You may have heard this term before, “website sticky”. This refers to the ability to keep your website visitors on your website longer and keep them coming back. The longer they stay the better chance you have to sell them on your product or service. Let’s face it, once someone has been to your site, if you didn’t have what they wanted or didn’t offer something of value that changes, chances are they won’t be back and your site will be long forgotten. One of the best ways to keep your visitors on your site, and to bring them back again and again, is by giving your visitors a reason to be there in the first place.
Content is key to getting traffic! If you can offer your visitors advice, tips or articles on related topics to your website, they will use you as a resource and as an expert in that subject area. A great example of using content to gain traffic can be found on any great website, from horoscope sites to interior design and on just about any subject. I recently read an interview with a website owner that offers flash cartoons that he creates on a regular basis. This was a hobby to him that turned into a huge money making...