There is nothing, nothing more important to your business then to generate website traffic. People who get focused traffic to their websites are people who make money online. Without it your business is dead. As simple as that.
Say we have 2 websites: Stacy spends s a lot of time making her homepage look pretty and she tries her utmost to make her website as user friendly as possible. Is Stacy going to generate website traffic? She will probably get some traffic on the long run and she might even get a few sales.
Next up we have Dave’s website. Dave used a simple template to set up his website and he also provides some interesting info to people. But Dave uses the most of his energy to generate website traffic. Dave is a smart guy. His chances of making it big and buying his dream car are much higher than our first competitor.
Maybe new internet marketers have to hear this before they really understand it. Traffic to your website hardly ever comes by itself. You have to put in some planning and work to generate website traffic. Leaving it up to chance or luck is going to get you nowhere. With a very new idea or product you might get enough traffic to sustain your business, but most people need to work at it.
Spend some time reading up on traffic generation and start using what you have learned as soon as possible. What I also recommend is that you get a course or join a mentorship program to get you going. Like anything in life you will have a learning curve when you start delving into how to generate website traffic, so don’t be too hard on yourself in the beginning. Your work will pay off in the end.