Website Traffic

What Do These Two Pictures Have in Common

I am always amazed at good photo's. I try to think about what people see and think when they look at them. I have to say that I see things a little different when it comes to photos. Look at these two photos below. You may think what beautiful balloons, or what beautiful mountains. The second picture you may be saying what beautiful clocks. The two pictures may be totally different but they are the same. Can you figure it out? Can you see what I see?

Mobile marketing by numbers

My answer is 50 people using smartphones. I bet that wasn't the answer you were thinking. My next thought is how can I get my website into their pockets. Think about it a second if you were an operator of a hot air balloon wouldn't you need a smartphone for weather updates, reservation changes etc.

The woman on the cliff is probably taking a picture with her smartphone. So are the people that are in the hot air balloons. There could be up to 75 people that have a smartphone in this picture.

The photo on the right is a city picture with people hustling around. They need smartphones to stay connected. You can even see the guy in the blue shirt on the right using his. Now my question is what are you doing to get your business into peoples pockets.

Is your address on your website for local searches? If you are a local store do you have Google Maps embedded on your site. Are you using Schema mark up on your pages? Do you know what Schema markup is?

Improve Your Website For Free

Starting on August 10th until the 12th, my book “25 Ways To Improve Your Website” will be free. These dates coincide with Affiliate Summit East 2014 happening in New York City.

This book is especially good for newbies to Affiliate Marketing as it can be used as a step by step guide to help you get better search rankings.

The book contains 25 easy to follow steps that will improve your website and your traffic. Some topics covered in the book are:

Your Website Now – Keywords – Free Tools – Colors – Title Tags – Meta Description Tag – Meta Keyword Tags – Search Box – Logo – About Us Page – Blogs – Contact Us Page – Privacy Policy – Trust – Email Newsletter – Navigation – Backlinks – Images – Videos – Landing Pages – Internal Linking – On Page Content – Site Speed – Blogs in Niche – and Using Forums.

Click here on August 10th to get the book free

Learn From Listening To Podcasts

We are all very busy while we work on the computer but that doesn't mean you can't learn while you work. I have improved a few of my websites by listening to podcast. Here are a few podcasts that I listen to while I am working that I learn a lot from and so can you. These are listed in no particular order. I also left out any affiliate marketing podcast because I know my friends will chime in with those in the comments.

Lately I have been listening to a podcast about public speaking. (iTunes) While I have no plans to ever do that again I like the way the speaker talks and if I ever do speak in public again at least I will have these tips in the back of my mind. I know a lot of my friends are doing Affiliate Summit sessions in a few months and can benefit from Lisa B. Marshall and her insightful tips.

Pat Flynn has a very successful podcast over at Smartpassiveincome.com. (iTunes) He has industry leaders on that tell listeners how they are doing things to grow their income. Friendly format and Pat is one of the most generous guys when it comes to sharing what is working right now.

Amy Porterfield (iTunes) has a great podcast covering social media and what you should be doing to engage with fans to get more sales. Her common sense approach to getting more traffic and sales is worth it's weight in gold. Getting social fans to your email list is something that I agree with 100% and Amy's tips show you how to do that and more.

Social Media Examiner's Michael Stelzner has a great podcast on social media (iTunes) that I listen to all the time. He has insightful tips from people doing social media successfully. The guest normally give good points and advice you can use right away.

If you want to learn how to influence your audience and get into the psychology of selling then you have to listen to my friend Derek Halpern's podcast Social Triggers (iTunes). Derek tells it the way it is and backs up his words with proof.

Corbett Barr, Chase Reeves, and Caleb Wojcik have a great podcast about getting traffic to your site and get them coming back. The Fizzle show (iTunes) is one of my favorites because I like their common sense approach to building a successful website.

What podcast do you listen to on a regular basis? What podcast topic would you like to hear more about?