Here's How Your Website Can Help You Get Customers

Do you have a website, but no visitors? Here is why website traffic matters - without visitors no one can see what your business has to offer, or worse, if you have an e-commerce site, buy your products. Here are some of the questions you should be asking yourself:- How do those that come to your site, find your website? (Acquisition)- What did they do on your website? (behaviour)- Did they find what they needed? Did they complete the action you expected them to? (conversions)Find out more about the ABCs of Google Analytics and how you can increase your web traffic – read more about it here.

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In this week’s newsletter:- A tribute to Women Entrepreneurship

- How to drive more traffic to your website- Get the best website hosting services for your business- *** Free Download *** The Small Business Bounce Back Guide

Have a great, productive week ahead!

In commemoration of Women’s Month this year, we are sharing the best of our female entrepreneurship content to celebrate all our Women Entrepreneurs.Check out the following resources for you:

• 12 Big Lessons from some of SA’s Most Inspiring Women

• Being a Female Entrepreneur in South Africa

• Women Entrepreneurs & the Funding Gap 

• 6 Great Apps Created by SA Women that Make Everyday Life Easier 

• SA’s Female Entrepreneurship & Funding Case Studies

This content is sponsored by SAP.

Innovation born in the cloud – SAP Business ByDesign

Has your company grown so quickly that your departments and business processes are hardly integrated? Are these growing pains preventing your employees from collaborating effectively with external stakeholders?Perhaps you also have inadequate insights into data that can help you make decisions and identify potential problems before they crop up.You can now resolve these challenges with SAP Business ByDesign. It is an innovative solution developed specifically with rapid growing SMEs in mind – the solution promotes quick, efficient implementation and operation for SME users.With SAP Business ByDesign you can:

• Optimize financial processes, including financial accounting and cash flow management.

• Focus on your customers in marketing, sales and distribution and service.

• Promote and use employee potential through organizational management, HR activities and employee self-services.

• Integrate production and logistics in supply chain structuring, planning, and management and manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics.

• Fulfill compliance with applicable laws and standards.

• Achieve your company’s goals through corporate performance management.

To find out more about SAP Business ByDesign, visit SAPAfrica.com/ByDesign.

New on the Website This Week!

**New Brand Review** Accounting Software: Freshbooks- Get more info on Freshbooks features, pros and cons, and cost.**New Brand Review ** Business Loan: Retail Capital-  Get more info on Retail Capital features, pros and cons and info on repayment terms.

Drive More Traffic to Your Website – Here’s How

1. How Google My Business can optimise your business’ profile onlineUsing the platform, business owners are able to create a profile for their business, making it easier for users to find your business (and contact information) on Google Search or Maps. 2. Use data to attract visitorsFind out what content on your website is popular and create more ways to spin off similar ways, through using the data from Pageviews, Time on site, and Internal search results. 3. Build your own traffic sourcesMake use of alternative traffic sources including email sign ups, SMS alerts or Robocalls. 

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• Access to funding

• Financial management

• Market access

• Business compliance

• Cash flow management

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