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Dec 11, 2009 Handmade Jewelry, Uncategorized, handcrafted artisan jewelry, handcrafted jewelry, handmadebracelets, handmade earrings, online marketing, unique gift ideas, unique gifts, unique jewelry, wholesale jewelry

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Handmade jewelry internet marketing is like any other kind of marketing.  You are trying to reach a niche market soyou must plan accordingly. You have to start by identifying your target market and the keywords they use to find yourproducts. You have to learn what your customers are looking for in order to develop content that your target niche willrespond to and take action.

In order to identify your target market start with what you already know about your customers. Some people talk aboutgeo-targeting, demographics and value proposition. What these big words boil down to is know who buys yourproducts, where they buy your products, when they buy your products and why they buy your products. Googlewebmaster tools are great for analyzing your target keywords but you are the one who knows your products andcustomers the best. When selling handmade jewelry participating at craft shows is one of the best ways to reach thatniche market. When marketing online finding handmade craft sites would then be the natural choice as they cater to thesame niche market.

How you want to be perceived by your target market will define your approach.  Identify what your customers wantand write your website content to fill that need. There are important principles of traffic generation you need tounderstand in order to be successful at bringing visitors into your website. Those visitors need to be targeted to yourniche and the search engine organic searches are generally your best source of targeted visitors.

Search engine optimization is the best strategy to rank higher in the search engines organic searches. Your websiteneeds content that appeals to your customers while at the same time gives the search engines information about yourwebsite. Essentially you are trading your time for traffic. Creating good content, links and backlinks are great SEO andcan generate traffic directly through visitor clicks. These methods take a lot of time and effort but are well worth yourtime.

Make sure to have great content and start asking related sites for links. A good way to get reciprocal links is to contactthe webmaster of related sites. A friendly email saying that you think their website would be beneficial to your websitevisitors and perhaps their visitors would find your website information useful. Let them know that you will leave theirlink even if they don’t link back to you is a nice gesture that might get your link request more attention. These linkswill increase your traffic as well as getting the search engines to visit your site more often with the added benefit ofranking higher in the organic searches.

Backlinks are generated by submitting your sites to relevant directories, being involved in social networking,submitting articles, participating in forums and leaving comments at relevant websites. It is very important that yourkeyword or keyword phrase is hyperlinked in these backlinks. The more targeted links pointing back to you are likevotes for your website. The more votes the higher you rank in the organic searches.

Most of all do not get discouraged when you do not get results overnight. There is no magic spell to website promotionjust hard work. Whether you make handmade jewelry, wholesale jewelry or offer a service you will need to optimizeyour website for your niche market in order to get targeted traffic.

This is an original article from Jennifer Hisir of Handmade Jewelry by Copper Reflections.

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