How can i increase business sales on Cafepress.com?

Question

I have a Cafepress Store, however, noone has bought anything or shopped at my store. I really need to know how i can increase my sales and advertisements. So far i don't have any sales, therefore i need information on how to get people to come to my site and buy my products please take a look at my store and help me with this problem i am having. Thanks

http://www.cafepress.com/kam29

Answer 1

Another great way to get traffic is to join online forums. Forums are online communities organized around a given niche or theme. So, find forums thematically similar to your  website, join, create a profile with links to your website in your signature file. A signature file is a short about me that automatically posts when you post a comment. If you have links to your site in it, people will click on it to see what you are about.  Also, over time, you will build up a ton of back links to your site which will increase your search engine rankings and results and drive traffic to your site.

You can also visit Blogs with themes relevant to your niche. Comment on the author's posts, and if they will let you, include a link to your site.

Write informative articles and publish them in places like ezine articles, there are lots of  places to publish good informative articles online. Make sure they are good and informative, and in your about me section, have links to your site.

Look for questions in sites like this one and give good helpful answers. Again, people will click on your signature file links to find out more about you.

Hope this helped,

Mitch

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Guess you are having trouble in getting traffic.

These are my time proven techniques which got me more traffic

1)Viral Pictures

Viral is closely connected with something that may spread easily.So i suggest you to create a viral picture which is closely connected with your products and spread it.

Everyone likes funny pictures and they don't mind sharing it with others.It's viral.So, If you're selling a health product, then you may create a funny picture about it and put your website's name on it.

Next, just forward it to as many contacts as possible using e-mails. Whether it's a 12 years old kid or 21 years old adult.They would just love and share it with others. Can you see how easy it is?

2)Viral Videos

Videos are the most famous entertainment on the Internet.People would just love it dues to it's effectivenes in spreading the message. So i suggest you to create viral videos about your product and again put your link in it.

If you got 3 minutes video, then make sure your website's link is visible throughout the whole 3 minutes.If you don't have the necessary tools to create a video, then you can simply collect 5-10 viral pictures and then convert it into video using Windows Movie Maker.

Then just upload it to You Tube or Google Videos. Now using bluetooth everyone is exchanging videos from their mobiles or computers. If your video is viral enough to attract others, it will easily spread to others.

Suggested Links:

http://youtube.com/

http://video.google.com/?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&...

http://video.yahoo.com/

3)Yahoo Answers

I probably won't be answering your question if i don't know the answer. And i won't suggest you any websites link if i think that it's not going to help you.

So simply answer any questions that you're knowledgeable(your niche market) at and put a link to your websites as extra source for others.

If your answer is good and solved the questions, people would also expect for more tips and suggestion from you.If you suggested any website links, there are high chances for anyone to visit it.

4)Forum Marketing

Forum Marketing works just like Yahoo Answers. They would be a lot of tips and questions exchanged in any forums.

So start getting active and contribute to any forum members and they will appreciate your expertise and start visiting your websites for more up-to-date tips.

Suggested Links:

http://warriorforum.com/

http://www.ablakeforum.com/

5)Newsgroup Marketing

Promote your expertise and links in newsgroups by contributing your tips to other members.

Suggested Links:

http://groups.yahoo.com/

http://groups.google.com.my/grphp?hl=en&...

6)Article Marketing

Write articles within your niche and submit it to article directories

Suggested Links:

http://ezinearticles.com/

http://goarticles.com

7)Social Networking

Use social networking sites to promote your products and links. As you know social networking sites are self promotoable. If you got a nice profile with beautiful pictures in it, i bet you'll get a lot of visits from other members.

Suggested Links:

http://friendster.com

http://facebook.com

http://myspace.com

Other Web Traffic Generating Tips:

1)Free Press Release

2)PPC Ads(It'll cost you money)

3)Joint Ventures

4)Newspaper(It'll cost you money)

5)Sms(It'll cost you money)

6)Word Of Mouth

7)Pamplets/Flyers(It'll cost you money)

8)Business Cards(It'll cost you money)

Answer 4

Hi,

I have a lot of experience marketing small companies online (I have 3 companies).  One of the best ways is to sign up at business directories and protals.  These are basically listings of businesses (simliar to the phone book).  The advantage is that these portals usually get a lot of traffic and they're ranked high on Google because of all the quality links they contain.

My favorite portal is called Directory Exclusive.  I signed up a few weeks ago because they're giving a away a free business card holder when a person enter's their company info.  I received it in the mail 3 days ago =)

I don't know if they still have that promotion, but you can try to get the free card holder here:

http://www.exclusive-directory-card-hold...

Good Luck

Answer 5

First of all, you need to offer something interesting and unique. You haven't done that. Come back when you have something different.