Too many small business owners are too focused on increasing their website traffic and building links. I believe that business owners should refrain from any link building activity where the only reason is to build links for search engine rankings. Traffic that does not convert should not be the main focus of your web content optimization efforts.
It may be more beneficial to evaluate your existing customer base and step back thinking:
How did we gain our best customers? Did they find our company, product or service by searching the web or did we meet them face to face first?
Are we offering something that our website visitors can’t get anywhere else?
How can we get more web traffic to convert?
The first step to improving your website traffic should be writing relevant content for your site’s target audience and not ignoring any web platforms or hubs that Google owns such as Google+ or YouTube. In addition, use Pinterest or Instagram if you are in any business that can easily tell their story or showcase their products using visuals.
Optimize your site for mobile devices – people search a lot using their phones and tablets.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) are alive and well, but these activities should align with your other goals.