment could get put on the back burner.  Realizing this, it is a good rule of thumb to anticipate a short turn-round time at a higher price and longer turn-around at a lower price.  Try to play your cards right in the middle by not going too high or too low on the price.  Instead, take what the contractor has to say into consider and view samples of their past work.  From there, you can determine if the writer is able to meet your needs and then discuss the price.</p><p
align="left"><strong>What Qualifications Should You Look For?</strong></p><p
align="left">Price will always be a factor but qualifications is quite possibly the most important aspect of all.  Some writers could be more effective at crafting catchy headlines while some may excel at writing the specific content.  In fact, many writers may not fully understand the ever changing SEO tactics or LSI considerations. You will also find writers who are well versed with technical subjects and others who specialize in a wide range of genres.  The key is finding one who is able to convey the tone of your website while still factoring in search engine optimization techniques.</p><p>In the end, outsourcing your articles will require that you communicate the messages you want expressed to a writer.  However, the bright side is that when you get the right individual or team on your side, you can dramatically boost productivity and ensure that your website remains appealing in the eyes of your readers and the search engines.</p><h3  class="related_post_title">Related posts:</h3><ul
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