Top Tips to Enhance Blog Traffic
Melissa Mitchell | Internet Marketing31 Aug 2010
Top Tips to Enhance Blog Traffic
The launch of a new blog will be a very special day in your life, especially since it truly does take some time, some crafting…
For the first few days you may receive little to no visitors and over a period of time it may even diminish. But don’t get discouraged….
It takes time…. and there are some top tips to drive more visitors to your website over time!
(a)Write a minimum of 5 pillar articles
A pillar article grabs the attention of the audience easily; it should be illustrative in nature with practical tips and advice. The more story telling you can do, the better off you will be in keeping your reader’s attention. The amount of words should be less than 500 and the blog post must be appealing to your audience!
(b)Post at least one blog post per day
Post fresh content with current updates and news, it makes the audience come back regularly to view your blog posts. Posting fresh content ensures that your visitors will come back often to read your content! It is essential to post fresh quality content so that it attracts regular readers. Posting regularly will also help in gaining organic traffic to your blog from the search engines!
(c)Domain name
Domain name also plays an important role in driving new visitors; the domain name should be related to the topic you are going to explain inside the blog. In addition domain name should be easily memorable by the audience.
If you are branding yourself, you must use your name in the domain! http://fruityfruitjuicelady.com just isn’t going to brand you or your work!
(d)Commenting on other blogs
Commenting on other blogs helps you to drive more new visitors to your blog. It is also essential to leave your link to your blog, so people can visit you as well! Adding a valuable comment to the blog post draws the attention of the readers easily.
(e)Add links of other blog posts inside your blog post
While writing articles it is essential to leave a link or reference that directs to another bloggers post, also trackbacks are as good as posting a comment! It paves the way for other bloggers to come and view what you have written about their blogs. It also helps in driving more traffic and new visitors to your blog or website.
(f)Encourage readers to add comments about your blog
It is vital to motivate readers to post comments on your blog; you can create a way to add more comments by asking a question related to the topic inside your blog which forces the reader to comment on your blog.
(g) Submit blogs to ezinearticles.com and top blog sites
By submitting your blogs to appropriate categories in top blog sites and ezine articles, more traffic can be driven to your blog as well. This also helps to make your blog posts popular within a very short period of time.
Best of Luck in your Journey for More Traffic.. It takes time, remember, and consistency.. Be consistent, set a daily routine and stick to it!
Melissa Ann Mitchell
Tags: blog traffic, blog traffic tips, gain leads, generate more traffic, organic traffic
Hi Melissa,
Hope I find you well and think you have a great blog here with some fine info on traffic and marketing.
I like the quality and that’s always important to get credibility.
All the best.
Kenneth
Thanks for the tips! Love your Networked Blogs You tube video too.
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6. Hi there, I’m having a fantastic time reading your blog. It gives fantastic help especially on things where in impossible for me to fill in. Other than that, your weblog tells nearly anything.
You are most welcome! I love being able to help people with steps in their marketing that sometimes just are too hard to do on your own. I hope you have a great day and stay in touch. Magical things are happening here…
Melissa
Lots of people loved that video! I am going to do a few more this weekend, on easy tips to implement to gain more traffic.
Stay in Touch.
Melissa
Thank you for another great article. Where else could anyone get that kind of information in such a perfect way of writing? I have a presentation next week, and I am on the look for such information.
Hi. I go through a few of one’s other posts and wished to understand in the event you would be interested in exchanging blogroll links?
Sharing your thoughts with others via a blog comment is a great support strategy and an opportunity to contribute your knowledge base to an attentive audience.
By virtue of simply changing the way the post comments are listed to a threaded view, and adding a (WorPress) blog plugin which links back to the commentator’s last blog post, it shows you as a leader and demonstrates your overall view about sharing, personal interaction on blogs, community spirit, and being a resource for others.
Great tips Melissa!
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Thank you so much for sharing that comment on my blog! I love the plugin CommentLuv because it automatically lists the person’s latest blog. Glad you stopped by MelissaAnnMitchell.com, visit again soon.
Melissa
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