iEntry 10th Anniversary Forum Rules Search
WebProWorld
Register FAQ Calendar Mark Forums Read
Search Engine Optimization Forum SEO is much easier with help from peers and experts! The WebProWorld SEO forum is for the discussion and exploration of various search engine optimization topics. Any non (engine) specific SEO or SEM topics should go here.

Share Thread: & Tags

Share Thread:

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 06-24-2006, 05:53 AM
WebProWorld Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 56
epithet RepRank 0
Default SEO contest to promote your site

Hello guys!

In order to advertise our site, get visitors to our site and to increase our overall site traffic I'm planning to have a certain contest wherein it will involve only our clients. These clients will be required to submit a story regarding their experiences while working with us. Whoever gets the best story will win a free webmaster for a month.

Any comments on this guys? Do you think this is a good idea?


epithet
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 06-25-2006, 10:09 PM
WebProWorld Pro
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Belgium
Posts: 215
Gert Leroy RepRank 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by epithet
In order to advertise our site...
Since this contest is for your clients, how is it gonna bring you new visitors?

Quote:
Originally Posted by epithet
Whoever gets the best story...
Whoever sucks up the most?

Quote:
Originally Posted by epithet
free webmaster for a month..
you wanna make a fool of this guy?
Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old 06-26-2006, 12:32 AM
Webnauts's Avatar
WebProWorld 1,000+ Club
WebProWorld MVP
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Worldwide
Posts: 8,167
Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9
Default

Well said Gert!
__________________
"Being an expert isn't telling other people what you know. It's understanding what questions to ask, and flexibly applying your knowledge to the specific situation at hand. Being an expert means providing sensible, highly contextual direction." Jeff Atwood
SEO Workers - Search Engine Optimization Consulting Company | SEO Analysis Tool | Webnauts Net SEO
Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old 06-26-2006, 05:47 AM
WebProWorld Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 56
epithet RepRank 0
Default

Oho! Another concept of WELL-SAID IDEAS!!!

Okay, if you say so...


epithet
Reply With Quote
  #5 (permalink)  
Old 06-26-2006, 07:15 AM
WebProWorld Veteran
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 370
freetraff RepRank 1
Default

Good idea. And keep running that contest on regular base. Like - once a month. This will make your site visitors more sticky.
__________________
Free One Way Links from Inside Real Blog Posts - Free Traffic System
+ Free content for your blogs + Residual affiliate commissions
Reply With Quote
  #6 (permalink)  
Old 06-26-2006, 01:40 PM
WebProWorld New Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Detroit, MI
Posts: 2
ospreybmf RepRank 0
Default

I have a monthly design contest and it keeps my regulars but it hasnt attracted the new viewers liked I hoped.
Reply With Quote
  #7 (permalink)  
Old 06-28-2006, 03:09 AM
WebProWorld Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 56
epithet RepRank 0
Default

Since this is going to be the first time that our copany will hold a contest maybe I will have to check first the returns and the effect on our clients. Then from there maybe I could already tell whether or not I should have this on a regular basis. What can make you decide to continue doing it regularly anyway? Are there any criteria freetraff?

About your design contest ospreybmf? Was it open only to clients or to anybody? At least you have made your regular clients stick with you...Soon new ones will just come along. Is this design contest still on-going?

epithet
Reply With Quote
  #8 (permalink)  
Old 06-28-2006, 03:27 AM
Webnauts's Avatar
WebProWorld 1,000+ Club
WebProWorld MVP
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Worldwide
Posts: 8,167
Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9
Default

I guess I would like to participate with my web site at the design awards. How will that work?
__________________
"Being an expert isn't telling other people what you know. It's understanding what questions to ask, and flexibly applying your knowledge to the specific situation at hand. Being an expert means providing sensible, highly contextual direction." Jeff Atwood
SEO Workers - Search Engine Optimization Consulting Company | SEO Analysis Tool | Webnauts Net SEO
Reply With Quote
  #9 (permalink)  
Old 06-28-2006, 11:34 AM
WebProWorld Veteran
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 822
Paul B RepRank 1
Default Re: SEO contest to promote your site

Quote:
Originally Posted by epithet
Hello guys!

In order to advertise our site, get visitors to our site and to increase our overall site traffic I'm planning to have a certain contest wherein it will involve only our clients. These clients will be required to submit a story regarding their experiences while working with us. Whoever gets the best story will win a free webmaster for a month.

Any comments on this guys? Do you think this is a good idea?


epithet
You are making a number of assumptions:
1) Your clients have the time.
2) Your clients have have story to tell
3) The grand prize is grand enough to get any entries.
4) Somehow this will advertise your site and increase traffic.

Frankly, a how-great-my-wedsite-designers-are competition sounds - well let's be polite: dull.
Reply With Quote
  #10 (permalink)  
Old 06-28-2006, 01:12 PM
greeneagle's Avatar
WebProWorld 1,000+ Club
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Houston
Posts: 5,285
greeneagle RepRank 0
Default

My clients (as most entrepreneurs and small business owners) barely have time to talk to me. They have to run a business, and just don't have time to play.

It wouldn't work for mine at all, without any doubt.

Ken
__________________
Mountain Eagle Marketing
Contemporary Art News
Modern Art News
Reply With Quote
  #11 (permalink)  
Old 06-29-2006, 11:23 PM
WebProWorld Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 56
epithet RepRank 0
Default

Thanks for being frank Paul B. I do want an honest reply to my query because I assume that in every thing that we do, there will always be loopholes.

Hmmmm let's be optimistic greeneagle...Do you think this thing will not work at all? You mean no other thing that you can suggest to make the impossible possible?

Thanks guys.


epithet
Reply With Quote
  #12 (permalink)  
Old 07-03-2006, 10:18 AM
WebProWorld New Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Detroit, MI
Posts: 2
ospreybmf RepRank 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by epithet

About your design contest ospreybmf? Was it open only to clients or to anybody? At least you have made your regular clients stick with you...Soon new ones will just come along. Is this design contest still on-going?

epithet
Epithet, I was responding to do contests work. My contest isnt web design but car design but its the same principle. I get great retention of regulars but find it hard to get lots of new members since my rankings are so bad.
Reply With Quote
  #13 (permalink)  
Old 07-03-2006, 10:57 AM
WebProWorld New Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Lisbon
Posts: 17
Pedro Monteiro RepRank 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by greeneagle
My clients (as most entrepreneurs and small business owners) barely have time to talk to me. They have to run a business, and just don't have time to play.

It wouldn't work for mine at all, without any doubt.

Ken
Yep, pretty much the same thing here.

The idea just seems a bit far fetched an unappealing. But hey, that's just me.

Instead of promoting a contest where the contests have to submit stories about you, why not make the grand prize better and make them submit stories about them. Makes more sense to me.
Reply With Quote
  #14 (permalink)  
Old 07-04-2006, 04:46 AM
WebProWorld Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 56
epithet RepRank 0
Default

Hmmm...stories are quite too heavy as a burden for busy people I suppose. How about a short testimonial from them? It's basically requiring them to describe in one to two statements how our company helped them.


epithet
Reply With Quote
  #15 (permalink)  
Old 07-04-2006, 06:40 AM
WebProWorld Pro
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Belgium
Posts: 215
Gert Leroy RepRank 0
Default

epithet, are your clients Americans?

Because Americans seem to love testimonials, however most Europeans don't... it scares them away.. they think it's just too much ...
Reply With Quote
  #16 (permalink)  
Old 07-04-2006, 10:11 AM
greeneagle's Avatar
WebProWorld 1,000+ Club
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Houston
Posts: 5,285
greeneagle RepRank 0
Default

Gert Leroy,

You have got to be joking there, surely!

Humans are "Social Animals"... They want some validation!

Where did you come up with that?

Ken
__________________
Mountain Eagle Marketing
Contemporary Art News
Modern Art News
Reply With Quote
  #17 (permalink)  
Old 07-04-2006, 11:33 AM
WebProWorld Pro
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Belgium
Posts: 215
Gert Leroy RepRank 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by greeneagle
Humans are "Social Animals"... They want some validation!
Absolutely ! But are testimonials the right way to get this validation?
Quote:
Originally Posted by greeneagle
Where did you come up with that?
Just my own opinion, being a european..
Forgive me, but this whole testimonial thing just sounds too much American to me.. which is not bad off course, but it might scare away other clients. It's too obvious it's a sales technique.
Reply With Quote
  #18 (permalink)  
Old 07-04-2006, 12:46 PM
WebProWorld New Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Lisbon
Posts: 17
Pedro Monteiro RepRank 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gert Leroy
epithet, are your clients Americans?

Because Americans seem to love testimonials, however most Europeans don't... it scares them away.. they think it's just too much ...
I don't know about that, I'm European and I love testemonials! :D
Reply With Quote
  #19 (permalink)  
Old 07-05-2006, 06:10 AM
WebProWorld Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 56
epithet RepRank 0
Default

We have clients all over the world.
Reply With Quote
  #20 (permalink)  
Old 07-05-2006, 08:18 PM
greeneagle's Avatar
WebProWorld 1,000+ Club
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Houston
Posts: 5,285
greeneagle RepRank 0
Default

Gert Leroy:

Quote:
..."It's too obvious it's a sales technique."
There is a good deal of "Made Up Testimonials.... I agree.

2 comments there though:

1) Many times it is easy to spot the perps.

2) If you intend to do business, make sure they have a client page or something else that corraborates a mktg speal. Many, believe any spin they hear.

"Spin" comes off with a "hollow" sound many times.

Ken
__________________
Mountain Eagle Marketing
Contemporary Art News
Modern Art News
Reply With Quote
  #21 (permalink)  
Old 07-05-2006, 11:44 PM
incrediblehelp's Avatar
WebProWorld 1,000+ Club
WebProWorld MVP
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Live in Cincy Now
Posts: 7,573
incrediblehelp RepRank 4incrediblehelp RepRank 4incrediblehelp RepRank 4incrediblehelp RepRank 4incrediblehelp RepRank 4
Default Re: SEO contest to promote your site

Quote:
Originally Posted by epithet
Hello guys!

In order to advertise our site, get visitors to our site and to increase our overall site traffic I'm planning to have a certain contest wherein it will involve only our clients. These clients will be required to submit a story regarding their experiences while working with us. Whoever gets the best story will win a free webmaster for a month.

Any comments on this guys? Do you think this is a good idea?


epithet
Sounds like your asking for incentivised testimonials. I don't agree that would be a good idea. If you are selling the best product/service at the best price testimonials should not be hard to come by at all.

Also how would getting clients to submit testimonials increases web traffic exactly? If you're having troubles getting testimonials, just offer a 5% discount on the next purchase when clients first buy from your website, if they leave a testimonials.

I would think of a different kind of content and offer a discount or free product or service.
Reply With Quote
  #22 (permalink)  
Old 07-06-2006, 06:50 AM
WebProWorld Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 56
epithet RepRank 0
Default

Nice tip!

But contest is anoter way of promoting a site right? So more likely by doing so we can generate more traffic, more referrals, etc. I'm trying to fix some loopholes in the plan guys..and I;m just being optimistic...:)
Reply With Quote
  #23 (permalink)  
Old 07-07-2006, 06:17 AM
greeneagle's Avatar
WebProWorld 1,000+ Club
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Houston
Posts: 5,285
greeneagle RepRank 0
Default

I believe we should distinguish between selling products and services to further refine this thread.

Obviously, selling services require more testimonial emphasis than product peddling.

We were discussing selling somewhat arcane, highly competitive services here, weren't we?

Ken
__________________
Mountain Eagle Marketing
Contemporary Art News
Modern Art News
Reply With Quote
  #24 (permalink)  
Old 07-07-2006, 08:03 AM
WebProWorld Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 56
epithet RepRank 0
Default

OK, please tell me what's your point greeneagle.

Thank you.
Reply With Quote
  #25 (permalink)  
Old 07-07-2006, 08:15 AM
greeneagle's Avatar
WebProWorld 1,000+ Club
 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Houston
Posts: 5,285
greeneagle RepRank 0
Default

Don't services being non-physical in nature require more testimonial promotion than physical objects you can see, taste, feel or smell?

Ken
__________________
Mountain Eagle Marketing
Contemporary Art News
Modern Art News
Reply With Quote
  #26 (permalink)  
Old 07-07-2006, 08:27 AM
Webnauts's Avatar
WebProWorld 1,000+ Club
WebProWorld MVP
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Worldwide
Posts: 8,167
Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9Webnauts RepRank 9
Default

I am involved in Advertising & Marketing since 21 years now, and I was living and working in different European countries Greece, Italy, Austria and now in Germany.

I am watching this thread from the first beginning, and I still did not understand the concept.

You want to run an SEO contest only for your clients, and who are webmasters? And the best one will be entitled as the best webmaster of the month?

And the best one is the one who writes the best testimonial?

Please everybody here, help here to understand, so I might can add something here too.
__________________
"Being an expert isn't telling other people what you know. It's understanding what questions to ask, and flexibly applying your knowledge to the specific situation at hand. Being an expert means providing sensible, highly contextual direction." Jeff Atwood
SEO Workers - Search Engine Optimization Consulting Company | SEO Analysis Tool | Webnauts Net SEO
Reply With Quote
  #27 (permalink)  
Old 07-07-2006, 08:51 AM
WebProWorld Pro
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Belgium
Posts: 215
Gert Leroy RepRank 0
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by greeneagle
Don't services being non-physical in nature require more testimonial promotion than physical objects you can see, taste, feel or smell?
i agree and i should have thought about it when i spit my fire on testimonials.
Reply With Quote
  #28 (permalink)  
Old 07-07-2006, 03:51 PM
WebProWorld Veteran
 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: New York
Posts: 771
scanmonkey RepRank 1
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gert Leroy
Quote:
Originally Posted by greeneagle
Don't services being non-physical in nature require more testimonial promotion than physical objects you can see, taste, feel or smell?
i agree and i should have thought about it when i spit my fire on testimonials.
In Service Marketing you want to emphasize the tangible.
Reply With Quote
  #29 (permalink)  
Old 07-08-2006, 06:31 AM
WebProWorld Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 56
epithet RepRank 0
Default

Yes I agree greeneagle.

Our company deals with clients through agents leased from us. I admit in this kind of business, the power of words coming from referrals and satisfied clients is one of the best promotional strategy.
Reply With Quote
Reply

  WebProWorld > Search Engines > Search Engine Optimization Forum

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:30 PM.



Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.3.0