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Need serious help with internet marketing.

by acha5066
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Hi guys and girls,

I've run a blog about football (soccer) for about two years now and I feel like I've seriously plateaued. About a year ago I finally started getting some traffic. I signed up to one of the biggest article aggregators for sports in the world, so when I write a new post thousands of people can potentially visit. The problem is, it's like they're allergic to my site. Bounce rates are high from these visitors and average time on site is only like 30-40 seconds.

My google traffic is good. They stay for 1.5 to 2.4 minutes and have respectable bounce rates, but they only give me 40 or so visits per day, and a few more when I post a new article.

My Facebook fans and Twitter, both are near 1000 hardly ever click on links to posts. The other day I posted a survey monkey survey to my networks to try and see what people thought of my site and I got two responses. TWO. Out of a combined 2000 people.

I'm just really frustrated, because I thought I was getting somewhere but the website is just stagnant. The market for this is really big but I just can't seem to get a share.

Any tips or advice to get me motivated and actually starting to see some growth again?
#internet #marketing #serious #survey
  • Profile picture of the author The Aussie Seo Guy
    Hey Mate,

    You need to slowly and safely build your back links to your website.

    The best way that I have found that works is by article creating and submitting it to directories on a daily basics.

    But they need to be of quality don't grab any cheap thing of of fiverr, as you will only get punished by google.

    If you want to check out my WSO I am currently offering article building to increase traffic.

    Like I said the best is slow and steady that way when you make it to the top you stay their.

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  • Profile picture of the author wootimosee
    my advice is to do more research on your audience - figure out what THEY are interested in because once you know what they really want to know, you can create articles that they'll want to click on.
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    • Profile picture of the author acha5066
      Originally Posted by wootimosee View Post

      my advice is to do more research on your audience - figure out what THEY are interested in because once you know what they really want to know, you can create articles that they'll want to click on.
      Wootimoose that's why I created a survey to see what they wanted, but only 2 people clicked on it.
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      • Profile picture of the author wootimosee
        Originally Posted by acha5066 View Post

        Wootimoose that's why I created a survey to see what they wanted, but only 2 people clicked on it.
        i see, but try researching via google and your competition, rather than going directly to your "audience."

        have you looked at what differentiates your competitor's audience from your audience? what does your competitor offer that attracts people and how can you make it better?

        personally, i think if you ask your audience what they want, they perceive you as someone who is not an expert. agree or disagree?
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        • Profile picture of the author acha5066
          Originally Posted by wootimosee View Post

          i see, but try researching via google and your competition, rather than going directly to your "audience."

          have you looked at what differentiates your competitor's audience from your audience? what does your competitor offer that attracts people and how can you make it better?

          personally, i think if you ask your audience what they want, they perceive you as someone who is not an expert. agree or disagree?
          Yes you make a good point. Didn't think about it like that.
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  • Profile picture of the author timpears
    Do social bookmarking. Your short description should get people that are interested in what you have on your site so your bounce rate will go down.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mac Wheeler
    I am surprised nobody has asked the original poster if his site is actually worth visiting?

    How many of us visit a site once, decide it was not relevant, engaging or entertaining, and never visit the site again regardless of how many links to it we are presented?

    Regardless of how you get your traffic, or whatever cash and effort your pour in to SEO, unless you site has value visitors will not stay.

    So without seeing your site, it is impossible to say why people are not staying/revisiting.
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    • Profile picture of the author acha5066
      Originally Posted by Mac Wheeler View Post

      I am surprised nobody has asked the original poster if his site is actually worth visiting?

      How many of us visit a site once, decide it was not relevant, engaging or entertaining, and never visit the site again regardless of how many links to it we are presented?

      Regardless of how you get your traffic, or whatever cash and effort your pour in to SEO, unless you site has value visitors will not stay.

      So without seeing your site, it is impossible to say why people are not staying/revisiting.
      I guess my site has value. I've gotten good feedback in the past. It just seems the traffic from this aggregator is very bouncy. Although you could be right. They probably just don't see what they're looking for.
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  • Profile picture of the author CashExpert
    @acha5066 the design and outlook of your site can have a thing a two to do with why people don't stay long on your site . I would also advice you try some interactive activities on your site.

    Something like Competition ( Messi VS Ronaldo ) . ( Man City vs Man United) . Let people vote for their passion . Stuff like these usually helps
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  • Profile picture of the author locke815
    Study on how to do on-page and off-page SEO.
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    • Profile picture of the author FromBrokeToRich
      Especially in a market as competitive as the football niche you need to have a clear plan on how you're intending to monetize your visitors before you ever even begin to create content or start creating articles for backlinks.

      Your visitors are looking for value that matches their search terms (keywords and keyword phrases) they're entering into their favorite search engines.

      Ask yourself: WHO is your ideal "target" prospect... Who are you trying to attract and WHAT are their needs, HOW are you meeting their needs, and are you giving them a reason to stick around long enough for you to actually sell them something.

      You need a clear vision of who your ideal customers will be and how you're providing value to them and giving them what they're looking for.
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  • Profile picture of the author MarketFriendly
    Sometimes you need to look into other niches.

    The more obscure niches where no one is targeting would also be a great pick when looking for traffic. Often times the bigger niches like soccer / weight loss / etc. everyone is already trying to compete with you. Look where there is no competion and start there If you want to play with the big boys, go for the bigger niches but if you are just starting out look for lower competition niches.

    Hope this helped!
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  • Profile picture of the author Mac Wheeler
    There is an invisible metric that most website owners never consider.

    We have hard numbers for visitors, bounce rate, and a whole host of other types of data.

    But there is a metric I would name 'wiling visitors', and these are people that have visited your site before, are not regular visitors, but would be happy to visit again if something of interest was pushed under their nose.

    Value + traffic = willing visitors
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  • Profile picture of the author marketingcompany888
    Hello there!
    There are many things that you must consider if you want people to stay on your site. the basic ones are to invest on its design and make sure that you have quality contents too. Learning on page and off page SEO is also helpful but they will not give you a loyal audience if your website is not that good for them to stay.
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