How to Get More Website Traffic & Convert Visitors into Buyers in Just 3 Steps

The sheer number of e-commerce websites that exist today is enough to overwhelm any consumer and make the Internet marketing challenge for business owners seem insurmountable.  Bob Regnarus, also known as "The Leads King," has made a successful business out of helping business owners drive more traffic to their websites and inspire visitors to buy once they get there.

Bob was selected to offer his web marketing expertise in "Start Your Own Information Marketing Business," a new book from the Information Marketing Association. This new book is an essential how-to guide for anyone interested in starting an information marketing business, and features insight from 12 of the biggest names in the industry.  In it, Bob shares his secrets for maximizing online sales through search engine optimization and more. 
 
Here is the Leads King's 3 Basic Phases to Getting More Website Traffic and Sales Now
 
1. Understand What You Really Need from Your Website
 
Determining what your website can and cannot do is the first phase.  Setting the right expectations for a site can help businesses invest their time and effort into marketing to target customers.   The point is to avoid wasting time on people who will never become customers. 
 
Remember your website should be a lead generation tool. So, you want to focus on targeted leads that are a perfect match for the products and services you provide. Make sure you build an opt-in option on your website's landing page.  This is where you make an offer in order to collect contact information from visitors.  You might offer free, valuable information such as access to a newsletter or a complimentary lesson or session.  This is important to your strategy for making building your list and starting a customer relationship that leads to more sales.
 
2. Build an Attractive Site With Your Objective in Mind
 
The second phase of a web traffic campaign is to build or alter a website so it fits the new strategy for generating sales leads and attracting target customers.  An attractive website is easy to understand, and is interesting and engaging.  It does not mean you should spend money on expensive graphic design or Flash animation – in fact Bob strongly advises you not to waste your money on elements that will not directly help you increase your website sales conversions. Instead, focus on communicating to visitors what your business offers and why they should be interested. 
 
3. Drive Additional Traffic Through Advertising, SEO and Promotion
 
The third phase of the campaign is to make it easy for potential customers to find your website through search-engine optimization (SEO), article marketing, pay-per-click advertising and other advanced promotional tools. 
 
Investing in online advertising is crucial to promoting your website, but there are also many low-cost strategies.  Effective SEO tactics include creating external links, regular website updates and keyword saturation.  Other little known channels for driving website traffic include promoting sites through blogs, articles and press releases.   According to Bob you don't have to be a technological wizard or a marketing genius to improve your search engine ranking and generate traffic to your website.
 
Follow Bob's step-by-step directions and you will get more website traffic and sales. To learn more about SEO opportunities and discover how to create effective advertising campaigns with search engines look for more advice from Bob in Start Your Own Information Marketing Business.  This information marketing how-to guide is available in bookstores now.