TARGETED TRAFFIC

Hello everyone.  It's been a while since I last posted, but here is what I've learned:

1.  There are no easy routes to gaining good quality web traffic.  You need to put in the time and energy.

2.  Only promote products you personally believe in.

3.  Most internet sites that try to get you to believe they have cracked the web traffic code are lying to you.

4.  Online business opportunities do work, but they don't pay a lot.

5.  Create your business plan before you start heavily investing in your business (you need a roadmap).

6.  Don't let your dream outrun your finances.

The Right Kind of Targeted Website Traffic

To succeed online, we need to understand that now the focus needs to be on the right kind of visitors. This is much easier than you might think! In essence, you need people who looking for what you offer. If someone goes online, conducts a search and finds what they looking for on your site, there is a good chance you can make a sale.  If random traffic comes to you, you will be very lucky to make any sales.

For example, if someone is trying to purchase a certain brand of shoes and you sell that brand of shoes as an affiliate, you want the visitor to come across your website.  The reason is obvious - visits equal sales.   The same things goes for if you sell an ebook. If someone types in the search word that your ebook pertains to and they end up on your site, you are receiving a targeted visitor.

Read on to learn how you can start getting targeted traffic on demand to your website and offer so you can start seeing more profits fast!

Take time to figure out what you selling, your target audience, the right keywords and the design of your website.  Read as much as you can about Google optimization strategies, and get ready to make money.  Good luck.  

BRANDING YOUR BUSINESS FOR TARGETED WEBSITE TRAFFIC

In order to gain and keep a steady flow of targeted website traffic, every business should invest time to learn how to brand itself.

Today I created my first banner!  Well, I actually created it for my wife's business, but it is still a first.  Instead of trying to lay out the steps by memory, I provided the text and link to the site where I got my information.

Fashion Jewelry For The Fashion Conscious

How to Make a Banner With Gimp

by Darrin Koltow, Demand Media

Making banners for your blog or website allows you to create a more powerful and dramatic header for your content — and if you work with GIMP, you're able to do so for free. Banners can include text and images to communicate the type of content related on your site. To create banners like this in GIMP, use the program’s layering tools, and selection tools like Foreground Select, to assemble the images and concise text needed to use as a heading description.

Step 1:  Select "New" from the File menu, then type in the Width and Height text boxes the dimensions you want for the banner. An approximate size that works for websites would be 600 pixels for width and 150 pixels for height. Click OK to create the canvas.

Step 2:  Click "File | Open" as Layers, then navigate to an image that you want to use as a background for the banner. For the movie blog example, you might open an image of film spools, or an image of the physical film itself.

Step 3:  Use the Open as Layers command to load an image you’d like to appear in the banner’s foreground, such as a picture of a famous actor, or your own picture.

Step 4:  Click the Tools palette icons shaped like an arrow with four heads. This runs the Move tool. Drag on the canvas to place the foreground image where you want it. For the movie blog example, you might drag a picture of Clint Eastwood or another actor toward the right, until it meets the canvas’ right edge.

Step 5:  Click the Tools palette icon shaped like a person with a cloud behind him to run Foreground Select. The cursor changes to a lasso icon, indicating you’re in selection mode. Drag a rough outline around the object or person you want to cut out, e.g. Clint Eastwood. The cursor changes to a painting icon, indicating you’re now in a painting-like mode.

Step 6:  Drag over the object or person you want to cut out, being careful not to let the cursor stray beyond the object’s outline. Press and hold the "Control" key, then drag over the background from which you’re cutting out the object. Press "Enter" to finalize the selection.

Step 7:  Click "Select | Invert" to select the imagery surrounding the object, then press "Delete" to delete that imagery. The object you've selected appears over the background image you loaded.

Step 8:  Click the Tools palette icon that shows a boldface “A” to run the Text tool, then click the Font button in the Tools Options panel. Click a font you like from the list that appears.

Step 9:  Drag on the canvas where you want the title of your banner to appear. GIMP displays a small window in which you can type the title’s text. Type the text, e.g. “Joe’s Flick Picks,” then click close to finalize the text and complete your banner.

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