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A blog isn’t going to do much good if it just exists without anyone ever reading it. You may have the best looking and well put together blog ever created but you still have to do a little work to get traffic. Traffic has a way of snowballing once you get it started so put the work in now and then it will only take occasional efforts to keep the traffic coming. There are 5 tactics to increase blog traffic;
Twitter: If you don’t already have an account you should get one. Once you start using twitter, don’t jump right in with the “read my blog” tweets. Retweet other people and seek out people who may be interested in your blog. Post other websites that offer good information. Then, after you have been on twitter for a while, direct people to your blog. Interaction between the advertisements is critical for survival on twitter but it can bring you tons of traffic.
Forums: Join some forums related to your blog. Do nothing at first (except add a link to your blog on your forum “signature”, but occasionally join in some threads and topics. Again, once you have made your presence known, slip a link to your blog in one of the posts you make. Add the post casually such as “…and here is a blog where you might find more information”..Once they get to know your name and become interested in your niche, they will be more apt to follow a link you put up.
Set up feeds: Set up RSS feeds and put them on your website and any “free webpages” you may have. This gets the spiders crawling through your site. Try and see if others you know will put your RSS feed onto their websites, even if they are personal websites or blogs.
Email and business cards: Put a link to your blog under your signature on outgoing Email. You can usually automatically set a “signature” through your email program. Just be sure to include your blog link. For instance, you can put something like:
Justin Davis
Name of your blog
Blog URL
Business cards should have your blog URL on them as well. Put it somewhere that it will be seen. If you have a website and a blog, list both and give yourself title of “owner”. Your blog URL should be standard contact information.
Article submission: Whatever your niche is, there are people looking for information on it. Create some 300-500 words articles about anything concerning your blog topic or niche and in the bio box or part of the article, put the link to your blog. There are many different article submission sites so you will have a chance to get your name and blog name recognized and “branded”. Make the articles interesting and readable. You can do this yourself or hire someone else to do it.
These are only 5 ways to get traffic to your blog, but there are more. It takes time to build up a steady stream of visitors but it will happen. It also takes time to get your name and niche out there together to the public. Don’t make the mistake of pushing yourself or your blog on an unsuspecting public. Especially when concerning social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, you want to get the feel of the place before you start “spamming” your blog URL to anyone who will look. Where there are 5 ways to drive traffic to your blog, there are 50. Using the above methods will often open other doors for you to promote your blog but it does take some time. You want to be assertive about giving out the information but if you appear too pushy then people will never click on the link you provide. Be known for your niche or brand and people will be more likely to want to read what you have to say about a topic.
Without traffic your blog just will not succeed. Whether your blog stands on it’s own or is a stop gap to your website, you still need to find creative ways to get people there.
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Thanks for sharing it here, Salwa. I ever make article submission by using a software and it was a great marketing tool. I got many visitor by that kind of software.
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Don’t forget about Comments!
After you have given a value-adding comment that adds to the conversation at the blog, the blogger and other commentors will visit your blog to see what other valuable content you have.
But just like forums, you should not just write things like “great posts” or “thank you, I like this” Say something meaningful that adds to the conversation, like what I am doing.
It may seem time-consuming, but I’d rather invest the time to drop one meaningful comment than give 10 meaningless ones.
The key here is to add value, like what I’m doing here.
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It’s true that, a lot of people just use twitter to advertise their blog. They should engage with other followers first by offering advice or comments before promoting their blog.
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Great tips. I am using twitter to promote my blog and only got about 130 follower in two months. I should follow your advice and get even more. By the way, I really like your advice about forum. I will definitely use it to promote my blog and get more traffic. Just want to know what is your traffic stats?
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Nice tips Salwa. Especially the forums part, I’ve been looking for a good forum to sign up with. Any suggestions?
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I think you have to join a forum for a.)people with the same interest as you i.e. sports; b.) people who are connected to the niche of your blog.
The longer you stay in one forum, and the more helpful post you have, the more people will surely click on that link in your signature. You could even be promoted to being a moderator.
If you become a mod, remember to use your “power” for good. LOL
twitter to attract readers and forums to confirm…wow i like this
For me these 2 golden rules work out pretty well –
1. Until and unless you’ve something interesting – Organic Traffic via Search Engines FTW !
2. If you’ve something interesting – Then content is the King
But of course you need to work for both of them!
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Twitter is a great way to increase traffic to our site. I had applied all the tactics above except the business card tactics. I’ll give a try. Maybe it’ll work. Thanks Saffa! =)
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I had read your recent post like you other every post contain with useful tips and info. the given tips in the post are very helpful thanks for that.
Great tips. Some are ones you hear over and over again, but they can’t be said enough. I just fixed my RSS feeds and am working a way to make them more noticeable in my site, so hopefully I can get rolling on that. Twitters my best friend right now in terms of promotion–I love that it gets you targeted visitors.
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I like the idea of email and business cards, I think I will add a link to RSS feeds also, Nice Tips Salwa, good work!
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I agree with all 5 tactics. Many bloggers use these tips and it really works =)
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Charles hit on a great point there but, in addition, adding comments that have relevancy to the post will help the page rank higher in the search engines and are more likely to be approved. The same can be said for posting on forums.
Social media sites are another great source of traffic but, if you’re into niche marketing/Internet Marketing, this may not be the best way to grow you traffic.
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Salwa, Visiting ur blog for first time… Loved ur blog
Must say Nice Tips.. specially i like the twitter and forums part…
Good Job..
Looking forward 2 read smemre interesting posts..
For forum signature you can use http://feedsr.us to drive more traffic.it will show you the recent post of you website same as commentluv
I have been tweeting since a two months. It has given be great results. The highest referring traffic for my blog is from twitter. Great post Salwa.
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Cool Article, well written. I just loved the last Para: !
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I’ve just started marketing feeds at my blog… i think i started this too late and I am using twitter bu not too it’s highest potential
Good Informative Post!
Cheers
Sandeep
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Forum, social bookmarking ie Stumble & Digg, Article Marketing always the best way to drive more traffics, plus comment
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The first one is what I am doing before and you are right when you say not to jump in with your blog when you are just new.
Wow, my blog in my signature of my emails. Seems so basic but I never thought of it. I don’t use an email signature. I will now.
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This is a great list… business cards are the next thing I am going for, once I get my logo design figured out. I would add that commenting on other blogs is another definite traffic generator. It helps get your name out there and recognized, along with building lots of links back to your site.
~ Kristi
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Salwa this is a neat list indeed. The 5th point, ‘business cards’ is an excellent idea too. I liked the idea of signature; simple but straighforward
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I really like your advice about forum. I will definitely use it to promote my blog and get more traffic. Just want to know what is your traffic stats?
But just like forums, you should not just write things like “great posts” or “thank you, I like this” Say something meaningful that adds to the conversation, like what I am doing.
i use my twitter to advertise my blog, so far seems to be good as my twitter followings keep rising
I would add that commenting on other blogs is another definite traffic generator. It helps get your name out there and recognized, along with building lots of links back to your site.
Forums are always best means to get some traffic..
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I am using Email and business cards idea always…I also recently wrote a article of how to add clickable images to email signature to promote sites and get some traffic..
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But just like forums, you should not just write things like “great posts” or “thank you, I like this” Say something meaningful that adds to the conversation, like what I am doing.
But just like forums, you should not just write things like “great posts” or “thank you, I like this” Say something meaningful that adds to the conversation, like what I am doing.That has been the best of the matter of fact.
I would add that commenting on other blogs is another definite traffic generator. It helps get your name out there and recognized, along with building lots of links back to your site.Hello is it is.
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Nice lists on how to increase blog traffic.
However I am confused how to use twitter though
I ever make article submission by using a software and it was a great marketing tool.
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I am using all tricks and tactics , But In My suggestion regular posting is the only best way to get Traffic