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Old 30th December 2006, 12:19 PM   #1
jupita12
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Question How To Increase The Business In California

Hello all,

I am doing business in California. I am selling home theater, plasma TV and all. I know something about online marketing. Please suggest me how to increase the traffic and increase the sell through online. I am basically doing business in California. So, right now i want to sell my products in California.
Please suggest me how to increase my business?
Waiting for all your valuable suggestion.

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Old 31st December 2006, 12:05 PM   #2
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For starters, with search engine optimization specifically having content within your pages related to your geographic areas is the first step in improving your rankings for those searching for your type of product and the geographic areas. For example, you could have content/pages highlighting your services related to each area/city.

Additionally, outside of search engine optimization - you may want to consider pay per click advertising with Google Adwords, Yahoo and/or Microsoft. You can setup advertising campaigns with settings that your ads are only distributed to users within your specified geographic area. For example, with Google Adwords you can select to only show your ads to those from California or specific city/areas if you wanted to focus it further.

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Old 1st January 2007, 04:31 PM   #3
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Hi jupita12,

I had a quick look at one of your websites. While it was very slick, when I clicked on a product, it took me away from your website to the manufacturer's site where they offered the goods for sale.

To get online sales, the first thing you need to do is provide people with the means to buy from you

If you can do this, price your products aggressively, provide fast and reliable delivery and after sales support, your site will slowly get a reputation as a good place to buy.

Then you need to find where your potential buyers hang out on the Web, go there and invite them to try your service.

If your pricing and service is good, the buyers will start recommending you to each other.

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Old 1st January 2007, 04:52 PM   #4
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Hello Jupita

Your turn-it-up.com has nothing to offer for the search engins to spider. Only images and no content. Content is very important for the spiders to read. You can check it here:
www dot gritechnologies.com/tools/spider.go?q=www dot turn-it-up.com/
Search your URL and check out the diagnostic view.

Same goes with your second link you provided. And don't send your visitors of to other site where they can buy directly.

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