7 effective ways to drive traffic to your new website
Congratulations on your new website! You have taken a tremendously important step for your company's digital visibility. Perhaps you've followed our **guide to building a website**, or got help to create one. Now you have a great result, but the big question arises: What now?
A website without visitors is like a store without customers. The goal is to fill it with relevant people who are interested in what you offer. But how do you do that?
Don't worry. In this article, we give you 7 concrete and effective strategies to drive traffic to your website. Some yield results over time, others can give you an immediate boost.
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1. Search Engine Optimization (SEO): Build a lasting foundation
What is it? SEO is about optimizing your website so that it ranks as highly as possible in Google search results - completely free. When someone searches for products or services you offer, you want them to find you, not just your competitors.
Why is it important? Good SEO gives you a steady stream of relevant and "free" traffic over time. It is a long-term investment in your own visibility.
How to get started:
Activate your Google Business Profile: This is the absolute most important thing you do for local visibility. We have written an entire article about **what Google Business Profile is and why you need it**.
Use Google Search Console: This free tool from Google helps you understand how Google sees your website. Follow our guide to **get Google to find your website faster**.
Find your keywords: What do your customers type into Google? Use these words and phrases naturally in headlines and text on the website.
2. Content Marketing: Provide value, gain loyalty
What is it? Content marketing is about creating and sharing valuable content, such as blog articles (cough cough), guides, videos, or checklists. Instead of shouting "buy, buy, buy", you answer the questions your customers have.
Be generous in sharing some of the unique knowledge you possess. For example, we know quite a lot about marketing and have a genuine goal of sharing this knowledge.
Why is it important? It builds trust, establishes you as an expert in your field, and provides Google with more relevant content to display in search results.
How to get started:
Start a simple blog: Write about topics you are knowledgeable about. What are the 5 most common questions your customers ask you? Write a blog post that answers each of them.
Think quality, not quantity: One thorough and useful blog post is better than ten short and superficial ones.
3. Social Media Marketing: Be where your customers are
What is it? It's about using platforms like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, or TikTok to build a community, engage followers, and drive traffic back to your website.
Why is it important? Social media allows you to have a direct dialogue with potential and existing customers. It's a fantastic channel for sharing the content you create (see point 2) and showcasing your company's personality.
How to get started:
Choose the right platform: You don't have to be everywhere. Where is your target audience? Is it on Instagram or LinkedIn? Start with one or two channels and do them well.
Share content from the website: When you have published a new blog post, share it on social media with an engaging text that entices people to click through.
4. Email Marketing: The direct line to the customer
What is it? Building an email list (cough cough!) with people who have actively said yes to hearing from you. This is a channel you own, regardless of Google's and Facebook's algorithms.
Why is it important? Email is a highly effective sales channel. You can send out news, relevant articles, and exclusive offers directly to the inbox of people who have already shown interest in you.
How to get started:
Make it easy to sign up: Add a sign-up form for newsletters on your website. It's a good idea to offer something in exchange, like a checklist, a discount code, or a free guide.
Send value, not just spam: Plan what you will send out. Make sure your newsletters are useful to the recipient, not just a sales brochure. Provide value.
5. Paid Digital Advertising: Quick and measurable results
What is it? Paid advertising that places your company's message in front of a specific audience on various digital platforms, such as Google search, social media, websites, and apps. You usually pay per click (PPC - Pay-Per-Click), view, or action.
Why is it important? While organic visibility takes time to build, paid ads offer immediate exposure and precise audience targeting. It's perfect for promoting specific campaigns, products, services, or for quickly driving traffic and leads.
How to get started:
Set a clear budget: Decide how much you are willing to spend per day or per month.
Define your target audience: Who do you want to reach? Use demographic data, interests, and behavior to target your ads effectively.
Choose the right platforms: Where is your target audience most active? Is it on Google, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, or TikTok? Start with one or two channels that make the most sense for your business.
Start narrow: Begin by advertising your key services or products, and adjust along the way based on results. Let the results come. Don't make changes on day two and then day four. You'll always miss the mark that way.
6. Local SEO: Become the neighborhood king
What is it? A specialized part of SEO that focuses on making you visible to customers in your local area. This is critical for anyone with a physical address, such as stores, restaurants, craftsmen, and therapists.
Why is it important? More and more searches are local, like "plumber Oslo" or "restaurant near me". Winning these searches can have a direct impact on the bottom line.
How to get started:
Complete your Google Business Profile 100%: This is the center of the universe for local SEO. **Read our guide here**.
Gather customer reviews: Encourage satisfied customers to leave a review on Google. Good reviews build enormous trust and positively affect your ranking.
7. Collaboration & Networking: Share each other's audience
What is it? Building relationships with other businesses or people in your industry to reach their audience.
Why is it important? It can give you access to an established and relevant audience much faster than you can build one yourself.
How to get started:
Find a partner: Team up with a complementary business (not a competitor) and promote each other in social media or newsletters.
Guest blog: Write an article for another relevant website in exchange for a link back to your own site.
Summary: Start simple, but start now
It can seem overwhelming with seven different strategies. The trick is not to do everything at once. Choose one or two of these methods that feel most relevant to your business, and start there.
Maybe you start by perfecting your Google Business Profile (points 1 and 6) and then write your first blog post (point 2). The most important thing is to go from having a passive website to actively working to fill it with your future customers.
Does this seem complicated or time-consuming?
You are not alone. Driving traffic is a continuous job that requires knowledge and resources. At wud, this is what we do every single day. We help Norwegian businesses become visible online and turn visitors into customers.
**Contact us today for a non-binding chat**, and let's see how we can create growth for your company.
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