Chapter 1
Jump-Starting Traffic and Driving Sales
IN THIS CHAPTER
Breaking down the online buyer’s journey
Calculating the visitors-to-sales ratio at your site
Discovering your high-volume traffic periods
Marketing your site to drive traffic through the roof
Getting customers to make the decision to buy
You’ve probably heard the old saying “Build it and they will come.” And you probably know by now that this particular theory doesn’t necessarily apply to your website. Instead, your site is competing for visitors with hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of other sites. If that’s not intimidating enough, consider that you have to not only figure out how to get people to come to your website, but also entice them to stay long enough to explore your site, and then convince them to buy something from you.
These challenges are common to all online businesses. An effective digital marketing strategy can help drive interest and traffic to your site, while a solid content strategy should ...
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