Comments on: 8 ways to boost your web traffic http://www.nethervoice.com/nethervoice/2009/09/03/8-ways-to-boost-your-web-traffic/ voted most influential voice-over blog of 2011 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:35:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Paul Strikwerda http://www.nethervoice.com/nethervoice/2009/09/03/8-ways-to-boost-your-web-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-1242 Paul Strikwerda Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:17:14 +0000 http://nethervoice.com/nethervoice/?p=986#comment-1242 Any idea how voices.com managed to boost its conversion rate by over 400%? Here's how the conversion rate experts did it: http://www.conversion-rate-experts.com/voices-case-study/ Any idea how voices.com managed to boost its conversion rate by over 400%? Here’s how the conversion rate experts did it:

http://www.conversion-rate-experts.com/voices-case-study/

]]> By: Erica Kelly http://www.nethervoice.com/nethervoice/2009/09/03/8-ways-to-boost-your-web-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Erica Kelly Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:21:34 +0000 http://nethervoice.com/nethervoice/?p=986#comment-362 Hello! In regards to point #2 Contests and Awards, we won't be selling those email addresses. We actually just sent a thank you to everyone who participated. Our company was built on customer service and trust and we will continue on in that manner. The contest was extremely fun and hopefully showed other voice over artists that everyone has a bad day! Thanks for mentioning our contest! Have a great day! Best Erica L. Kelly COO videovoicebank.net Hello! In regards to point #2 Contests and Awards, we won’t be selling those email addresses. We actually just sent a thank you to everyone who participated. Our company was built on customer service and trust and we will continue on in that manner. The contest was extremely fun and hopefully showed other voice over artists that everyone has a bad day! Thanks for mentioning our contest! Have a great day!

Best
Erica L. Kelly
COO
videovoicebank.net

]]> By: Paul Strikwerda http://www.nethervoice.com/nethervoice/2009/09/03/8-ways-to-boost-your-web-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Paul Strikwerda Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:13:25 +0000 http://nethervoice.com/nethervoice/?p=986#comment-248 And here are 8 more tips I found to be very useful: http://www.thinkbda.com/2009/09/11/8-vital-website-conversion-tips-for-turning-clicks-into-sales/ And here are 8 more tips I found to be very useful:

http://www.thinkbda.com/2009/09/11/8-vital-website-conversion-tips-for-turning-clicks-into-sales/

]]> By: Paul Strikwerda http://www.nethervoice.com/nethervoice/2009/09/03/8-ways-to-boost-your-web-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Paul Strikwerda Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:39:31 +0000 http://nethervoice.com/nethervoice/?p=986#comment-192 Hi Paul, it's Paul... Glad you're enjoying my writings. I'm having a good time putting them together. Here's the thing: with so many websites floating around in cyberspace, it's not that easy to get noticed. And if you don't get noticed, it's as if you don't exist. The people who are going to hire you as a voice-actor are looking for a voice with certain characteristics. As you probably know, it's important to make these characteristics stand out by using keywords in your website text, that are picked up by the search engine spiders. For me two of those words are "Dutch" and "voice-over". Ultimately, I want www.nethervoice.com to come up on the first page, when voice-seekers type in these keywords. See for yourself how I'm doing on Google and Yahoo since I have launched my site on July 15th of this year. Choosing the right keywords is just one part of the equation. One of the other elements that's thrown into the mix, is the relative popularity of a site. The more popular a site is, the higher it will appear in the search engine ranking, and the easier it will be for voice-seekers to find you (and hopefully hire you). That's were the people come in who visit your site for other reasons. Lastly, it's all about connections. Some of the people who look you up on-line, have no need for a voice actor. But friends of their friends just might! Hi Paul, it’s Paul… Glad you’re enjoying my writings. I’m having a good time putting them together. Here’s the thing: with so many websites floating around in cyberspace, it’s not that easy to get noticed. And if you don’t get noticed, it’s as if you don’t exist.
The people who are going to hire you as a voice-actor are looking for a voice with certain characteristics.

As you probably know, it’s important to make these characteristics stand out by using keywords in your website text, that are picked up by the search engine spiders. For me two of those words are “Dutch” and “voice-over”. Ultimately, I want http://www.nethervoice.com to come up on the first page, when voice-seekers type in these keywords. See for yourself how I’m doing on Google and Yahoo since I have launched my site on July 15th of this year.

Choosing the right keywords is just one part of the equation. One of the other elements that’s thrown into the mix, is the relative popularity of a site. The more popular a site is, the higher it will appear in the search engine ranking, and the easier it will be for voice-seekers to find you (and hopefully hire you). That’s were the people come in who visit your site for other reasons.

Lastly, it’s all about connections. Some of the people who look you up on-line, have no need for a voice actor. But friends of their friends just might!

]]> By: Paul Hernandez http://www.nethervoice.com/nethervoice/2009/09/03/8-ways-to-boost-your-web-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Paul Hernandez Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:46:54 +0000 http://nethervoice.com/nethervoice/?p=986#comment-191 Great articles. I enjoyed them and your sense of humor. After reading your articles I see I need to make some changes. One question I have is... if people come to my site for reasons other than to hire me as a voice actor, how does that translate into more jobs? Thanks for your articles, Paul Hernandez Great articles. I enjoyed them and your sense of humor. After reading your articles I see I need to make some changes. One question I have is… if people come to my site for reasons other than to hire me as a voice actor, how does that translate into more jobs?

Thanks for your articles,
Paul Hernandez

]]> By: Paul Strikwerda http://www.nethervoice.com/nethervoice/2009/09/03/8-ways-to-boost-your-web-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Paul Strikwerda Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:59:40 +0000 http://nethervoice.com/nethervoice/?p=986#comment-134 Hi Larry: SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. It's the art and science of getting your website high up in the ranking of search engines. The average browser will click on the first four links that come up after a search. Some SEO specialists claim that they can get your site listed in the top four, for top dollar in a matter of days. My answer to that is: prove it to me on a "no cure, no pay" basis. Be careful. There are many SEO scams floating around in cyberspace. Just type the words "SEO" and "Scam" into Google and you'll get 1,500,000 hits! As I pointed out in my article, the new generation of search engines is looking for relevant content, interconnectedness and social activity. That's why the advice "Focus on content, not on search engines" is repeated over and over again. In other words: focus on the needs of the types of visitors you'd like to attract. Find out what keywords they would use to find your product and/or service. Make sure to use these keywords in a natural, unobtrusive way. And above all: be interesting by offering relevant content that changes frequently. Once your site is up and running, you should be monitoring and analyzing the results on a daily basis. That's the only way to find out whether something is working or not. Fortunately, there are a number of excellent free tools available, and I will cover those in more detail in one of my next posts. Thanks for your questions and good luck with your redesigned site! Paul Hi Larry:

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. It’s the art and science of getting your website high up in the ranking of search engines. The average browser will click on the first four links that come up after a search. Some SEO specialists claim that they can get your site listed in the top four, for top dollar in a matter of days. My answer to that is: prove it to me on a “no cure, no pay” basis. Be careful. There are many SEO scams floating around in cyberspace. Just type the words “SEO” and “Scam” into Google and you’ll get 1,500,000 hits!

As I pointed out in my article, the new generation of search engines is looking for relevant content, interconnectedness and social activity. That’s why the advice “Focus on content, not on search engines” is repeated over and over again. In other words: focus on the needs of the types of visitors you’d like to attract. Find out what keywords they would use to find your product and/or service. Make sure to use these keywords in a natural, unobtrusive way. And above all: be interesting by offering relevant content that changes frequently.

Once your site is up and running, you should be monitoring and analyzing the results on a daily basis. That’s the only way to find out whether something is working or not. Fortunately, there are a number of excellent free tools available, and I will cover those in more detail in one of my next posts.

Thanks for your questions and good luck with your redesigned site!

Paul

]]> By: Larry Wayne http://www.nethervoice.com/nethervoice/2009/09/03/8-ways-to-boost-your-web-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Larry Wayne Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:12:13 +0000 http://nethervoice.com/nethervoice/?p=986#comment-133 I am a total newbie at this idea of increasing web traffic to your site. All these years I just left it to the ptp sites to bring me biz. Thanks for all your help with the following questions. 1. What is SEO? 2. What do you think of these key word ad specialists who will sell you two key words used by many voice seekers. Pay their monthly fee and they guarantee you top 3 placement in google. My personal website is being redesigned and now I'm beginning to wonder if even the info in it for search engines is correct. It was set up by my provider. Thanks for any help you can give me. larry I am a total newbie at this idea of increasing web traffic to your site. All these years I just left it to the ptp sites to bring me biz. Thanks for all your help with the following questions.

1. What is SEO?

2. What do you think of these key word ad specialists who will sell you two key words used by many voice seekers. Pay their monthly fee and they guarantee you top 3 placement in google.

My personal website is being redesigned and now I’m beginning to wonder if even the info in it for search engines is correct. It was set up by my provider.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

larry

]]> By: Paul Strikwerda http://www.nethervoice.com/nethervoice/2009/09/03/8-ways-to-boost-your-web-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Paul Strikwerda Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:16:59 +0000 http://nethervoice.com/nethervoice/?p=986#comment-132 Thanks for your comment. I have to disappoint you. SEO is not my line of work. I would be making a lot more money that way… Seriously, I am a voice-over actor writing a blog for people in the industry. On July 15th I launched my personal website, and by putting a few SEO simple ideas into practice, I’m now on the first page of Google and Yahoo… well, most days, that is. I hope my tips were helpful! Best of luck with LifeLoveTalk! Thanks for your comment. I have to disappoint you. SEO is not my line of work. I would be making a lot more money that way… Seriously, I am a voice-over actor writing a blog for people in the industry. On July 15th I launched my personal website, and by putting a few SEO simple ideas into practice, I’m now on the first page of Google and Yahoo… well, most days, that is. I hope my tips were helpful!

Best of luck with LifeLoveTalk!

]]> By: Sy Mytting http://www.nethervoice.com/nethervoice/2009/09/03/8-ways-to-boost-your-web-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Sy Mytting Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:14:18 +0000 http://nethervoice.com/nethervoice/?p=986#comment-131 I am just finishing a new website. www.performaxlive.com set to launch in the next two weeksish. You know how it goes. LOL I want to hire a professional firm to promote it. Set up the SEO and make it work. Is this what you do? I am just finishing a new website. http://www.performaxlive.com set to launch in the next two weeksish. You know how it goes. LOL I want to hire a professional firm to promote it. Set up the SEO and make it work. Is this what you do?

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