HomeHammer Improve Your Business Lesson 5: Using Links On Your Website

Thanks for your continued interest in the Homehammer.com home improvement network. This course will continue to help you watch your profit margin in the home improvement industry grow. HomeHammer is a website that allows users to find professionals like realtors, general contractors, plumbers, framers, and electricians more quickly and easily. These lessons help us keep our promise to you: we will help you connect with customers, generate business and improve yourself so you can be a better service provider to the folks who look to use. Lesson 5: How Using Links On Your Website Can Help Your Business Business websites are a necessity in today's society. Linking to other sites helps tell customers products you use and trust. It also forms a bond of trust between you and other sites. The internet is only as good as its links. Without links, the internet simply would not be able to exist. To ensure a quality world wide web continues, you must provide links that your customers might be interested in. There are several ways to decide which links to include in your site. You might start by visiting competitors web sites. Check out their links section to understand what sites they provide links for. This might help you figure out what your customers are looking for. It might also provide you with a good base for a reciprocal linking system, which will be discussed in the next lesson. Another way to decide what links to include in your site is to consult with your customers. Internet-savvy customers will be able to tell you what they look for in a professional site and what they like and do not like about your links. This can help you control the quality of your links section. You could do this through a survey or by simply informally interviewing your client