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 Issue #69 - June 20th, 2005 Internet Marketing Newsletter for Small Businesses
Brought to you by idesignbusiness.com http://www.idesignbusiness.com Issue # 69 Monday, June 20th, 2005 In this Issue: ARTICLES: FREE RESOURCE: Welcome to Issue # 69 of the Internet Marketing for Small Business Newsletter. This issue’s article covers 10 features every website should have. Each of these tools will help you attract more visitors to your website and will also keep them on the site longer. What I have learned over the years is that instant traffic is not realistic to maintain or achieve sales. Quality traffic comes from hard work and consistently updating and adding to your website. The 10 tips included in this article will help you build your website with quality content and tools your visitors will value. We would love to hear any questions, comments, or ideas for future articles, just email us at newsletters@idesignbusiness.com New Feature - The idesignbusiness Newsletter is now available for you to publish on your own website. If you are looking for Internet Marketing content for your website that is updated twice a month you can publish our article headlines, summaries and free resources through an XML feed. For more information on publishing content on your website please visit the link below: http://www.idesignbusiness.com/xmlinfo.asp Did you miss the last issue? You can always visit our idesignbusiness Internet Newsletter Archive and easily view and search all our past issues. Neal St. Clair idesignbusiness Advertisement Simple, Fast and Affordable Email and Postcard Marketing Grow your business and build loyal customer relationships with direct marketing. Easily create, send & track HTML Emails and customized printed Postcards. There’s no technical expertise needed - simply use our web-based template system to create beautiful campaigns in minutes! Unlike other solutions, VerticalResponse's iBuilder requires no set-up fees, monthly fees or contracts. Customer support, real-time campaign reporting, and list building tools are all included in your Free account. You only pay for what you mail. Take a Free test drive today! http://www.verticalresponse.com/landing/?idesign/jun05 ARTICLE Catapult Your Traffic With These Web Site Add-Ons By Ronald Gibson Having a website is great but, if the site doesn’t have any traffic, then what good is it really doing for you? Here are some features that you can add to your site to generate more traffic and more stickiness for your site. 1. You should add a blog to your website. Blogs are a fast and easy way to add content to your site. Why is that important? Search engines love content. A frequently updated blog will attract the search engine spiders and will get your site indexed quickly. You should try to post blog entries at least a couple of times per day. 2. Add a message board to your web site. This helps your site to develop its own little community. People will visit your web site to ask questions and answer other people’s questions. 3. Add a directory of web site links to your web site. People will visit your web site to find related web site links for the topic they’re interested in. As an added bonus, links are also content for search engine spiders. 4. Add an article section to your web site. People will visit your web site to read and learn new info related to their interests. And this also will provide content for the search engines. 5. Add an archive of past e-zine issues to your web site. People will visit your web site to read past issues of your e-zine that they’ve missed. 6. People love freebies. You should add a free software download page to your web site. People will visit your web site to find new software that will make their life easier. Also add a free ebook directory to your web site. People will visit your site to download, study and read new information. 7. Add a free classified ad section. People will visit your web site to place their own free classified ad and to read other offers. 8. Add a free link page to your web site. People will visit your web site to place their own link and to look at other people’s links. This is a double bonus. Not only will you get traffic from the links, but, once again, links are also content that search engines love. 9. Add an "about us" page to your web site. People will visit your web site to read about your business and yourself. 10. Add a guest book to your web site. People will visit your web site to leave their opinions about your business and to list their signature file. Using the above methods to add features to your website will not only draw more traffic to your site, but they will also make your visitors want to stay on your site longer and want to come back and visit again and again. Copyright 2005 Ronald Gibson Ronald Gibson is a Web Designer and Web Marketer. He is the Webmaster of AffiliateUtopia.com, which offers information about some of the best money making opportunities on the Web. For more information, visit: http://www.affiliateutopia.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/ Advertisement LinkSource.info > Free Link Exchange Directory Improve your link popularity and Google Page Rank through targeted link exchanges. LinkSource.info is a free link exchange directory organized by category that quickly and easily connects you with other webmasters interested in exchanging links. Add your website for free today and begin connecting with other websites now. Visit LinkSource.info Now FREE RESOURCE: Each issue of the Internet Marketing Newsletter for Small Businesses will include helpful free online resources to promote your websites. If you are looking for a way to attract visitors your website and keep them coming back? If so, a message board may be a great addition to your website. Boards2go.com (www.Boards2go.com) offers customizable message boards hosted on their server for free. You can easily add and maintain a message board for your business using their tools. HTML or programming skills are not required. Free Website Message Board ABOUT idesignbusiness idesignbusiness provides complete Internet services for small businesses including website design, website development, hosting and Internet marketing. Increase website traffic, build your customer base, and drive revenue using our cost-effective and result driven tools and services. Please visit http://www.idesignbusiness.com for more information. SUBSCRIPTION NOTICE This newsletter is only sent to opt-in subscribers. If at anytime you would like to be removed from this list, please send an e-mail to newsletters@idesignbusiness.com with REMOVE in the subject line or click on the remove link below. Spread the word - Please forward to friends and colleagues. 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