An article posted last week on Pat Flynn’s blog, SmartPassiveIncome.com, lists 10 quick and (somewhat!) easy tips you can try NOW to help improve your online business or blog. Take a look:
- Re-Evaluate Your Goals: figure out where you want your business or blog to be in one year and write those goals down…on PAPER. Yes, paper.
- Visit Your Homepage for the “First Time”: as we all know, first impressions are extremely important, especially online. Since you have less than 10 seconds to convince a new visitor to say, run through the following: (1) What do you notice first?, (2) Do you know what the site is about WITHOUT clicking or scrolling?, (3) Have you seen similar sites in the past?, (4) How easy is it to navigate?, and (5) What’s missing?
- Check and Correct Crawl Errors: use Google’s Webmaster Tools to see if there are any errors on your site that you can fix immediately.
- Grade Your Website: use Website Grader (it’s FREE!) to see what your “score” is. Enter your site and it will give you a informative (yet lengthy) report on what can be done to make your site better.
- Ask Someone a Question: don’t be shy. Shoot a question over to an experienced someone to get answers you need!
- Shoot a Video: shoot a 5 minute, unedited video, and upload it to YouTube. Make sure you put relevant keywords in the title and tags section, and make sure your entire URL is in the first line of the description. Then, send away!
- Spend 5 Minutes to Thank 5 of Your Customers, Subscribers or Readers: go the extra mile and spend 5 minutes to thank 5 people for no particular reason. They’re likely to remember you a little bit more.
- Test Something: you should always be testing something on your website or blog. Always. Use Google Optimizer to split test something important on your site…whether for subscriptions, opt-ins, or conversions.
- Turn Off the Distractions: first, understand your distractions; then conciously make an effort to turn them off, only turning them back on when you’ve accomplished or finished something.
- Follow Up with Your Audience: you can always benefit by asking your readers what they’d like to see improved.
Read Pat’s article in its entirety here: SmartPassiveIncome.com
