Webmaster’s Guide to Christmas

Christmas is a big holiday - which not only affects your personal life, but it also affects your website. For example, if your website is about shopping, you may notice that if you advertise effectively, your sales and traffic could increase. However, if its a website thats totally unrelated, you could find that traffic is a lot lower. This tutorial should give you a few tips on how to use Christmas to your advantage!

Design
Make your website design look more festive. People like to see websites getting into the Christmas spirit!

Nice Extras
You could use a bit of eye-candy for your users, like what is done on http://www.dir4you.net and http://www.generaldir.net. As you can see, snow is falling from the screen. This is a nice extra and may extend the length that people stay on your website for.

Sales
Run some special-offers that everyone would like to participate in. At this time of year, everyone is looking to buy things so it would be a good idea to catch their attention!

Write about Christmas Tips
If you have a blog, you could write some tips for Christmas. Visitors are keen to know tips about Christmas. Use this wisely!

Christmas Competitions
Running Christmas Competitions is a great idea. People get excited about winning, so it would really get your website in the Christmas Spirit!

Have Fun!
Christmas only comes around once a year, so don’t waste all of your time trying to gain traffic! I’m not saying not to, but have fun, thats what its for. Look after your family too. You never know, they could help you out with your website someday!

Good luck using these tips, and have a wonderful christmas.

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