Launching a new website is so amazingly hard that most people have sleepless nights for weeks before and still end up making a mess of it. Hopefully some of thet resources and articles below will help.
The key is that you have to drive a huge amount of traffic and you can’t do it via search or any other method – it has to come from getting links from popular news sites, blogs or perhaps social sites (although these users are less loyal). This is the only way your launch will be a success.
My main aims when launching a new website are as follows:
- Get as many links as possible
- Get as many visitors as possible
- Get as many subscribers to a blog or news feed as possible
These aims are pretty simple but it is amazing how many people don’t think about them. It is very important to take advantage of your initial storm of publicity to build some foundations for future success. The links you build from your launch will help your search engine rankings for years to come. The subscribers you build in your first week are the people who will help grow your brand for the next 5 years.
Successfully launching a new website has been described as an art form. By breaking it down into a series of small steps you can turn it into more of a science and make your chances of success much higher.
I’ve seen so many site owners that spend a huge amount of money building a site and then don’t have any budget for a massive viral launch. With hundreds of millions of sites being launched every year how do people expect to get traffic without doing some work? In my opinion the budget for marketing a site in the first month should be equal to the budget for building the site in the first place.
Read the articles below to learn more
From Blogstorm
How we got 30000 visitors in Week 1
How I built 10,000 links in 3 weeks
How I built 50,000 links in 11 weeks
A series I wrote at E-consultancy
How to launch a new website – design & creation
How to launch a new website – pre-launch
How to launch a new website – launch week
How to launch a new website – post launch
Patrick Altoft is Director of Search at Leeds based digital & SEO agency Branded3. Patrick also runs Blogstorm.You can get our blog posts delivered for free by email every day - simply add your email address to the box below or alternatively grab the RSS feed.
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Great resources Patrick
The most amazing thing was getting huge number of links in a very short time. And 30k visitors in a week during the start.
Yes people forget the very simple basics of starting a websites, they flow money on building it but I don’t think they do enough advertisement of their website to get visitors.
The launch and the follow up a few weeks after is the hardest part. But I feel that relaunching can be just as hard. Maintaining all of those links can be tough too.
the 3 reader comments on the how to launch a new website are blank!
My advantage now, after 6 years since I started my first site, is that I have a network of sites and can promote any new project there too. Some are forums with nice traffic and exposure and this would guarantee some first visitors. I agree that too many people fail to understand the importance of promotion. A new site with a good promotion will launch just nice.
This is a very helpful site. Good work! I just launched a new web site–my goal was to make an easy to use HD Destination Video Guide. I’d appreciate comments on it? http://video.travelwizard.com What do you think–good–bad?
Bob Mc Millen
The last sentence:
“….the budget for marketing a site in the first month should be equal to the budget for building the site in the first place.”
Is probbably the most accurate estimate of the generalist budget requirement for the web site launch I have read jet.
Well done!
Ivan
“…the budget for marketing a site in the first month should be equal to the budget for building the site in the first place.”
Not always true. There are plenty of websites with $0 spent on marketing that have become successful. Marketing only works (in the long term), if the product is valuable to the users. If the product has no value maybe lots of people will visit initially, then leave forever.
Another step that’s often left out: make sure there’s no mistakes on your site before you launch. Use editing services that cater to websites, such as Elite Editing (http://www.eliteediting.com).
i have designed a web site please help me in launching it.
this is an important website
pleace help
I agree with deltawing1. Some of the sites I have created have been successful without spending a dime on marketing.
Certain marketing strategies like writing valuable content, search engine optimization, using social medias,…etc can be great assets while marketing your site.
Agree with you about the product part as well. If you offer great products or services that is in demand then you will never have to spend any money marketing.
i agree with deltawing. i have create new website so please lounch a new website
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