25 Ways for how to Drive Traffic to your Blog
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25 Ways to Get More Traffic to your Blog
As you start to develop your blog, you will come to realize an important fact: you want people to read this thing. In order to gain more readers, you need to actively drive more traffic to your blog on a regular basis. There are many, many different ways that you can do this. Here are 25 of them just to get you started:
1. Tell people about it. Word of mouth is the best marketing tool that you have at your disposal so don't be afraid to brag about your blog every chance that you get.
2. Link to your own articles. You can do this within your blog, of course. But also make sure that you are using links to your own work if you do any sort of blog writing for other people. (Of course, make sure that you're allowed to do this.)
3. Use Craigslist. There are dozens of different ways that you can use Craigslist to promote your blog and you should be using every single one of them.
4. Get active on social bookmarking sites. Top ones that I would recommend as a blogger are Mixx and StumbleUpon but there are lots of big and small ones out there to keep you busy. The key here is to choose just a few and then be truly active on them on a regular basis. This gives you more credibility on the site and drives more traffic to your blog.
5. Visit the blogs of other people who write on similar topics and leave thoughtful comments there. Include your blog link in the "website" section of the comment form and people will start turning up on your blog.
6. Add a link to the blog on all of your social networking profiles. If you're on Facebook or LinkedIn, you should make sure people can find your blog there.
7. Add a link to the blog on your email signature. Also add a link to a specific post that you like.
8. Business cards. Every blogger should have business cards and should hand them out liberally. Very few do.
9. Issue a press release. Figure out what makes your blog special and then issue a press release about it. If you're really serious, you might hire someone to write and spread the press release for you.
10. Do a giveaway. You can advertise on the blogs of others that you're doing a giveaway on your own blog. For example, you have CDs laying around that you don't want so hold a contest and announce it on a bunch of music blogs.
11. Give away your writing. Do guest blogging on the sites of others. Offer to write one article per month for a site that you like in exchange for a link. Alternatively, you can publish articles on sites like this one which may provide you revenue income but which are also a tool for promoting your own blog.
12. Have a link love post each week. These are posts that many bloggers are doing these days which are simply lists of some of the other posts that they are reading around the web. People like this because it's a great resource for them to start learning about other blogs with similar topics. And you get the immediate attention of the people that you are linking to.
13. Use promotional items. Bloggers need to learn some of the basic marketing skills that salespeople use. Get pens or coffee mugs or whatever else you'd like to give away and have them imprinted with your blog URL. Try to come up with a cute saying or slogan that says what your blog is about to go along with it. Then give them away like crazy.
14. Create a newsletter. You can probably find the time to do a short little monthly newsletter about yourself. Include information about your blog and your favorite posts as well as some of your goals for the next month. Send this out as an e-newsletter or a print newsletter to everyone on your contact list. This will help them feel closer to you personally and that's sure to make them more loyal to your blog.
15. Tell Technorati that you're around. You should sign up with Technorati and then make use of Technorati tags in your posts.
16. Understand Google. Google is the search engine that everyone is using these days so you should make sure that you understand how it works. There are lots of articles out there that you can read to get a better understand of keyword use, linking rules and page rank.
17. Submit your blog to directories. Here is a list of 100 of them to get you started.
18. Add a link to the blog on your bio. There are many different places where you will publish your bio over the years. Make sure that you include that link so people from all of those places can find your blog.
19. Linkbaiting. There are many aspects of this but the basic idea of link baiting is that you write a controversial topic and then include links in it to people that are likely to disagree with you. You have to be able to stand the heat if you're going to do this but controversy is always a great way to get attention and attention is what you want.
20. Write an eBook. If you know enough to blog about a topic then you know enough to write an eBook. It will take a little bit of time but then you can promote it through different channels where you can't promote a blog. Include your link on all of that promotional material and people will turn up on your blog.
21. Make sure that you are regularly reading up about new blog promotion tools and resources for bloggers. Here's a link to 10,000 resources for writers and bloggers, many of which will help you out.
22. Create a video about your topic. You can film a short video that explains an aspect of your blog topic and upload it to YouTube. Humorous videos are best because people like them. Make sure that you include your blog URL on the video as well as on your YouTube profile.
23. Attend blogging events. There are social media and blogging conferences cropping up all over the place these days. Other bloggers are your best readers so start getting out there and meeting them.
24. Hold your own event for bloggers. Start advertising in your area that you're putting together a coffee-and-conversation night for bloggers to talk about blogging. The more people that attend, the more traffic you're going to get.
25. Provide content that people want to talk about. Ultimately, traffic really does spread through word of mouth. If you have good content then people will start helping you to spread the word.
These are all great ways to start driving traffic to your blog. However, the best way is to get creative and do some sort of blog promotion that no one else is doing yet. Anything that gets you attention is going to get you traffic.
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These were great ideas! I have already used some you mentioned. And some I never knew about...And....Craigs list? Never heard of that one!
Ya learn new things everyday!
You packed a lot of great information onto one page here Kathryn. Thank you. Mon.
There's great info here. Thanks! I'll be implementing a few of these suggestions.
This is a huge collection of good ideas for bloggers Kathryn. Excellent work!
Really workable ideas. WE can try. But this needs some 'trial and error' kind of efforts, it seems!
GREAT INFO
Thanks for sharing and the 100 sites..some i have not heard of..i had better get started !!
great list, thanks for sharing
Yes, great post. Another great site to really automate your submissions to social bookmarking sites is socialmarker dot com great site, nice place to bookmark from. Anyhow great hub, thank you. Jesse
I tried craig's list one time and they kicked me off as I posted in several different cities. do you have any suggestions how to do promotion there?
yes , this hub is truly useful.
there are many people out there struggling to get traffic to their website or blog.
they dont know where to look for traffic.
Your article was posted in the "Bringing more traffic to your blog" - 3rd Ed. Blog Carnival:http://blogging4good.blogspot.com/2008/03/bringing your participation.
Hi kathryn. Thanks for this delightfully informative hub. I see you are an avid reader with a broad range of interests. Thanks for sharing and for providing good quality info. The 2 topics are dear to my heart are medicine and marketing, both of which you've seemed to have touch upon delightfully. I invite you back to my site and hope you get a chance to visit soon. I've also taken the opportunity to join your RSS feed for more goodies. I am building a medically relevant hub where I go into the difficulties of making treatment decisions for patients with seemingly routine medical problems. I am trying to inform people on how complex medical decision making actually is. I think you might find it interesting.
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Terrific information. Thanks.
Nice list. I'll add one more. Wwrite about things you love as your readers will be able to read your passion in your posts.
Since I am fairly new to the blogging world this article was very helpful, sounds like you have certainly done welll. Do you think someone can actually make a career from blogging?
Although I am just attempting to dive into the blogging world, this is great information for reference. Once again, thank you for your useful insights, and be willing to share.
Huh - I had no idea about Craigslist. Thank you for the suggestion!
Also, to "The Washingtonian": I sure hope so!
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really a useful article. thanks for share Pam!
hello, i used this method and man, it works. I checked my traffic starts and saw 1200 unique visitors in 1 day. http://www.makeandkeepfriends.blogspot.com
I like the fact that your strategy for enticing people to get curious about one's blog involves actually informing them about it; and not just leaving scents in the wind, for the search engines to pick up on. Yes you've mentioned Craigslist and link building, but your approach remains, in spirit, very old school and very people-centered. Very nice.
About your tip number 20. About writing an eBook. Do you do the old style of writing that involves documenting sources? Just curious, in this age of plariasm and article rewording. I'm into online marketing myself, and I'm curious about ways in which people and search engines find the good blogs.
Hi there. Your language shows your love for what you do. (Makes one curious about the content of your blog/s.) For example, you started of with a deceptively simple statement: "In order to gain more readers, you need to actively drive more traffic to your blog on a regular basis." By emphasizing readers and not search engines, your list of tips becomes a humanized list, a balance of attracting both people and search engines. As someone into online marketing, I imagine your strategies here may work well for people in affiliate marketing.
this was a great read. very informative, i enjoyed.
good work... i have tweeted this page!
This is a great hub. A lot of valuable information in here. I never thought about actually having real merchandise like coffee mugs, just for my blog, but I wonder if it works. haha
Kathryn-Great post!
Regarding-#7 "Add a link to the blog on your email signature. Also add a link to a specific post that you like."
You can now even automatically share your latest blog posts in your email signatures check out ? http://www.wisestamp.com/bloggers
another tip:use twitter effectively,follow below link to know more
Very informative. thank you for this post.
Great and valuable hub with suggestions I can use right away!
Hey Kat. This was a great hub with a lot of resources. I'm sure it's doing very well. It's very difficult for people to attract any type of traffic sometimes, so this hub really helps people =) Good work and keep putting out valuable hubs like this =)
- Chris
Found this really helpful and have already done a lot of those things. But some I haven't got round to yet. Link-building really does make a difference. I know it's helped with my blog, attracting more people who are in the creative industries. Thanks for an insightful post!
Thanks for the pointers! I just started my new blog and will be making use of your advice!
-Paco
180 Degrees in 180 Days
Very useful article for newbies like myself. I just created my first-ever hubpage about becoming an executive chef.
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I enjiyed to read this great hub:) very informative.
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Good point, comment links are better than forum links. Since now search engines are looking for targeted links, useful comments link will increase in value.
Very good written hub absolutely FULL of looks like everything.Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for posting, very useful!
Thanks for all the tips. I still have much to learn. Cheers!
very informative for a newbie like me... tnx
Very informative blog...thanks for the info. Have a great day
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Great tips. I have been doing some of these suggested tips myself. Blogging is a great marketing tool to expand your business. This is an inspiration to fellow bloggers--to strive to become better contributors of new information and make our readers feel their time was best spent reading our blogs.
Thank you so much for all the useful tips! This will come in handy to promote my new blog. Hopefully one day, I'll be able to help other bloggers out there like how you helped me. Thanks again.
Great article!!
I think you've got some great info here. I really like the fact that you included items in the list that are not computer based (ie. actually talking to a human about it : )
why did this Hub escape my reading - Great hub! Thanks
Great hub, something to digest in many small bites; I'll certainly come back here often. Many thanks for sharing!
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This info is right on point. You forgot an Rss feed account. Those are great ways to drive traffic. But you thought of stuff that I didn't so 2 thumbs up. I'm not on hub I'm on blogger, but the advice can work for any blogger. Take care Aries Sims
This was very helpful. Thank you. Hey look. I justed used suggestion #5.
Thanks making that list and explaining them each so well. Seeing this just increased my workload but I'm sure it will pay off!
Thanks, again
Terrific Hub. However I am concerned a little bit about the first one. I've personally always found it slightly annoying when people go "Come read my blog". Any suggestions about how to do that without annoying people?
Great info, certainly a treasure for a newbie..thanks for sharing this :)
Excellent list, i was looking for such list from long time. Many sites either offer 5-10 tips per article and its frustrating to go through all their articles. I congratulate you for putting everything in one plate. Keep it up.
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Thats a great list of ways to build traffic to our hubs and blogs. The problem is it all takes so much time that could be spent writing more hubs. Tricky to know which is more important and there seem to be successful people who claim both ways work.
I have heard of most of these ways to promote blogs, but I did not know about using Craisglist! I will have to look into that! Thank you for this information!
I also did not realize the Craidslist connection. Need to do that NOW! Tx.
great advice, I am going o go back and re-read so that I can take all of it in. does this apply to websites as well?
Wow ! So much information and great tips ! Thanks.
I wonder if Craidslist have some potential.. anyway thanks for the tips.
Wow, this is a fantastic article! I appreciate you breaking it down so much and just getting to the important stuff. I'm really trying to get more into my blog and I'm hoping all these great tips can help. Thanks!!
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i am using some of book marking websites, and some of them like great network facebook and twitter are getting me good traffic..but the rest are not that much good,, dont kow what is the reason...the tips you have mentioned are great,, i will like to try all of them,, thanks for sharing
great blog, I'm using your tip now to see if it works.
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I am so new to all of this and I loved your hub. I took notes because you mentioned a few things I have not heard of before (no surprise there). Thanks for the great hub. Good info-well presented.
great hub.thanks for this
Very informative article. I will surely use some of it when I start my blog.
Very helpful inputs. Bookmarked!
press releases are great - but only offer short term traffic.
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You have a lot of great ways to promote your blog here. How do you keep it fresh and flowing?
That will be my challenge. One thing that I have not done yet but I plan on it and you did not mention was youtube. I have done some reading on it and I have quite a few videos on my blog
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I use for teaching purposes. We are such a visual society today I believe that helps. The way it would work is this. You can create a video either using your computer to show people your service or product or you can just talk into the camera as you explain your product or service. Include a link to your blog so people can visit your site.
Lots of great tips. Voted up and bookmarked
Very interesting post!!! I like it very much!! Hope that will help me!!:)
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Very useful information. Thank you! I bookmarked this, as well as voted it up and "useful".
Good and useful article!
Awesome advice....I have a question could you hib about using craiglist or give more info on it. I would love to learn about that. Thanks
Wonderful ideas!
I am new for blog and your tips very helpful to me.Information is so much like a hub.
Thanks for taking time out to help everyone find great ways to increase their traffic!
Every one is running towards social networking sites. We need to run after them for good and consistent traffic. New Phenomenon which is working over the net.Will use all these info in my new site fullbusy.com
thank you, that's a very comprehensive hub. Thanks
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Hi Kathryn, I like the way you increase traffic to your blog. Unfortunately not everyone can do well. But thank you for giving this tips.
Kathryn,
I found your Hub extremely useful, and easy to read. /Bookmarked and Followed! I'm new here - Please wish me luck! :)
Kathryn,
This is a terrific hub. I really like the idea about business cards and the ebook idea.
Impressive! A blog is nothing without traffic, this is a simple fact. A lack of traffic is one of the main reasons that many blogs fail as the blogger can lose patience and decides to take up other interests that seem more rewarding.
Thank you for the information. Very useful. Some I have learned but several I have not! :-)
Link baiting. I've never heard of this, it sounds like it would work fantastically in some niches, it'd have to be politically correct though.. "Women Can't Use Computers" in the technology niche might result in your website being shunned upon.
In some niches it might not work at all. I can't think of anything controversial in the SEO niche. "Meta keywords don't work" perhaps?
Really like the Hub by the way.. I'll have to try and experiment with link baiting.
Great information....gave me some more avenues of increasing traffic that I had not thought of.
Thank you for the useful information.
This is one of the big hubs I have ever read. Thanks so much for this.
Thanks very useful information, had this printed out and will read through again tonight, and then take baby steps to action your suggestions
Thanks Again
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Nice hub: very interesting and very informative. I will try to follow your suggestions and we'll see if it will work for me. Thanks!
This was indeed a need to know. thanks for this useful hub
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All the information here is splendid, I can apply some of it for my blog. Thanks for the hub.
Kathryn, amazing article with great tips and information. this is definitely going to help me promote my site using some of the new ways I learned here. once again thank you and voted up.
Thanks for great information. I'm always looking for creative ways to get traffic to my blogs. You ve been very helpful. thanks!!
Really useful hub in every aspect. Tnx for sharing.
Cheers.
Thanks a lot, I would have never thought about Craigslist, and I certainly thank you for that.
I love you articles Kathryn you always give so much good advices.
Great information - thanks for the link to the blog directories!
i love hubs like this. you are so kind to share this info. thanks for sharing this.
Terrific info -- Thanks for putting this together. Zero-spam ways to get traffic is one of my main interests.
Wow....I'm impressed...you have provided a lot of useful ways to increase traffic. I'm sure they will work just fine for any blog.
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Thx so much, I hope can get page rank on my blog
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Thanks for the great tips, i already started using a few to promote my blog to help teens make money.
I am impressed with this information and would gladly read more from you. You are a excellent writer with a lot of talent. Thank you.
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