How Statistics Can Help You Market Your Website Better

June 10th, 2008 by monica

Most of the successful online business owners consider statistics as a valuable business tool. What is the use of statistical results in internet marketing? Here are the latest internet statistics in UK and how it can help web marketers in promoting UK based websites.

With the birth of internet comes the proliferation of online users. Everyday, there are more and more new internet users. There are about 1,076,203,987 internet users now according to Internet World Stats. This figure may have already changed as there are new additions every day.

Because the internet became so popular, having an online business almost seems irresistible. Starting an online business is a promising venture. With the billion internet users, doing business online will most likely give you a better chance to earn a decent income. But you have to realise that the number of websites is in proportion with the number of internet users.

If there is a billion internet users, there are also over 100 million websites. This means you will be competing with so many websites. You have to do everything that you can in your power to keep up with the competition. The key is to effectively market your website. One of the most important factors that you need to consider in website marketing is statistics.

Using Statistics In Website Promotion In UK

By analysing statistics, you will be in a better position to gauge what kind of internet marketing strategy to use. Statistical figures will tell you whether you are pursuing something valuable or not. Consider the following figures for internet marketing in UK.

From the billion internet users in the world, UK shares the 37,600,000 according to ITU. This means that the UK population is becoming more and more comfortable using the internet for their needs.  What does this 37 million plus internet users do online?

SciVisum has performed a research on this and the breakdown is that UK online users fall on these activities: email, research, news, music, local, entertainment, banking and sports. 86% of the total UK internet users use the internet for email while 54% use it for research.

What is the implication of these figures in internet marketing? The figures provided will show you how important email and research are for internet users. Thus, these should be the target of your marketing campaign. Think about email marketing. Send well crafted emails to your target market. You should also put valuable content to your website to serve as source of information to your target market.

Internet marketing statistics helps in planning and carrying out any internet marketing campaign. So next time you feel the urge to market your website, look at your internet statistics first.

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