Site Notes:  Your Weekly Nudge to a Better Site.

 
Before we talk about getting more traffic to your site, let's take a second and look at the traffic you're already getting.
 
…Because if you don’t know where your traffic is coming from—or what’s working—it’s really hard to grow it.
 
That's where Google Analytics and Google Search Console come in. These are free tools that give you real data about your website.
 
Wait, What Are These?!
 
šŸ” Google Analytics shows you:
How many people visit your site
Where they’re coming from (Instagram? Google? Email?)
What pages they spend the most time on
 
šŸ“ˆ Google Search Console shows you:
What keywords you’re ranking for
How often people are seeing your pages in search
Which pages are getting clicks from Google
 
Why You Should Care
If you want more visitors (and better ones), you need to know:
  • What's already working
  • What people are searching for
  • Where to focus your energy
These tools show you all that–and more.
 
Quick Win for This Week:
āœ… If you don’t already have these set up, here’s a super simple guide to get started in 15 minutes or less.
 
āœ… If you do have them set up, log in and look at:
  • Your top 3 traffic sources in GA
  • Your top 5 search terms in GSC
This gives you a baseline—and some major clues for what to do next.
 
Next week, I’ll show you a simple SEO move to start increasing your traffic. šŸ‘€
 
Let me know—are you using these tools already? Hit reply and I’ll send you a bonus tip based on what you find.
 
Talk soon,
CJ
 
PS: Want even more insight into how people use your site? Check out Hotjar–it lets you see heatmaps, clicks, scrolls and real-time visitor recordings so you can understand what's working (and what's not) at a glance.. and there's a free version! I use it all the time to spot what's slowing down conversions! 
 

 
 
 
 
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