Store Traffic Website

This module covers the basic things you should do before creating a web site:

• Deciding upon a good domain name
• Registering your domain and getting hosting
• Creating a new email account for your store traffic website

→ View Initial Preparation Steps

This module covers how to get wordpress setup in a manner that works well for driving traffic to your online store and covers:

• Installing and securing Wordpress
• Selecting and setting up a theme to use for your store traffic site
• Selecting plugins and setting them up
• Setting up sidebars

→ View Setup for Selling Steps

This module shows how to go about creating your store traffic web site and covers ways to use wordpress to make maintenance quick and easy. Topics covered include:

• Using and setting up post categories
• Using tags to automate maintenance
• Deciding on and setting up category showcases
• Deciding on and setting up product showcases
• Building an effective home page
• Creating basic pages which will help your site rank better
• Launching your web site

→ View Creating Your Site Steps

This module takes you through the initial steps I recommend doing once your site is complete, but before begin actively marketing it and getting it ranked in search engines.

This module covers:

• Basic information on backlinks and search engine ranking
• Setting up your email footers
• Creating Twitter and Plumdrop accounts
• Submitting your site feed to feed aggregators
• Submitting your site to internet directories

→ View Initial Site Marketing Steps

Once you have completed this section of our site, be sure to check over the Online Marketing module for good information on how to take your online traffic site and leverage it to increase sales and traffic even further.

→ Online Marketing

In addition to the above modules, this site contains a resource section containing information about various tools that I use myself for my sites. Many of them do cost money, but any which do are resources that I have picked up myself (or use) and found to be well worth the cost.

Rather than rush out and pick these up, use modules one to four above as well as my Online Marketing module to increase your sales and then consider reinvesting in any of the resources I showcase that you think would help you to increase your sales further.

→ View PWS Resources

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