Before we talk about getting more traffic to your site, let's take a second and look at the traffic you're already getting.
ā¦Because if you donāt know where your traffic is coming fromāor whatās workingāitās 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?!
š Google Analytics shows you:
How many people visit your site
Where theyāre coming from (Instagram? Google? Email?)
What pages they spend the most time on
š Google Search Console shows you:
What keywords youāre 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 thatāand more.
Quick Win for This Week:
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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 baselineāand some major clues for what to do next.
Next week, Iāll show you a simple SEO move to start increasing your traffic. š
Let me knowāare you using these tools already? Hit reply and Iāll 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 Hotjarāit 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!