Whenever I tell people that I use Wix as one of my main websit builders they often ask me how do I monetize my Wix websites. When I use to have many different websites I used different means to monetize each website. In this blog post we will go over the different montization techniques and help to pick one that will work best for you.
Monetization Techniques
Here are several ways to monetize your Wix website today:
- Sell products or services directly through the website: You can use the ecommerce section of Wix to set up an online store. Or you cand use Wix bookings to start taking time for your service.
- Display ads: If you use Wix to host a blog or provide information then display ads may be perfect for you. When a visitor clicks on a display ad you earn a small commision.
- Create a membership website and offer premium subscriptions: You can create behind the scenes looks into how your social media channels operate.
- Add a donation button: If you have a non-profit or run a blog, it is super simple to ad a donation button to your website.
- Sponsored content: If you amassed a following on social media then most likely brands will come to you. You can use Wix as a sponsorship website.
- Build Wix websites for outside companies: A lot of companies, especially smaller ones, are always looking to bring their products to an online audience. Building websites for these companies as either a freelancer or as part of an agency is a fantastic way to monitize using Wix.
It is important to note that all of these ways require some amount of traffice and it is always good to have traffic before launching any of these monetization techniques.
How To Get People To Buy From Your Wix Website
Finding buyers for your website is the most important thing to setting up a Wix Website. There are many different strategies to take when trying to get more traffic to your website. A few are listed below:
- Use SEO optimization on your website: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a technique used to rank on Google’s Search Engine Results Page (SERP) for relevant searches. This helps to attract organic visitors (non-paid) from search engines like Google. Here are several ways to optimize your Wix website for SEO:
- Use keywords on your page, in your headers, and in titles
- Include a meta description for your page
- Use alt text to describe your image
- Use header tags to help describe your page
- Include internal and external links
- Include a sitemap to describe your page structure to search engines
- Use social media to promont your Wix website: Social media is one of the most powerful tools that you can use to help promote your Wix website. You can use social media to promote your products, interact with your followers and build your brand.
- Use paid advertising: Paid advertising is the quickest way to find potential customers for your Wix brand. Paid advertising on Google and Facebook are the largest resource for potential customer. Although, there are many successful business stories due to paid advertising on Pinterest.
- Collaborate with websites and influencer: Partnering with other websites and influencers are great ways to get your name in front of other potential customers. You can collaborate by guest posting, sharing each others content, or offering joint promotions.
- Use email marketing: Email marketing is an effective way to gain more customers to your website. You can build your email list by including opt-in for the list, you can then use the list to promote new products or services.
Driving traffic to your website takes time and effort. It may work best to try different techniques to find the optimal strategy for your website.
