Earlier this week I gave you the Keyword tool you need to have for selecting your keywords. You must do your keyword research BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, so go here:
..to find out more and download the free keyword tool before reading the rest of this post on how to use it.
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Here's the little secret that I'm still very hesitant to give away; It's like a new puppy. The novelty hasn't worn off yet.
Never-the-less, I am here to help you increase website traffic, and it's exceptionally important to get the fundamentals done right first. So here it is (and don't laugh at the name, that's just mean),
Traffic-Travis. Yes, this little beauty will not only help suggest additional keywords based off of your keyword ideas, but also tells you the average daily searches that it gets (and a lot of other stuff as well). This is similar to Google's Adword External Keyword Tool, but Traffic-Travis is just so much better!! Go get it right here:
Keyword SEO Software
It's easy to use, fast and extremely helpful for choosing good keywords! And did I mention that it is free!?!? So there you have it. I just gave away my brand new puppy :{
And that's really the reason I wrote this post; because I was so stoked! Anyway, I'll finish off your keyword lesson for (achievable and actual) targeted website traffic in the next offering.
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2 Components of Keywords: COMPETITION and SEARCH COUNT
To illustrate these two vital targeted website traffic components let’s assume that you want to sell shoes online…
But there are 64 million + webpages that come up when you Google ‘shoes’. That’s quite a bit of competition considering you have to pass all of them to make it to the top of the search engine results.
Ranking on the first page of any search engine for shoes would be a natural search engine optimization feat equivalent to flying around the world using nothing more than your arms as wings. It’s not going to happen. But that’s okay. You will just specialize. Select a brand, like Reebock; down to 37 million. How about black Reebok shoes? 400,000 – Now that’s very do-able. Now that you have a targeted keyword, you can achieve targeted website traffic, or can you?
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Invaluable information on Keyword selection.
As you know, if you can’t be found for your keywords in the search engine results you’re website traffic will suffer. And even free targeted trafic is only useful if your website ‘matches’ the keyword used to find you. Here’s an article that covers making sure your keywords bring in the right targeted website traffic: Targeted Website Traffic – Avoiding Keyword Suicide
(It is actually useful to evaluate your keyword selection several times during the selection process to make sure it’s hitting your targeted client.)
Here are two very important components of selecting keywords for your business, especially when using free SEO marketing strategies (because you don’t have the extra time or money to waste if you choose the wrong ones).
- The first is to be sure that you aren’t choosing words that are going to be too competitive to dominate the search engines when using free SEO tips.
- The second is to be sure that people are actually searching these terms. It all sounds so simple right? You’d be surprised at how under-looked these components of successful SEO marketing are overlooked.
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