In 2019 alone, Google received a whopping 2.3 trillion searches. That’s over 6 billion Google searches every day. Without an online presence, you could be missing out on thousands of potential customers every day. But, with so much online business competition out there, it’s important to stay above the pack and stand out to maintain success. So, what’s the key to succeeding online?
Building a website
First things first, to get your business up and running online, you need to start with building a website. Whether you have an online store for purchasing goods or a site to display your service and offer further information, a website tends to be the first place customers go to learn more about your business.
There are a number of platforms available to assist with building, designing and hosting your website. And there are a lot of them that provide free or low-cost services to get you up and running quickly and with ease. It’s worth spending a little time looking around for the best website platform for you and your business needs.
Search engine optimisation
Once you’ve got your website up and running and you’re happy with the design, content and structure, you need to make sure your brand spanking new site is getting the views it deserves. One of the best ways to do this, along with marketing and advertising, is search engine optimisation (SEO).
In short, SEO is the process of improving your website to increase its rankings for search engines, and therefore its visibility. That’s broken down into two main types of SEO – on-page and off-page, that can help boost your visibility…
On-page SEO
On-page SEO, or on-site SEO, involves optimising the parts of your website that can impact your search engine rankings. These tend to be things that you can control directly, such as page speed, keywords, optimised content and title tags. These are all aspects of your site that you can update yourself and manage internally.
Off-page SEO
In comparison, off-page SEO involves those aspects of optimisation that are less under your control. The most common method of off-page SEO is getting links to your site from other websites, known as backlinks. Typically, the more links your website has, the higher your pages rank.
Advertising your site
Finally, along with SEO, advertising is a great way to increase your site traffic, and therefore your sales. Set aside a chunk of your budget and invest in growing your business online to boost your bottom line.
Ecommerce has been, and continues to be, one of the fastest growing industries, with more people than ever opting to spend their money online. In 2017, around 87% of consumers in the UK bought at least one product online in a 12 month period. So, if you were thinking of moving into the online business world or want to update your site further, there’s no time like the present to do so.
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