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		<title>Proven Web Site Traffic Builders Even an Internet Novice Can Implement</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an Internet consultant, strategist and developer for over 20 years, one of the greatest concerns I hear from my small business customers is that building traffic to their Web site is too great a task, particularly as more Web sites compete for online consumers and strategies have become more and more technical over the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As an Internet consultant, strategist and developer for over 20 years, one of the greatest concerns I hear from my small business customers is that <a target="_blank" href="http://www.herenextyear.com/help-topics/get-more-web-site-traffic.php">building traffic</a> to their Web site is too great a task, particularly as more Web sites compete for online consumers and strategies have become more and more technical over the years. </p>
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<p>If you share these same concerns, my advice to you is to start where you’re comfortable, and grow from there.There are a number of activities you can start with to increase your Web site traffic that don’t require any Internet knowledge at all.  Here are three options:</p>
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<p>Word-of-Mouth.  Tell everyone you know about your Web site.Strangely, people seem to overlook this easy yet powerful resource.Perhaps they think that their Web site is too simple compared to some of the more extensive sites they have seen. Others just disregard this valuable source of information for people interested in learning about your product or service. Take pride in your Web site and tell everyone why they should go visit it.</p>
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<p>T-Shirts.  Have a black t-shirt made with your Web site address displayed in yellow, gold or silver.Before discovering this strategy, I would wear a suit at any speaking engagement or seminar I would attend. Now, instead, I wear a very nice long sleeve shirt with my HereNextYear logo embroidered on the front.  Along the back collar, www.HereNextYear.com displays. Whenever I attend a workshop, I make sure to sit in the front five rows toward the center. When I do, someone always comes up to me during the break to ask me about my business.   </p>
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<p>Don’t skimp on quality here.It can be some of the most powerful and direct promotion you can invest in.. Get a stylish shirt and have an embroidery store reproduce a digital copy of your logo and Web site address.  It is one of the best investments you will make to spread the word about your Web site and build traffic. </p>
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<p>Give-a-Away Premiums.Give pencils, magnets, bumper stickers or other freebie gifts to anyone you see.The goal is to give something related to your Web site.  Dentists might give away toothbrushes, and financial advisors might hand out small calculators. Remember the whole point is to provide a reminder to your prospects and customers that your business exists. So be sure to display your Web site address on all those items.</p>
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<p>Business Card.  Sure, you have probably been using business cards long before your Web site existed.  But the purpose of these business cards is to do nothing else but to get your prospective customers to visit you on the Web.  Consider offering a free report with information of value to your customers when they visit your site.Promote the report and the Web site address they should visit to receive it on your business card.Then, give a card to everyone you meet and tack it up on every public bulletin board you see.</p>
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<p>True, there are many options for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.herenextyear.com/help-topics/get-more-web-site-traffic.php">building traffic</a> to your Web site, and many of them require some real time and skill.But keep in mind that many of the tried and true promotional strategies that people have been using for years are equally effective to build traffic to your Web site.Personal publicity can still be one of the best ways to build traffic, and it is simple to start using this plan of action immediately. </p>
<p>To find out even more Web site traffic builders that you can start using today, get your free report:  “<a target="_blank" href="http://www.herenextyear.com/help-topics/get-more-web-site-traffic.php">101 Ways to Get More Web Site Traffic</a>”. </p>
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