{"id":4037,"date":"2012-10-17T16:16:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T23:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/?p=4037"},"modified":"2013-06-25T15:52:34","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T22:52:34","slug":"drive-traffic-to-your-yola-site-strategy-1-get-social","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yola.com\/blog\/drive-traffic-to-your-yola-site-strategy-1-get-social\/","title":{"rendered":"Drive Traffic to Your Yola Site, Strategy #1: Get Social!"},"content":{"rendered":"

An estimated 1.5 billion people<\/em> are active on social media websites. Reach even a tiny portion of them and you could draw huge traffic to your website!<\/p>\n

Not only do social networks give you an effective forum for sending people to your website, but the social traffic helps improve its performance on search engines\u2026 bringing you even more traffic.<\/p>\n

Time to Join the Party<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can\u2019t mingle unless you show up, so join some major social media sites. These seven are free of charge and offer the chance to reach the lion\u2019s share of online socializers. Pick and focus on the top one or two for connecting with your audience:<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>1. Facebook<\/strong><\/p>\n

With more than 1.2 billion users, Facebook is far and away the most important social network. Reach your community, show them who you are and stay top of mind by regularly adding content that will be of interest to your audience. Post comments and photos as well as links to videos, articles and other media. You can even sell goods from a Facebook business page.<\/p>\n

Get started:<\/strong><\/p>\n