James, you are absolutely right that producing content to help your customers is a big key, especially in more competitive markets.

Jill, thanks for dropping in!

Are you looking simply for “walk by traffic” or for buyers? The suggestions that have been made to you, in this article are similar to renting a store at a high traffic shopping center or mall.

However, if you had an opportunity to go to a specialty sales venue which was frequented by your target audience, you might desire to go there instead.

Keywords and SEO do not produce visitors from a targeted market.

Continuously fresh content which focuses on providing your target market with information that helps them “rock” is the key. Notice that I did not say information on why “you rock” but rather information which helps them rock.

Your articles should not focus on selling to your audience but rather on empowering your audience. This means that the subject matter is not always about you or your service or your industry, but rather about “their world.”

Once you start getting repeat visitors then you need to focus on responding to comments, building conversation and an internet community.

Modern search engines are “smarter” than the search engines of 2005. The search engines now evaluate not just whether people visit your site but also what they do while they are visiting your site. Satisfying your visitors and empowering your visitors is key to keeping ahead of the pack in today’s Search competition.

The former internet consultant known as Qwerty.us