www.parketeer.com http://www.parketeer.com Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 7 Tips for Promoting Your Site with Social Media http://www.parketeer.com/2011/11/04/7-tips-for-promoting-your-site-with-social-media/ http://www.parketeer.com/2011/11/04/7-tips-for-promoting-your-site-with-social-media/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.parketeer.com/&p=8 Social media is a great way to do some free promotion with your site that’ll help you get tons of traffic. There are 7 tips to help you get a lot of feedback.

One way to help promote your site is actually putting a social bookmarking button below your blog posts. It’s an easy way for people to search your information.

Developing a Facebook fan page is a great way to get a targeted audience, and a very easy way to get people to share your info on Facebook.

Creating a Twitter Page with your site name will help you get traffic and you can target your tweets with each site posting.

Get in touch with your followers or fans, and help them promote because they’ll most likely help you by sharing, liking, or retweeting your information.

On places like Digg and StumbleUpon, designate your site posting in certain categories that correlate to your particular niche.

Using Google is a great way to market to an audience like your friends, business associates, and acquaintances if you want to break up your traffic.

Make sure you constantly engage in conversation and provide valuable content for your long term prospects online!

]]> http://www.parketeer.com/2011/11/04/7-tips-for-promoting-your-site-with-social-media/feed/ 0 Top 5 Social Media Sites for Website Promotion http://www.parketeer.com/2011/11/01/top-5-social-media-sites-for-website-promotion/ http://www.parketeer.com/2011/11/01/top-5-social-media-sites-for-website-promotion/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.parketeer.com/&p=7 Your website is up, now what? Now comes the promotion of your website. Creating social media profiles for your website is a powerful tool for drawing potential customers. It cannot be denied, social media is an overwhelming presence in our everyday lives. Take a moment to review the top five social media sites to drive traffic to your website.
1. Facebook. Currently the most popular social media site, users range from all ages and demographic areas. Having a Facebook profile for your website will put your services in view of millions of people a day.
2. Twitter. The next most popular social media site today, you can use Twitter to promote your website in short 140 character messages.
3. LinkedIn. Often the forgotten social media site, LinkedIn is a tool for serious professionals. Less glitzy then other social media sites, LinkedIn provides a clean, professional front for your website.
4. Google. The new social media website by Google is growing exponentially every day. Google provides a platform to promote yourself and your services. It is proven to be a great site to interact with like business owners and develop a brand for your website.
5. About.me. This is a perfect social media site for creating the online business card. It allows you to place all of your information in one place in a visually pleasing business card. Direct your potential clients to the site and all of your information, including your website is in one easy to see location.
No matter which social media site you choose, or choose if you choose all five; having an online presence in the world of social media is vital to promoting your website.

]]> http://www.parketeer.com/2011/11/01/top-5-social-media-sites-for-website-promotion/feed/ 0 How to Use Website Analytics to Assess Marketing Campaigns http://www.parketeer.com/2011/10/29/how-to-use-website-analytics-to-assess-marketing-campaigns/ http://www.parketeer.com/2011/10/29/how-to-use-website-analytics-to-assess-marketing-campaigns/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.parketeer.com/&p=6 Using website analytics to assess the effectiveness of marketing campaigns is a great way to make informed decisions about your content and visitors. Website analytics are statistical pieces of data that most web hosting companies will provide to you for using their service. A website that performs well reflects on the web host, so it is in the best interest of the hosting company to provide you free feedback on what is happening at your site location.

Web analytics can cover a wide variety of topics including basic functions such as how many visitors your pages have had and what they did, such as clicking links you have added, once they were on your site. While this information is helpful, it is the referring links and search engine hits that are more useful for determining the effectiveness of an advertising campaign. For example, if you recently launched a fan-page on Facebook to lead viewers to your website, your site’s analytics can tell you how many visitors arrived at your site by clicking a link located on Facebook. Determine the numbers of recorded visits to your fan-page compared to website via a link from the fan-page; equal numbers reflects effective marketing.

]]> http://www.parketeer.com/2011/10/29/how-to-use-website-analytics-to-assess-marketing-campaigns/feed/ 0 The Benefits of Paid Search Engine Submission http://www.parketeer.com/2011/10/26/the-benefits-of-paid-search-engine-submission/ http://www.parketeer.com/2011/10/26/the-benefits-of-paid-search-engine-submission/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.parketeer.com/&p=5 There are many benefits of purchasing words via search engines that will help your company grow. Whether it is a start up company or a big corporation, companies still engage in purchasing words in hope of driving traffic to their websites. When working on a campaign, the most important to driving sales and increasing viewers and interests is to put your project and company forth for others to discover. Without the known variable of what your company is, it is less likely to do well because you are relying on others to build your company and products.

Depending on the word and phrase for purchase, sales vary as well. It is important to weigh out the price of paid search engine submission and the actual return. Paid searches have shown to help companies spread the word and attract new customers. With growing number of customers, this will gradually help your company grow and build revenue.

Most importantly, the discovery of smaller companies and products can be made by bigger corporations that want to buy out companies and invest in them. Search engines are used by big corporations for research so by purchasing ad words, you are more likely to be discovered by a grand company. This can definitely help to open opportunities and promote your business.

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