| A lot of successful websites depend on returning | | | | |
| visitors to account for a major part of their | | | | |
| traffic. With returning visitors it is easier to | | | | 3) You should carry out polls or surveys |
| convert them into paying customers because the | | | | |
| more often they return to a site, the more trust | | | | |
| they have in that site. The credibility issue just | | | | |
| melts away for your visitors. Hence, keep your | | | | Polls and surveys are other forms of interaction |
| visitors coming back to your site will benefit you | | | | that you should definitely consider adding to your |
| in the long run. By using the following methods | | | | site. They provide a quick way for visitors to |
| you can assure your visitors will return: | | | | voice their opinions and to get involved in your |
| | | | | website. Be sure to publish polls or surveys that |
| | | | | are strongly relevant to the target market of |
| | | | | your website to keep your visitors interested to |
| 1) You should start a forum, chatroom or | | | | find out about the results. |
| shoutbox | | | | |
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| | | | | 4) You should hold puzzles, quizzes and games |
| When you start a forum, chatroom or shoutbox, | | | | |
| you are providing your visitors a place to voice | | | | |
| their opinions and interact with their peers. All of | | | | |
| which are visitors of your website. As the | | | | Just imagine how many office workers |
| conversations between the visitors build up over | | | | procrastinate at work every day, and you will be |
| time, a sense of community will also follow and | | | | able to gauge how many people will keep visiting |
| your visitors will come back to your site almost | | | | your site if you provide a very interesting or |
| religiously every day. | | | | addicting way of entertainment. You can also hold |
| | | | | competitions to award the high score winner to |
| | | | | keep people trying continuously to earn the prize. |
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| 2) You should start a web log or (blog) | | | | |
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| | | | | 5) You should update your site frequently with |
| | | | | fresh content |
| You should keep an online journal, or more | | | | |
| commonly known as a blog, on your site and | | | | |
| keep it updated with latest news about yourself. | | | | |
| Human beings are curious creatures and they will | | | | Update your site frequently with fresh content so |
| keep their eyes glued to the monitor if you post | | | | that every time your visitors come back, they will |
| fresh news frequently. Doing this keeps your | | | | have something new to read on your site. This is |
| visitors coming back to see if you have posted | | | | the most widely known and most effective |
| anything new. You will also build up your credibility | | | | method of attracting returning visitors, but this is |
| as you are proving to your visitors that there is | | | | also the least carried out one because of the |
| also a real life person behind you’re your | | | | laziness of webmasters. No one will want to |
| website. | | | | browse a site that looks the same over ten |
| | | | | years, so keep your site updated with fresh bites! |