Social Media Examiner | How to Drive Traffic to a New Site | Topic Replies http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/feed/ How to Drive Traffic to a New Site - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business Fri, 24 May 2013 04:57:03 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-38175<![CDATA[cathy brennan replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-38175 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:02:10 +0000 cathy brennan replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business This discussion has been really helpful and timely for me, as we just updated our website recently.  My plan is to build up my Twitter following to 1,000 followers, then do some major topical Tweetcasting.
I've […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-38155<![CDATA[Charlene Kingston replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-38155 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 09:32:51 +0000 Charlene Kingston replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business Create a Twitter list of people who fit your target audience. Make the list public, and many of them will follow you back. Then start tweeting with links to your great content. That's another way to start […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-38089<![CDATA[Diane Bianchi replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-38089 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:23:13 +0000 Diane Bianchi replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business @deniseantoon I would say that depends on where you want your clients to be from.  If you are a local-based business and need your business to come from local clientele, you would want lots of local followers.  It […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-38045<![CDATA[Dea Irby replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-38045 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:41:10 +0000 Dea Irby replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business agree with Mac @richardmclaughlin 
thanks for the SU recommendation, Rich @rich-brooks

I would think it depends on the business, Denise @deniseantoon

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-38044<![CDATA[Dea Irby replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-38044 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:41:06 +0000 Dea Irby replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business agree with Mac @richardmclaughlin 
thanks for the SU recommendation, Rich @rich-brooks

I would think it depends on the business, Denise @deniseantoon

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-38042<![CDATA[Denise Antoon replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-38042 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:00:53 +0000 Denise Antoon replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business How important are local people verus national coming to a site in order to build a following?

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-37906<![CDATA[Jack Burgin replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-37906 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:42:56 +0000 Jack Burgin replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business @ptwylie
I'm in the same boat as Paul. I've used StumbleUpon in my personal life but hasn't tried it for our business. We'll give it a try. 
Thanks
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-37884<![CDATA[Sylvia replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-37884 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:47:30 +0000 Sylvia replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business Thank you..great info...will connect to SU..

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-37848<![CDATA[Vinil Ramdev replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-37848 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 07:15:16 +0000 Vinil Ramdev replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business @richardmclaughlin @rich-brookscan you recommend any articles or resources on promoting your website on StumbleUpon?Heard quite a bit about StumbleUpon.. !!

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-37597<![CDATA[Paul Wylie replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-37597 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:31:42 +0000 Paul Wylie replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business @richardmclaughlin Thanks for the input Mac :) Knowing where your target market is and learning what their needs are then creating the content necessary to address those needs is the first step in traffic […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-37590<![CDATA[Mac replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-37590 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:50:59 +0000 Mac replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business @rich-brooks that is why I try to submit a lot of the SME posts to SU. Sometimes you get generic traffic - but sometimes it's great.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-37583<![CDATA[Rich Brooks replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-37583 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:21:31 +0000 Rich Brooks replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business @ptwylie
What @richardmclaughlin said.
Plus, years ago we did a new site for an Alaskan Fly Fishing site. I was using StumbleUpon a lot then, so I submitted them there. 
The site was good looking (I'm not a […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-37486<![CDATA[Mac replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/how-to-drive-traffic-to-a-new-site/#post-37486 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:21:28 +0000 Mac replied to the forum topic How to Drive Traffic to a New Site in the club Small Business Where is your audience?
What do they need?
Answer those two questions first and then you can think of the best way to drive traffic to your site. 
SME has a post today about LinkedIn […]
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