Top 10 Traffic Ideas for Your Blog
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Blogs are popular ways to create an online presence for personal and business reasons. You can build a blog for free and begin posting content right away. But, what good is that content if no one is reading it. Here are ten ideas to bring in the traffic your blog needs to survive.
Of all the successful blogs on the Internet, hundreds have failed. Running a blog is like running a business website. Unless you are willing to put in the time in and treat it seriously, you won’t be blogging long.
I don’t mean to say that the failed bloggers weren’t serious about blogging. Mostly, new bloggers aren’t prepared for the work that goes into creating a successful blog. Just building the blog doesn’t mean that people will necessary come to you. You pursue the audience and give them a reason to see what you have to say.
1. Fresh Content
No one wants to visit a blog day after day and see the same posts. Update your blog content at least once a week. This will be easier if you write several posts ahead of time and pre-schedule them to go live on the specific days.
2. Article Marketing
The niche you’ve chosen for your blog is one that interests you. If it is interesting, you will spend more time doing it. Create content not only for your blog, but also to be submitted to article directories. Use the resource box to advertise your blog so people can find you.
3. Social Networking
These sites are everywhere. Join Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google+ or a dozen others and make connections. You can join groups of likeminded people who also blog or run their own businesses.
4. Viral Marketing
This is where you spread the word about your blog. Talk to friends, family and even strangers. Give out business cards that have your blog address on them.
5. Use RSS Feeds
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. Readers can subscribe to your feed and get email updates when new content is posted. It is an easy way for them to keep up with your blog without spending all day online.
6. Submit Blog to Search Engines
Doing this allows your blog to be ranked. Google and Yahoo! are two of the most popular search engines you want to crawl your blog pages. It doesnít guarantee top ranking, though. Youíll have to do a little more work for that.
7. Join Forums
As a blogger you are a budding entrepreneur. Right now you are marketing yourself to find traffic and then profit. Become a member of business forums, work at home forums and others to meet new people and share ideas. You can add a link to your blog in the signature line so others can find you.
8. Visit other blogs
Show your appreciation to those who visit you by also posting comments on their blogs. It is a kindness that shows others you are not just out to advertise your blog alone. Add links to your blog in your comments.
9. SEO Marketing
Whatever you write, use relevant keywords. Keyword density between three and ten percent is good for getting higher page rankings in search engines. Base your keywords on a research you do to find the most popular words used in search engines for your niche.
10. Social Bookmarking
Submitting posts to social bookmarking sites allows others who are members of those sites to track you back to your blog.
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About the Author
Silvia Pencak is The Magnetic Branding Expert and Mentor. For over 7 years Silvia kept building successful venues in Europe and Canada. She became known as the expert in building a powerful brand and is often asked for advice in management, marketing and organizational areas of building a powerful small business brand. She understands that the power of branding, authenticity, relationship building and marketing efforts can make or break a successful business. Silvia shares her expertise online at http://MagneticLook.com to help other women entrepreneurs build successful brand and to support those who don't settle for a mediocre business and average lifestyle.
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