Simple Tips For Turning Stumblers Into Regular Visitors
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 15:30Most of us know very well that we will lose at least 95% of the “Stumbler visitors once they stumbled your index page. It is really a Herculean task to convert a stumbler into a regular visitor.
That being said, You will get massive traffic that even if a meager percent are transformed into regular visitors or subscribers, it more than makes up for it.
I have researched a lot to convert a stumbler into regular visitor. I am going to tell your chances of getting opt-in subscribers and new regular visitors using Stumble Upon.
StumbleUpon is an internet community that allows its users to discover and rate Web pages, photos, and videos. It is a personalized recommendation engine which uses peer and social-networking principles. (Definition: Wikipedia)
Everyone Loves Contests
The most effective way to transform a stumbler into a regular visitor is having a contest on your landing page. Nobody will hesitate the chance to win a free digital product, service, cash, etc. Try to convince them to subscribe your Feed to be entered into your draw. This is a simple way of getting a stumbler to visit your blog to get info about the contest.
Providing Visible RSS Subscription Box
Try to include as many RSS button as possible in your blog/site and an opt-in email subscription box visible on your index page. Don’t mess it into the sidebar along with numerous 125×125 ads, make sure it’s surrounded around good, solid content, upfront and center.
Try to place a link to your opt-in box towards the bottom of your landing page as well because a lot of visitors will be scrollers.
Plead Them For Action
You can direct them to a service or product using masked affiliate link, send the stumbler to another one of your blogs, articles, or websites or to a Cost Per Action offer affiliate.
Never allow them to think what to do next.
Customization Of Landing Page
Make the Stumbler to have a feeling that you’re a part and parcel of the community. I think you didn’t get me.
On your landing page, do ask the visitor- “whether he stumbled any descent sites today?”. Such queries will provoke them to do stumble of this page and also other pages of your blogs. In addition, they will have a feeling that you’re a part of the stumbling community, not a mere advertiser, who makes money online. I am damn sure- They’ll love it…
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I would also strongly suggest, that if you use WordPress you consider installing the plugin, “What Would Seth Godein Do?“. It’s a plug-in that encourages all new website visitors to subscribe to your feed. You can get the plug-in by clicking “What Would Seth Godein Do?“
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