I am curious how various outlets of garnering traffic work for people. I have dabbled with all the major sources and have seen mild success with some and nearly nill from others. For example, I have a YouTube channel where I sometimes post my guided meditations in video format (my website is primarily about being positive and sells guided meditations). My most popular video has gotten nearly 4,000 views. Altogether, I would say my videos have about 5,000 views. However, I'd say I've gotten somewhere between 5-10 people who have actually clicked through to my website from YouTube. Some people have had great success with YouTube and built their brand around it. For me, it's not doing much. I'm considering if I should even make more videos.
My Facebook business page, another place that sometimes feels like a blackhole, sends .000000001 traffic to my page. I keep it going mostly because I find it enjoyable to post photos and quotes there. That being said, people who share from my site to their FB generate about half my traffic. I would say what has worked best for me was adding the "add this" social share buttons.
Another source I recently started dabbling with again is Google Adwords. I am getting people clicking over, but the thing about this is I have no idea how much they engage. They could be potentially clicking through, saying "Oh not for me," and then going back. I don't know. I think because there's potential for FB sharing though, which for me actually works, I'm going to let these run a bit longer.
All in all I've found listening to experts can be a little self-defeating. I have watched a few webinars of people who are clearly marketing wizards, but the truth is, the only thing that has worked for me is trial and error. When I try to do what the experts do I get crickets (a la my YouTube page) and that used to bum me out.
So because what works for one person doesn't work for another, I just ask out of curiosity what has worked for you and what hasn't. I ask purely in the spirit of fun. What has worked?
Oh yeah, one last source, doing a giveaway through Promosimple, was a total bust. I posted on that here in another thread.
My Facebook business page, another place that sometimes feels like a blackhole, sends .000000001 traffic to my page. I keep it going mostly because I find it enjoyable to post photos and quotes there. That being said, people who share from my site to their FB generate about half my traffic. I would say what has worked best for me was adding the "add this" social share buttons.
Another source I recently started dabbling with again is Google Adwords. I am getting people clicking over, but the thing about this is I have no idea how much they engage. They could be potentially clicking through, saying "Oh not for me," and then going back. I don't know. I think because there's potential for FB sharing though, which for me actually works, I'm going to let these run a bit longer.
All in all I've found listening to experts can be a little self-defeating. I have watched a few webinars of people who are clearly marketing wizards, but the truth is, the only thing that has worked for me is trial and error. When I try to do what the experts do I get crickets (a la my YouTube page) and that used to bum me out.
So because what works for one person doesn't work for another, I just ask out of curiosity what has worked for you and what hasn't. I ask purely in the spirit of fun. What has worked?
Oh yeah, one last source, doing a giveaway through Promosimple, was a total bust. I posted on that here in another thread.