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Boosting Site Traffic & Making first sale: Internet Knowledge

Idea: AI Tutor for English Learners, "Train your AI Tutor 🗒️ and receive a personalized plan to super-boost your English speaking skills with our AI Tutor."
Directions: The product or selling shovels for the industry?

While doing my research for pavleur.com I did found interesting facts on how to get free monthly users.
This might intrigue but would love to know which one was working for you and which one not.

Step 1: Pick the Right Keyword
Used Ahrefs to find a keyword with low difficulty (KD < 20), decent search volume (500+), and plenty of related terms. A lower KD means easier to rank.

Step 2: Potential Sales
For a worldwide audience, estimated 1500 searches and about 30 sales a month at a 2% conversion rate.

Step 3: Product Fit
Aligned our product exactly with what users search for—“speak English like a native.” Keep it straightforward to engage users and improve Google ranking.

Step 4: Keyword Everywhere
Placed the main keyword naturally in the domain, title, and alt text to boost SEO without overdoing it.

Step 5: Expand Coverage
Created pages for each related long-tail keyword. Made sure Google sees them by linking them on the homepage and a special category page.

Step 6: Free vs. Paid
Offered both free and paid options. Free stuff keeps users around longer, boosting SEO. Paid options generate revenue.

Step 7: Build Backlinks
Launched on Product Hunt for quality backlinks. Even ranking last wins because it gives a strong backlink.

Step 8: Patience Pays
SEO takes time. Typically, three months to start seeing traffic, six for more substantial results.

Step 9: Keep Improving
Regularly check and tweak your strategy based on performance data.

Conclusion
You can get real results with minimal budget and effort.
What I want is to Set it up, let it run, and watch the traffic roll in.
Simple as it sounds it ain't like that.

Pinky Promise: I'll come back here with results

on June 7, 2024
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    Nice post, It's helpful to me. Thanks for sharing it!

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    Thanks for sharing Teo, and definitely come back with the results.
    I’m curious to learn more about how you picked the keywords.

    Did you consulted guides or simply using the platform? What is the cost? Can you please share links?

    I’m also getting started, and SEO is one of the strategies I’m considering. Honestly, what’s more important to me is to understand better my customers, and the industry. I built my product for a problem I had, but without a lot of knowledge about the industry, or other people that faced a similar problem. Now I want to validate if it can be turned into a business.

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      @amVizion added screenshot.
      Mostly using ahrefs free tools.
      Prob will also get paid when having some traction.
      https://ahrefs.com/free-seo-tools

  3. 2

    Programmatic SEO can be very effective as long as you pick the right keyword. Will be interested to hear about your results.

  4. 2

    So clever Teo! Thanks for sharing these bullet points. Super useful

  5. 2

    Powerful and succinct. I really like your style!
    Would be better with a little bit of formatting though :)

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      Thanks Martin.
      Will update it with better formatting but was procrastinating for the whole week so wanted to deliver it faster

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    Thank you for the text and the clear explanation! I'm also just starting out and didn't know where to begin; your article helped a lot. I'm looking forward to more on various topics and processes in startups. Don't forget to post the results. This article really brightened my day.

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