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How to Get More Blog Traffic

Take a look at this roundup of 25 specific tips aimed at boosting blog traffic -- every one of them offers a strategy to start using right now.

SOCIAL SHARING
Put social networks to work for you by maximizing their ability to promote your blog posts! Here are some specific tips for doing so:

1. Share Your Blog Posts on Facebook
Nobody wants to seem like a loudspeaker on social media, constantly shouting “Me! Me! Me!”

2..Blog Every Day

Regular blogging is a great way to build traffic. More content means more opportunities for readers to find you -- not to mention search engines.

16. Use SEO Keywords

Google has a handy keyword tool (soon to be replaced by Keyword Planner, found within AdWords accounts), which helps you determine which keywords to target with your content.

You enter words describing your subject matter & then the tool reveals related phrases to work into your copy.

17. Offer to Guest Blog for Other Sites

Find industry sites with decent traffic & apply to write a guest post.

When you write elsewhere, it gives you new exposure & directs readers back to your site.

18. Enlist Guest Bloggers for Your Site

Finding guest bloggers for your own site is also beneficial in building traffic.

Not only do guest bloggers keep your site fresh with new content, but also they often tell their friends & fans to check out their post, sending you new visitors.

19. Write Clear, Compelling Titles

When people search for content related to your subject area, you want to compel them to click your links.

That’s why titles are so important. Ensure every title you write clearly conveys its subject matter & make them interesting enough to draw interest.

20. Add an SEO Plugin

If you have a Wordpress site, add a plugin designed to boost search engine rankings, such as All-in-One SEO Pack or Yoast.

TYPES OF CONTENT

Wondering what kind of content helps boost traffic? Consider the following:

21. Solve a Problem

Meet a need for readers & you become highly valuable. And when you’re a valued resource, readers share your content with others, bringing you new traffic.

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: What do I really feel I have to share with the world?

If you care about something, you’re definitely not alone. Someone out there will want to read your writing, especially if you’re passionate about the content and add in your own personality.

Top bloggers don’t hide their beliefs, personality, and quirks. Instead, they create a personal connection with their audience by being themselves.

After all, how boring would I Will Teach You To Be Rich be if I didn’t show my sense of humor and crack a few jokes from time to time?

If your writing lacks a personal touch, people will click away. Open up. Tell a story or two. Include a picture. The more real you are, the more you’ll stand out.

The ‘Guest Post Strategy’ (Use this to flood your blog with highly-familiar traffic)

Once you write really good content, you’re going to see traffic come into your site. BUT if you really want to flood your blog with traffic, you’re going to have to write remarkable content for another blogger who has more traffic than you.

It’s funny — when you point this out to many new bloggers by saying, “Hey, why don’t you write up something really good and send it to a bigger blogger as a guest post?” many of them quickly make up a bunch of excuses. “Well, uh … I am really busy this weekend” or “I’m in the middle of this really interesting post on how HSBC interest rates changed!” Yeah right, okay.

But it’s not just as simple as deciding to write a guest post. When it comes to high-traffic bloggers, there are very specific ways to approach them so they’ll accept your pitch.

It all boils down to creating a system for creating and promoting your content to these bloggers.

Here’s what that system looks like:

1. Strategy and planning (1 hour / week). This is when you research different bloggers and websites you can reach out to with bigger audiences than you.
2. Creating new content (2 hours / week). This is crafting content targeted towards specific bloggers.
3. Promoting new content (2 hours / week). This is time spent reaching out to those bloggers and websites with your content to see who wants it.

Here’s an example from one of my students (a fitness blogger) on how he breaks that system down for him

But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t promote your content on your Facebook page -
Don’t Fear the Keywords
If you really want to drive big time traffic to your blog, keywords and SEO have to be a part of your strategy. People get really nervous these days when you suggest doing something in the name of SEO, but remember, search engine optimization is fine when done right. More than fine  - it’s wonderous! You get targeted traffic from Google, and users find the information and answers they’re searching the web for.

So go ahead, shout it from the rooftops, “I care about keywords!” Be loud and proud my friend.

They key thing to remember with SEO is all good things in moderation.

Use keywords in your context text? Yes!

Use keyword stuffing to saturate your content completely with search queries? No.

Link to other related blog posts you’ve written on a specific subject? Yes!

Include so many links that every other sentence is dotted with blue hyperlinks? No.

Let keywords influence your outline and help conceptualize your post? Yes!

Put keywords and search bots before user experience? No!

Google drives billions of searches a day. Trust me, you want to use keywords to get a piece of that pie.

more blog traffic
more please!

With more sites and advertisers online than ever before, all competing for the most popular keywords, how do you stand a chance of competing? Long-tail keywords of course!

Why Do Long-Tail Keywords Matter for Bloggers?
Long-tail keywords are search phrases composed of 3+ keywords. They’re easier to target long-tail keywords (and cheaper when it comes to PPC) because there is less competition for these phrases. Targeting long-tail keywords is really your only chance of getting a top SERP spot in Google.