GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 29 - July 2014

M anyof thewebmasters of theGPWA workon their ownor on small teams. But they canalways relyon the collective consciousness of theentireorganization— evenwhen, in reality, they'reworking through ideaswith their competitors. Sometimes issues are simple, like troublewithaWordPressplug- in. Other times, theproblems aremore complex and take some time to figureout. In this issue's featured thread, GPWAmember DanHorvat gives othermembers a tough challenge, and getsplentyof ideas in response. He's still workingonhow toquicklybuild traffic for hisnew site, so if youhaveany advice for him, logon to theGPWA forums today and give him (andus!) your two cents! #1 DanHorvat (PrivateMember) This isn't purely related to SEO (though SEO is likely to be a part of this), but is amore general question onwhat to dowith a brand-new site, the goal being a healthy visitor base in less than amonth. So, if you start a new site, what steps do you take to make it stand out immediately? Creative ideas and no link building, please. “ ReplyWithQuote #2 deanimus (PrivateMember) Depends on the budget. “ ReplyWithQuote #3 DanHorvat (PrivateMember) Tomake it more difficult, let's set the budget at ~€500 and the target number of daily visitors at 1,000. “ ReplyWithQuote #4 chaumi (PrivateMember) You say a healthy visitor base. But there's a big difference between “visitors” and “worthwhile visitors.” Do you just mean volume? Or volume that has an interest in the site andwill interact with it in someway (read, click through to internal pages, click on an ad, sign up for something). “ ReplyWithQuote FROM THE GPWA FORUM Fastestway to morevisitors 19 GPWA Forum