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How to Drive Traffic to your Website!!

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Real Estate Agent with Brown Realty, 210-789-4216, TREC #0492321

How to Drive Traffic to your Website!!

I was inspired to write this blog after reading a great post from my fellow AR associate and  Active Rain Ambassador, Tammy Emineth. Tammy recently wrote a post about “Using AR Side Bar Links in your Favor”.  After reading her post, I was encouraged to take a another look at my own Side Bar Links on the right side under my name too.

She discusses how to use these Side Bar links with various keywords that link to different pages to your website. Just think of it, we all have a number of pages in our websites, and all we have to do is to be creative with selecting our “keywords”, and link that page back to our websites. I thought that was an excellent idea, and I have been working this weekend on adding more links to give me that extra “Google Juice” to drive more traffic to my own website.

I came up with a few keyword phrases already for my Side Bar links. Just to give you an idea, I choose “Home Buying Information,San Antonio Information, What’s Your Home Your Website.comValue?, or Free Real Estate Reports”. You get the idea. I would suggest a minimum of 20 to 30 links, but my guess is the more you have the more traffic you can drive to your website.

Now, there are numerous other ways to also drive traffic to your websites too. Have your website listed on all your printed and marketing materials, like your business cards, post cards, fliers, listing packets, buyers packets, or anything else that you mail out or send out to your clients, friends, or family members. Don’t forget mobile marking with QR codes to promote your website too. I have seen agents advertise on calendars, magnets, yard signs, magazines, newspapers, and email flyers too. You can also have your website posted on all those Social Media sites too, i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google+,YouTube, and Plaxo.

Be creative and see how many ways you can come up with to drive more traffic to your website. After all, in addition to your frequent blogging, this will also help you get more Google Juice and put you closer to Page One on Google.


Comments (94)

Ruby Lee Sweeting
Darville Wong Associates Realty Bahamas
Your Bahamas Agent for Relocations & Second Homes

Thanks for these great tips Jerry...I'm certainly going to start on some of them immediately.  Also - you really having the Google-thing down to a science - love the way you scroll us into that page from the bottom of your post...

Jul 26, 2011 06:57 PM
Paddy Deighan MBA JD PhD
http://www.medicalandspaconsulting.com - Vail, CO
Paddy Deighan J.D. Ph.D

great blog, very useful and informative...time for me to get busy with my sidebar links!!

Jul 26, 2011 10:51 PM
Janet Jones
Just Your Style Interiors, LLC - Kihei, HI
Home Staging, Interior Redesign Kihei, Maui, Hawaii

Wow, Jerry, this is great information.  Congratulations on the feature.  It never occurred to me to do this and I think I have some serious work to start doing. 

Jul 27, 2011 03:20 AM
Jerry Newman
Brown Realty, 210-789-4216, - San Antonio, TX
Texas REALTOR, San Antonio Military Relocation

You are Welcome, Patricia. Thanks for your visit today. Have a Wonderful Day!

Jul 27, 2011 04:42 AM
Jerry Newman
Brown Realty, 210-789-4216, - San Antonio, TX
Texas REALTOR, San Antonio Military Relocation

Thanks, Gerald. I hope you can get a lot of leads and more Google Juice from these tips.

Jul 27, 2011 04:44 AM
Jerry Newman
Brown Realty, 210-789-4216, - San Antonio, TX
Texas REALTOR, San Antonio Military Relocation

Hi Ruby, Welcome to Active Rain. I see you are a Newbie, and the Bahamas is a beautiful place to come for a vacation. I trust all my tips will bring your more leads to your website.

Have a Wonderful Day!

Jul 27, 2011 04:47 AM
Jerry Newman
Brown Realty, 210-789-4216, - San Antonio, TX
Texas REALTOR, San Antonio Military Relocation

Thanks, Paddy. These Side Bar links should help you to get more Google Juice to your websites.

Jul 27, 2011 04:49 AM
Jerry Newman
Brown Realty, 210-789-4216, - San Antonio, TX
Texas REALTOR, San Antonio Military Relocation

Hi Janet. It doesn't take very long to update your Sidebar Links. Most of them are just different pages to your website. I must of made the Daily Drop, since I didn't think I got featured for this post.

Jul 27, 2011 04:51 AM
Kerry Jenkins
Prime Properties - Crestline, CA

Awesome info, more google juice I be drinkin....lol. Thanks!

Jul 28, 2011 04:20 AM
Jerry Newman
Brown Realty, 210-789-4216, - San Antonio, TX
Texas REALTOR, San Antonio Military Relocation

Good for you, Amy. More Leads from more Google Juice is always Welcome.

Jul 28, 2011 08:11 AM
Mike Henderson
Your complete source for buying HUD homes - Littleton, CO
HUD Home Hub - 303-949-5848

Great tips a salute to you sir.

Aug 15, 2011 05:30 PM
Jerry Newman
Brown Realty, 210-789-4216, - San Antonio, TX
Texas REALTOR, San Antonio Military Relocation

Thanks, Mike. I appreciate you going back to check out some of my posts.

Aug 16, 2011 02:40 AM
Sue Ellett
Synergy Property Group | Spyglass Realty - Austin, TX
Austin, TX, Lake Travis, Dripping Springs

Jerry - thanks for information - having fun with updating everything by using your posts this morning!

Jan 02, 2012 01:20 AM
Wale Adewoyin
1st Crown Realty Corporation 503-512-6200 - Saint Helens, OR

Thanks Jerry for another public service post. You rock.

Jan 02, 2012 05:00 AM
Winston Heverly
Coldwell Banker Access Realty - South Macon, GA
GRI, ABR, SFR, CDPE, CIAS, PA

Jerry, you have written a post of an idea I thought about earlier this week. It was about challenging yourself to acquire points and move up. The effort is a little worrisome that it hasn't generated anything within the membership. Time is money, and perhaps the expectations are to be put on hold until further notice sort of speak. Time will tell I suppose.

Jan 03, 2012 02:31 PM
Jerry Newman
Brown Realty, 210-789-4216, - San Antonio, TX
Texas REALTOR, San Antonio Military Relocation

Hi Sue, I am just now catching up on commenting. I hope my post was helpful for you.

 

Jan 03, 2012 04:42 PM
Jerry Newman
Brown Realty, 210-789-4216, - San Antonio, TX
Texas REALTOR, San Antonio Military Relocation

Thanks, Wale. I appreciate you stopping by to visit my older posts. Have a Blessed Week!

Jan 03, 2012 04:43 PM
Jerry Newman
Brown Realty, 210-789-4216, - San Antonio, TX
Texas REALTOR, San Antonio Military Relocation

Yes, Winston. It does take time to do anything right these days. Take one step at a time.

Jan 03, 2012 04:44 PM
Lehel Szucs
All Seasons Real Estate, Inc. - Covina, CA
REALTOR of choice

this is a big area that I will focus on this year ... need more traffic and leads from my website ... maybe time for a better one  ... 

Jan 04, 2012 04:08 AM
Jerry Newman
Brown Realty, 210-789-4216, - San Antonio, TX
Texas REALTOR, San Antonio Military Relocation

Hi Lehel, I wish you the Best on increasing traffic to your website. Blogging on a consistent basis will certainly help. I am also working on a Wordpress site too  to get more traffic.

Jan 04, 2012 07:22 AM