Best Web Host: SiteGround Or Bluehost?

Both SiteGround and Bluehost are among the biggest hosting companies right now. They’re recommended all the time, so choosing one can be difficult. That’s why I’m reviewing both web hosts, and you’ll be ready to pick one after you’re done.

Hosting is all about stability, performance, and storage. Finding an affordable service that excels in all those aspects is a challenge. For instance, SiteGround has some of the best features and performance in the market. On the other hand, Bluehost is cheaper and has unlimited storage.

In the end, a good hosting service has a good balance between performance and pricing. The key lies in finding the best features available for your budget; in other words, you want to find the most bang for your buck.

If we consider that, SiteGround seems to be a clear winner. Yet, Bluehost is one of the most popular Google searches, so what’s the truth? That’s what we’ll analyze today.

Pricing comparison

Let’s use shared hosting plans for our comparison because they’re the most affordable and popular plans for hosting. At first glance, Bluehost’s cheapest plan is less than half of SiteGround’s cheapest option: $2.95 against $6.99, both monthly.

However, there’s a slight catch there. You’ll have to pay a full year for SiteGround’s StartUp plan to get that price. Bluehost requires you to pay 3 years of their Basic plan if you want the $2.95 offer.

Naturally, that means you can save more in the long-term, yet it’s also a larger upfront investment. Furthermore, you’ll also see that SiteGround closes the gap noticeably with the value it brings on its shared plans.

We also need to keep one factor in mind…

Customer opinion

As I said, you can find many lists and articles recommending both services. However, user comments are just as important, and you can find many users agreeing that SiteGround is among the best. On the other hand, it’s noticeably easier to find negative comments about Bluehost.

The main attraction for Bluehost seems to be its affordability. I’ve noticed the consensus to be “a great web host for its price.” The key phrase there is “for its price,” as it offers solid features to get started. The issue comes when you consider services like SiteGround: still affordable while bringing a lot more to the table.

With that in mind, let’s dive a bit deeper into the exact prices and what you get.

Plans and features

You already know what’s the minimum you can pay for each service. However, every plan has its own features, bandwidth, and other benefits that make it better for certain users. Taking a look at every plan and what you’ll get from it makes it a lot simpler to discover which option is the best for you—even within your preferred company.

Let’s look at the value every platform offers for its asking price.

SiteGround

SiteGround seems to focus on providing all the value it can fit into their price tag. It’s also quite diverse in the type of hosting it offers: you can get shared, cloud, VPS, and dedicated WordPress hosting among other options.

I already mentioned I’d focus on shared hosting plans for both companies. Luckily, you can check out all the options at SiteGround’s official site. Shared hosting also offers a good foundation; advanced plans basically build on their features, so you get to see what’s the fundamental service.

Furthermore, shared hosting is the best option for smaller ventures, like personal blogs and small stores. No matter the plan you get with SiteGround, you also get plenty of features you wouldn’t expect for the price. You have unlimited emails, SSD storage, managed hosting for WordPress and site migrations, free security certificates and backups, guaranteed 99.9% uptime, and website protection against threats like DDoS attacks and bots.

SiteGround is renowned for its performance and uptime, thanks to the technology they implement into their service. All of their hosting solutions split into 3 levels: StartUp, GrowBig, and GoGeek.

Looking at their website’s breakdown, you’ll spot they’re quite balanced in terms of pricing. The mid-tier plan can suffice for most users for a long time, and even the StartUp subscription is enough for smaller businesses.

Let’s go through every plan’s offer quickly and their monthly price (without discounts).

StartUp ($6.99)

The cheapest option at SiteGround is a surprisingly good plan for its tier and price. If you want to run a single website—like a blog or a virtual store—you’ll find this plan is more than enough. It’s likely to be that way for a good while, too.

That’s because you’re limited to a single website, yet that shouldn’t be a problem in the case I mentioned. SiteGround throws in 10GB’s worth of space for your entire website; if you don’t go too crazy with high-resolution images and videos, you’ll have a tough time running out. You can also have 10,000 visitors every month.

What’s surprising is that StartUp users can transfer their WordPress site from a different host for free. That’s a rare feature for basic plans. Website backups are also completely free, and you can create them manually or let SiteGround create daily backups (lasting a month) for you.

For stability, you get some of the most advanced protocols, like PHP7, HTTP/2 and NGINX on their servers. Speaking of NGINX, direct delivery is also available in all sites; in case you don’t know, it’s basically a speed boost for content delivery. You also get a free SSL certificate and CDN from CloudFlare.

GrowBig ($9.99)

The GrowBig plan comes with all the features included in StartUp, but it adds a few premium ones for more advanced users. If you only need to run a single site, it should be a while before you need to upgrade. However, larger sites and users with several sites will definitely enjoy GrowBig.

Firstly, your traffic and bandwidth get increased to 25,000 visits every month and 20GB for your site and files. You also receive twice the amount of resources as StartUp websites, so things run noticeably faster. That’s combined with SuperCacher for both static and dynamic content.

Other interesting additions include up to 30 backups for your website every day as well as priority in customer support. You also get a wildcard SSL for your sites, which is basically a certificate you can use for all site copies you have.

GoGeek ($14.99)

Finally, GoGeek is the best solution for larger users who need as many resources as they can get without breaking their budget. Naturally, this plan combines the StartUp and GrowBig features while bringing more features to the table.

Among the most prominent inclusions in the GoGeek plan, we have 40GB of space entirely for your website. You can also accommodate 100,000 visitors every month, so it’s a plan for big websites that’s not as expensive as similar solutions in the market. Speaking of larger websites, you also receive twice as many resources as the GrowBig plan, so loading speeds will be the last of your worries.

Other interesting additions to the GoGeek plan includes WordPress staging; this is implemented through a single-click function. You also get both Git as well as SG-Git to make repository creation a lot smoother. GoGeek users also have access to special staging environments for all sites hosted with SiteGround; backup and restore functionality is also more versatile.

Bluehost

Bluehost also offers plenty of solutions depending on its clients’ needs. You can find most, if not all, the services offered by SiteGround here. From shared hosting to VPS and WordPress hosting, you can expect the industry standards here.

However, we’ll also stick to the shared hosting options for Bluehost. Again, most of the plans build over these features, so they’re an excellent basis for judging the general service quality.

Given its pricing, Bluehost is a good choice for small ventures working on a tight budget. In fact, it’s built its reputation around that niche and audience. It’s far from a premium service, but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad option. To simplify things, it gets the job done.

It also has a few impressive features for such a cheap service. You get free additions like CDN centers, a drag-and-drop builder, SSL certificate, and a domain name; the last one is only for a year, though.

Other features include unlimited space and bandwidth, so you don’t have to worry too much about adding files. Just keep in mind that Bluehost doesn’t seem as fast as SiteGround, so your loading speeds might be hindered.

You also get the same server protocols as in SiteGround, WordPress single-click installation and staging site, SSD storage, and full-time support. You also have access to php.ini and other file types.

It’s worth noting that those features are the basic Bluehost experience, and they’re available for all of their plans. As for their tiers, they have 4.

Basic ($2.95)

The Basic plan is somewhat similar to SiteGround’s StartUp subscription. It’s the cheapest option, aimed at single website owners and smaller businesses. Just like StartUp users, the Basic plan lets you host 1 website only.

However, this website gets 50GB’s worth of space, greater than SiteGround’s GoGeek accounts. Basic users also receive unmetered bandwidth, so it’s not a bad deal for the price. Free CDN and SSL certificates are part of the Basic Bluehost experience.

SSD storage guarantees better loading times, yet they’re mostly standard by now. Using NGINX, PHP7 and HTTP/2 is a similar scenario, but you do need to consider your account’s limit to only 5 email accounts and 100MB for each.

You also get a domain name for free, but it’s quite disappointing to see it’s only for a year.

Plus ($5.45)

The Plus tier is a fairly big upgrade to the Basic plan, and it’s easy to see that coming. However, it’s commendable how it adds significant improvements to the previous plan while staying close to the previous costs.

Plus users get all the benefits from the Basic plan: a domain name for a year, SSL certificates, CDN, SSD, and everything I just mentioned. Spam protection is a nice addition to the primary features.

The main reason to upgrade to the Plus plan is having multiple websites. Plus users can host all the websites they want, and each website gets unmetered bandwidth and space. The other interesting upgrade goes to the email accounts. This plan removes the 5-account limit and storage space altogether; you can add all the accounts you need and use as much space as necessary.

Smaller features include unlimited domains, subdomains, and parked domains.

Choice Plus (formerly Prime) ($5.45)

I have to admit something: this plan seems weird for me. The name does imply it’s basically an extension of the Plus subscription, but that’s an understatement. Both plans are exactly the same, except for a couple of features.

Choice plus has all the features I just described for the Plus plan: SSD, unlimited sites, storage, bandwidth and domains, as well as spam protection. The two additions that set both plans apart is privacy and protection for your domains as well as a free website backup for a year.

That’s it, and it’s not like it has a different price. Choice Plus is also the recommended plan on Bluehost’s official website. As is, I can only assume it’s a way to convince people to pay for this plan instead of the Basic one. If that’s not the case, then I can’t fathom why they don’t remove the Plus plan and just leave this one as the mid-tier account.

Pro ($13.95)

The last plan is noticeably more expensive than the previous ones, but it does add several important features to make up for it. You already know all of the features I mentioned for the previous ones, and Pro users still have access to all of them.

However, Pro users have 2 personal spam experts to help them deal with problematic visitors. The site backup, which was previously free for a year, is now free for as long as you use this hosting service. You also get a dedicated IP address and wildcard SSL.

Most importantly, websites hosted under a Pro account enjoy more resources than all other plans. From Basic to Choice Plus, all plans have the same resources, yet Pro breaks that rule.

As you can see, Bluehost does offer a competitive set of features for a good price. However, you should note the small gap between SiteGround’s GoGeek plan and Bluehost’s Pro plan: just a dollar. Given what you get from SiteGround and its performance, there aren’t many reasons to go for a Pro Bluehost account instead of a GoGeek or even a GrowBig one with SiteGround.

That difference will become more noticeable with the following section.

Stability and performance

The most important aspect of a good hosting service is stability and performance. If you want a live website, you can find myriads of cheap services. What separates good and bad hosts is how websites work with their service.

After all, all technologies, features, and methods used by hosting services aim to ensure stable and responsive websites. From faster content delivery to backups and protocols, all of these features are for a single goal: make everything run smoothly.

Therefore, price and fancy technologies mean little if the websites take long to load or suffer frequent downtimes. That’s why this is, for me, the most important section of this comparison. As you’ll see, it’s also the reason why SiteGround is a better recommendation for most people.

SiteGround

You can check out SiteGround’s features via their dedicated section on their official website. However, we can break down some of the most important aspects mentioned in that section.

The main one is including SSD for all their plans, including shared hosting. SSD drives are becoming more prevalent in web hosts, yet it’s still not a basic feature in many services. With how much they improve website performance, it’s definitely worth mentioning how SiteGround includes SSD storage in its cheapest plans.

Then, we have their servers and protocols. NGINX is one of the best ways to improve static content delivery, and it’s a must-have for bloggers and similar websites. HTTP/2 servers also complement NGINX to make your websites even faster; it’s worth noting that HTTP/2 requires encryption, so it’s always a good sign. Finally, their PHP 7.2 implementation is a huge boost to PHP executions in WordPress.

Back to NGINX, SuperCacher is another integration from SiteGround, based on said server’s reverse protocol. It’s yet another speed improvement, yet this time it’s for dynamic content. That means all websites load as fast as they can regardless of the type of content you’re using.

The free Cloudflare CDN also makes sites load faster via content caching and distribution using different data points. If you have visitors coming from different countries, then this feature is a lifesaver.

Of course, all of these highlights are fully available from the shared hosting plans to all other solutions.

Uptime

Again, SiteGround takes stability seriously, and you can find all the relevant information on their dedicated page. However, I can highlight their 99.99% guarantee as well as several features they implement.

They actively monitor servers to make sure everything is running properly. That includes account isolation and implementing AI to stop bots from messing with your website. Naturally, their automatic and on-demand backups also do wonders to protect users in case something goes awry.

Now, there’s no way a web host can offer 100% uptime—at least not with current technologies. There are too many variables at play, but SiteGround’s 99.9% guarantee is basically as good as it gets; besides, they have a solid compensation program in case that guarantee breaks.

Besides, 99.99% uptime translates into less than a day’s worth of downtime in the entire year. You can find several tests around the internet to confirm their guaranteed uptime as well, and your SEO will thank you for it.

Speed

Again, fast loading times for your website is another godsend for proper SEO. Thankfully, testing SiteGround’s speed is easy; you can find the right tools without too much effort, and most of them are quite accurate.

Everyone moving to SiteGround from other hosting companies immediately reports better loading times. You can even find changes as drastic as more than 3 seconds in homepage loading, and most tests on SiteGround’s loading speed come out well under a second.

You’ll always find variations depending on the testing method you use. Location is also important, yet all of them have one thing in common. They’re always among the fastest speeds for any web hosting service.

As I said, page loading speeds are paramount if you want to rank on Google. Everyone wants to find what they want in an instant, and slow websites are usually ignored by Google. That’s why SiteGround places so much importance on speed and uptime; it’s a great way to improve your SEO without too much effort or money.

Page loading

However, let’s look at web speed a bit more practically. Most users give websites a few seconds at most to load before skipping to another one. Good loading helps to keep visitors on your website.

However, loading speeds almost always vary for every section. If you’re running a business site or a store, that becomes more obvious. Some elements take longer to load, like high-resolution images and videos. Other elements take much less, and that’s why blogs tend to load a lot faster than other websites.

The page loading time for SiteGround averages at around 1.3 seconds, and that’s including static and dynamic content. If you’re conservative with your content and elements, you can reach much lower times.

Bluehost

Unfortunately, Bluehost lacks most of the information readily available on SiteGround’s official website. Similarly, their support agents seem to know little about these aspects, as they failed to answer most of the questions I had about their service.

Thankfully, they do offer some content on their technologies, and I also managed to find some information about them around the internet.

For the most part, they seem to implement several features present in other hosting services. They even have advanced features like NGINX and HTTP/2 servers, which were also available in SiteGround. As I said, they’re always good signs, even though Bluehost seems to lack some of the more specialized practices from SiteGround.

You can also count on SSD storage for all Bluehost plans, and they include Clouflare’s CDN into their shared hosting accounts. A particularly nice addition is their automated failover practices. In layman’s terms, they can switch devices quickly in case one malfunctions, so uptime isn’t heavily affected by these circumstances.

However, there’s still limited information about their services—at least if we compare them to SiteGround. That said, I did manage to find good information about their server uptime.

Uptime

Monitoring websites hosted using Bluehost shows a nice uptime, seemingly meeting their 99% uptime guarantee. It seems like 80% of the websites hosted with Bluehost actually experienced 100% uptime during the test month.

However, 20% of the websites seemed to experience 99.6% uptime during said month, which translates into about 4 hours of downtime during the month. Considering SiteGround’s downtime is about 12 hours in a year, that’s almost 4 times as much.

Granted, it was only during one month of testing. The real downtime for most websites on a regular basis could be much lower; in fact, I’d say that’s the most likely scenario. Nevertheless, we do have to keep in mind the same could apply to their uptime.

Security and customer support

Performance and uptime are the most important aspects of web hosting for me. However, no one should overlook security and customer support. Many could argue these aspects are just as important, and they wouldn’t be entirely wrong.

DDoS, bots, spam, and other attacks can take a serious toll on your site’s performance and stability. As such, security plays a very important role in keeping your websites up and running properly at all times.

On the other hand, customer support can save your life if you’re new to web hosting and running a website. If something goes wrong, good customer support can make the difference between a quick fix, compensation, or disaster.

SiteGround

Security

Security is another aspect in which SiteGround excels compared to its competitors. Starting with the human factor, their servers have full-time security. They even use biometrics for entry and go as far as bulletproofing their lobbies; you could say they’re quite fortified.

SiteGround also implements UPS (Enterprise level) to keep their operations safe in case a power surge or outage occurs. Considering some countries’ likelihood to face these kinds of problems, this is a stellar extra step.

If we dive into their software practices, things don’t get any worse. I could start mentioning their free SSL certification for all websites in every plan. That shouldn’t be a surprise, though. SSL certificates are standard in the industry right now, and every website managing personal and delicate information must have one. If you’ve ever received a warning message when entering a non-secure site, that’s because they didn’t have an SSL certificate.

Then, we add two firewalls, with security rules written by SiteGround’s security team. If that sounds like a big feat, then it gets better. SiteGround actually developed the CHROOT account isolation, which they use in their shared servers. They always stay on top of any important trend, and as that feat proves, they sometimes lead them.

Back to the standards, SiteGround implements HackAlert to monitor all attacks targeting their websites. This feature is available as an add-on for all users. The Cloudflare CDN also works for more than merely speed. It also migrates any DDoS attempt to keep your websites safe.

You can find SiteGround’s website malware scanner in your cPanel. If that’s not enough, SiteGround also uses SiteLock to cover all the ground possible.

Of course, all of these are current practices. SiteGround always updates their system to keep all users safe.

Customer support

SiteGround also offers plenty of options for any user with doubts or troubles. You can contact customer support via traditional support tickets; response times for these are barely 10 minutes at most thanks to overstaffing their shifts.

If that’s still too long for you, you can contact their support team via live chat. You’re also free to call them any time you need since they have 24/7 phone support.

What I like about SiteGround is their focus on customer support. They regularly invest to implement the most efficient support methods, including inhouse support departments to keep track of all requests and responses.

You can also find an extensive knowledge base with plenty of articles and FAQ’s to help you solve issues yourself. You can find tutorials and updates on the web hosting industry, so you don’t have to rely blindly on their personnel.

SiteGround’s support team feels like having a dedicated IT expert at your disposal, every time you need. Besides, you’re always talking to real people with real knowledge on the subjects you’re consulting about, and SiteGround makes it a point to show you how much they care.

You can find profiles for every support member you interact with. It includes how many clients they’ve served, satisfaction rates, and when they joined the platform. Furthermore, all conversations get transcribed and sent to your email address in case you need to refer back to it in the future.

Bluehost

Security

BlueHost also implements several standard security measures to their servers, so it’s not like you’re sentencing your website by choosing them. They have two-factor authentication as well as SiteLock.

It’s worth noting that they offer cPHulk protection, yet it’s only for dedicated and VPS users.

However, all hosting plans come with free SSL certification and CDN from Cloudflare, so they do have decent protection. The domain privacy and spam experts add-ons on Plus and higher accounts are both great for keeping your personal information safe and free from any malware.

Bluehost also seems to have a strong focus on spam prevention. In addition to spam experts, both Spamhammer and SpamAssassin are available with Bluehost. Their CDN also prevents DDoS attempts, just like with SiteGround.

Bluehost users also enjoy Hotlink Protection. This is a very handy tool that keeps your content safe from anyone looking to steal it. It goes a bit beyond that, too; it lets you blacklist certain IP addresses that could cause trouble in your website.

Bluehost websites also receive SSH access to keep the entire environment safer, and you can use it to filter particular users and emails. You’re free to set passwords for specific directories and even manage your keys and certificates from the Bluehost dashboard.

You can enable the two-factor authentication from your cPanel. Doing so activates an account validation system that uses tokens. Interestingly, it lets you confirm your identity by communicating with Bluehost’s customer support before using your passwords.

Everything sounds great, but Bluehost does have an ugly history with web security. In fact, they received quite a bit of coverage about 5 years ago. They made it into the list of the largest hosting services hacked by the SEA (Syrian Electronic Army).

Sure, it was a long time ago, but it’s something to keep in mind.

Customer support

Admittedly, Bluehost does make it easy to access customer support. You have the now-standard live chat functionality, along with email and phone support. Interestingly, you can call 3 different phone numbers depending on the type of support you need.

There’s a phone number for general support. Dedicated and VPS hosting users have their own support channel, too. WordPress help is also a separate channel.

If you like troubleshooting by yourself, Bluehost also has a comprehensive FAQ section. You can type the subject you need help with; it’s very likely the issue isn’t too rare, and you can often find your answers using this page.

A curious “support channel” many people don’t know is the official Bluehost channel on YouTube. There’s well over a hundred different videos explaining how you can set up your website and hosting, as well as general management tips and tutorials.

Unfortunately, Bluehost seems to fail at delivering on these expectations, at least on the live support front. It’s quite easy to find negative comments about their support team’s efficiency, and I have to admit it’s quite disappointing, given all the attention they appeared to give to this aspect.

Naturally, not everyone has a bad experience with the Bluehost support team, but it’s important to remember that they’re more an exception than the norm.

WordPress features

Most bloggers and online entrepreneurs know WordPress. This CMS platform is easily the most popular and beloved on the internet. It’s so flexible that it’s managed to be relevant in niches like eCommerce, where specialized solutions have earned lots of fame.

That’s why it’s only natural for hosting companies to offer dedicated hosting for WordPress users. Of course, both Bluehost and SiteGround have their own WordPress plans. We can’t call this comparison “complete” if we don’t cover this feature.

SiteGround

SiteGround hosts WordPress users using their shared servers, but that’s about the only “recycled” feature between the two services. WordPress hosting has its own set of features, like free installations, automated updates, specialized support, and others. Advanced features for higher plans include free site transfers, SuperCacher, single-click staging, Git pre-installation, and more.

All of those features are bundled with the standard shared hosting ones I already covered in the Plans section. Admittedly, the best plan for WordPress users is GoGeeky in terms of server quality. Just keep in mind it’s mostly because of the free on-demand backups and less accounts.

Some might be curious about the lack of VPS WordPress hosting, which is available in Bluehost. However, their Linux containers actually act as virtual servers, albeit different from what it’s traditionally described as a virtual server. Still, it’s just as fast, if not faster, than the traditional approach.

If you’re still interested in learning more about their specific solutions for WordPress, you only need to contact their customer support.

Bluehost

I must admit that Bluehost comes with a very strong hosting offer for WordPress users. I’d understand if people believed it to be superior to SiteGround. That’s because of what I already mentioned in the previous section: Bluehost’s WordPress hosting service uses their VPS solution.

Therefore, Bluehost optimization ensures your WordPress website has its own private server. It’s noticeably more expensive than shared hosting, but it’s still a solid service. Don’t get me wrong, though; it’s still an affordable option, and you can choose the plan that adapts better to your needs. You’re free to upgrade whenever you need.

There’s an important difference between their regular WordPress plans and their WordPress VPS service. WordPress users subscribe to managed hosting, unlike regular VPS accounts, which are unmanaged.

That’s important because managed WordPress hosting means users don’t have root access. However, Bluehost has more features to make up for this, in case you really want to go with them.

Firstly, you get BlueRock, Bluehost’s specialized and improved cPanel for users. Besides, VPS hosting means you have lots more bandwidth and space than other users. Naturally, this also means your website’s stability improves vastly; it might even eliminate any downtime chances because of your dedicated resources.

Likewise, it’s also easier to adapt your website to traffic and growth. You can upgrade or downgrade as necessary. The BlueRock cPanel also makes it a lot easier to set up your website’s specs if needed.

Additionally, VPS hosting translates into better security. You’re free to improve your precautions when required.

However, Bluehost’s WordPress hosting does have its downsides, and they can be quite problematic depending on your experience. For instance, server management will require solid technical experience. Most users will need to hire an administrator for this, especially considering how Bluehost’s support isn’t the best in the industry.

You also need to consider that VPS still exist physically. You’re given your own “portion” of the server, but you still have to share the whole server with other users. Furthermore, maintenance is key to ensure their stability.

That’s why SiteGround’s cloud servers are seen as superior to a VPS. Data in these servers is easy to mirror in an instant, basically migrating your website to a different server. You don’t depend on server maintenance and reparations.

That’s why VPS hosting with Bluehost is so affordable. They can’t offer the real premium experience from other providers without charging more. You could say it’s a consequence of sticking to the “budget platform” niche.

Therefore, SiteGround is still the superior service for WordPress users, despite Bluehost’s seemingly impressive offer. The main reason is that all their plans have managed hosting for WordPress, so you don’t need to be a technical expert.

Like I mentioned, all of SiteGround’s plans update WordPress automatically, and you can install WordPress with just a click. The same goes for their free WordPress site transfer.

In other words, you don’t need to do much to get WordPress up and running with SiteGround.

If you’re a tech expert, then you might enjoy Bluehost’s BlueRock interface more. That’s fair, but SiteGround is the most accessible option between the two.

What I like and dislike about both services

Now, there’s not a perfect solution for everyone. All platforms, services, and products have their pros and cons. As much as I might like SiteGround, I must admit it has its downsides. It’s important to look at the whole picture before making a choice.

With that in mind, let’s summarize what makes each platform different. I’ll go through their pros and cons, so you’ll have an easier time picking the winner for yourself.

SiteGround

The good

Naturally, this is the most extensive portion of the two. SiteGround is easily one of the best shared hosting options available to anyone. It adapts perfectly to most people’s wallets, and you don’t have to sacrifice quality, customer support, stability, or site performance.

Their WordPress solutions are also right there with the best options you have.

They might not be the absolute cheapest hosting service on the internet. However, I haven’t seen any other company offer the same value for such a low price, so it’s commendable how much they offer with how little they ask for.

Security is another advantage of working with SiteGround. They’re always monitoring their physical centers, and offer enough software to keep any danger at bay: spam, IP blacklisting, and more. They also offer free SSL certification and CDN along with the HackAlert add-on.

Their stability and performance is remarkable as well. Their uptime and speed not only match the best in the industry, they easily beat most companies I’ve tested. You don’t have to worry about losing our SEO efforts over poor website loading times and downtime. They’re always on top of industry changes, and you’ll find the latest technologies in their package at all times.

They’re also an official host for WordPress, like Bluehost. All plans include managed hosting for free, so you don’t need to pay extra for this feature, maintenance, and other requirements. That’s also because their customer support is exceptional, easily among the best support teams I’ve seen in my life.

The bad

Now, it’s not perfect. For starters, you have to consider that StartUp users have to deal with limited usage on CPU’s. Your website is at risk of shutting down if CPU’s are overused. That’s also true for executing scripts, and exceeding those limits can result in a temporary site shutdown.

Likewise, I’m not a fan of their limited storage space. One of the few advantages Bluehost has over SiteGround is their unlimited storage. SiteGround is also under the disk space average for most hosting providers on the market right now.

I still maintain that their pros far outweigh these cons, but I know some people might be turned off by these conditions.

Bluehost

The good

Now, Bluehost isn’t a bad hosting service by any means. There’s a good reason why it’s such a popular hosting solution to this day, as well as an official WordPress recommendation.

Speaking of WordPress, their hosting service is stellar for users with the necessary knowledge. Their BlueRock platform in particular is impressive, and it seriously feels like a new level for WordPress management.

Their regular WordPress hosting is still friendly to beginners, although you’ll have to give up a bit of your website’s performance for this benefit.

Besides, they’re extremely cheap. Granted, it sacrifices some features and quality for it, but it’s still a strong selling point for smaller businesses and entrepreneurs on a tight budget. The free domain for a year can also save you a bit of stress.

While not the best, Bluehost also comes with solid features, like SSD storage, SSL certificates for free, CDN, NGINX servers, and more. They might be industry standards by now, but it’s good to see them up-to-date.

The bad

Unfortunately, their cons outweigh the pros when compared to SiteGround. Firstly, they’re just slower and less stable than SiteGround, which can be a problem for your search engine ranking.

It’s also deceivingly expensive. Keep in mind that their cheapest plan is only available if you pay for 3 years at once, which is over $100 immediately. Website migrations are also an extra fee if you want Bluehost to help you.

Their prices also translate into poor quality overall. After all, EIG owns Bluehost, and they’re a company that’s quite famous for cutting costs by sacrificing overall product quality. It’s a lot easier to notice when contacting customer support and reading user reviews.

Conclusion

The overall best option between the two has to be SiteGround. It’s not too difficult to see, either. They charge only a few dollars more than Bluehost, yet they provide a premium experience even when using their shared plans.

Bluehost is only marginally better for people with extensive tech expertise and very tight budgets who are looking for solid WordPress hosting. If that sounds too specific, it’s because it is. That’s why SiteGround is my personal recommendation between the two.

The 16 Best Jobs For College Students To Start Now

If you are 20 years old and looking to build an independent future, online student jobs are the best way to start.

Mostly the students are job seekers in today’s time, as some websites are student-centric that look for candidates who can work on the side.

So, rather than spending your time on OTT platforms, you can make the best out of your student life. Earning a decent amount at a young age is like a blessing in disguise. If you have normal or zero expenses, all the money goes into your savings.

This income can prove to be the best savings during your unpredictable days. If you don’t depend on parents and anyone for any financial task from an early age, you set yourself up to be a better human being.

List of Jobs for College Students

The jobs for college students are not limited to any particular academic performance, so it makes things easy for every student with any skill. Anyone looking for an extra source of income can try their hands on part-time jobs.

Part-time jobs for college students are best for those with a regular on-campus schedule. There are hundreds of job opportunities for students these days.

If money is the thing holding you back, you can get free online student jobs with no investment. Many companies also give you daily pay offers for the work you do such that the jobs become flexible as they don’t burden students.

Let us now check a few jobs for college students that you can apply for:

1. Jobs for College Students: Online Tutoring

Thanks to advancements in technology, online tutoring is a career opportunity becoming an extremely popular option for jobs for college students. Most people find it convenient to learn at home. Online tutoring helps provide a safe and comfortable environment for studying.

It is becoming extremely popular today as what they need is just their knowledge and access to a fast Internet connection. It’s a great way to make money online.

There are many advantages to this job for college students— for example, the advantage of flexibility in their schedules and access to skills.

The capacity income could be around Rs two hundred, consistent with an hour for beginners, which can eventually increase as your expertise in the field.

2. Jobs for College Students: Freelance Writing

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Freelancing is a snug choice for online jobs for college students, mainly for those who have a spot for writing in writing centers. All you need is just your typing device and a web connection. You can discover writing jobs on writing task websites and various freelancing websites to commonly encompass blog posts and copies for the webpage.

Freelance writing is appropriate for individuals who have a good hold over grammar. People with the desired ability sets may be hired. To list such people, a few corporations might also take quick grammar assessments or require your work samples.

If you need to earn cash online with the liberty of selecting wherein you need to work, you ought to provide freelance writing a terrific thought. For freelance writing, all you need to do is submit your assigned work on time.

You will earn money upon completion of your project or article assigned to you within the required time. According to the report, the common cash that a freelancer can make with zero experience varies from Rupees 500 to Rupees 1500. This is how financial transactions for freelancing take place.

3. Jobs for College Students: Data Entry

Data entry jobs are ideal home/internship/ part-time jobs that you can do if you want the luxury of flexibility. The skills required are great keyboarding skills, a penchant for precision, and the ability to work with deadlines.

Most of these college students’ jobs are straightforward. An email or online link to the data source is sent to you, and instructions are provided. You will have flexibility in your schedule, your working hours, enjoy a low-stress job, as well as your numbers and literacy skills will come in handy.

So, you can accept jobs from various companies across the world. But be sure to verify the legitimacy of the companies before transferring your bank details. The anticipated potential earnings will be Rs 300 to Rs 1,500 per hour.

4. Jobs for College Students: Translation Jobs

If you are a student studying multiple languages, you can earn money as a translator in the meantime. There is a high demand for people with various language skills to translate documents, voicemail messages, and much more.

You can get in touch with various translation agencies and freelance jobs. Graduating in a language in college may pay more than you realize. Translation rates per word in the US, for example, tend to be between Rupees 1 and Rupees 4 per word, but some languages are also very well paid, like Spanish, and you can earn up to Rupees 10 per word.

Apart from that with this job, you will always learn something. As there is a growing demand among people for translators, you will have the chance to connect with different people, gain wide exposure to other cultures, which can help you broaden your horizon. The money you earn will be proportional to the number of employment opportunities.

5. Jobs for College Students: Website Testing Jobs

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Many app and website owners don’t want their visitors to get lost and mistaken about their sites and thus hire users to test the usability of their locations. One can work as a tester for the owners of these sites to get a decent salary. The salary scale depends on the length and complexity of the test.

You can expect a significant sum of Rs 1000 to Rs 3000 depending on your experience—the best part of this line of work. You can do it from the comfort of your home, in fact, even on one side of a swimming pool with a broadband connection.

This is a great option among online jobs for students because it will only add value to growth by adding to your analytical and technical skills. Many students gain knowledge and practical experience with a test management tool.

6. Jobs for College Students: Research Assistant

Average Yearly Salary: $43,000

As a research assistant, you’ll be liable for scouring more than one asset of records – consisting of instructional texts, the internet, and public records – to offer the individual you’re supporting with the statistics they need.

It would require a knack for research and records analysis, in addition to a robust cap potential to discover styles throughout more than one asset of statistics.

One of the extra advantages of operating as a department assistant is that there are frequent possibilities to gather and examine statistics immediately applicable to the foremost you’ve selected to pursue.

7. Jobs for College Students: Graphic Designer

Average Yearly Salary: $45,000

Suppose you’ve a penchant for picture layout and have entry to important layout platforms (including Adobe Photoshop). In that case, we strongly inspire you to seek out employment possibilities as a contract picture designer.

In this capacity, you’ll be capable of deepening your ardor for picture layout, increasing your expert network, and honing the innovative abilities that could land you an extra-strong activity once you graduate.

8. Jobs for College Students: Dog walker or Pet Sitter

Average Yearly Salary: $20,000.

If you adore animals, you ought to strongly remember searching for a position as a canine walker or a puppy sitter. In addition to being very bendy and fun, these jobs will offer you the possibility to get outside, exercise, and engage with different puppy owners.

A remarkable manner of living energetic and making a little extra money is to join up to be a canine worker. Generally, pets have a miles greater bendy timetable than children so that you may have a window of time while you want to take them out throughout the day at the same time as the proprietor is out.

You can also recollect signing up as a pet sitter when you have lacked your canine or cat while residing inside the dorm. There is research displaying that pets can assist relieve pressure around finals season so that you can also add even recollect this funding on your fitness and savings.

9. Jobs for College Students: Marketing and Sales Intern

This is great for enhancing your resume and gaining valuable professional skills. Plus, you’ll create connections that will help you when you graduate. As you sacrifice a higher-paying position for experience, internships are an investment for your future.

Sales are one of few professions where your hard work pays off. For this job, proficiency in any foreign language might come in handy. And your ability to cope with rejection is a prime factor.

10. Jobs for College Students: Data Entry Agent

A data entry agent is required to update data from other sources on the corporate server. This job does not require specific technical skills like the previous jobs. You must be a Microsoft Office expert. If you have basic typing and communication skills and a high school diploma in English, you can easily qualify for this job.

You will need to keep company data up to date and make sure it is easily accessible to everyone. Either way, you will need to transfer the paper data into the software or transcribe the information from phone calls and recordings. However, the pay is lower for home data entry workers than office workers—average income: 12,000 Rupees to 18,000 per month.

11. Jobs for College Students: Social Media Management

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Long-term social media marketing is nothing more than expanding your audience through different social media posts on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Snapchat, Linked In, where the spread of the brand should be increased.

Your job would include interacting with page subscribers, analyzing content, gathering information to increase your page’s bandwidth, strategizing to promote your brand most uniquely, generating content for a specific audience, and then tracking the brand’s presence on social media.

With the changing dynamics of social media, you need to stay current to hone your marketing skills. Suppose you have no experience in this area. In that case, you can take an online course in social media management offered by different sites for a reasonable price—average income: Rs 40,000 per month.

12. Jobs for College Students: Video Editor

A video editor or animated graphic design modifies audio or video clips to make them more attractive. The video editor works in various fields such as television, film industry, broadcasting, or advertising. For this position, specific technical skills are required. You need to be familiar with digital editing software and be creative in your approach.

Your director or producer will provide you with a lot of editing and directing. All you have to do is meet their needs and create videos as per their instructions. A bachelor’s degree in directing or video editing is essential.

Even if you have a master’s degree in the same field, it will help you load more. Companies hire professional video editors and pay them a lump sum—average income: Rs 15,000 per month.

13. Jobs for College Students: Business Development

Business Development Managers are essential to any organization. They help the business grow by reaching out to customers, designing new business strategies to expand its bandwidth, organizing meetings with potential investors, researching prospects, and managing salespeople.

You need strong communication skills to build good working relationships with your clients. If you are confident in your entrepreneurial spirit and have strong leadership, you may be qualified for this role. You will need to create effective business plans to generate income and increase your reach.

A degree in business studies, management, administration, or related fields is required to be eligible for this job. Average income: from Rs. 40,000 per month.

14. Jobs for College Students: Barista

If you want to work on your social skills, working as a Barista will do the work. Also, this is the best job for anyone who loves coffee. You can look for this position at your favorite coffee shop or any coffee shop next to your college campus that way. You will never be late to work.

An additional perk of being a Barista is that you get unlimited free coffees. Being a Barista, on average, you can earn about $24,000 yearly.

15. Jobs for College Students: Receptionist

As a receptionist, your key role is to greet customers with a warm smile and assist them through everything. Receptionists are usually hired by various organizations to handle the front desk. Strong communication skills are required for this job.

Besides that, proficiency in Microsoft Office programs such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel is required. The average yearly salary of a receptionist is $28,000.

16. Jobs for College students: Babysitter

If you love being around kids and spending time with them, we strongly suggest you take up a job as a nanny or babysitter. Babysitters are in high demand now, as almost both parents are working parents and can’t provide the needed attention to their babies during work hours.

This job is ideal for college students looking to invest only a few hours of their day. On average, you can earn up to $25,000 yearly.

Why do students need part-time jobs?

As you grow older, there comes a time in your life when you realize it’s time to be independent. Likewise, you no longer wish to depend on the allowance granted by your parents for your expenses. At the same time, college life is when you want to make the most of every moment.

Jobs for college students help you gain confidence, and it nourishes your skills. You develop various other skills during your career and make yourself completely ready to face the world.

Hence, it is always better to search for jobs for college students online and start improving your career as you earn. This adds more certificates to your resume and gives you a sense of pride when you no longer need to call home in a money emergency.

Balancing Work With Your Class Schedule

As a university student, it’s smooth to be continuously brief on cash. Taking on a part-time task, even as in college, permits you to earn extra money and construct up your resume on your destiny career.

By exploring your options, you may additionally get a task that works on your schedule. However, not every job will have a convenient work schedule, so you must learn to balance your work and studies.

Final Thoughts

Most people accept these jobs as full-time or part-time work from home because it earns extra money and keeps you busy. You can earn between $ 500 and $ 1000 per job depending on your type, quality, and quantity of work.

Anyone in their spare time can do them, and they can be done anywhere with an internet connection, even by the poolside, and what could be more convenient than getting paid to do such simple tasks at home. All you need is your dedication to work, and of course a good internet connection.

I hope this article has been informative and helpful for any student or anyone looking to start making money online. The only thing to keep in mind is patience and focus. A good online job will come to you if you stay motivated.

Create an attractive portfolio and work on the best jobs for college students trending in the market. Gain Knowledge and practical experience for interview questions.

I hope you enjoyed reading this article on top jobs for college students. If there’s anything you would like to know about these jobs, do let us know.

Also, if you are working part-time, feel free to share your experiences with us. We would love to hear from you.

Your Guide to Making Money on eBay

Selling on eBay is more profitable when the items are affordable or convenient to find. Often, the best gifts that you can resell are from thrift shops where people make 10K a month from them.

In other areas, you have to go to Ross, hit up yard sales, or become regulars on Craigslist to find the best pieces for eBay.

Reselling on eBay – A Beginners Guide

Resellers buy secondhand items from varied sources like charities, boots sales and then sell them for profit online. It’s a legal way to make extra money or even a full-time income.

How do I find items to resell on eBay?

Sam’s Club and Costco made their marks by selling products in bulk to large families, clubs, and small businesses. Garage, tag move, or estate sale offer the best deals you ever could. Especially liquidations and estate auctions are excellent sources of merchandise for resale through newspaper auction listings.

Don’t forget to check the expected price on eBay before you buy, check the payment terms, and see whether you have to bring cash or can pay via credit card. It is a great opportunity to take advantage of going-out-of-business sales, but don’t be misled.

How do I start reselling products on eBay?

The web provides numerous sites where you can sell any commodity. There are huge generalists — including eBay, Amazon, and wholesale marketplace B-Stock. Some niche sites can also sell a specific type of goods faster. Most sites have basic introductory guides and communities of vendors providing advice on how to sell items. These are the best online shopping platforms for books, vintage items, and more.

How to sell on eBay to make money?

Amazon has over 10 million customers with eBay. It also is an excellent opportunity to make money. So whether you work from home with very little investment or you’re a reseller who sells the most, you are on track.

Managing your product listings

You can use spreadsheets when you only list a couple of items like eBay Ellen. For hundreds of thousands of products, a spreadsheet may be too complex or inefficient. Feed managers can take existing product feeds from Google Shopping and Export them on eBay.

Depending on the feed management system you use, your products may be exported to eBay if they are listed on eCommerce platforms such as BigCommerce. Having a feed manager for managing thousands of products, like Google Shopping, will make your life easier. If your feed has been published on Google Shopping, you can export it to other sites.

Setting up your eBay profile, store and understanding fees.

After you set up an eBay profile, you can get a quick list of everything listed on the site from there. If you want to create an eBay merchant account for a small monthly fee, you can access free listings, marketing options, and dedicated customer service. Insertion fees are always free with guitars, and total worth fees are relatively small at 3.5%. Final value fees vary from as low as 2% to up to 12%, with maximum fees depending on the category. As for why we chose guitars as our main product, we have a good reason. There’s no insertion fee associated with guitars.

How to Make Money on eBay: One last thought

With the number of platforms available now, selling online is certainly not limited. eBay is the favored method because it is extremely easy to use, popular, and has a wide customer base. You can earn around $70-3,000 per month on eBay. So, you can just imagine what you can make if you have time to hustle. It is about what you are willing to put in.

Communication and negotiation with eBay buyers

In some cases, there may be serious buyers, which is great, but more often, you will see people who try to jerk you around with no intention of purchasing your property. Don’t let them waste your time. Try to cooperate with them to find out whether they can agree and accept them when you don’t regret anything. Try to be as professional and good as you can and avoid falls of the way. Let’s say they’d like to buy the guitar for serious buyers, but they want a case or a trap for free.

COMPUTER PARTS

There is a clique of hardworking grubbers at most local thrift stores who wait for new electronics at each turn until they are picked up at a convenient time. Why should I discourage myself from being great at stuff? Our area seems to have a unique vulture since we follow them for vintage electronics to rotate that they have overlooked. The best things on eBay to get your money are stuff that you know of.

BLANK MEDIA

Blank media is probably the most profitable thing to sell on eBay. A blank media can provide high returns on your investment. Usually, one set of photos, one listing, and one shipment can be bought. Keep a specific watch for specialized cassettes and CD releases for that particular song or genre: the stranger, the better.

How can I improve my eBay seller rating?

Your sales or customer feedback scores summarize buyers about what was going on in the past. A high rating means more sales. This tells buyers how easy it is to work with. Think like this: If you see a product you’d like to buy on eBay but look at their profile and see only 40% of the comments, you doubt buying these items. The Same item you’re looking at is $5 more, and the seller of this item is 100% successful; you would definitely buy it from them.

Tell me the easiest way to sell clothes on eBay?

The most popular eBay items are those you usually find online. Most of the highly-priced purchases are non-clothes products. Normally, you can get 20-30 items in the basket, but you can only get ten or so if you’re thrifting. Many people buy clothing for $4 and sell it for $10. The high-hanging fruit has the sweetest results. Maximum profits in the shortest possible time! Big deals take as much time to source and list as small purchases. The trick to finding the best products for sale is to look for a balanced mix.

Who sells on eBay?

A seller can be a newbie or a power seller on eBay. For example, eBay Ellen, the amateur wholesaler, sells lots of clothing at a fixed price. Video Game Vince Searches the website for comics collecting materials & video game action figures to resell. In his business, he sells comic books that are hard to find and exclusive. You can succeed despite the growth of secondhand shops or new products by placing a company on eBay.

What should I sell on eBay?

While eBay sellers focus on products from a niche market, others follow trends to sell currently popular ones. Getting yourself to realize this can be pretty difficult.

Is this legal?

Several retailers require retailers to remove labels, bar codes, or QR codes. Some manufacturers have issued cease warnings, but these are rare. Selling counterfeit items or stolen goods is neither legal nor illegal – a violation can be severe. But be careful if you’re selling something to another person because of receipts you have. Some of the most popular products are faulty electronics and makeup, which have bacteria-contaminated them.

Developing product descriptions for eBay

Shoppers on eBay search for products with names that can vary based on the product. In order to have product attributes similar to those that consumers search for on eBay, detailed product descriptions must use these attributes. The seller must also become very transparent about any product defects and discuss any problems with the product. You also need to clarify what the item is called rather than the title.

DAYPACKS/BACKPACKS

Backpacks are in our categories – especially vintage ones. Unique selling. It’s surprisingly easy to see bags that are out of place in the multitude of worn-out school backpacks in thrift stores. Unique selling on eBay is much like all the others.

Bulk buying and selling on eBay

Find goods for sale in large quantities by using terms such as “large volume,” “job site,” or “wholesale.” You can also access the prices of individual items to see if they’re affordable. You can also check what is currently trending on eBay – it opens in a new window or tab. Make a business account on eBay for reselling products.

Buying and selling seasonal items

If you are willing to hold on to things for a few days stocking up on summer clothing during winter or Christmas gift-giving following Christmas can be very profitable.

eBay Best Practices

The best practices discussed here are similar to those that you should follow in eCommerce and any marketplace. They will be particularly significant with eBay as you will have to distinguish yourself from competitors selling through this channel. Below are some general tips with more information about each one.

REMOTE CONTROLS

It takes a very tiny sum to purchase remotes on thrift stores. They also are very easy to sell on eBay. You can usually find remotes for under $1 and have sold them for over $50 apiece! Remote controls can be tested with a smartphone and shown in just 5 minutes. Watch this video to read about ways to sell remotes on eBay.

Listing items on eBay, so they sell fast

You might already know that the seller had priced this item under half the amount it was worth on eBay, but it wasn’t an accurate listing. After verifying all info with the current owner, you can begin preparing for the purchase. As soon as the document is received, all the details are confirmed and ready for listing.

eBay Selling Format

When eBay launched in 1995, it was an actual peer-to-peer marketplace built on auctions. In the context of this evolution, eBay introduced new options for e-bay. Each selling option contains pros and cons — the method that works best for you depends heavily on your particular business.

Listing and flipping items on eBay

No one wants to purchase what will flip without knowing it, as in other investments. In addition to knowledge and research about the items you want to flip, there are four different ideas you should think of before you buy.

Product identifiers.

In categories such as consumer electronics, health, and cosmetics, eBay requires product codes for all products listed in new or refurbished condition. When buyers look for items at searches in search engines like Google and Bing, these search engines look for specific data called product identification. Using product identifiers, eBay allows users to locate goods quickly in search terms. If you add product identification to your listings, you’ll get higher search visibility on eBay. It’s also grantable for special price alerts (such as when you list upcoming listings below the trending price) and more deals and promotional promotions. Adding item identifiers is highly recommended for optimizing your potential on eBay.

Find your niche and do your homework

Don’t try to sell anything if you don’t know what you are selling. Don’t make yourself look unprofessional, and be careful because some buyers can be more elegant than others, or they’ll even look for a refund. It’s an excellent way to invest if you’re able to fix someone’s broken electronics. A pair of Birkenstocks was returned ‘not as described’ because the seller didn’t do the homework in this area or was inaccurately described.

Start small and don’t take risks

Get some cheap items to start and see how you’re doing with these. Don’t pay $120 a month for a huge bundle of garments that you need to put on sale just so the clothes can be purchased at surprisingly low prices. Start small and increase gradually. Waste your money wisely.

Sell your belongings first

Selling your stuff lets you understand something without having to commit. You can experiment with auctions or buy it now listings, develop your descriptive abilities, and find what works for you. To know if something will provide a sustainable income, you have to look at the process a few times. It’s a good experience and will allow you to decide if making it for profit is ok for you. You probably get the return requests and sometimes deal with a complicated buyer. But maybe you’re supposed to find out how much money you have to pay.

Create attractive listings that rank

For keywords, it is advisable to look at the same or similar already listed products on eBay with rankings of 1st to 2nd. Use eBay Keyword Planner to find the right keywords for your business listings. As you can see from the screenshot below, the Ibanez AF155 recent listing ranks first on search (after the sponsored listing). The guitar was purchased with a case holder with guitar when the seller first bought it. The guitar will be sold with its case on the listing.

Don’t get screwed on the dimensions

Always know what you intend to deliver and how to pack it up. You have to consult your shipping service for the price for the measurements. Suppose the density weight of the package is higher than the physical weight of the package the freight carrier charges for its maximum cost. Don’t be surprised if you had an exact size incorrect at last time and that you had an additional half of your budget due at the expense. Always pack and ship your guitar cases to reduce the chances they’re too large on them to fit in the box.

Playlist suggested: Flipping Profits

Flight provides a way of interacting with a distributor who carries clothes and shoes from the big-brand brands that you wish to sell. Flyp typically charges a commission rate of 40-60%, but keep in mind you will have to subtract eBay or other market fees from those earnings. One guest has mentioned making up to $3000 daily re-sellers. Rob “The Flea Market Flipper” Stephenson searches for a deal at local flea markets, swap meets, and apps like OfferUp. Jessica Larrew resells items on Amazon for an eBay profit, although she sources her vast collection by selling items at local retailers.

Market Price

You can search for guitars with a “Sold Items” filter for what the guitar recently sold for on eBay. With certain brands, the product they sold the week before will be very different from the one they sold the week prior. The only listing completed show will show you how much of it has been unsold. You can also play with the price as the market price move up and down on eBay. A brand new Ibanez AF155 is currently listed for $760 on eBay, but you can list it for $750 (with freebies like guitar picks).

Product attribute guidelines and best practices.

Product attributes define important and relevant facts about a product, such as brand, style size, and color. Specifying items and categories on eBay give specific details. A product attribute is created when a product is mapped to a specific item in a specific category on eBay. This improves the relevance of the search result to what users type on the search engine. This applies to what they would like the product search engine to show or filter. In order to filter products, the search engine uses the attributes about the product to create a complete set of structured data.

Things are harder and more expensive to ship.

Hard goods purchases are more lucrative than clothing if you look around Craigslist Yardsales Antique Malls, etc. One of the biggest differences between selling clothing and hard objects is that clothes buyers often expect, or even demand, Free Shipping. The ink you sell is cheaper at Walmart from a yard sale or direct from Best Buy is more valuable than the brand you’re sourcing. It’s harder to purchase hard goods though some thrift sites mostly have clothes. For people selling t-shirt on eBay, it’s more important that they just buy the best, not from Walmart.

Item quality

To flip anything for a profit, we must purchase stock to sell well below market price. However, people on eBay tend to lower the value of products they like on Amazon. When we see a listing that looks like it might have some flipping profit margin, we would check the detailed information of the listing and photographs and begin talking to the seller. If we look at another platform in a similar fashion (or in nearby guitar shops) for that guitar for a smaller price, we make similar (if not the same) motions to examine the instrument.

Join the reselling community

Instagram’s reselling community is an incredible resource. Resellers discuss their hit and misses. There are also Facebook groups you might be interested in joining. A lot of people don’t sell on eBay because of the fees and the effort required for listing, but honestly, it is a great way to make some extra money and even develop into an effective income. Be a part of one that shares time hacks, daily goal sharing for motivation and is open to all newbies and oldies.

Where can I get the packaging?

If you purchase your items at an outdoor charity or yard sale, the boxes and packages in your box won’t be suitable for recycling.

You can begin by looking on Craigslist for people giving away large boxes or boxes from House Depot. UPS FedEx and USPS sell their special size packages though the larger they get, the better pricing. Always reuse when possible!

Auction-style selling.

You will auction a traditional auction every few days. At the start of the auction, you set an opening bid the buyer then takes the opening bid down. The highest bid is awarded when the auction ends. Vince specializes in selling individual, collectible items so it is a popular method of selling video games to fans.

Tip: Choose an ideal deposit — or the minimum payment that you accept for the item. This gives you control to make sure you don’t sell the item until you receive the amount you believe is worth for you to sell this item on eBay for $1,000.

Find out what’s trending.

One of the best ways to see what’s hot on the market is to look at what’s trending on eBay. Another useful source for studying seasonal trends and historical data is Google Trends. You can use the data to monitor the demand and determine the better time for marketing/sales. You could sell snowboard parts and accessories to a website. You would see a spike in web search volumes from late December through early November. Type in “snowboard” to Google Trends, and you should see a spike in December searches later in November and in early December.

Maximize your returns

The way you present your item will determine whether you sell the dress at auction for a tiny sum or get a reasonable amount on buying it now. You can buy mannequins for your outfits, but mostly, don’t. Modern styles in flat-lying are also growing a lot. Assure that you get pictures in daylight in a clean room and iron your clothes. There was another post about the sale of clothing on eBay.

Profit Margin

When looking for pieces to flip, you need a profit margin. A profit margin measures the amount of income a customer produces, which overpowers the same products. Don’t forget to add the anticipated charges to your expenses. Look for items that offer a 50% or a lesser valuation. Guitars often cost several hundred. There’s a big margin to be played with that makes all of the efforts worthwhile.

Don’t rely on one place to source

Think of getting job sites on Facebook, Schpock, or even eBay. Depending on how much you want to invest, you may find interesting things that you already work on. Ask your family member or friend for things and sell them for commission. Think outside the box and be on the lookout for potential new opportunities. Sourcing from various places implies that if a charity shop closes or that boot sale season is behind, you have another option.

Develop a routine

Don’t feel silly thinking you’ll be successful by willy nilly – it is your own fault. Get more organized and set clear timings for when you’re going to take your work seriously for the sake of it.

Two thoughts on “Reselling on eBay – A Beginners Guide”

How can someone make an easy sale of something on eBay that requires more work? Will they post an item with different weights that they want for other customers?

If you are shipping a larger package, use myHermes as it is less expensive than regular mail and allows larger packages. Charge it what it costs to post, even if it is more than the amount. People will buy it if they want it and it will cost less.

It is difficult to keep track of all the brands and items.

You can quickly become overwhelmed by all the non-clothing items on the shelves in secondhand stores. Previous clothing specializing sellers are used to remembering brands, so they frequently find the same piece again. Instead, identifying items with varying profit margins is very efficient.

Be organized from the start

Take care of packaging and storage. Create a spreadsheet to track spending. Start an eBay Business account, keeping your resell separately from your personal account. If you’re doing it for profit, you will need to declare your income to HMRC, so be sure you have everything you need from the start.

What determines your eBay Feedback Score?

Your feedback score is based on four items over the last twelve months. It is not automatically figured for you by eBay once the item is shipped home. This is from the purchaser themselves. Send a friendly note a couple of days after the product arrives to give their feedback for the sales.

Which carrier to use for shipping

Printing and shipment options on PayPal usually cost about 30% less than shipping directly through USPS. For USPS, customers forget to send flat rate boxes. Local boxes are always cheaper. When using regional containers, it is usually cheaper to send eBay products through USPS.

Fixed-price listings.

The ‘Buy It Now’ way of selling allows the seller to specify a fixed price for their goods. eBay customers know the exact price upfront and can purchase it immediately – no bidding required. The auction-style is efficient and convenient because one needs to buy and sell without haggling or waiting until the auction ends.

Packaging and shipping

Please keep in mind that packaging and shipping might take some time. Guitars are estimated to cost $50 in shipping. It will be costly for your business and will likely degrade your margin for profit.

High-quality photography.

Set high-definition images on a plain white background for the product. Set the illumination sufficiently for the object and its specific attributes. Try shooting the product from different angles and take close-ups to highlight specific things. Use a hat, and you’ll just stop people from visiting.

Price your products.

You can use the eBay appraisal tool to determine the value or trending price for a given item in a specific category. You can also use an eBay appraiser to determine the value of a particular item from this type of category.

Product variants.

eBay is gradually bringing together GTIN product groups, which will become more important with your setup. Another tip is to show the variety of products on one page rather than on many.

So, this is all you need to know about selling products on eBay.

How to start selling website on Flippa: A Beginner’s Guide

Flippa is web domain flipping site. Flipping websites have become very lucrative businesses where you design nice online content and sell it at a reasonable price. In this example I’ll learn to sell sites using FlippA. Selling your website is one important task for which you need a marketplace where Buyer/Seller meetings are conducted. Many bloggers who are leaving blogging for personal reasons or professional reasons often use Flippera to sell their websites. But for that it is vital to present blog to potential buyers in the best way to get quick info about your blog and other statistical data.

What is Flippa?

Flippa is the leading online marketplace trading platform. Thousands of businesses list their sites on the marketplace of their interest. Investor companies are typically looking to buy established online business businesses that could improve, grow and sell again for a much higher price. In this article, we will analyze 21 websites from totally different niches that have successful selling on Flippera for at least $10,000. We will share the common lesson you can learn about these sites and replicate it in your business. Please read until the end of the article with plenty of Marketing insight.

How does Flippa work?

Flippa is a popular platform to buy and to sell digital assets called Flippa that specializes in online website purchase and. Sales become competitive so we are very scared. Transferring a website is not the same as exchanging some actual thing and therefore trust and security are far more important than if you just sell something. What you need to know about FlippA is below & you are on your way to the top. Make a determination as to whether it fits your online business. You will learn buying and selling digital assets – and using the platform for getting around the globe.

Are there any other sites like Flippa?

A few months ago when I browsed Flippa.com i discovered a small content site with decent organic traffic. The buyer disappeared from the earth. No money had ever been inescrow. I’m lucky I have not lost anything. But it turns out I’m not the only one that is disappointed from this website. So I did my own investigation so that I could put this list together. Maybe it’ll help you find decent alternative methods for buying and selling web sites online and apps such as Flippa.com. The list contains a list of sites which you can buy, sell.

How do I sell a website and get the price I deserve?

This guide can show you just how to sell your website and get the highest price for it. If you think the value of selling websites is low you might reconsider. There’s between 40 and 20x your daily net income from web sales. This article will show what you should be doing. Have you got any enthusiasm? We start right then! Read this information to get the best price in a website selling a website to get a great price. Click here to read this helpful guide on buying websites. Click on the link to read a copy of this story.

Use auctions to generate job opportunities

Of the people who do not win, a lot of them send me the job to build similar web sites for them. These are typical entrepreneurs willing to pay for what they want. Besides being paid to design website sites – you need to sell these on Snapdeal for sales only. Especially at that time of year. This is hot lead. You send them this message because they like your style. They’ll likely want you to build something very similar in the manner that you have just sold – often for lots of more money.

Beginners guide to selling website on Flippa

Please sign up with your current email address and keep an annual record. Fill in the correct information and submit a genuine profile picture as it makes a good impression about the Buyer and makes him think that he’s dealing with a genuine seller. After showing your website or domain for sale its time for the description. People tend to make long descriptions but it’s not what the description should be like. The description should be small and simple which doesn’t bore the buyer and give the buyer a brief idea of your site / site / domain. The most important part is to set Flippa bidding options to promote the bidding process.

Buying and selling on Flippa

There are some things you should consider before you buy Flippa domain names.

Vetting websites on Flippa

If this is one of the first things that you see searching for websites to purchase on Flippa we recommend only bidding on websites where the seller has previous transactions. In this case the seller did not do anything previously and so we avoided it. Below is a reputable seller with 75+ previous transactions to total approximately $213,000. After winning a listing it is necessary to make arrangements with that seller to transfer all information about your website and domain over to your hosting. The longer part of the process can take an additional 24-48 hours and we suggest buyers use escrow.com to facilitate the transaction.

#2 Learn the art of value add domain flipping

The basic idea is not trying to summarize the potential end-user value of a particular domain but simply constructing that company concept, take it to market with few investments and put it on sale. I like to start my search for quality domains on Flippa in Domains Marketplace. My best experience has been searching for domains that are available for auction with less than $100. In this range I find that I usually only compete on site with the other bidder or two – so there are plenty of options. Here are some examples of great names I have snagged and flipped as websites based on this process.

#1 Sell great looking, functional startup websites

CEO Flippa sells his ideas to future entrepreneurs via his website. He said there’s usually either two options for getting to big gold markets: go digging for gold hoping to make big… or sell shovels and make steady income. I sell my idea for entrepreneurs on my website. It’s so simple it’s how I make money building websites. Aerial Connect is a list of a network of drone pilots. My idea was to have a website where real estate agents can lookup drone pilots on real properties. After finding a WordPress Directory theme that fit this concept I realized I could get the idea for sale cheaply.

What is Flippa?

Flippa is an online marketplace where people can buy and sell Web sites domains and even mobile application products. This web page helps website owners sell their websites and helps other websites buy established websites. There are different types of domains, web sites and mobile apps available online. Owners can sell their business site and reveal a complete report describing the operation of their business page. Websites are listed according to their category and niche they are in and can be purchased through a fixed price list or an auction style format. Owners may list thei as well.

What can I sell on Flippa?

Flippa is an instance of a website which serves the purposes of a marketplace for both buyers and sellers. It offers a range of domain names domain names websites apps, and services through the Internet either in fixed price or in auction. In the online retail arena the whole process is relatively quick and easy. You’ll see different kinds of businesses that individuals list on the site at the top part of the homepage.

Sedo

Sedo is a trusted and respected system with 15 years of knowledge with more than 2 million customers global. They sell some 3000 websites daily. As you can imagine there should really be something suitable for each person’s pocket. GoDaddy and NameCheap have similar domain sale prices but the principle is the same. As trusted platforms they can sell 3000 domain names a day to customers and hundreds of thousands of users every day in the world – making it easy for everyone to purchase and park domains at the top of the ranking. More information can be found in [link] or name cheap.

Digital Point Forum

You can sell and buy everything digital on this site, such as domains, websites, articles and ebooks and licenses. Last time I checked there were about 1 200 sites available on the market, ranging from adult video games to a dog training tutorial. My only concern is that it is much harder to verify the claims of traffic and revenue because you are dealing with anonymous forum participants – but maybe it works for you. Links to the Digital Point Website Forum site to site sale. Learn the legal consequences of operations under these laws by clicking here to read the document.

How did I get started with designing websites to sell on Flippa?

In March of 2015, I successfully build and sold my first startup website aerialconnect.com at a total price of $2,050 on flippa. Building Aerial Connect I learned all the necessary details about starting an online business. It paid off bigly and I am gaining $1000 to $500 a month. Three key elements were crucial to my growth: Building a startup website gives you everything you need to know about starting your business. Learning to work with wordpress and the graphic design and managing auctions pay dividends. My experiences taught me to make money.

Now that you have sold AerialConnect.com what’s next?

After the AerialConnect auction I were inspired and I decided to see that I could recreate what happened with another listing. I have 6 more unsuccessful Flippa listings since then. Below are three examples. I also have developed my own Flippera program. The course covers everything from the Initial domain configuration to the entire development stage to the sale. This includes a development phase in the sale as well as the sale of the auction. Get More Information about buying a flipper by clicking this link here.

Is there any advice for web entrepreneurs looking to sell websites on Flippa?

Alec shares his experience on Flippa selling a site without revenue. It’s important to include some major ingredients in the list of potential buyers. Those include a good idea in a trending industry, the pitch. It is important to be transparent and to be passionate about what you sell. The fact that your auction will remain open should not mean the price of your drones. So that’s Alec’s story and a glimpse into how he sold a website with no revenue or traffic if any to a startup with no visibility or revenue!

Bido.com

Bido focuses on trademark auction. Pricing is at the low end of the spectrum and start at about $15. There seems to be a lot to choose between in order for a domain to go on auction. If they buy and sell, voters receive a small portion. Bido.com is a good place to strike up a bargain. Prices start on 15 per domain. In addition you can find various interesting bundles like domain name + logo. The website could use a major redesign but this is practically the recipe for vote manipulation disaster.

Ebay

Nonetheless eBay is an incredible platform but it is a bit like the Wild West. You cannot guarantee great quality and it may be difficult to get an idea as to what the seller may be selling for. However the auction format and huge choice of options could easily turn Ebay into a great selling site. You can buy and sell pretty much anything on Ebay therefore it is not surprise that websites have their own category (Business and Industrial > Internet Businesses and Websites).

Tell us about your background as a web entrepreneur.

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Website Broker

Website Broker was established in 1997 by two California lawyers. The last blog post came on in 2012 and there were little to no other offers when I checked. To make a good choice on this list just consult someone and use their valuation services to get a second opinion. Flippa’s website has barely been updated since its launch in 1997 and has not been updated in the past two years. WebsiteBroker’s valuation services are available for an appraisal.

What brought you to Flippa?

Arial Connect went on sale to an Amazon seller at $320 after selling for $2050 on Flippa.com. There are 11 bidders out of 69 that sold at auction. The site had little traffic and no revenue but it was sold for over $3,000. The auction ended with 11 bids 69 of whom came from one founder who worked on the site in his own capacity. Get all the info you need to start the first business online by visiting our [link] page. Bring up where you are now.

Investors Club

Investors Club is a limited membership website. It’s free to join as a buyer the only requirement being proof of funds (minimum $10,000). If you want instant access to all new deals you can sign up in the VIP program. VIP upgrades will include detailed report due diligence & the fee is partly the reason for upgrading. Investors club – Launched in 2020 – offers investors access to buy or sell new deals for as much as $100,000/year.

Viral accounts

Viral account gives you access to Instagram, Youtube and Facebook’s accounts. Click Here to. There’s no direct communication available with these listings. There are several websites that offer a high visibility of social networking influence. Here they’s what you need. Flippa allows you to acquire social account information based on the username of your account. Find advice for selling social media marketing services.

Freemarket.com

Freelancer.com is a company looking to capitalize on secondhand Domains and websites. It’s not as popular as Flippa but there is a broad range of prices and assets. One interesting point is that they bought Warrior Forum which has a strong list of resources for making a website. A New Business Directory called Freemarket has been launched by Freelancing.com that owns and operates Warrior Forum.com and Warrior Forum.

Things to watch out for on Flippa

Previously many reports have stated that sellers were simply fraudming newbie customers. As a buyer it is important that you comprehend the risks involved in buying a website. Flippa is not an exception. Therefore you need to do full due diligence on the website and verify all earning claims and traffic claims to protect yourself from swindling newbie buyer. Many reports are made regarding human suffering.

Website Categories and Niches

Flippa has three different types of online assets available for purchase and trade. Their collection includes lists of website domains and apps that either are carefully chosen by their staff in consultation with other web developers, or are ranked by market popularity. The various web sites and app stores are divided into their respective niches and the different type of websites available for sale.

How has your business philosophy contributed to your success?

It appears most startups are growing in size and capital, especially amongst millennials. Sales of software solutions that specialize in web development is also much more successful and can provide a lot more money. I’m glad I found Flippa because it’s given me the opportunity to “sell the shovels”. I’m not suggesting the next Instagram or Google is impossible but it has helped me get better results.

Flippa Selling Tips

If you want sale services Flippa is a safe and reliable service for businesses. Every minute the companies sell. Are you looking for ways to advertise a small business to potential buyers? What should be an e-commerce website to attract such buyers? You’re in a logical place for this job. Use this application quickly to post your ads and connect with potential buyers – using a simple website.

Exchange Marketplace (by Shopify)

Shopify is hoping to capitalize on the increased flips of online retailers. It was launched in summer 2017 and is very new but it provides fairly extensive choice. I really like that Shopify takes great care of everything that’s in my database so I can purchase with confidence. As a buyer I’m also impressed by the anonymisation of the communication. I like this communication a little.

Empire Flippers

Empire Flippers processed nearly $100 billion in online business operations with various verticals. They are now a trusted buy-sell company that sells Internet-based sites. Empire Flipper deals only a well established site and thus the website itself has become their established site. Are there any best platform for sale of businesses online?

What if I’m new to this space and not sure where to start?

If you’re thinking about selling an existing site, start using the site owner’s valuation bot. It can be useful to see what the smaller starter sites are currently selling for. This part is the most tough and you should start looking at the valuation calculator and gaining knowledge about what it would really value.

Facebook Groups

Facebook Marketplace was a good way of getting rid of some things. You have to hunt for tons of shady groups whose only posts are about making money from home. At least I hope they are real but there are real offers. You have everything with the Zuckerberg platform. These sites are not the exception.

FE International

For Online Businesses FE International provides online brokers with strong international connections. They have headquarters in three continents and run their own conference centres. They generally start from five figures to many million, and can go up to several millions. See the pros and cons.

Buying and selling domain names on Flippa

It’s important to take a look at the information and factors involved before you decide to buy or sell.

#4 GET CONNECTED – SOLD FOR $20,000

GetConnected is a news and evaluation site in the niche of ‘Inflight Connectivity’ covering all news and features in this industry. The site basically produces content with very short shelf life that quickly becomes irrelevant. Therefore its efforts to get back links to websites and drive search traffic are clearly lacking. How does this product sell for more than $20k? It’s a 5-year-old site that could still grow much more easily if it expands its focus to other closely related subjects and published content with a shorter shelf life as the site does in its entirety. The firm does not have an active Facebook page or email list to generate.

#3 NUTRITION YOU CAN USE – SOLD FOR $25,000

Nutrition You Can Use is a good example of how you could create loyal communities around your company using clearly-researched and highly-quality content. The website is reputable in terms of design and clean design targeted to closely related markets such as the nutrition market and healthy lifestyle. The site averages 50,000 page views per month with 47% come from social media sites like Pinterest and Facebook. All posts on the site based upon our standards have detailed content with some statistics and examples. Aside from the usual product reviews the website provides also information links on Amazon products relevant to the subject.

#12 LACROSSE SCOOP – SOLD FOR $60,000

It has a shady backlink profil (probably using PBNs) but currently ranks well for hundreds of middle-low volume lengthy keywords. One of the factors in the successful operation of the site seems to have been the selection of niches. There are little competitors in this area and even the best-hitting keywords are on offer. So far the website has been ranking for multiple good search words despite lacking a back link profile. In fact it posts only product reviews and several posts and lists about top 10 best products across a diverse category. It was worth more than $2000 when it got sold for $60,000.

#1 THE DOG DIGEST – SOLD FOR $75,000

The DogDigest sold on Flippa for $75,000. It is packed with content with lots of interesting posts about the dog’s health food sizing behavior, dog breeds pet care tips & tricks. The site earns all income through paid ads and Amazon Associates thanks to its intelligent content structure based on Magazine type posts featuring pictures and content scattered over multiple page slideshows. Some of its links are of low domain authority and comes from other low profile websites or blogs. The Dogdigest has almost 27,000 backlinks from 310 different domains. This site generates over 600K page views a month.

#17 PRODUCT ADVISOR – SOLD FOR $14,000

ProductAdvisor follows the model of many affiliate sites as Wirecutter Bestreatures Best.com and other. It covers a wide range of products including automobiles, health & beauty, household gadgets, sports etc. The search profile on Flippa appears quite powerful and appears to be launching from takeover mode. This site reviews products published and lists products which compare different products and share the best options. The site decided to distinguish itself from others to test personal product reviews. It helps increase credibility and sales. It was sold by an independent vendor for $14,000.

#2 Happy Camper – SOLD FOR $37,900

Happiest Camper is available on Flippa for $37,500 while making less than $2,000 a month. It’s a site heavily built on information about DIY projects with lots of tutorials, articles and detailed step by step instructions for various DIY projects. The website is non-competitive and the majority of its visitors come from high-traffic words like keyword longtail. It makes money by promoting contextually relevant Amazon items as found in its tutorials and by using Ezoic ads in content pages. It has 3.5K pages backlinking from 221 different domain and the most DR scores were below 30. The top 100.

#2 Happy Camper – SOLD FOR $37,900

#3 LIFE YOUR WAY – SOLD FOR $55,000

LifeYourways is among the complete blogs on this list. It secured $55,000 on Flippa which was a very good bargain considering what was offered. The site generates around 100 thousand visitors a month with a combined Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest follow over 50K. Plus it has an email list of more than 120,000 and this is another valuable business asset. It features nearly 400 printable calendar templates for various occasions including Christmas and New Year. Users can even download them for free. The website also offers a Christmas and New Year free templates which can be downloaded.

#18 COFFEE SUPREMACY – SOLD FOR $19,000

CoffeeSupremacy is a typical affiliate site making some major income from promoting coffeemakers and other related products from Amazon. The Web site began creating content around the audience’s questions. It also managed to position as a popular keyword for many High Traffic keywords as well as gain some momentum. The overall content quality is excellent and the website could soon become a significant success if it keeps on the same route for another 12 months. Click here to see if Amazon.com has any coffee on their site and how to buy it without paying. Return home from e-mail.org.

#8 SNORING CANADA – SOLD FOR $23,000

SnoringCanada earns its money through Adsense advertisements and by reviewing anti-snoring product reviews on Amazon. At the time of the sale the pageviews were not very high and the Site earned less but a quarter of its $1000. Because the site has never been updated for more than a year and most traffic comes from highly particular commercial keywords. Whoever buys this site can use the established authority of this site to branch to other closely related niches and increase the site’s income exponentially. The website was selling for $1,000/month and had much potential for growth.

#10 LOW COST – SOLD FOR $28

MovingLowCost was 3 months old when it was bought on Flippa for $68k. Before obtaining sale it made a monthly revenue of over $1000. The company does no SEO and receives all its traffic from investments in Google Ads. It attracts traffic to the website and makes them lead generation via the easy ‘moving cost calculator’ which provides visitors the estimated cost of moving from one state to another. Each time one enters his contacts in the calculator it is passed on through the different companies which contact them via telephone. If a client ‘directs’ you a lead it can earn money.

#9 BALDING LIFE – SOLD FOR $16,600

BaldingLife shared tips and advice when they were having difficulty losing hair or having fun shaving the hair back. The site generally ranks high buying intent keywords but considering its age and amount of content this site’s traffic numbers are still underwhelming. It most often publishes product reviews and comparisons of different cutting tools, haircare products and skull lotions. However the site also publishes tips posts alongside articles on fun issues to include how to shave your heads and about how to shave your head.

#4 LUUSHY – SOLD FOR $21,000

Luushy is a women’s apparel brand website with revenue made in small businesses to sell products. The business is nearly totally automated with no inventory and no full-time workers. The site has huge email lists as well as 60K followers in Facebook and Instagram. The site’s profits aren’t too high but it sells an assortment of clothing accessories and an extensive selection of products. Despite a large following the site has a very strong revenue margin of nearly $2,000 per month. It uses no search traffic and has no staff.

#14 PRO DIET REVIEWS – SOLD FOR $19,900

This blog had everything that would make it become successful. The owner decided for $19,500 which is fine but the site could still achieve higher prices with a little effort. Each section lists detailed product reports of the various diet products fitness products and diet products of the website. All the posts appear thought out and were thoroughly analyzed. Ad placement and type are also related to the blog’s overall theme.

Selling a website to someone else may seem complicated. In order to increase this value pre-sale everything gets complicated. The more effort and time it would take to sell, the faster it would be. Online businesses that are managed through automated process are much easier to sell than a complicated messy mess. If your business relies primarily solely on Paid Traffic and ads you should diversify your traffic sources. Organic traffic is the perfect sell argument. And that can bring even more value to a business even with no actual model. To get better organic traffic, read our detailed 45-page WordPress SEO checklist.

N°19 VEGETARIAN BODYBUILDING – S

VegetarianBodyBuilding has a distinct name from other sites listed in this directory. Most of its income is from the sale of its digital video training module V3, which covers the entire bodybuilding system. All the articles on this site are used to drive revenue to the page selling V3 which leads to customers. The site has very strong back-link profiles and citations for major publications including MensFitness and Bodybuilding.com. In this regard the traffic and revenue should increase for the website since people want to know what alternative to the usual proteins available in the market.

#6 KICKING IT WITH KELLY – SOLD FOR $1.

KillingItWithKelly appears to be a blog with really big audiences from outside. Despite it being a little over 10,000 page views it receives just under 2 million a month traffic. This is very surprising because the blog is currently within the highly lucrative DIY and Mom blogging niches. The site’s initial owner had lost interest in the site and hadn’t actively worked with the site for months. For a 4-year site having about 400 articles this price is not huge. But the user buying it likely worked on the SEO and would try to use the already released content to increase traffic and revenue.

Want to know how we increased our traffic 1000%?

In 2015 the average price of websites sold varied depending on industry between 2.5 times. The “rule” between 2 and 3 times your net profit for the full year is not a difficult one. If you saw sustained but very rapid growth in the aforementioned six-month period then your projection of earnings for that quarter is different. In this section we are taking a closer look at five websites selling for $100,000 or more in 2021. One website sold for almost 5.6 times the total annual profit. Another website barely scratched two time. Traffic and business models tell the story.

Prepare to move quickly

Check buyer’s prior records for sale details and find out if a product has been purchased before. If everything appears okay, schedule a chat with the seller. Inquire about the reason for the sale and give them screen share and logged in with their PayPal payments. Also use admin panel and email folder. Expect to do this research 3–10 times before you find and buy an existing business. When you start questioning quickly you’ll be more prepared when an online retailer adds a buy-it now package later. You’ll also have the chance to ask the company’s Buy it now.

Buying websites on Flippa

One of the most important matters is knowing the primary purpose of the website when purchasing a Flippa website. The more money a website earns monthly, the larger the sales. There’s a vast variety of websites on offer on the site. You can see their various monetization methods together with their asking price of the websites. Once you click the actual list of available options you will see more information and it is vital to review it thoroughly before making the decision. Let’s look for site. It’s important to choose people you really understand.

Selling domains on Flippa

List and sell domain names is extremely easy at Flippa. Just click the “Sell Now” button at the top right and complete the details about your domain. After that you will have to pay a charge for listing the name at auction that will vary depending on the type of listing you decide to make. You must verify your name with your domain registration website. You can even choose if you want to receive paid for the domain name and whether you want this to be sold on the site. For further information about sale by Domain Click Here.

Selling websites on Flippa

A simple listing process is quite simple and it is important that you are as thorough as possible so that potential buyers can be given the needed information or advice. If you want to sell your website more pricey, you can drive its organic traffic through Seo back links. This is essential information that the buyer must have in order to make an informed decision about bidding online. This information may be disclosed to prospective buyers. If you sell your site you must do this.

Buying domains on Flippa

It should be noted that purchasing a domain name from a website such as Flippa should be pretty simple. The following are common questions and answers to be answered about the Domain such as: ‘Investor works.com. He argues he values a domain. Common questions are: Payment type and backlink profile and value of the domain. What i found out when it became an issue?

#7 BRAWL STARS UP – SOLD FOR $

BrawlStarsup is a site designed primarily for a popular mobile game Brawl Stars. It made nearly $2000 monthly on Adsense and generates roughly 130K monthly pageviews. At a sale this website was only 8 months old and his owner did quite well. It shows me great value in taking advantage of someone else’s success for your business. It is filled by expert gamer tips and tricks and successes of players from all over the world. The site ranks among the best for several high-traffic keywords related to Brawl Stars, a quick Google search has shown.

25 thoughts on How to start selling website on Flippa: A Beginner’s Guide

The review is excellent but if you give more information about the sales site from Filippa it will be more appreciated from us. Website Properties.com is also one such website by which we purchase web site. Hello Prashant my Google ads are banned now I plan on selling my website and I will get it for 4000 based on diff value.. but I won’t make a fortune. How much does it cost to participate in auction? 19 $ for simple listings. Hi George KUSH, Google Ads banned. So you shouldn’t concern yourself with the making of money.

#15 MY VEGAN OUTFIT – SOLD FOR $1

MyVeganOutfit is an eCommerce Dropshipping shop that only sells vegan clothing. The site takes over all traffic from Facebook advertising; holds no inventory and completes orders using the automated Oberlo app with Shopify. Because it targets a growing niche the volume of sales will go up over time as more people get interested in vegan fashion options. Sales volumes may go up because people are looking for ethical products that they can use daily in their lives. For more information go to: ah.ectch.com.

Flippa Websites

The website at the top is an electronics-focused website monetized through affiliate revenue and making $1,970 per month with an asking cost of $80,000. Some websites offer crazy prices depending upon value and uniqueness in our marketplace. Later the information will be discussed for website lists that have been offered for sale and how much can be bought. Main website categories belong under: content websites available for sale: commercy and content websites.

Flippa Apps

FlippA app’s are listed at similar prices to websites and can also sell with higher multiples. Managing and buying the application is somewhat different from purchasing the websites and website due to the different technology platforms they are utilizing. This should ensure you already know what to look for to buy a new app. Below is a list of samples for the latest iPad apps and some Android apps. FlippA applications are divided in two: android and IOS apps.

Flippa Domains

Flippa domain names are more difficult and cheaper to trade with Flippa than buying a website – or app. The transmission and exchange of information are easier and more flexible. Check these other Domains available to sell at the Site.

Flippa Website

Flippa’s web types range into some main categories mainly Website types. Website types are: Website for Sale, Website For Sale.

Study the multiples of valuation

You’re purchasing a company thus you need understand the basic rules of how company prices are, which are annual earnings multiples. When buying a firm on an online marketplace the chances of being ripped off are extremely large therefore the valuation should be substantially lower than 20x earnings. When you calculate the yearly income for some companies you should only consider what has taken place in the past 12 months.

Search for businesses at least 2 years old

Keep looking for businesses two-years-old or older to quickly weed through the trash. Unfortunately most online fraudsters numb to building a fake website for more than a year and cannot manage this. With advanced search, you can choose Internet page age. You can also specify the Age of a site. For more information visit this website. For more information, please use our [URL] page.

Patience and diligence are required.

Millions of people have visited these bogus websites and the vast majority of them are scams. Expect to stay alert for new listings for about two weeks. I recommend joining an account and saving your search. You’ll receive an everyday feed of news alerts matching your Search criteria. Only a number of them are truly extraordinary, necessitating careful research and perseverence.

Recognize the threats of technology

For an experienced developer the company should provide you with a major advantage in your testing process. I suggest teaming with someone who isn’t technically motivated or staying out of companies that rely greatly on technological innovation. If you want to buy a highly complex tech company you should be aware of technical risks of buying a complex technology business.

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Buy with Escrow

Use Flippas Services Escrow if you want to purchase via the platform. Set a time limit of 7 days in an escrow account. This means the business, mail and Twitter account – on the first day – is handed over to you. Then spend the time to verify what’s legally true for each transaction before you issue the proceeds.

Find a business you can run.

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Common Flippa Seller Fees

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What should I do after someone buys my domain name?

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How Do I Get More Views on YouTube: 44 Easy Tips

There are more than 150 million channels on YouTube, but there are still many opportunities for every creator to increase the audience for their YouTube channel. Our goal is to know the most useful and most effective method for getting more views on youtube as part of their YouTube campaign.

Remember that the majority of viewers who visit the site love watching a good quality video. Understand the goals of your audience and amplify these videos so that they flock to your channel.

How do I make a video on YouTube?

Be sure to prepare your video before creating it. Produce a storyboard introducing different chapters and scenes of the video. Try to keep your language interesting for your reader. Incorporate a branding element to your video backdrop and thumbnail to increase the quality of CCTV.

If you are starring in the video or acting, it is really important to prepare and practice to make the real thing go out without fuss. Once you have mastered editing a video, why not try the live chat for an audience? It’s also possible to upload photos and videos which include a headline and description for an audience.

How do I get more views on YouTube?

Let’s delve right in and learn how you can increase the number of views per YouTub channel.

Only 9% of small businesses have accessed Google, even though this is one billion in total. If a video you upload doesn’t get the desired viewers, it’s probably because some things have gone wrong. In this article, we will review the various ways you can generate views in your YouTube videos.

We’ll cover some of the fundamental things that will help you over the long term and some unique tactics that help you produce faster results with your target audience.

By the end of the blog post, you will have good confidence if you know what needs to be done.

1. Boost viewing metrics with viewing loops

Since 2012 YT prioritized watch time as its main performance metric; channels and videos with longer watch durations will likely increase the ranking on Google searches and recommendations. A viewing loop allows someone to read your videos more easily and watch the content they have created. It creates a loop in which someone keeps coming back.

Using the Bridge Method in card networks can significantly increase the viewing time for your video session and the session time during your viewing experience simultaneously. It could be done by studying the retention of people in the content of one of your videos. Where data retention drops in such cases, insert in another video that sends people to another video.

2. Niche down

YouTube earns money in advertisements. It is in their interest to keep people on their platform to show more advertisements. If you’re watching a video on cooking ribeye, then most of the suggestions in the sidebar are steak recipes and how-tos for other cuts of beef.

While it’s impossible to guarantee a place on this video, you could increase your chances by showing another related video to your account. So it pays to focus on one topic when you start your career. Don’t start a cooking show. Try to find someone to watch a series regarding grilling. It increases your chances of being recommended on their video and in the sidebar.

3. Write a blog post to accompany each video

Wouldn’t it be nice for you to have someone blog about when you publish a blog post? It’s an easy way to introduce your website visitors to your channel and drive an increase in viewership.

And adding a video allows the developer to enhance the overall user experience better and reduce costs. And since you are already writing your script, the effort required to create a corresponding blog post will be very low. Let’s not forget the potential SEO benefits. In other words, embedding a YouTube video at the end of a blog post is an effective tool to tell Google and Bing you go the extra mile to provide value to users.

4. Embed your videos in relevant blog posts

If you have an online blog, you should embed all relevant video into the website. Another option is to seek high-traffic sites which will encourage users to view your YouTube channels.

You can access your domain in Ahrefs – Site – Explorer by clicking on one of the links to a page with the most organic traffic. You should embed videos about the same topic on each of your blogs then embed them to drive traffic to the film you viewed on your web pages.

5. Embed your videos on forums that get traffic

This strategy will be successful, but its guiding principle is not to just answer all questions. It helps to locate related threads which have consistent traffic from Google to ask those. These are the most useful questions for answering, so the likelihood is high that they will send in many views to you.

6. Create catchy keyword-driven video titles

Your video title and subtitles are the first text your audiences will see in your video. Research has found that older videos can have poorer rankings on Google. It is best to keep the title in less than 50 characters.

7. Get more clicks with attention-grabbing thumbnails

Custom thumbnails can help boost your searches in Google search results (CTRs). The more people click your video, the more relevant it will be in the search queries YouTube will consider. We’re suggesting customizing your thumbnails instead of simply using a still from your video.

8. Get more views with YouTube search ads

You want more views on your video by using YouTube ads. We have experimented with it for some time now. We do this by targeting keywords on YouTube that produce high viewing periods for us. Using a rate of $0.07 per view, the ad was targeting this specific Keyword. We’re not trying to have views despite people’s opinions.

Since these videos often produce high watch time, it means the person who first met it as an ad can likely finish watching the video. It’s also possible that these people will choose our videos as they like the first one.

9. Improve your channel’s session time

Session Time or “session watch time” is the total period someone visits YouTube after they have viewed an upcoming YouTube Video. If someone watches your video but then leaves, it will damage your session time. If one person has come and gone on YouTube, you’ll get longer Session time too.

Promote your best videos – at the top of the channel’s screen (inside playlists). This way, you show those films that keep viewers watching. For example, Evan Carmichael even replaced his traditional channel trailer with one of his popular videos: YouTuber even replaced his traditional channel trailer.

10. Experiment with ads to drive YouTube views

Ads on YouTube are absolutely the best way to make some great viewed views of your videos. Use YouTube Search to find videos that are relevant to your subject and jot their URL. Now target the videos by using the placement option.

When you start lying on a list with 3-5 videos, you should be able to deliver well to your target audience.

11. Increase YouTube views by building a subscriber base

If your plan involves building subscribers, the aim would be to monetize and high YouTube traffic. At the start and end of your video, mention that subscribing helps reach more people on your social networks. You can additionally find the means to create content continuously.

Creating more videos will ensure there will be more ways you can find it. Moreover, the content allows users to be informed whenever and wherever you release information. If you create continuous content, you should be rewarded for a long time since it will still be relevant to future audiences.

12. Write a winning description

The first sentence in your video description is the most important. This is an amazing place to encourage your viewers to see more other videos by subscribing more closely to your channel and more.

A nice description makes YouTube know about your content better. The description box is also an excellent micro-website that you can use to optimize your video.

13. Get familiar with YouTube SEO

YouTube uses several ranking signals to organize search results. Understanding the main ranking signals is a critical part of increasing views on YouTube. Without keyword-specific keywords, there would be no optimizing. This is important to note that some of them are more difficult to rank as competitors.

WordStream‘s free keyword generator gives you some idea of how competitive your keyword is. Nevertheless, it can be a reliable test tool to determine how bad the individual is facing. Let us start by identifying the major ranking signals for YouTube.

14. Conduct keyword research for YouTube SEO

You must select the most relevant keywords when you write your videos. This tells the Google search engine why a given video is there in the list. The Keyword is words/phrases that a website user searches for.

If you’re a small channel, I advise you to start with long-tail keywords, which often have more words and specific statements because they have lower competition from other channels.

15. Engage And Excite Your Viewers By Using YouTube’s Community Tab

YouTube users are more likely to recommend your videos so that they can join your group. Your ability to generate such statistics will grow with the end of a video. If you have more than 1000 views, you should try the YouTube community tab.

Here members can interact with their friends on the social network by pinning, sharing, and responding to the comment. And if you like: include an action-oriented voice for your video. If your community is actively using these features, you can use the YouTube Community section. With a subscription of over 1,000, we offer you a feature.

16. Make good content (that nobody else makes)

It’s incredibly hard to make YouTube videos and make them easy for anyone to watch. If you are not giving your audience value, you are unfit for media marketing. Talk to prospects to figure out what keeps you up at night.

17. Don’t skimp on your thumbnails

People will often just look through Youtube when they want to watch your videos. Without compelling illustrations, you’ll have no more views than you’d like. Using your thumbnail and trying to deceive people into clicking is a real no—which will cost you.

YouTube photos can go to 1080×720 pixels (16:9 ratio) or use a .jpg. Pna, Bmp files and. gif files to make a captivating, colorful thumbnail that draws your attention and sets up the desired expectation for the video. You want to stand out from the crowd, so it is smart to find what you are up against.

18. Share video clips on social media

Facebook tweeting or twittering users want to stay on their platforms if possible. If you put an email link back into your YouTube post, YouTube hides that email from your followers. Upload a clip of your YouTube film for local viewing. After posting a video link back in the first comment. That way, someone who liked their video on your site can easily find the video.

19. Use the “BOGY” Thumbnails

YouTube shows that about 9 out of 10 of the most viewed videos on YouTube have custom thumbnails. When you have used thumbnails for an article or document you are watching, the video gets highlighted and can grab attention.

Bright Side Channel uses yellow, orange, blue, and purple for most of its thumbnails. You can use a little in red, white, and black in our thumbnails, but 80%+ of this thumbnail looks green.

20. Link with other content creators

Ultimately YouTube content marketing is an efficient method of adding value for your viewers and widening your database of great prospects. How do you get more views through Google while creating another website for the same audience?

Simple: You produce something together. You wouldn’t need to get involved with any video if you appeared with a competitor on their video for some video. Moreover, your competitor would benefit when promoting your video. YouTube is a valuable place for people who are looking for compelling video footage.

22. Add relevant YouTube tags

Ahrefs’ guide to video taglines uses phrases that make the most sense in the video, so it is logical to start with your primary Keyword. Second, include common, relevant keywords from top-level videos. Third adding relevant keywords will increase search volume for other videos or tag them.

You can use browser extensions like VidIQ and TubeBuddy to find these tags in the top 3–5 most relevant videos.

23. Grab ‘key moments’ in Google by adding timestamps

Search engines sometimes show certain critical details when searching keywords or images. Key moments allow searchers to skip to marked places in your video. Google will show these keywords more frequently if you add timestamps in our description of videos.

24. Think hard about your titles

The title of your YouTube video needs considerable thought. It’s unethical using your video subtitle so they can click. The purpose of this is for a healthy balance between dryness and dishonesty.

25. Optimize your screen for viewing

If you want more views on YouTube, please use your end screen. Pick a popular video that had a lot of views in 90 days. Find some videos from your channel that someone wanted to look at after watching your favorite video. Show this in your last video.

Links to the video in your final screen: But because your “Next Video” is exactly what a person wants to see, they’re super likely to watch it.

26. Build anticipation for your next video with the Premieres feature

You can create a Premiere page in five easy steps: Create a shareable ‘watch’ page. This lets creators like you promote them after their production is finished, such as premier on a film or television program.

Once you start Premiere, you’ll see the screen that people can view. Before then, you may use this page to engage viewers and promote your Premiere.

27. Promote your YouTube video everywhere

Just because you created a YouTube video does not guarantee you can only do video marketing on Google News. Post links to your YouTube videos on all of your digital assets. Try uploading a snippet of links on Instagram.

If you ever encounter influencers who might be interested in your video, you may send an email to them with the possibility that they might like it. Don’t be afraid to tell everyone what new you have to offer.

28. Share videos on Quora, Reddit, and Forums

Online communities are very helpful for promoting YouTube Videos. Because people in some communities have burning questions able to be answered with your video. For example, you have a video where you talk about Paleo freezing meals. You can link to it in the thread.

29. Use the MVC Formula for video tags

The MVC stands for: “Main Keyword,” “Variations,” and “Category.” You may use the main Keyword as your initial or second tag. These keywords can improve YouTube’s knowledge of your video’s topic.

30. Upload videos when your audience is on YouTube

YouTube doesn’t know if most people are online. Testing for a few days and periods to find out which is right for the channel. You can even use a tool like VidIQ to find time and place to post.

The real answer is when your subscriber is on YouTube at the best time to upload videos on the site: Tuesday at 3 pm or Sunday at 6.

31. Optimize your video title

Google takes in more than one of its search algorithms to choose the best videos available. YouTube penalizes videos with content that includes phrases they could not find relevant online. Try to achieve a balance between effective, informative, and attention-grabbing material.

YouTuber Graham Cochrane determines the keywords by entering potential keywords in the search bar. You can also use free keyword software such as Google Trends and Google Ads Keyword Planner. For more free YouTube views, you need the title and descriptions of your video to appeal to viewers. Keep your titles between the length of 80 and 90 characters, and keep your titles under the length of 80 and 90 words.

32. Optimize your channel

YouTube is a free app that allows optimizing your video. Create a strong brand aesthetic. Add your social channels and link to your homepage and a way of getting in touch. Add keywords to your channel descriptions so that viewers know more about your brand.

Finally, enable related channels to increase the visibility of our YouTube Channels and enhance your channel’s Profile Images. In summary, make sure that you have everything complete. Make sure to optimize your channels and that the information is comprehensive. If possible, you should avoid putting off related channels’.

33. Optimize your videos for visibility

Videos on Youtube rank 70% of all searches on Google. YouTube is the second-most searched search engine in the world in its own right. Make no use of any keyword. It does make sense. Think of your YouTube videos like any other piece of content where you need a good search engine optimization solution.

The above methods and guidelines of using SEO on YouTube make your profile more searchable on Google. For example, use keywords in your video descriptions or videos to ensure you use the best possible way to optimize your content.

34. Optimize your thumbnail image

Your thumbnail image can help you increase your view on Facebook and Twitter. Use high-quality photos that feature legible and entertaining fonts and facial close-ups. Use your thumbnail to reflect on your title and description to increase the number of people who watched the video. The thumbnail image is like a hero image and can be added to the organic pages, suggested videos section, or posted online for increased fans.

35. Transcribe Your Videos

YouTube provides complete closed captions in which transcripts can be added as subtitles. Viewers can toggle subtitles off to their preference. Translated scripts will help someone with another language ability understand your videos more.

Those documents may be saved in the form of a document with time information to enable text to be in the proper time on your video. After Uploading Yourself on YouTube or any other video platform, please double-check the timings are right and Voila – you have a closed caption video. T

ranscriptions can be a good idea if you want to market your videos online to the outside world. See our Guide to Close captioning options on YouTube.

36. Add a watermark to your videos

In addition to the watermarking, you can increase their subscribers to your YouTube channel or get unlimited views for your channel if you share a watermark with another video. The reader will be prompted to subscribe if they hover their mouse across the image.

Shopify’s YouTube channel has selected a subscribe watermark. A watermark with a radius of 50 and a half pixels is required to add for your YouTube. You will have to verify your account on YouTube to access watermarked images in your channel.

Tip: Plan A. To fit. : transparent – over 50 x 50 pixels. As YouTube shrinks down the watermark when displaying them in the center of a video, make a bigger one.

37. Post links to your videos on your social media profiles

Promoting on multiple platforms can be amazing for a video and get the video viewed. Share this link as a tweet or put it to the description of your profile to increase your views. Additionally, by pushing Facebook traffic to YouTube, you’ll favor algorithms by becoming the source of many session starts.

Sessions beginning on your video will result in a more favorable organic ranking and more appearances in the suggest views Section, which will be more likely being in the suggest views section of the video. For example, Sessions begin on a video that brings users to YouTube to watch the video or create a session of sessions that originate on certain videos.

38. Build relationships with your viewers

Audience involvement is just another term to build trust. Engaging with other YouTububers will improve your chance of understanding your business. The end goal here is simply the realistic route in terms of increasing Youtube viewers naturally and sustainably.

Download the free 30 days plan to grow your YouTube Followers quickly and see your success after a month. Get real results after a month with a daily workbook of challenges that will help kickstart your channel growth and track your success.

39. Run a contest or giveaway

Run a YouTube competition to encourage people to add to your site. How can I win a contest on Instagram? Be careful when hosting often used Twitter contests. After conducting a contest, wait a long time and look at the subscriber drop-off rate and several engagements.

If you do not have interested subscribers, you could only attract people who want free prize money. Learn how to simplify the format in a free contest. Have viewers like your video or leave a comment and subscribe to your channel to participate.

40. Reach out to industry influencers

Influencers exist everywhere, not only in the world of fashion and fitness. A positive endorsement by a trustworthy influencer helps strengthen your brand authority. When you try to grow your business through content marketing the authority is crucial.

If you doubt the effectiveness of influencer marketing in your specific industry, do a little digging and try to contact them.

41. Understand the importance of ”watch time.”

YouTube algorithms are complicated, but the most relevant thing to understand is that they’re heavily based on ”watch time.” The better your videos are, the more time people watch. Your channel may also earn ”watch time credits referring readers to other videos.

Like an affiliate. Focus on retaining viewers as long as you can and have no fear of promoting other YouTube channels in your niche. The better videos, the more people watch them, so youtube prefers your videos and your channel. Your Watch Time will therefore be longer, and YouTube is favoring your videos.

42. Use metadata to get recommended after a popular video

YouTube’s primary goal is to keep fans connected to the platform for as much as possible. But when choosing keywords, think like the librarian. Please describe the theme of this video and its overall category. Think about all the other words someone might use.

Are your thoughts on an in-depth interview? You can check out competitor websites to see what keywords are used by right-clicking on the webpage and selecting View Source.

43. Create beautiful thumbnail images

Good thumbnails are eye-opening, persuasive, relevant to your brand, and accurately represent the content of your movie. YouTube said about 90 percent of the top-performing videos on the site utilize it.

There are also tools like Canva, which can be used to make thumbnail designs. Remember, thumbnails are a great way to get your viewer’s attention on YouTube.

44. Use guest YouTubers

YouTube guests and other notable guests may be in the right mood to gain your following. Give a link to a video or website in your description, and you can begin a beneficial relationship on reciprocity.

YouTube’s bottom line is to keep users on the platform. The more users will see the videos, the higher profits. The internet is an amazing tool for increasing your subscriber and viewing count.

And that’s how you can increase views on your YouTube videos. So, which trick are you using?

How Do I Drive Traffic To My Website: Easy Tips and Tricks

What is Website Traffic?

Your website analytics tells you how many web page visitors a page has. The more the website traffic, the more opportunities there are for converting. You may also see that higher traffic means lower conversion rates. It could be because traffic isn’t as targeted as there may not be many highly qualified leads that are likely to buy your product or services.

The idea is that although more traffic is coming to your site, it won’t. The number of page views and the number of unique page views are often the same as the number of people visiting your site happens multiple times or once.

How can I increase my website traffic?

With the help of tools like Facebook and Twitter, the number of website traffic your website will have increases. You also get an insight into how expert website traffic works.

You can discover how much traffic you have and what you want to get. And we’ll also incorporate website traffic checker tools to tell you what you need and how much it costs to get traffic to your store. Use these tools to analyze your shop’s traffic history.

More emphasis on internet marketing is a common goal by many business owners. You wouldn’t gain enough customers if someone did not find and use your website.

In this post, you’ll learn just how to get recognized online so you can boost your visibility. It will be your online showcase where the visitor can see how the company operates.

How can I increase my website traffic without SEO?

It is also helpful to diversify website traffic when the search engine is scarce. We will look at the best ways to increase online traffic with no SEO, but you won’t ’embarrass’ yourself with some algorithm change again. Here are a few useful tips you can apply right now.

Also, we are looking at practical steps you could take to get back into the game. For example, podcasts could help you grow your business without relying on a search engine to get more traffic.

1. Add share triggers to your content

Share Pushes are what you create on your site for people to share.

And Share Trigger is one of the main reasons why an infographic is so successful.

2. Create a useful industry tool or content

An easy way to increase website traffic is to promote material/tools on LinkedIn Groups or other forums where people from the industry interact. Offer products and tools in exchange for a user’s contact details so that you have optimal ROI and find new customers.

Create other tools and content that could help other industries, then offer them free on your websites.

3. Use advertising to increase website traffic

Advertising through paid search, social media, and display ads are effective ways to increase website traffic. Every option comes with upsides and downsides, and it is important to plan out your budget and goals before making huge investments. For instance, it’s vital to use one campaign and several ad groups with specific keywords you want to target when doing PPC ads.

Once a campaign begins, it shows how customers behave with various keywords. One keyword may only have impressions that did not lead to increased traffic, while another resulted in clicks and conversions or other keywords which did not lead to increased traffic.

The best way to increase website traffic

Building your social media strategy will allow you to get more users and expand brand awareness.

1. Perform keyword research

Keywords should be used in the first place and do not be buried deep down in content in such a way as to detract from the main ideas or distract readers. It is important to use keywords throughout the content, such as the meta-descriptions, the homepage title, URLs headers, and a few times throughout the piece.

You may do keyword research using tools like Moz and Ahrefs. If you want to show some SEO services on a company’s websites, such as ePages and Google, consider outsourcing them. The most significant thing is to add relevant keywords to your articles, such as a title and an article meta description.

2. Start a referral program

Successful reselling depends on a belief that people become four times more likely to hear from a friend to purchase. Dropbox’s Referral program has increased users’ numbers by 3900% in just 15 months. To create effective referral programs, your incentive must be attractive or compelling.

Ideally, it may be a discount, upgrade or free sample, or credit—something that motivates customers to actively share your website with your existing customer bases, such as Facebook users and Dropbox users. For instance, the dual-sided Dropbox program which rewards both new and old users with increased storage space.

3. Advertise

Paid Search Advertising – Social Media Advertising and display advertisements provide excellent ways to attract visitors. Adapt your paid strategy to your objective. Think clearly about your targets. If you hope to gain more traffic to your site will also lead to a lot more sales.

You’ll need high-impact keywords. Competition for these search phrases can be fierce (and expensive), but their rewards can be worth it. Try Smart Ads Creator – a program adapted for a savvy Advertiser today that uses technology similar to SmartAds creator.

4. Answer questions on Quora

Can people answer questions about my website with answers I found on Quora? You should create your profile to reply to this if it is yes. It’s not that you should use the whole site as a promotion. Only where necessary should you link to your site.

This might be in the profiles or answers where you link your website to the site. There’s a strategy required: you definitely ought to provide quality answers and look for questions not already saturated with responses. See editor James Altucher’s account for a good example of how to use Quora to draw in curious readers.

5. Update old blog posts

It’s natural for all old blog entries to become stale through time. Update old posts and re-publish them now to gain traffic. Google changes its algorithms and makes its keywords search engine rankings fluctuate from time to time. As a result, the content should never remain static.

Keep your blog’s content fresh and current. To refresh obsolete content, try making some changes: Try making some of these changes: Google’s algorithms keep evolving; re-publishing old content can increase visibility as well as save you the trouble of developing complete new material.

6. Create content that appeals to influencers

For content to hit successful targets, the obvious factor is: it should appeal to influencers in the personal space. Create content that emphasizes the issue they care about. And this will lead to shares and mentions on several authority sites and a boatload of traffic.

7. Exchange backlinks

Reach out to relevant websites and offer your content as extra resources for including in one of these posts. Do the reciprocally beneficial backlink exchange by offering to add another backlink to your posts.

How many people use backlink- exchange to earn big bucks? It is important to increase site traffic as backlink increases your traffic with mutually beneficial post exchange.

8. Write guest posts and invite guest contributors

A guest article gets your name and helps you gain others’ readers. Aiming for sites in the same or related industry helps guide the more relevant traffic possible. Not every writer will produce quality content for a website. Therefore it’s advisable to choose what not to publish.

Writing elsewhere on a blog can increase traffic as guest contributors typically promote their work to their followers.

9. Host giveaways and contests

You can boost your brand’s popularity for customers while increasing the number of visitors by offering giveaways. The prize should be valuable for users but should also be easily recouped in terms of its cost. Once you decide which prize you want to give out, you can promote it on your website and social media.

To increase the ante and increase traffic, you can request that interested participants share your post online or tag a friend to win.

10. Make yourself heard in comments

Commenting on other industries’ blogs can be an easy way to get out there. As with any guest post, quality and relevance are vital. You should engage with other people in your niche and do not drop unrelated spam links on unrelated websites.

Commenting does not necessarily give instant referral traffic right away, but making a name for yourself is a way to build more traffic to your website.

11. Create memorable content

Sites featuring blog-based information provide 426% more search engine-generated pages than sites without this type of data. Sites producing more than 16 articles a month get over 3.5 times more traffic than those posting only one article a month.

People use Google to look up detailed answers to questions. and your content should provide these answers. According to experts, Web traffic in English should also improve as search terms are being used as the ranking tool by searching websites in search engines.

12. Create evergreen content

Always green content is a post that has relevance wherever it is published. Perpetual relevance means people will want to find them any time of the year. If such an article about needing an emergency fund is everlasting, it would never be advisable to list the best stock right now.

Evergreen posts can get users for days, months, or years on end. Still, it can also produce significant traffic in a long time if it is time-sensitive. For example, a blog post about the importance of having emergency funds can produce substantial traffic in the short term.

13. Create viral content

Viral content tends to be brief, topical, and also elicit strong emotions. Remember to provide a compelling headline and format your work in a way to facilitate access, e.g., a listicle.

To think about creating a viral headline: come up with the idea and format it into an easily readable format.

14. Go after referral traffic

Learn which types of links send good referral traffic in this post. Just focus on getting the natural flow of referral traffic from reputable places. Learn which types of links give you referral traffic and help you get maximum conversions online.

15. Target long-tail keywords

Long-tail keywords represent highly specific phrases that have reduced search volume. This is often the result of users’ high probabilities that their conversion has occurred. Producing specialized content means you won’t face any competition to write content with low keywords.

As a result, it will greatly improve your chances of ranking well in Google for long keywords and boost the number of people interested in your product or service. For example, creating specialized content helps you stay in the top 10.

16. Syndicate your content

Like guest-hosting, syndication can broaden your content to an audience who wouldn’t have stumbled upon your post otherwise. Syndicated websites would bring you enormous numbers of new visitors. Start by posting all of your content on social networks such as Medium and Linkedln.

17. Link internally

Internal links build your website’s foundation. It helps search engines determine how each page is related to the site’s content. These internal links are easily accessible by web crawlers.

A solid website hierarchy makes it easier to find search engines such as Google to recognize your most important content or, in other words, your main content. You can, for example, include landing pages and blogs not directly to your website. Your reader is limited to where they land within that page.

18. Optimize for Google’s Mobile-First Index

The update means Google will take first account of mobile versions of your site when calculating a Mobile-First Index score. This free Google software was created: the Mobile-Friendly Test.

This nifty tool tells you whether your site is optimized correctly for mobile devices and offers specific recommendations for improving your site.

19. Use captivating headlines

A captivating headline can make a huge difference in allowing new visitors to click on one of your posts. If your article has good quality content but low traffic results, try editing your post titles for extra attention at the page level.

This will help you make your text more shareable and clickable, even better ranking in the google search engine results pages.

Channels that drive quality traffic to your website

In this second section, you will focus on how to increase your site traffic for your blog. There is not one program out there to create traffic to your site if one forgets about doing it once. Instead, different channels combine to get in front of consumers by driving them to their site.

Some will require more of an effort while others need time and others require funding. In the next section, we will discuss how best to increase website traffic for free.

Go on podcasts

26% are regularly listening to podcasts. If you want to research for the best podcast, then I strongly suggest that you listen as an individual to others’ podcasts. This plan works well.

Foster a sense of community

I’ve always felt that creating a community on a website is good for snatching some serious traffic. Create a robust commenting system through third-party solutions like Facebook comments or Disqus. Do not forget to manage your community to ensure that the minimum standards of decorum are met.

Create dedicated forums where visitors can take questions they want to talk about, topics they are passionate about. Do not forget to remind yourself of the etiquette in the beginning.

Best ways to use social networks to build a brand that’s successful in traffic:

1. Retarget visitors with Facebook ads

The cost of Facebook advertisers is being increased drastically. The retargeting option helps you target users with a single mouse click for an extra penny. First, create a Facebook ad that sends someone to a blog post. Then target people who visited your site within three months.

2. Offer samples to bloggers and influencers

‘Micro-influencers’ provide an economical method of reaching audiences without paying high sponsorship fees. Small to medium-sized influencers have fewer followers compared to big-name influences but see a more engaged audience.

Bloggers and influencers help make sales more transparent. Working with influencers can help enhance the visibility of your site and lend you social credibility.

3. Don’t Neglect Email Marketing

Email marketing is effective, and even a moderately successful email blast can significantly increase traffic. Avoid ignoring word-of-mouth marketing mainly from people who enjoy your services or products.

Email reminders about product updates can improve visibility and sales. Keep a steady email schedule to bombard people with new information from your products or services. Use “word by mouth” promoting.

Increase website traffic without SEO

You shouldn’t just rely on search engines to improve site traffic. Algorithms evolve a new technique of SEO rapidly. The steps we discussed today are enough to make a complete digital marketing strategy.

Using both or all of their effects together can alter how you recruit the best prospects. What’s your best road speed control strategy for now? Share your knowledge of your methods.

Interview Industry Thought Leaders

Inquire about your interview and post these on your website., the interviewee is likely to share the interview with you and share it with your blog, which can boost your name recognition and improve your website traffic.

Not only will recognition increase your credibility and increase the traffic on your blog, but the interviewee likely will share the content too, further expanding its scope.

Implement Schema Microdata

Schema makes indexing your site much easier for your search engines for search query results. They help users to find richer HTML-based snippets that can help boost the click-through rates of websites. Also, the benefits of using schema for SEO include that it could result in richer snippets that can improve click-through rates.

Examine Your Analytics Data

Google Analytics is one of the most important sources of information you may ever find. Check visitor information to see where and what traffic has been collected.

Use this information to inform your marketing and content strategy. Pay attention to which pages and posts are popular with your site, from your most popular pages to your most recent visitor demographics.

Share Videos on LinkedIn

How can you make more traffic on Linkedin? Send videos or images. Post video to attract traffic. Try to get it on Facebook for a similar engagement.

Try getting engagement for the website. Share your content on LinkedIn. Please share it with people. Share pictures or video clips. Share your story on YouTube. Share your views via Twitter.

Post Content on LinkedIn

LinkedIn is far more than just an information tool for finding a job. The most famous and enduring professional social media platform has now become a valued publishing platform in itself.

You should regularly post content on LinkedIn to boost traffic to your site and increase your profile inside your industry, particularly if you have a small or large following.

Create an active YouTube channel

YouTube is the 2nd biggest website globally (only behind Google). YouTube is one of my main traffic sources (Google, Facebook, and referral traffic from blogs). Getting views on your YouTube videos is a simple matter.

Make Sure Your Site is Responsive

More people are accessing web content via smartphones. If you force people into trying to navigate around you, you’re asking them to go elsewhere. Even if you have a basic website, you need to ensure it’s available across various platforms such as small smartphones.

The days of Internet browsing being only made for laptop computers are gone.

Make Sure Your Site is Fast

Make sure your webpage is as technically optimized as possible. The quicker a site loads, the better. The faster you run then, the greater chances you’ll have bounce rates of around 30 seconds. The bounce rate is a significant advantage for your site to bounce quicker than other sites. When your site slows down, your bounce rate will skyrocket.

Repurpose content

Blogs with strong analytics have a longer shelf-life. A data-supported post placed on your website may be repurposed later.

Engage Online

The more you engage your community, the more visibility and visits to your profiles you will gain. If your social media profiles contain links to your website, your engagement is an additional channel for website traffic. Make sure to respond courteously and honestly and avoid mentioning the contents of your website in your comments. Increased traffic should no longer be the intention of your engagement, experts say.

It’s free to use online groups and websites relevant to your business and community — it’ll improve your traffic for business websites. Comment on articles on your blog or in social media forums for any type of content related to your industry.

Optimize your free Google Business Profile

An optimized website will get 7x more traffic than an incomplete website. Google has become smarter. Suppose your listing provides all the data an individual is looking for to make a decision. In that case, they may forgo your website or contact you/visit your business directly- even better than a website visit.

Also, keep in mind that Google is smarter every time they come up with the results pages. You should constantly update your page with relevant information. Create a new listing and maintain it as far as you can.

Build backlinks

Google is interested in backlinks. Backlinks from complementary businesses or business influencers can get your business noticed by an expanded audience. This allows you to increase trust in Google when you have other trustworthy websites. More confidence from Google translates into high scores, which results in more traffic on your website.

Get noticed without a charge on Google. Backlinks increase quality traffic towards your site.

Perform On-Page SEO

There are many SEO tactics to improve each site to increase traffic and to get more business. This includes producing high-level content that your readers are looking for and writing concise meta descriptions for your pages. The meta descriptions appear under your URL in search results.

Knowing what pages to visit and what will result in one click can help to increase the chances of a potential visit to the website. On-page SEO tactics like these are free but need some time.

Google Ads

Paid search results appear first – at all tops of the results pages. This kind of exposure is a great solution for creating more traffic on your website by qualified visitors.

Google is only paid when someone clicks on an advertisement. Google examines all bids for them and displays and ranks the paid results relying on the quality and relevance of the advert. You pay for your website to appear on search engine results for specific keywords.

Post on social media

How do I promote a useful website on a social media page?

Social media is one of the cheapest methods to get people to your website. It also means you’re turning your followers to web traffic, and they will see you sharing some of the content on your site.

The creation of helpful material is free – and not as hard that it seems. You are the expert in your product/service; your job is to simplify things for your audiences.

Learn from your analytics

Google Analytics is free, and it will get data about your website traffic. Use tracking links in your marketing campaigns and regularly check your website analytics. It will help you discover which types of content you’re working on that needs improvement and on which one you should not waste your time.

Include Hashtags in your posts

The more eyes on your links, the more free traffic you get to your site. Using hashtags to promote your blogs and makes users likely to see your content more.

Now that you know how to drive traffic to your website, how are you going to get started?

11 Online Advertising Tricks To Get More Clients For Your Freelance Work

Online advertising has a unique place in the business world. Advertising, regardless of the type of company, is critical to its growth.

There are several ways to promote your business, and in today’s world, as the internet is becoming a more dominant medium. Online advertising is an efficient way to promote your business and attract more customers.

It wouldn’t be incorrect to suggest that advertising is the most important way to get clients, particularly for freelancers.

If you work as a freelancer, it is your responsibility to find enough clients to make a living. When it comes to freelancing, this is the most difficult task. One of the most effective ways to broaden your customer base is through online ads.

You can market your freelance company online using a variety of methods. All you have to do is pursue them to see a rise in your client base.

11 online advertising tricks to get more clients

1) Networking events

Getting acquainted with others in your business or niche is often a good idea. It’s a cost-effective method of online advertising.

When you’re a freelancer, networking with other people will help you find more clients. Various networking activities take place on a regular basis.

When you go to a networking function, don’t go with the intention of finding clients. Always keep in mind that you’re going there as a freelancer to meet other people in your field.

People may or may not be your clients, but don’t dismiss anybody. This is because you never know who may be a connector who can help you meet potential clients.

It is your duty to search online for networking activities and attend them. This is one of the easiest ways for a freelancer to advertise online.

So, you can simply search for networking activities on different event boards. You will look for the same on the following websites:

Eventbrite.com- You can learn about various types of events that are taking place in your region. This site also has a filter in its search feature that allows you to scan for events that are specifically relevant to your niche.

Meetup.com- This is a well-known site for searching about networking activities and fun gatherings. So, you can do online advertising through this platform.

Facebook– Who these days doesn’t have a Facebook account? Almost everybody has a Facebook account. And, there isn’t a single industry that doesn’t have a Facebook community.

Whatever industry you work in, you can always find a community of people who work in the same field. You can also learn about upcoming networking events through these groups.

2) Referrals

When you work as a freelancer, you must always be on the lookout for new clients while never abandoning your current ones. It’s always a good idea to keep your current customers, regardless of industry.

This is because they’re the ones that will introduce you to new ones. This is another great way of online advertising.

Having referrals from current clients is a smart way to get more clients. It is your duty as a freelancer to please your clients with your work so that they can recommend you to others.

You’ll get more work and be more competitive this way. You may also ask for referrals from your existing customers.

Your clients can also exchange information about you online with others. This allows them to learn more about you and your work, resulting in new clients. Since referrals work so well, this is a very powerful method of online advertising.

A rise in price– Many freelancers maintain the same rate or price for their work. This is one of the major roadblocks to their success. As current clients refer you to others, they are, in a sense, adding value to your work.

Always remember to reflect this by maintaining higher rates for new clients.

Increases income– When you gain new clients and charge a higher price, your profits will almost certainly increase.

Encourages you to do good work– It motivates you to do good work and keep your clients satisfied. Eventually, you understand the benefits of referrals from current clients.

Only when you treat your customers well would they recommend you to others. This is an intriguing method of online advertising. That’s because keeping the customers satisfied leads to referrals both online and offline.

3) Sending cold emails

This is a method of online advertising that some freelancers may find intimidating or challenging. You may be afraid to send cold emails as a new freelancer, but it can be a smart idea to send cold emails to your future customers.

When sending cold emails, keep in mind that you do not have to send them to everybody. Just send cold emails to people who are in your business or niche and maybe future clients.

To get more clients, you just need to use the right tactics when sending cold emails for online ads. Once you succeed, you will find out that this is a good method for online advertising.

If you’re sending out cold emails, make sure they’re appealing to the people who will be receiving them. The following characteristics should be present in a strong cold email:

It must seem like you know the recipient– Make them believe you know a lot about them and their company if you send a cold email for online ads. There’s nothing wrong with complimenting others, so go ahead and do it.

Who doesn’t like being praised? When you compliment the individual who will receive the email, it helps you. When you express your interest in working with them, they will almost certainly give you a chance.

Make them give it a thought– Always remember to provide details that are important to the recipient. Only then can that person, or your potential client, read your email and consider it.

If you have some kind of relationship with that guy, make sure to mention it. This is because it will improve your chances of having clients.

Attract the potential clients’ attention– It depends upon you to make your email attractive. This way it makes the people say yes and become your client. When you select this method for online advertising, do it the right way.

4) Industry-specific Job Boards

It’s a smart idea to do online ads at places where you can find potential clients while you’re searching for more clients as a freelancer. Clients are best found on industry-specific work boards because they know exactly what they want.

These job boards are a great platform for online advertising if you are a freelancer.

There are work boards dedicated to specific sectors. As a result, you must locate the appropriate job boards for your industry or niche. You will be able to get a lot of clients if you do a lot of research and advertise on different work boards online.

We’ve compiled a list of some of the best industry-specific websites and work boards for online advertising:

For Developers or engineers– Toptal.com, iCrunchData.com, Engineering.com, SmashingMagazine.com

Illustrators/designers– 99designs.com, Designs.net

Media/publishing– MediaBistro.com, JournalismJobs.com

Healthcare/pharmaceuticals– allpharmacyjobs.com, healthcarejobsite.com

Non-profit– Encore.com, Idealist.com

5) Testimonials

This is one of the best ways of doing online advertising. People trust public feedback as much as personal decisions and advice in today’s world. When you work as a freelancer, testimonials are a great way to promote yourself online.

That’s because prospective customers often look for what your former clients and audience have to say.

Client testimonials must be shown on your website and social media accounts if you want to attract more customers. It’s a smart way to draw new customers through online advertising, but you’ll need good feedback to do so.

Always aim to make the most of your testimonials in order to create a solid client base.

If you want to attract more customers by showing testimonials, you must ensure that the feedback is from actual people. Analyzing your testimonials is a good practice to get into if you want to better your job.

All you have to do now is copy and paste the testimonials widget code onto your website and social media accounts.

To show testimonials, you must first obtain feedback from your current customers. It is your duty as a freelancer to request testimonials from your clients.

If you have a sufficient number of positive reviews, you can simply show them on your website to attract new customers. This is one of the most straightforward ways to increase your client base through online advertisements.

6) Social media platform

Social media has developed into a dominant medium in today’s world. Nowadays, almost everyone uses social media, and there are a plethora of social media sites to choose from. This is a great method of online advertising.

As a freelancer, you can do online advertising using social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

Make sure you have accounts on all of the different sites so that people can find you. Also, on all channels, try to keep your personal details, bio, and profile picture consistent so that your future clients can remember you.

LinkedIn is a perfect place to find customers for a freelancer when it comes to business and online advertising. There are a number of trustworthy groups where you can engage in discussions and network with others, including:

Advertising freelance- Consultants who work in the field of communication should join this community. Media, digital, production, strategy, creative,

etc. are the fields for which this group is good.

Freelance professionals– This group is for IT, animators, 3D Modellers, editors, and art directors, etc.

7) Freelance Marketplace

Joining the Freelance platform for online advertising as a freelancer is a brilliant idea. When you enter the Freelance marketplace, you have a great chance of finding new clients.

Getting in contact with people in your industry or niche is often beneficial and successful. Treat everybody well when you meet people on the Freelance marketplace. You never know who might introduce you to potential clients or who might become your new client.

We’ve compiled a list of a few freelancing marketplaces where you can advertise online and gain more clients:

Freelancer– It provides freelancers with a wide range of assignments. It also allows them to compete with others and demonstrate their abilities. This is a perfect place to highlight your talents and draw new customers if you are confident in your skills and experience.

Upwork– It has millions of clients and offers both short-term as well as long-term projects.

Toptal– This is particularly for freelance designers and developers. Once you pass Toptal’s screening process, you will be able to get projects with good clients.

8) Optimize your website

Your website is one thing that says a lot about your work and helps you draw more clients. If you’re a company owner or a freelancer, it’s one of the most important factors that affect your business. When it comes to online ads, the website is also important.

Your website still takes precedence over your social media pages and other products. So, its design and content must be professional enough to catch the attention of potential customers. Hence, this is one of the most important ways to do online advertising.

Always remember to keep your website updated as a freelancer by reflecting on your work and the results you produce for clients.

You can also keep updating your website with pictures and videos related to your work and accomplishments. This helps prospective customers learn more about your expertise.

Not only that but make sure to configure your website so that it loads faster. Make it easy for people to use your website. That’s because it is an effective tool for online ads and attracting new customers.

9) Guest posts

What is a decent way to do online advertising? Well, whether it’s online or offline, having a strong sample of our work to demonstrate often helps to draw more clients.

Writing papers for reputable companies will help you reach a larger audience and gain more clients.

You can give editors emails directly informing them of the articles you’d like to contribute and asking if they welcome contributions.

Always try to get the editor ready to publish your article before you start writing to avoid wasting your time. Before you begin writing, read a few of the company’s previous articles.

It’s always good to try to learn and copy its style and tone to make it more appealing. People reading your articles will serve as good online ads for you and can help you gain new clients.

10) Starting YouTube channel and blogging

Nowadays, every business owner has a YouTube channel. When you’re a freelancer, a YouTube channel can be a great way of online advertising. To start a YouTube channel, you don’t need anything.

When potential clients watch it, they will learn more about you and your website. And, if they like it, they will contact you.

Not only that, but blogging is also a good way of online advertising. You can write blogs about your niche and post them on your website and social media accounts, among other places.

You would be able to draw the interest of potential clients and become a profitable freelancer in this manner.

11) Join groups

If you’re a freelancer, you can join a variety of groups focused on your industry. On different social networking sites, there are a plethora of online communities. There, you can interact with people in your niche and find new clients.

Joining a community dedicated to a particular industry provides you with opportunities for online advertisement. Not just this, it also allows you to learn about local networking activities.

Additionally, you will be able to obtain projects and be introduced to potential clients.

Well, are you a freelancer? Are you looking forward to getting more clients through online advertising? This guide has genuine tricks that can help you get more work and clients.

You just have to follow the given techniques and you will be able to attract more people to your work.

Is Blogging The Best Way To Make Money Online?

The best way to make money online just might be blogging. Of course, there are ample options out there to make money online. You have choices like creating your own youtube channel, test websites or do online surveys. You can also sell your own clothing line, food delivery service, and online tutoring.

However, blogging might be the best option for you. Creating your own blog is quite simple. Blogging is a full-time job for some people. However, if you are a college student, this is also the right place to start and earn money fast in your free time. All you need is a little creativity, consistency, and a lot of determination to keep going.

Why Choose Blogging And How Will It Prove To Be Useful?

Blogging at the start was used to pen down diary-style entries by users. Now blogs are used to upload not just write-ups but also photography, lifestyle, health, or any other topic that can be self-published. The blog also now helps grow businesses and make a reach to customers. Having your blog can be beneficial in a few ways like:

You get to connect with people with similar interests as you
You can get exposure for your existing business.
You can sell your own products
Make extra cash as a side income
Share with the world what you are passionate about
Improve your writing skills
Build your own identity and gain trust
You get to work your own hours
You might get invited to speak or write on other major platforms.
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A Few Simple Steps To Start Your Blog

Now that we might have convinced you to start blogging, you might have the question, how to create a blog. Don’t stress creating a blog is easily manageable.

1. First, choose what you are passionate about and what you want to share with the world?

2. Let’s pick a name for your blog. Make it creative.

3. Next, get your blog up and registered.

4. Choose a creative layout for your blog.

5. Now, you are ready to publish your first post.

6. Be consistent in posting, have a schedule. Promote your blog post on social media.

7. And finally, you are ready to start making money with your blogs.

How Is Blogging The Best Way To Make Money Online?

Once you have a blog up and running with steady traffic, you can start making money. There are not one but many ways you can earn money by blogging, making it the best way to earn money online. Some methods to make money online include affiliate marketing, selling your products, teaching an online course, sponsored posts,s and much more.

Well, you might wonder how much money you can make and let me tell you, you can earn a lot using these methods. We describe in detail in the below-mentioned paragraphs these methods and many more. Let us see how you can make money by doing what you love.

1. Affiliate Marketing

In simple words, affiliate marketing is a type of digital marketing wherein when people buy online products referred by you, you earn a good commission.

To get started, first join an affiliate program. Next, pick a product you want to promote. Add the link to your blog post, and every time someone makes a purchase using your link, you get a commission.

For instance, you are writing a review post on your own website about a skincare product you used and loved. And if you have an affiliate link for the item, add it to your post. Now, you can earn some money.

If you didn’t know, even big companies like Apple, Google, and Amazon also have an affiliate program. These affiliate programs are free to join by anybody in the world.

2. Doing Freelance Jobs

Freelance services, as you might know, you get paid per task. It gives you the freedom to work on your own terms and especially your own hours. You get to have a flexible schedule, work from home, and have a better work-life balance.

You can sell your skills as a freelance service on your blog. Skills like writing, designing, photography, and so on. It is the easiest way to make money using your skills. Post about your skills on your own website, and you are available to freelance and have a form where clients can contact you. It is a way to make money almost instantly. Whereas other ways to earn money online can take a long time.

3. Ad Networks

An online advertising network is a company that will help advertisers connect to you if you want to put up advertisements on your blog posts. You might need a particular amount of views for some companies to hire

you out. They will display ads based on your content or ads based on users’ interests. Some ad network companies are Media.net and Google AdSense, offered by Google.

4. Direct Advertisements

Direct advertisement allows you to connect to the brand or its distributing agents. You will be able to display more ads relevant to your blog. Direct advertising does not necessarily add value to its add recommendation. It is mostly targeted to an audience who might be looking for that product or service. It is also a better option than ad networks.

We all use google for almost anything and everything in our daily lives. You can also use google for direct advertising. Use google to search for direct advertisements for your blog. You can search by using keywords that would be relevant to your blog. You can then approach these companies to ask for further details.

5. Writing Sponsored posts Or Review Post

You might not want to display ads on your blog post. There is also the fact that more and more people are using ad blocks, which will affect your earnings. You are doing all this writing. So, why not also get paid for it. You can write a paid review post for a product or service. You can also allow companies to sponsor you to write about their service or product on your blog.

If it is a product you are interested in, don’t wait for the company to approach you. Go to the market, buy it, and review it. Suppose a brand is offering you to do a review of a free version of the product. You can search if they have a paid premium version. If you review the premium version, don’t be afraid to ask to be paid for it as you will be providing your service for them.

6. Native Advertising Is The Best Way To Make Money Online?

Another method of generating revenue from your blog is native advertising. These ads don’t stand out from the other content on the page. So, as an advantage, they won’t put off your readers by the sudden appearance of an ad. Native advertising is a paid ad that does not disrupt your content and matches the look and feel of your content. They can be of three types:

1. Ads that are promoted in feed on social networking sites or apps like Facebook, Instagram.

2. Ads that are promoted first in your Google search results.

3. Another type is content recommendations. In these recommendations for related articles, appear below the articles you have written or just read.

You can incorporate these ads into your content for the blog and earn ad revenue. They won’t be off-putting, match the flow of your writing, and are still one of the best ways to make money.

7. Write And Sell Your eBooks

Combine all your articles in one place. And sell these as an ebook online. If you are good at writing poems, you can compile and sell that as an ebook. You can also choose a trending topic to write on and sell as an ebook. Another way is to combine all the photographs taken by you and sell them online. This is one of the best ways to earn passive income.

Passive income is earnings other than your actual income. You get paid from a business you don’t have to participate in regularly actively. An example of this is stocks, rental properties, or book royalties. These are good money-making ideas.

Combine your photographs in an ebook. — Photo by 91 Magazine on Unsplash

8. Teach An Online Course

You can teach your skills in an online course. You can create online courses regarding your skills, experience, do’s and don’ts, tips, and advice on everything you have learned so far regarding your profession. You can charge and earn a good amount for your courses. You can make extra money by selling online courses.

One to two-hour-long video courses is exceptional. They help learn a new skill, and many people will be joining them to build up their skills. You can use different sites to create and sell your online courses. These sites are Teachable, LearnDash, New Kajabi, and many more.

Selling online course to make money online — Photo by Vika Strawberrika on Unsplash

9. Conduct Webinars

If pre-recording an online course seems hectic, another alternative is to conduct webinars. These webinars can be conducted for small groups or one on one sessions. You can charge anywhere from a small amount to a large about based on your knowledge and experience.

To successfully conduct paid webinars, you need to know your content and professional field extremely well. Webinars are also extremely important to bring exposure to your content. One site to host your paid webinar is WordPress. WordPress can also promote your webinar and create forms for your users to sign up for the webinar.

10. Online Consultation Sessions

Along with above mentioned online webinars, you can also offer paid online consulting sessions. Unlike freelancing or online courses, here you can teach your clients strategies. Help them make a plan for their careers. You can guide and advise them through each step of their career path.

You can put a page on your blog where you promote your counseling session. Make a form on WordPress or Google form where clients can inquire more about this service or register for the consultation service.

11. Sell Merch Related To Your Content

We all love a personalized t-shirt or a t-shirt that contains a phrase we use often. If you have a talent for designing, you can sell t-shirts, customize mugs and sell accessories on your online store as well. If your blog is related to painting or drawing, you can make commission pieces or sell your own. We have definitely seen influencers sell merch, so can you on your own online store blog page.

There are companies out there that allow you to upload your design. They then print them for you. Some even ship it to the customers for you. This is a great way to express your creativity in your free time while earning some good money.

You can also do seasonal merch items. You can create a page on your blog for your online store and sell clothes online.

12. Charge For Sponsored Social Media Posts

When you start your blog, you tend to promote it on social media as well. Now, as your blog gains traffic, people will also visit your social media from the blog. Leading to an increase in your social media presence. Once you have a good following count on your social media, you are all set.

You can now post sponsored posts on your social media by brands. You can make a sponsored post related to your content or even different from your content. You earn a huge amount from these sponsored posts. It’s one of the best ways of making money online. You can earn per-post or re-post.

This is also one of the best ways to earn money. Combine this method with a sponsored post on your blog or native ads, and you are ready to be Richy rich.

13. Speaking Gigs

Speaking gigs make you a good amount of money. Now, you might be wondering how you can get invited to speak. Two reasons you can be invited to talk are if your blog takes off or if your blog has a big enough reach. Another reason you might be called to speak is due to your knowledge of a topic. It can be a trending topic as well. You will most probably be invited to speak at conferences and webinars.

So, it is necessary to keep yourself updated with current happenings. When you are invited, you will be asked to talk about your story. And about your experience in your field. This is a great way to build confidence. This is also an amazing way to reach out to people who don’t know much about your work.

14. Write Content For Other Online Business Or Blog

If you are particularly knowledgeable on a certain topic, a magazine or another major blog might ask you to write as a guest for them. Not only will this be good exposure for your blog it will also earn you extra cash.

For instance, you are good knowledge about interior decorating. For example, decorating on a budget or on how to decorate a small space. An interior design magazine can ask you to write a piece for them.

Or maybe you run a health and fitness blog. You could be asked by a magazine or other major blog or brand to write for them. On topics like five ways to remain fit this quarantine, Fruits that you should include in your healthy diet, and so on. This will help increase the traffic of your blog.

15. Paid Newsletter

Another way to earn cash on your blog is by having subscription-based newsletters. You get to build trust with a small closed group of people. You will mostly send out newsletters as emails every week or month, and you can charge accordingly. It will help you make more money.

These newsletters can contain extra content; you can answer questions asked by your readers. You can also give personal updates. Readers who buy the newsletter subscription can, along with the newsletter, view snippets of upcoming posts or merch.

16. Sell Websites

I know this might sound weird, but you can create and sell websites with a WordPress expert. And also an expert at designing websites this might be for you. Some companies prefer to buy already established websites. So, if you create a website that already has good traffic, you can sell it to a company. Now, you can make money off your hard work.

17. Build Your Blog With The Help Of An Agency

Some agencies will help promote you to big brands. Yes, blogging has become that popular. However, working with agencies can be tricky. Firstly, you will need to have a good online presence on your blog. So, this is definitely not for someone who has just started blogging.

Since agencies usually only work with big brands and companies, you might not promote smaller businesses that you love. On the other hand, working with an agency provides you with good security. You will also be earning more than you usually do due to working with big brands.

How To Create A Better Outreach For Your Blog

We have seen many different ways you can use blogging as a way to make money online. However, before you start making money off your online platforms, you need to have an audience. You will have to have a certain amount of reads, views, and traffic in general on your blog. When you start your blog, it might seem impossible. You might stress a lot about how you can be in the top search results. Well, it is not as hard as it seems. All you need to be is focused and consistent with your work. Let us see some steps we can take to increase the outreach of our blog.

1. Topic

The topic you choose for your blog is very important. It definitely needs to be a topic people are interested in. However, don’t choose the topic just people are talking about it. You need to be passionate about it, too, as you will be writing about it regularly. Don’t be afraid to venture out and find new and interesting topics. Find what’s right for you.

2. Layout/Design

Don’t make your blog post overly crowded. Your audience should not be put off by it. Choose a good layout for your blog. Minimal layouts are really everybody’s favorite right now. An aesthetically pleasing layout will not only attract more readers but will also motivate you to write more.

3. Keep Your Readers Coming Back For More

Make sure your posts are engaging. They should not be monotonous. It should be a two-way exchange of thoughts. Ask them to comment on their thoughts, interact with them in the comments. You also use your newsletters to interact with them.

Another thing is you can ask them what they want to see you write or work on more. Suggestions are always appreciated. Also, always remember and never be afraid to ask your post with friends and family.

4. Promote Your Blog On Social Media

You need to promote your blog on all social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and so on. This is necessary to bring exposure and increase traffic to your blog. It might seem like a big task to promote it on all social media platforms, but I can not stress enough that this is how most of your future readers will find your blog.

5. Venture Out

Don’t be afraid to go off-road once in a while. By this, I mean try out different topics. It may be something related to your topic or something completely different. Yes, it is a huge risk as your readers might like it or won’t. But, if they do, then it’s gonna be the best decision you have taken. You can get a new audience by doing this. Also, your constant readers might love reading something new and supporting you in this new venture.

6. Be Concentrated, Confident And Consistent

You can not start a blog and expect it to work out. You have to put in hard work. Make sure you are focused on your task. Concentrate on writing amazing articles and bringing exposure to your blog. Be confident in your work. Don’t let anybody put you down.

Be consistent in your blogging — Photo by Prateek Katyal from Pexels

Being consistent is extremely necessary. You need to post regularly to create a community of constant readers for yourself. It will also help you increase traffic on your blog. Don’t let anything stop you. Put in the effort and watch the amazing results it displays.

As we have seen in this article, Blogging is definitely one of the best ways to make money online. Once you start blogging, there is no stopping you from creating a good income for yourself. Choose a topic you are passionate about and start blogging. And if you already blog, then what are you waiting for? Use the methods to earn yourself some cash. It might seem difficult at first, but with time you will be a pro at it.

What Is A Sales Funnel & How Does It Work? Complete Guide

To convert the website visitors into paying customers, any online business requires a Sales Funnel. Without the right sales funnel, a business can hardly make any money.

Successful businesses don’t just make sales, but they make sales consistently of high volumes. Hence, they can comfortably hire full-time working employees. Despite having recurring expenses, big companies are profitable and smoothly running.

The key to their success in consistent sales is the Sales funnel. The primary goal of a business with sales funnel is to move people from one stage to another until they are ready to purchase the product/service.

In this article, you will learn all about Sales Funnel and how it works. Let’s get started!

What Is A Sales Funnel?

A sales funnel (also known as a revenue funnel or marketing funnel) is a step-by-step buying process through which potential customers go on their way to purchase a product.

A sales funnel allows you to determine and reflect on your customers’ actions at every stage of the buying cycle. You can design a great customer experience along their journey.

The buying decision is empowered through a series of marketing actions like automated emails, articles, videos, and landing pages on the websites.

This marketing model uses a funnel as an analogy because many potential customers may start at the top end of the sales process. Still, only a fraction of those individuals actually ends up buying the product.

When you optimize your sales funnel precisely, more people will complete the journey from start to finish because your funnel serves your target audience in the way they need to be served.

Why Is Sales Funnel Important?

The sales funnel a vital tool that systematically increases a company’s potential. A company relies on a sales funnel that gives insight into what customers would like to purchase. For any business to be successful, it is necessary to be alert and adapt to the changing market and customer needs.

In today’s digital world, people are spoiled because they have so many options. So unless you already rule the target market, you will need some way to show customers your worth and win them over.

A well-crafted sales funnel an ideal opportunity to show your value to the customers. They can get to know the team behind the product, which raises trust, leads to purchases, and helps to scale sales.

Stages of a Sales Funnel

There are different stages like the top, middle, and bottom of a sales funnel. These stages may vary according to a company’s sales model. It is essential to review the different sales funnel stages to understand and create a successful one fully.

The original sales funnel includes four cognitive stages through which a customer goes during the buying process of a product or service: Awareness, Interest, Desire, and Action. This model of the sales funnels stages is known as the AIDA model.

Stage 1: Awareness

The awareness stage is where your customers read about you for the first time. You make potential customers aware of what your company has to offer to them.

Here, your goal is to let people know that you exist and reach your target audience, especially people who haven’t heard about your business yet but can benefit from using your product or service.

Customers become aware of new companies through an advertisement, google search, a blog post, or a cold email. If a company conducts keyword research accurately, it can capture many leads early on by creating content targeted to buyers in the Awareness stage.

There are various methods to reach your target audience and build brand awareness. The tools that are typically used by businesses at this stage are:

1. Landing Page

A Landing page (also known as a sign-up page) is a simple website designed with a clear goal of getting customer details like email addresses and contact numbers to reach and advertise their products to them.

It is also used to show key features or vital information about the product or service. It has a clear call to action for interested people and wants to learn more about the product.

2. Content Marketing

Content marketing is an effective way to create brand awareness. Writing quality articles can increase traffic to your website through SEO and social media, allowing people to see you as an expert in your field.

3. Video

Video is another handy tool that can help build awareness and in business growth. Videos allow people to see inside out of a company and form a deeper connection with that company. It is usually used to demonstrate a product, its features, and benefits or share other ideas.

4. Facebook and Instagram Ads

You can set up targeted Facebook and Instagram ads and find new customers.

If you already have some people on your contact list, you can use the email addresses of your current customers to create a lookalike audience on Facebook Ads manager.

Using this method, the Facebook algorithm will find Facebook users with similar characteristics to those on your contact list who are most likely to become your customers.

5. Google Ads

By Utilising Google advertisements, you can contact individuals who are effectively searching for an answer your product/service could assist with.

Recognize the terms your target customers would probably type in a while looking on Google and show them your deal. You can likewise limit the targeting by giving negative catchphrases, for example, ones that don’t apply to what in particular you’re offering.

6. Word of Mouth and Referrals

Word of Mouth and Referrals will begin to create mindfulness for your business if your products/services and content are acceptable. While getting clients through references is pleasant, please don’t depend on it. Rather, form a genuine advertising framework that gives unsurprising income and results.

7. Lead Magnet Funnel

A lead magnet funnel is an automated approach to produce leads for your business. It permits you to establish a campaign that includes paid ads promoting a landing page with relevant signup incentives, follow-up email series, and analytics that display important statistics in real-time.

Stage 2: Interest

At the Interest stage, your prospects understand their problem and actively seek solutions and ways to achieve their goals. They search for solutions on Google, and usually, they take into account all available solutions to solve their issues.

Here, the brand will develop a profound relationship with their potential customers, becoming more actively involved in learning about their issues or goals.

In doing so, brands start by providing preliminary solutions, allowing them to experience ‘quick success’— and become more engaged.

For example, a customer is sure that he needs to fix his back pain, but he is unsure whether he should buy your mattress. In other words, he is searching for types of solutions instead of evaluating solution providers.

This is where you need content that can attract that customer and tell him how your mattress can help him get rid of the back pain and why he should buy it.

This may be the time when he shows his interest in your product or service and follows you on social media, and subscribes to your list.

The tools normally used at this stage are:

1. Engagement Score

The contact card shows all your contact data. One of the snippets you might find specifically valuable is the engagement score – a tool that recognizes and scores the movement of your contacts based on their reaction to your messages.

You can send better-targeted emails once you have created engagement-based segments.

2. Facebook Pixel

Facebook Pixel is a piece of code for your website that allows you to calculate, optimize and set up audiences for your ad campaigns. It helps you to chase landing page visitors.

Once people visit that page, you can see what people like and then develop customized re-marketing campaigns based on it. You can also define custom audiences based on the pages people visit or ignore to make the most out of your social media ads budget.

3. Marketing Automation

Marketing automation can create workflows that will send emails and assign tags on their own, based on user behavior. These tags can be used to determine what kind of content your prospective clients are most interested in.

4. Push Notifications

You can deliver push notifications to your website visitors and stay connected with them. Push notifications(web) do not require email addresses. Hence you can send rapid and hard-to-miss notifications to individuals who opt for them after visiting your site.

5. Email Marketing

Email marketing is a popular marketing strategy because it is relatively inexpensive. Create content that enlightens your customers and helps new leads eventually make an informed purchase decision.

When somebody gets on your email list, you can continue communicating with them by delivering emails. You can even utilize retargeting to show promotions to individuals who visited your site before so you can keep on building brand knowledge with those prospects.

Stage 3: Decision/Desire

At this stage, a potential customer is armed with information about your company and planning to decide. Your prospects are at the bottom of the funnel, knowing everything about their problem, and they are keen and ready to pay attention to what you offer.

They will dig deeper into your packaging, pricing, and many other things before they are ready to make a final decision to purchase. Webinars, Sales pages, and calls are really beneficial to encourage qualified prospects to make a purchase.

This is the time to offer the customers something special and set yourself apart from your competitors. Small factors like discounts, free shipping, or a free item can increase the chances of prospects completing their customer journey from top to bottom of the sales funnel.

Stage 4: Action

The customers make a final move at the very bottom of the sales funnel, i.e., the Action stage. They purchase your products or services, and you, at last, convert a quality lead into a client through a distinct sales process.

At this stage, you ought to think about transforming one buy into multiple purchases. When they start to understand the genuine worth of your product or service, they’re bound to purchase again and start with the sales cycle all over.

If they choose not to buy from you, your marketing efforts can still produce outcomes. It would be best if you remembered that the deal isn’t lost for always. You can build nurture campaigns to make sure you stay ahead in the league.

Furthermore, you can interact with your customers and urge them to leave feedback. You can have one more sales funnel stage that deals with customer retention.

Customer Retention

Along with the four Sales funnel stages, this stage is also important because a customer has shopped from you and is on board with your company.

A company’s focus should be on keeping customers happy and satisfied to turn them into regular customers and brand advocates. Word of mouth is a significant force, and happy customers are the best way to use it.

Helping the customers with any problem related to the products they bought from you makes them happy and loyal to your brand. You basically want your customers to stay engaged with your product or service, and you can do that by:

Special offers
Emails
Product usage guides
Surveys/Outreach and follow-ups
Technical assistance literature

How To Create a Sales Funnel?

Now, let’s discuss how to create a sales funnel for your business. Follow the steps mentioned below to set up the sales funnel stages to improve your sales process.

1. Create A Landing Page

Most people learn about your company for the first time through a landing page. Capturing quality leads should be your main goal at this stage, rather than forcing people to purchase your product or service.

If a customer clicks on an advertisement, downloads an ebook, or signs up for a webinar, they will be taken to a landing page. It is a fantastic idea to create a landing page and use your content marketing efforts to steer traffic to that page.

It should be able to deliver a clear message to the public about your company and the products/services it offers. It should have all the unique benefits your products will offer to the customers.

Also, it must contain a form for people to fill in their information like email address, mobile number, so you can continue to interact with them.

A landing page should be used as a vehicle to take your prospective customers from the top stage to the next in the sales pipeline. Hence, it must have an explicit call-to-action telling your customers what they should do next.

2. Create Buyer Personas

Every customer is different from every other, and hence, you can’t have the same sales funnel for all of them. People are unique because they have different reasons for buying a product and different ways of making a buying decision or using it differently.

Therefore, creating separate buyer personas for each category is effective, and creating different sales funnels to enhance their experience.

You need to understand your audience accurately to establish a genuine connection with them. This will result in more people going through your sales funnel and a high chance of turning them into paying customers.

3. Lead magnet (Offer Something Of Value)

The lead magnet must give a deep insight or real value to be impressive. It should be something a user can hardly trust to be free and encourage him to become a paying customer.

There are various types of lead magnets. Some useful lead magnets are as follows:

An ebook
A video course to acquire a new handy skill
A free subscription to a newsletter or magazine
A webinar and much more

You can set any of the lead magnets you like and can change them whenever you want to.

4. Engagement Strategies (Nurture)

You have put big efforts into lead generation. Now, you need to constantly engage your leads at every stage of the funnel, inform them about the topics they are interested in and help them slide down your sales pipeline.

You should have great content to keep them engaged, and for that, you can use:

Blog posts
Videos
Podcasts
Social media posts
Facebook Live

You have obtained the email addresses of many prospective customers from the landing page. With that, you can develop an email nurture series to share useful content about your products.

5. Upsell

It would help if you offered something that pushes the prospects in making a purchase decision. This could be done using sales tactics like a free trial, product demo, or special discounts.

6. Closing Strategies

It is crucial to create needs for your target audience and then make clear offers that satisfy their needs. This will increase sales and help in business growth.

Finally, the marketing strategies that you use to convert your prospects into clients are:

Sales call and sales email
Sales and product pages
Webinars

7. Stay Top of Mind

In the Action stage, you will either land new customers or discover that customers aren’t interested in buying. Either way, you have to make sure to nurture your connection with customers whether they complete the sales funnel or not.

Focus on giving product information to new customers and keep them engaged. Please create a new nurture series for prospects who didn’t buy from you to keep in touch with them.

How To Optimize Your Sales Funnel

Missing a sale is very painful. Potential customers can drop out of the sales pipeline after days of content creation and pitches.

This usually happens when a company’s sales team doesn’t optimize the sales funnel. It’s essential to evaluate sales funnels if they are not generating sales.

Forgotten follow-ups, inappropriate messaging, missed appointments are some of the holes in sales funnels and they can be easily fixed. The marketing strategies mentioned below will assist you to optimize your sales funnel:

Use A CRM Software

If you wish to make your sales and marketing processes smooth, use a CRM like HubSpot to make your sales funnels work excellently.

The HubSpot Growth Platforms tools make it convenient to create and maintain an effective sales process that produces results.

Use Social Proof In Your Sales Funnels

Social proof escalates the conversion rate so that you can use it in your sales funnels and other marketing efforts. Social proof from existing customers, credible industry experts, and others can be of great help.

If you sprinkle social proof throughout your sales funnel, you’ll give your clients the confirmation they require to feel confident.

Modern customers have more trust in their peers than the brands they buy the products from. With the help of social proof, customers can understand what they will get when they do business with a particular brand.

Social proof can be of many forms:

Short endorsements
Long-form testimonials and video testimonials
Written case studies
User-generated content
Pictures and videos posted on social
Logos or trust seals
Before and after images
Numerical reviews and ratings

Locate Cracks in Your Sales Funnel

If you aren’t able to make sales like you want then try something different or try to find out the cracks in your sales funnel. Some ways to fix the cracks in your sales funnel are:

Re-visit your sales funnel- Be sure to break all the barriers at all sales funnel stages and make things effortless for customers to engage with you.
Check your initial lead response time- As per InsideSales.com, 35 to 50% of sales go to the seller that responds first. This means you have to prioritize quick responses to leads because speed wins deals!

Observe Relevant Data

Tracking your performance is very important. Setting realistic goals and then calculating your performance against those goals is the correct way to operate.

Scrutinize the relevant analytics, because it helps you to control relationships between you and your customers perfectly. Google Analytics is a really helpful tool that allows you to organize and supervise your sales efforts easily.

I hope that you have now understood the sales funnel and how it works exactly. Thank you for reading this article patiently and if you want to read more interesting articles like the one you just read, click here.

Who Is A Brand Ambassador? Everything You Need To Know

A company’s reputation shapes its position in the market and governs its accomplishments to a great extent. And it’s certainly not enough (or viable) for a company alone to put itself forth in the best possible way. It needs reliable and credible brand ‘advocates’ since personal referrals from real people resonate far better with an audience than words from the brand itself ever will. This is why they need a brand ambassador (also known as the corporate ambassador), who is a person that represents the company, advertises it, and stands in front of the brand as the embodiment of the company’s corporate identity — through words and actions.

Before diving headfirst into what a brand ambassador is, let’s first get the basics out of the way: What is branding?

Running a business means you probably have a ‘brand’ for it.

Branding, in loose words, refers to the process of putting your product forth in a positive light so that people not only see it but also choose it time and time again. According to the American Marketing Association,

A brand is a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller’s good or service as distinct from those of other sellers.

Let’s say, for example; you have a clothing company. But isn’t there a myriad of companies already selling clothes? Then how are you supposed to convince people to purchase the clothes that your company sells?

By creating a brand.

A product can be copied. But a brand stays unique.

But here’s the thing, branding is not an easy topic to define, but Seth Godin, author, and entrepreneur, does it best:

A brand is a set of expectations, memories, stories, and relationships that, taken together, account for a consumer’s decision to choose one product or service over another.

Why Is Branding Necessary?

In a study done by Princeton, psychologists found that it takes only a tenth of a second to form an impression of somebody. But branding still goes far beyond just a well-designed logo. When a company’s customer service, reputation, and advertising work well together, a brand deem itself overall healthy.

Since competition is always brutal, no matter what industry you’re part of,

Branding Assists You In:

Building trust and recognition (including reputation on social media).
Highlighting what you have to offer.
Elevating the way your business is perceived (in the market and consumers’ minds).
Providing an identity to your business.
Validating your financial value.
Supporting your advertisement (online and offline).
Generating new customers.

Branding is essential for the business because it’s what the potential customer is going to see first. But when do brand ambassadors come into play?

Who Is A Brand Ambassador?

In its simplest form, the brand ambassador definition would be ‘people with a flexible schedule who promote a product or company, both publicly and among their friends, as well as on social media on their own hours.’ A company sometimes gives a brand ambassador free products to use its products and encourages others to do the same.

product promotion — Photo by Product School on Unsplash

Usually, types of brand ambassadors are divided into these categories:

The enthusiast; who already loves your product and effectively raises an excitement in other people about your brand by airing it in their community and on their social media accounts,
The expert; who is in a position that allows people to trust their recommendations,
The peer; who is the most reliable to reach your target audience, and,
The celebrity; which is a famous, easily recognizable person.
The employee; who is obviously already part of the company’s own employees.

What Does A Brand Ambassador Do?

Being a brand ambassador means that you have certain responsibilities. Some of them are:

Positive Representation Of The Brand

Introducing people to the brand and the experience they are about to have as its customers is one of the biggest responsibilities of a successful brand ambassador. Brand ambassadors are well aware of what they want people to think about the brand they represent and then make sure that they deliver that very perception. They get across what makes the said brand unique and unforgettable while ensuring that the company’s image stays consistent. Presenting a brand positively is the sun that a brand ambassador’s planets revolve around.

Increasing Brand Awareness

While being a brand advocate, most brand ambassadors also assist in content creation — writing blogs, newsletters, and product reviews, creating shareable infographics, delivering word-of-mouth marketing as well as traditional marketing, improving SEO with user-intent related keywords — and maximizing their organic social media presence so they can develop a voice for their brand is the key to keep testing new strategies to make sure what makes the biggest impact. Additionally, brand ambassadors also stay aware of what is going around them to discuss brands online and increase brand awareness the right way with the right people.

Being A Leader

People like to be led and are always in search of new information. Hence, promoting content and brand online can be the easiest way to become an opinion leader. And social networks are the quickest ways to tell the world about yourself and tell your opinion on a matter. That also makes a brand ambassador a social media influencer. By gaining trust and building their reputation with the help of famous influencers, many brand ambassadors try to gain as much experience as possible, analyze them, and then tell the world about them by staying active on social media platforms.

Providing Feedback And Insight

Brand ambassadors are constantly listening to and engaging with their target audience on online platforms. They gather feedback on experiences with the products that their brand advertises and provide intelligence to optimize its marketing efforts. Hence, answering all questions about the brand and its products to maintain brand identity is part of a brand ambassador’s job.

Participating In Event Marketing

Brand ambassadors participate in face-to-face interactions since the people they speak to could be the company’s future clients. In fact, it’s a major part of their job to build relationships. Event marketing gives one the power to engage with buyers directly. Aside from helping brand ambassadors build brand presence (before, during, and after) at the event, it can generate leads, pipeline value, new opportunities, and more sales.

Other responsibilities of a brand ambassador could also include –

discussing strategy with management to best increase sales in the market,
visiting retail locations to spread knowledge,
recording concerns and feedback from customers and staff,
learning the lineup of the season’s products,
scheduling time with store management to discuss the impact of their product on the business,
posting about a new product on their social media networks,
distributing marketing materials,
wearing branded uniforms/other clothing items,
providing samples in stores,
being trustworthy,
not focusing too much on sales but authenticity.

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How To Become a Brand Ambassador?

From the company’s own employees to popular celebrities, anyone with the required skill can be a brand ambassador. The standard level of education needed to be a brand ambassador is a high school diploma. Still, there are various job listings where companies try to find brand ambassadors that are in the middle of finishing their degree. Other general qualifications needed to fill the position of a brand ambassador require one to be friendly, charismatic, energetic and holding the potential to connect with their peers. Since they are close-knit with their campus communities, College students are very fitting candidates for most brand ambassador programs.

When written step-by-step, the process to become a brand ambassador would look something like this:

Researching the companies you are considering is always a good start. Look for brands that represent your interests well, or try to go for a brand that creates content you already produce. Going through a company’s social media posts is always the easiest place to start with. Also, research events happening in your area.
Having high interaction on your social media can make you more attractive to brands as a potential ambassador. Building engagement is a great way to advertise yourself, so consider commenting on well-known pages or blogs, as well as responding to the messages and comments you receive.
Create social media content that reflects a cohesive tone and set of interests. Most companies look for potential ambassadors who reflect a certain vibe to represent them.
Build a good online following to allow people to keep up with your in-person activities.
Make connections with other influencers to increase your own social media site following.
Start reaching out to companies you are interested in promoting, and make sure they hire brand ambassadors.

The basic demand for being a brand ambassador usually includes previous retail or training experience, willingness to travel to multiple locations, an outgoing personality with love for helping people, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Brand Ambassador Program

To keep the relationships with your brand ambassadors running smoothly, it’s best to create brand ambassador programs. Companies that set up a brand ambassador program are usually confident in their services, have a happy customer base, have the resources required to create strong marketing campaigns, and are active on social media. Plus, starting a brand ambassador program is cost-effective since the payments are based on results, which means that you only incur costs after you meet a certain goal.

Being in a highly competitive industry or targeting a niche audience can often benefit from an ambassador program.

Whether you want to keep your circle of brand ambassadors relatively small with only a few members or form an entire army that can promote your brand far more intensely is something you need to decide on before you work on the rest. Either way, it’s going to require a lot of your time and energy, as well as a lot of dedication. Therefore you need a clear map of what you’ll be getting out of the brand ambassador program before getting it started.

So that’s your first step: Don’t start a brand ambassador program ‘just because.’ Define the goals of your brand ambassador program, and know your end-game beforehand. Knowing these demographics can make it easier to identify brand ambassadors who can help you reach your goals.

The next step would include establishing your criteria. Different brands have different requirements for their brand ambassadors. Before reaching out, consider taking note of the following:

How much has this person engaged with your brand in the past?
How passionate about it are they?
How long have they been a customer?
What does the follower count on their social media look like?
How would you rate their social media interaction?

After settling all of that comes the policies and guidelines you want to set for the brand ambassador program. Since ambassadors reflect your brand, you’re supposed to review their presence on social media to ensure that their ideas go hand in hand with your own. Additionally, making sure that they maintain their own personal voice, don’t needlessly trash competitors, and promote the right products/hashtags also gets covered under this part of starting a brand ambassador program.

It goes without saying that working with a brand ambassador will be a long-term relationship after getting through the brand ambassador program. Don’t forget to give out freebies, financial compensations, as well as shout-outs to these brand ambassadors on your own account, so they remember what’s in it for them as long as they work for you.

Lastly, but most importantly, track your progress. You need to assess what’s going on as your brand ambassador programs grow.

Why Do You Need Brand Ambassadors?

In today’s digital and online marketing work, brand ambassadors can be seen as an essential element to your team. They fulfill the human aspect of your business and provide the genial voice that your company needs.

Brands hire ambassadors to help raise product awareness for the company and greatly assist the brand in question in boosting sales. Their job description promotes your brand and helps defend it — calming situations surrounding any negative attention your company and talking in a positive light.

It doesn’t always have to be a celebrity. They should only market your company and help consumers decide to know more about your product.

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