You might be thinking, “it’s too difficult and competitive to start a new website and do well”
You might be thinking, “it’s too difficult and competitive to start a new website and do well”. Neil Patel, a New York Times bestselling author, and digital marketing guru is here to say that type of thinking is wrong!
According to Neil in a YouTube video titled “The Most Realistic Advice On How to Start a New Website” the following strategies are the most realistic and best ways how to build a website and generate the traffic or sales you’ve always fantasized about over.
According to Neil, one should only start a website if they have a few things clear beforehand. First, ensure “there’s a hungry market for what you’re trying to sell or put content out for.” To find out if there’s demand for your product, one can use Google Analytics to make sure certain keywords related to your product or business are being searched for. Keywords should be popular and searched thousands of times a month, if not hundreds of thousands of times a month, especially if it’s a high-ticket item.
Second, put in the work, “if you can’t put in the work, then you need to hire people, ideally, you should be putting not 30, not 40, but +60 hours a week.” This might sound nuts but according to Neil, that’s what it takes to succeed, and many people don’t want to do that, let alone hear that brutal fact.
Third, users/developers must remember that generating organic traffic is a long-term play. In fact, “you’re probably only going to reap the reward for your efforts, more than a year from now.” So, assuming you don’t work +60 hours a week consistently for a year, you’re probably not going to reap the rewards, but after the first year of hard work, you will see success.
Fourth, “know the Basics of SEO from cure research to content creation.” This means, finding those keywords, and writing out your passions about your product or service. Note, Google promotes websites that write longer-form content, spam marketing keywords in a 150–300-word blog is not going to work. Try and write up at least 1200 words. Content doesn’t have to be written though, Instagram posts or podcast recordings work just as well, if not better!
Fifth, for the actual website creation process, Neil recommends a platform that is stable, fast, and reliable. MyDev is just that. If you still haven’t acted to create the website of your dreams, try building it today at MyDev.com. With MyDev all websites are easy to build thanks to its dynamic templating format and it’s highly secure for customers using HTTPS protection. There’s even security as an option, MyDev users can add two-part verification with SMS code for reassured protection for their customers.
The sixth is brand recognition. One wants to have a brand that resonates with people, especially the target consumer of the product or service. Does Neil recommend asking yourself if the domain name is easy to spell? Saying, if the domain is not easy to spell, then the website is probably not going to perform well. Ideally, one wants their domain name to be short and memorable, a word that sticks. If you need to accrue more online reviews or maintain a high star rating on sites like Google, Facebook, Yelp, or Yahoo, consider using irevu, another application also found on MyDev.com. irevu is review management software that has helped businesses like hotels and restaurants quickly double the number of reviews they have and prevent their star rating from declining. In fact, with irevu, customers find their star rating increases!
Seventh, create a lot of content, this goes back to suggestion 4 of knowing the basics of SEO. Hopefully, you can write tons of content about your product or service without getting bored, “because if you get bored, you’re going to want to give up.” Remember to get started on creating content, “map out the keywords in your niche”, then come up with a plan of what you’re going to write about using those keywords. Google promotes websites that specialize. A furniture store shouldn’t be talking about banking, NFTs, or the pandemic on its website because Google will flag the business as not being serious or specialized in anything as it talks about everything. So be sure to use the Google search console from day one, note MyDev has its built-in analytics tools for users to reflect on and track the success of the website they just built. So, get in the habit of creating content daily because in the process “you’re flexing your creation muscles.” Even if it’s just taking a selfie on your phone and tagging your website, get in the habit of writing or recording podcasts daily!
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