Hosting The Right Way

How to Make Your Website Sticky!

Five Nifty Ways to Make Your Site Sticky!

'Stickiness' is one of the most overlooked aspects of site promotion. Webmasters, jump thru hoops to optimize their sites for the search engines, work like mad to find the right keywords, and double over backwards to build links.

The mere mention of PR Rankings can have them frothing at the mouth!

Yet, many webmasters ignore the one factor that can greatly improve 'all of the above'.

That factor is 'stickiness'!

Does your site stick to your visitors. Do you make a good impression. Will they remember your site. And most of all, will they come back?

How sticky is your site? Will your visitors spend 30 seconds (if you're lucky) on your site and then quickly surf on. Never to be seen again!

If that's your scenario -- you're missing a key element in your site's construction. The one factor that can really determine the extent of your site's success.

That factor is 'stickiness' -- how effective you are at getting your visitors not only to remember your site, but actually getting those visitors coming back for more.

Here's how you can greatly improve the 'stickiness' of your site. Most of these steps are easy to implement - and only takes a few minutes of your time.

1. Add to MyYahoo Button. Place this button on all your key pages. There are over 30 million people using the 'MyYahoo' sites and growing. Visitors can add your RSS feed url to their 'MyYahoo' sites and your site's content will instantly be updated when they open their Yahoo page.

Don't have a RSS Feed for your site - you can get a free one from sites like eBlogger. Just make a blog about your site's updates or publish your ezine in a blog. Then place this feed and blog on your site.

2. RSS Button or Logo. This is the orange 'xml' or 'rss' button that you see on sites that are ahead of the game. Visitors can grab the rss feed and place it in their feed readers or aggregators.

Your site's content will be instantly transmitted to these visitors and they can read them and visit your site for more information. You can input 'full contents' into these feeds or just place a headline and a teaser. Thus, drawing visitors back to your site.

3. Bookmark. Simple, but many people forget to remind visitors to bookmark their site. Make it easy to bookmark your site. Have a bookmark button on all the pages of your site. Just get a script and place a bookmark button on your site. Just do it!

You can get a free script from Michael Bloch:

-- WWW.TAMINGTHEBEAST.NET --

4. Build an Opt-in List. One of the most essential ways to make your site sticky. You MUST have your own ezine or opt-in list. Place a sign-up form on all your web pages.

Capture your visitor's contact information. Make them your subscribers. Make them an offer their can't refuse! A free ecourse to introduce yourself to your visitors. A free ebook/software/contest - whatever it takes to get your visitor's email for further follow-up.

Then send out monthly/weekly/daily emails to your list offering helpful information. Bring your subscribers back to your site for any updates, promotions, information, etc. that you offer on or thru your site.

5. Content. Don't forget the obvious factor. You must have great, helpful, entertaining, useful...CONTENT! Without great content -- the reason people are on your site in the first place -- all the above 'stickiness' factors are useless!

Content is the reason we go back to a site. If you don't have good content on your site -- all the tricks in the world won't help you get your visitors back to your site. Make sure your visitors have a good reason to come back to your site -- provide great content and information.

Then implement all the nifty ways mentioned above and you will be on your way to making your site sticky.

Keep them coming back for more and you will reap the rewards.

Titus Hoskins

----
To Create a blog within minutes - visit this link:
RSS Report and Create Blog Guide.
Copyright © 2005 Titus Hoskins of bizwaremagic.com.
This article may be freely distributed if this resource
box stays attached. Visit http://www.bizwaremagic.com
for more simple solutions to your online marketing tasks.
----

Other Article Sites

findabook.com  moneycd.info  a-mortgage.info   about-lemon-laws.info  aboutstudentloans.info
all-about-publishing.info  auctions-articles.info  bestcollege-university.com  bestispconnection.com
biblefolder.com  blogger-website.com  books-used.info  brokers-guide.info  buywindows.info  cable-dsl.info
career-miner.com  carpel-tunnel.info  cashinaflash.info  cashloanreviews.info  casinobell.com  chat-house.info
clearmycredit.info  collegeloantips.info  crones.info  depression-articles.info   dirnic.net  dishguides.info
divers-below.com  expodog.info   financewizz.com  fire-insurance.info  getgood.info  handleit.net   it-idea.info
health-supplies.info  hosting-right.com  insidealert.com  insurance-facts.info  jobs-employment.info
justgood.info  lookgold.net   lowcost-travel.info  money-source.info  myhostzone.info  numisblog.com
peoplesearchfinder.info  pr-articles.info  realeas.com   refinancing-guides.info  spyware-remove.info
telelot.info  the-law.info   toppaid.info  travel-deals.info  travelcorrect.com  wedding-guide-site.com
your-blog.info  your-credit.info

The Chisholm Promotions Company has Launched Their Website and Announces Their Ability to Beat the Heat and Let Anyone Shop from Home
The Chisholm Promotions Company announces the launch of their website www.chisholmpromotions.com, and is excited to have the ability to serve their local and long distance clients through the World Wide Web, all from the comfort of their homes.

How to Tell if Business Opportunities-- Free Website Provided Is Legitimate
If you see "Business Opportunities -- Free Website Provided" advertised in a tabloid, on a website, or in a magazine, how can you know if it's for real? Examine the ads closely. Are there lots of punctuation marks and capitalized words? Do the phrases "No Work" or "Get Out of Bed When You Want To" pop up? These ads may be overexaggerating and should be approached with caution.

Wpromote Launches New Website and Comprehensive Suite of Search Engine Marketing Services
Wpromote, an Inc 500 Company, proudly announces the January 1, 2008 launch of its next-generation website, along with two new services to complement its industry-leading suite of search engine marketing solutions.

7 Suggestions for a Teen Friendly Web Site (e-commerce news and statistics)
"Youth are leading the transition to a fully wired and mobile nation"The Pew Internet & American Life Project issued a report entitled "Teens and Technology" on July 27, 2005. Some results of this polling data may be helpful to merchants who desire to market to this Internet hungry, and energetic group.

How to Promote Your Website(s) using additional Methods beside the traditional?
When you have website in fact it is great site by every mean; design and contents. But it will give you nothing until people knows that you got the website and you are selling product and/or service(s). To bring visitors on your site you would advertise your site on paid directories, advertising classified website, even you will go for PPC (pay per click) services. Beside this you will also hire expensive SEO (Search engine optimization service) provider to gain search engine organic/free targeted traffic.

Oxyte Communications, LLC Doubles Its Shared Hosting Specifications to Meet New Generation Websites’ Demands
Oxyte.com’s product manager Robert Gale announced today that the company had increased space and bandwidth included in all shared web hosting packages.

The 10 Essential Questions to Answer in Creating your Web Design Brief
The 10 Essential Questions to Answer in Creating your Web Design Brief

Dave Lukow's NFL Daily Dish Places Men's Fantasy Sports Web Site at the Top of the Fantasy League Heap; Site Offers Free Membership for Sign
Mensfantasysports.com sets the pace with expert fantasy football picks as the NFL draft approaches. Celebrity handicapper Cindy Margolis has joined the MSF team.

Student Marketing Company Launches New Website
Boston area higher education marketing company, Effective Student Marketing, launches new website offering improved functionality, features and information for current and prospective clients seeking assistance with improving profitability of student recruitment.

New Website Shows Viewers Exactly How to be Successful Work-At-Home Breadwinners and How to Achieve New Heights of Freedom and Success Working for The
Successful stay-at-home entrepreneurs Tim and Poni Altvater recently responded to ongoing inquiries for their "proven work-from-home formula" by creating an online reality-style streaming video show that shines a spotlight on their every day life and provides viewers with everything they need to know to create their own enviable success - obtaining the financial freedom they long for while working for themselves and from the comfort of their own homes.

OLED-Display.net: The Information Website about the OLED Technology in a Brand New Design
OLED-Display.net -- in its brand new design -- inform the visitors about the next more flexible, thin, power efficient and bright display generation OLED (organic light emitting diode).

Tips to build an attractive and search engine friendly website
How to build an attractive and search engine friendly website?

Easy CGI Offers SmarterStats To All Shared Hosting Customers At No Additional Cost
Easy CGI, a leading Windows web hosting provider for small and medium-sized businesses, announced today the upgrade of its web site statistics feature to be powered by SmarterStats. This upgrade provides its customers with the most comprehensive tool available to view traffic and monitor trends on their web site.

Get More Traffic To Your Website
Are you using a website for your online business? Then you may already know that putting content on your site is not only very important, but crucial in getting much-needed traffic. But I'm not talking about dumping any kind of content in there, just so you can say that your website has a lot of it. No sirree, I'm talking about quality content ? the kind that has no grammatical or spelling errors, no broken English, and most important of all, information that is entertaining or useful and practical.