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8 Ways To Get People To Visit Your Web Site Again and Again

Copyright 2005 Bina Omar

Getting visitors to your web site is not one of the easiest
things to do especially if you've only just set up your web
site. The trick here is to find as many ways as possible to
get the visitors, that do visit your site, to come back
again and again.

Here are 8 ways you can achieve this:

* Start a blog

Yes, everyone else, including my grandmother, has a
blog. You should start one too. A blog is a great way to
get your visitors to return to your web site. Especially if
you frequently update it with entries that are relevant to
your visitors' needs. And also that occasional odd entry on
what's happening in your personal life. A blog can greatly
increase the personal touch of your web site. And your
visitors are more likely to come back.

* Start a forum

An active discussion forum may be all that you need
to attract repeat visitors to your web site. You'll
generally get two types of visitors to your active forum.
a) One who seeks help and b) one who provides help. If your
forum is active with these two types of visitors, you can
almost guarantee repeat (as well as new) visits for many
times to come.

* Provide a free online tool

Every one loves free stuffs. Try and provide a free
online tool, that's hosted on your web site of course.If
your tool is very useful to your visitors, they will come
again and again to use this tool. Example of tools include
a banner creator, web site popularity checker, or html
generator etc.

* Free Stuff

Don't just stop there. People really love to get free
stuff. List free stuff on your web site. It could be
software, services, sample products, e-books etc. The
freebies should be related to your web site topic. Keep the
freebies coming and your visitors will return regulary. You
could maybe add a monthly freebie to your site.

* Encourage feedback

Have a section on your web site or open a forum
especially for visitor and subscriber feedback. You could
write a small line at the bottom of the articles on your
page to invite readers to leave feedback about the article.
Or get your subscribers to leave feedback on your ezine
topic for that month. Make sure you reply to their
feedback. Not only will this increase repeat visitors to
your site, but you'll also have happy subscribers.

* Publish an online version of your ezine

Though email ezines are popular and wide spread, you
should also publish an online version of your ezine at your
web site. There are bound to be some subscribers who would
prefer the online version. This would bring them back to
your web site.

* Original Content

This is by far the best way to get your visitors to
come back for more. Give your visitors content they can't
read anywhere else. I'm not saying all your content has to
be 100% original, but a portion of your web site should
have original information. People will usually read
information they haven't read before.

* Prize Drawings

Hold an ongoing prize drawing on your web site. The
prizes should be something of interest or value to your
subscribers. Most people who enter will continually revisit
your web site to get the results.

There you go. 8 ways to get your web site visitors coming
back for more.

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Bina runs the WebSite Workshop http://website-workshop.com,
a membership site filled with tips, tools and tutorials for
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