Your website can be a valuable sales tool and lead generation tool, especially in a tough economy. I’ve compiled several ways in order for you to increase website traffic to your Las Vegas website.

• Ensure META tags (title, description, and keywords) are as targeted an accurate as possible. These are tags that are in the back end of the html code.
• Ensure you are listed on the major search engines – make sure you are listed on the Top 10 Search Engines
• Make sure your content is up-to-date, accurate and gives a visitor a reason to return – keep a clear call-to-action on the home page.
• Clearly define the benefit that your products and services present to your potential customer.
• Focus on your content and make sure you write about one topic per page, don’t cram several topics on the same page.
• Ensure your website has a links and/or resources page. Helpful links are valuable to visitors and external links to big website increase your search engine ranking as well.
• Social Networking, sign up for free social networking websites, create a rich profile, add friends and communicate what you are up to… friends and colleagues can be your best advocates.

In addition to the above, check out some great articles and resources on increasing website traffic:

• How to Increase Website Traffic – wikihow.com
• Increase Traffic to Your Website – Web Traffic 101 -seologic.com

Okay, so your Las Vegas company or business has a website, that’s a great first start. In addition to a professional website design with good content, your website needs to rank or appear in search engine results like google.

Natural organic search engine rankings for your website bring your website listing to the first few pages of a google search. Organic rankings are the ranking google pulls when you do a search. They are not the paid or sponsored listings or links.

Here’s a visual to help (it’s my company Perkolate coming up #1 on a search for “las vegas marketing company”):

So, how can you improve the organic ranking for your website?

• Have a well written website with a decent amount of content, a couple of hundred words on each page if possible.
• Optimize all META tags on your web pages (title tag, keyword tag and description tag)
• Link to other websites, could be partners of your business, helpful links, articles, community links, etc.
• Have links going between your website pages that are rich in keywords and key phrases.
• Purchase your domain name for several years (tells search engines you’ll be around for awhile!)
• Have a professional SEO company in Las Vegas perform Search Engine Optimization services on your website.
• Consider adding a blog to your website (another great way to get more links and traffic to your website).
• Add your website to the google directory (and all other top 10 search engines)
• Keep your website up to date – search engines like fresh content.

One of the first things you need to take care of when you are starting a new business in Las Vegas, Clark County or Nevada is to obtain the proper business licenses.

The following are helpful links to assist you in applying for business licenses:

State of Nevada
http://tax.state.nv.us/faq.htm#registration

Clark County, Nevada
http://www.accessclarkcounty.com/depts/business_license/pages/index.aspx

City of Las Vegas, Nevada
http://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/Apply/licenses.asp?ID=5559#5559

Obtaining business licenses for your Las Vegas company or business is a valuable credibility booster for your corporate image and it is the law after all.