What can I do to draw more customers to my website?

[Andrea]

alyxandreadesign.webs.com

[Kasco]

Consistent and well detailed and informative posts
guest-posting
doing free jobs( or, doing jobs at lower price)
distributing an eBook - a free one

hope this helps.

[♥ Abby]

These are some things I thought of that attract me, personally.


1. Buy a domain name (e.g. alyxandreadesigns.com, etc - get rid of the ".webs"). Think of a shorter, simpler name.

2. Set up PayPal on your own site so people can buy your things directly from your website. Try selling your jewelry on different trusted sites as well (like eBay and Amazon).

3. Design a nice easy to use layout for your site - if you can't do anything spectacular, keep it simple with whites, blues and greens.

4. Create a Pinterest account and pin your images to link back to the page, so people can scroll through the images and see all of your jewelry and see the prices right on the corner of each picture.

5. Chat with other independent website owners that have sites similar to yours. Talk about linking buttons to each others sites. Also look into Google advertisement. They have to hear about it somewhere, right?

6. Create a Facebook group. You can always make accounts for yourself, remember. It may not seem like it'll make a difference, but it really does. If you know anyone who has a blog, makes YouTube videos, or has a tumblr or twitter account, ask them to say a few words about your jewelry and link to your site.

7. Put a Guest Book / Feedback page (or both).

Over all, you just want to make your website easy to find, and easy to use.

Good luck That jewelry is beautiful.

[BigJohnG]

Hey Andrea,
Wow, where to start. You have asked the question everyone that has a site on the net has asked. First, your site looks very nice, but unfinished. You should include a few more pages, looks a little bare. Also Get yourself an autoresponder, and put a lead capture form on your site. If you are not collecting email addresses from your visitors, you could be losing up to 98% of potential sales. ListWire.com is a very good free autoresponder. If you are unsure how to set one up, shoot me an email and I'll try to help.
For more traffic, Do you have good keywords installed, F1 and F2 tags? Search engine optimization is a rather long and complicated subject, but it is by far the best way to get free traffic to your site. Here are some great articles on the subject that I recommend to all of my students. You of course don't have to do everything at once, take it a step at a time. It takes a while to climb the rankings, so don't be in a hurry.

Best of luck,
BigJohnG.email2@gmail.com

[Clarice]

You will need to use social media, backlinks and SEO to draw more traffic to your website. When you have more traffic that is targeted, then there is a greater chance of people buying. Use social media such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to create a buzz and viral posts that people can pass on to friends and followers.

[D Dixon]

Hello Andrea,
First off, your items look beautiful and that's definitely something you need to use to your advantage. I took a look at your site and saw that you were on Etsy. That is great! Are you also on Pinterest? I see a lot of Etsy on Pinterest and you can even link to the product on Etsy and add the price point to the pin.
While I have seen some good sites with subdomains, I would encourage you to get a TLD, top level domain as it's seen as more professional. A WordPress site is great because not only can you add your products on your site if you wish but you can also create a blog which will help you to get more traffic.
Make sure your site is shareable and SEO friendly. Doing proper keyword research can do wonders for search engine placement.
Share your pictures on a Facebook page and on Twitter so that people can see your great work. Make sure that all your networks are intertwined for cross-promotion across various platforms
You can even use tools like Hootsuite to schedule posts and tweets, which will save you a ton of time.
Find influencers on Facebook and Twitter. By influencers I mean people who are in your niche with strong followings. Strike up a conversation, RT/share their posts in addition to sharing your own stuff as well.
Keep an eye on your analytics, like traffic, mentions, shares, RT...those will help you to see how your overall progress is going

There are a lot of things you can do to get customers but it can take some time. You need to focus on getting the traffic to your site, engaging, interacting and then having strong call to action statement but the most important thing is the keyword research. If you're able to find the terms that will get you traffic as well as the long-tail keywords that will get you sales, you will have a gold mine. But you need more visibility and that means having a solid foundation, i.e. your top level domain, your social media, your research done first.
It's not easy but it is worth it!
Good luck