Thursday, December 4, 2014

How to Bring Traffic to your Blog




It is not easy to get traffic to a blog or website, especially a new one. It is frustrating more especially when you are broke and ready to start monetizing and earning. Below are a few free ways to learn how to build and increase traffic to your blog or website. Click here to learn How to Make a Blog.

 

1.       Content is Always King-Create an All-Inclusive and Useful Content

 

  • Like they say- Content is King. It is the honest truth. Most monetizing websites such as Google AdSense will not accept you unless you have lots of content. If you don’t have insightful content, readers will not come back to your site or blog to click on your ads making you less likely to make money in the future.  Your readers won’t be able to even share your content. Make sure you give out all that you know

  • Offer free, original, unique, valuable and helpful content to your readers so that they will return and never even think of going somewhere else for information that is more quality than yours. 

  • Don’t leave anything out nor hold back any useful information, let the content be informative because you will have lots of competition.  Teach your visitors so that they have a reason for coming back to your blog or website thus you will have high earning potential.

  • You will have to make sure the keyword you choose is a capable keyword and then provide as much information as you possibly can offer in a single and lengthy article. Choose to create the how-to-guide, tutorial since they are more all-inclusive and provide detailed information on your topic.

  • Keep your content updated with new information to enable you to keep on the top search results.

  • Make sure the font you use is easy to read, large and has good line spacing.

  • Use grammar-correcting apps like Grammarly.

  • Make your post attractive and easy to read by using visible images, videos, infographics and other media visuals. This will definitely improve your traffic as some people prefer and enjoy listening and watching videos as well as pictures much better than reading.

  • If you want to measure how your content is readable, use plugins that come with in-built tools such as YOAST SEO.

  •   By the way make sure that it’s your own original content, no “copy” and “paste” from other websites.

 

2.       SEO Creation and SEO  Plugin Tools

 

  • SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. SEO is a process that helps you make your website more search engine friendly. It will help your website’s visibility in search engines such as Google thus helping in bringing traffic to your blog or website.

  • SEO helps you create helpful and high quality content which will be very useful for your blog users.

  • People all over the world would search Google for information and products such as clothing, make up, books, electronics, etc that’s how traffic will be brought by search engines to your site. for your site to appear in the top search ranking you need SEO tools such as Google Keyword Planner, Semrush,YOAST and Google Search Console to help you.

  • There are very powerful and utterly useful tools in helping you find great keywords (SEO) to use on your blog or website. They are either onsite or offsite.

  • Then you can use these (SEO) - that is keywords that make your website rank high on Google by putting them on your article headings, body and meta tags.

  • The higher your site ranks, the more people will visit your site, thus creating more organic traffic and getting more customers and awareness of your brand.

 

3.       Internal Linking from Old Posts is a Must

 

  • You have created great content so far on your blog, so it is time for you to link your new articles to your already existing blog posts.  

  •  By linking your internal links it will be of help to guide Google to understand the context of your content as a blogger and help get you traffic.

 

  4.  Generate Back Links from Reputable Blogs


  • A backlink is an incoming link from an external blog or website. Make sure you backlink and exchange links with other websites.

  • To do this you must first reach out to influential bigger blogs with huge following who are doing the same content or selling the same products as you, and tell them about the content you want to bank link.

  • Another and easier way is to get links from your blog and add them to all your social media platforms.

 

5.       Share your Posts on Social Media Platforms

 

  • Use social media platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter to share your content. Sharing regularly on social media will help to promote and market your blog or website and bring traffic.

  • Update regularly your new and old posts on your Facebook page, Twitter as most people spend most of their time scrolling on them.

 

  •  Follow others with similar content as yours so that you have followers as well.

  •  If your blog is about things like property or job boards, you may find more engaged users on LinkedIn.

  • If you run blogs such as food, lifestyle, fashion or beauty blogs, then Instagram and Pinterest may be the platform you should emphasize on.

  • There are platforms that can help you automatically update your social media posts instead of doing it manually. We recommend  SmarterQueue, Uncanny Automator, Buffer, WP Tasty Pins and AIOSEO.

 

6.       Build your  Email Marketing List


  • In order for you to drive traffic to your blog, one of the most important and effective tools is email marketing.

  • An email list is an exceptional list of names and email addresses of readers who gave you permission to send them updates, newsletters and promotions through subscribing to your blog.

  • Email marketing will be of help since you can reach out to them anytime through their inboxes.

  • After getting your readers' emails then have newsletters, promotions and updates sent to their inboxes at least twice a month.

  • You can build your email list using email marketing software such as Constant Content, Convert Kit, or E-zines to send bulk email notifications all at once about your blog or business.

 

7.       Join  Several Online Community Groups


  • You can begin engaging and interacting with users who have the same interest as you or who are interested in your product through online communities in order to attract traffic to your blog.

  • Online communities are a great source of traffic in the sense that they already have engaged users who are interested in the topics that your blog is all about.

 

  • You can find online communities on Pinterest groups, Twitter groups, Reddit, LinkedIn groups, Facebook groups, YouTube communities, and more.

  • Start by first building your reputation and trust by discussing and answering relevant questions then from time and again you can post your links or share your blog.

 

8.        Use Tool of Social Proof to bring Traffic to your Blog


  • Social proof is when an influencer, friend or family member approves of your product and it influences or convinces others about buying it.

  • You need to use social proof on your blog, social media profiles, tweets, and in emails to promote your blog.

  • Approach your users to give you testimonials.

  • Ask readers to review and rate your articles.

  • Share your social media count, email list number and how many readers you have.

  • Put a feedback form in your blog.

 

In conclusion, promoting your website will bring heavy traffic to your blog or website thus making it possible for you to monetize and make money. Traffic plays a major role in making money with big monetizing websites such as Google AdSense and other affiliate programs. The heavier traffic in your blog or site, the more clicks you will get, and the money you will earn. 

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