5 Ways to Keep Visitors Coming Back

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by Michael Baker

A very successful website will have many return visitors. Your goal should be to have an increasing number in this section of your traffic reports. The more times they frequent your site, the more likely they are to purchase something or tell others about it. Here are 5 things you can add to a site to make this happen”

1) Start a forum, chatroom or shoutbox

People on the web today like to be heard. It is sort of the Web 2.0 scenario you hear being thrown around. If you give customers a place to either voice their opinions, or to just meet other people, then they are more likely to stick around.

2) Start a web log (blog)

By starting a blog, and using this as much as you can, you are telling the world that you actively update your site. You can find other sites to post about, or write good information for everyone. Either way, they will come back to see what the latest news is on your blog.

3) Let Your Customers Take Some Surveys

Polls and surveys are other forms of interaction that you should definitely consider adding to your site. They provide a quick way for visitors to voice their opinions and to get involved in your website. Be sure to publish polls or surveys that are strongly relevant to the target market of your website to keep them interested to find out about the results.

4) Games are great for user activity

Just imagine how many office workers procrastinate at work every day, and you will be able to gauge how many people will keep visiting your site if you provide a very interesting or addicting way of entertainment. You can also hold competitions to award the high score winner to keep people trying continuously to earn the prize.

5) Update frequently with fresh content

If you can keep your site updated as often as possible, people will keep coming back to see what is happening. They really do not want to miss out on anything. This is why it is extremely important for you to keep your blogs and forums updated. Just by doing one of the above items is a great way to get people coming back to your site.

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