How to Drive More Traffic to Your Pet Supplies Website

Get social with Facebook

Animal images are really well received on social media, therefore by creating a Facebook business page for your pet supplies business, you will then be able to post cute or cheeky animal images with a snappy pet supplies marketing message and a link to your website.

Also if you are prepared to put some budget behind the activity, Facebook Ads are a cost effective way to get your business in front of your pet loving target audience.

Think about what pet owners search for online

Keywords and SEO are an important part of digital marketing. Therefore think about what pet owners are likely to type into a search engine when looking for pet supplies. You can then tailor your product description pages with unique website content and relevant keyword phrases, which all helps towards your search engine rankings and how easily it is for potential customers to find you.

The pet accessories market was worth £643m in 2016, up 13.0% between 2011 and 2016, and forecast to grow 14.8% over the next five years, making it the fastest growing category in the pet care sector. Report Buyer

Consider partnering with a local animal shelter

By partnering with a local animal shelter you can promote your pet supplies website as a genuine animal loving business. This will not only give visitors to your website a warm and fuzzy feeling, but enable you to cost effectively promote your pet supplies business locally.

As a result of donating raffle and auction prizes to the shelters fund raising events; you can reinforce your pet supplies company as a genuine animal loving business by amplifying the activity on your website and social media channels.

Write a guest blog post for an animal loving website

By writing a guest blog post for an animal loving website, you can pitch yourself as an expert in your field (no pun intended).

You can also use this opportunity to mention your pet supplies company (including a link to your website) and what fundraising work you are doing with a local animal shelter. Also by making yourself available for questions and answers relating to pet supplies, you can help drive quality traffic to your website which is more likely to convert.

So there you have it, by carrying out a few simple marketing activities, you will not only drive more traffic to your pet supplies website, but promote you and your business as a genuine animal loving organisation.

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