Welcome to Web Traffic Guide
|
|
Highest Traffic Web Sites Article
Testimonials Sometimes Its Better To Give Than Receive
By: Hamish Hayward
Testimonials are widely used by internet marketers. You see them plastered all over sales pages and websites in a bid to make you feel more comfortable with whatever product or service is being promoted.
I expect that, like me, you've sometimes wondered if these testimonials are real. Some of them aren't but the large majority of them are 100% genuine. Usually you can tell the real ones because they will have a link back to the originator's website.
So what does this mean for you? Simple - the next time you use a product or service that you're happy with think about sending the supplier a testimonial - and include a link to your website or blog. If the supplier decides to use it, it's good for them and it's good for you - you will get traffic from your link.
To give just one example, I wrote a review of an e-book and published it on my website. It was one of the few e-books that I have genuinely enjoyed and learned from this year so I gave it a good review. I also e-mailed the author to tell him how much I had enjoyed the book and pointed him at the web page where it was reviewed.
A couple of weeks later I found that a snippet from my review was being used as a testimonial (he asked permission first of course) and that a link to my site had been included. This was on a very high profile sales page.
Mine was one of 4 reviews and the other 3 were all by world famous internet "gurus". I don't mind admitting that I was mildly amused to see my name there along with the big dogs - but I was even happier when I checked my traffic stats later. I was receiving a steady trickle of traffic from the sales site. Obviously people who wanted to check that there was a real person behind the testimonial.
The traffic is pretty constant week in, week out, and I expect it will continue for as long as the e-book is promoted. It's a nice payback for a testimonial which I wrote in all sincerity.
So, if you are really happy with something in future, write to the supplier and let them know - include a link to your site or blog. It's nice to be nice.
Hamish Hayward
Starting A Home Based Business?
Discover the 6 key factors you need to master for success - online or offline. Free e-books, newsletter, tools and resources.
|
|
|
Highest Traffic Web Sites Best products
Highest Traffic Web Sites News
Social media helps big retailers drive traffic during the holidays
A new analysis suggests Wal-Mart earned $417,000 worth of impressions. Some of the largest players in e-commerce —Amazon.com Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc., Target Corp. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc.—found ways to increase the number of consumers who clicked from social media sites to their retail sites during the holiday season, according to an analysis by social marketing vendor Buddy Media and web ...
Read more...The Neuroscience Of Search & Conversion
The one thing all of your search traffic brings with it is a human brain. It’s easy to think that our search visitors aren’t coming with any brain at all. How can they possibly decide against what we have to offer? If they weren’t going to take action, click on the ad?
Read more...News Organizations Plunge Into Video Production
Web sites, newspapers and other news organizations are gearing up to produce hours of video programming, in part to pursue the higher revenues available from video ads.
Read more...Print News Organizations Plunge Into Live Video
Web sites, newspapers and other news organizations are gearing up to produce hours of video programming, in part to pursue the higher revenues available from video ads.
Read more...Super Bowl drives supersized wireless traffic
The wireless carriers weathered the surge in calling and data traffic during the big game. Verizon Wireless says it shuttled 2.75 times as much data as during the previous Super Bowl, while AT&T says people actually uploaded more data than they downloaded.
Read more...More College Graduates Opting for Careers in Entrepreneurship
A rising number of college graduates are entering into careers in entrepreneurship. Web entrepreneurs dream of having so much website traffic that their sites crash.
Read more...