We all want to know how to increase traffic. This is something I have been working on for a month.
My favorite thing to do, well actually it is a love hate relationship is www.entrecard.com
But it takes so much time.
I’ve also been trying to list myself everywhere.
BlogCatalog
These are slow but they do give you people every now and then. The more sources the better.
This site has a great list of traffic articles smartadvise.info
Many people have many different ideas on how to get traffic. One important thing is content. I see over and over again, that content is king. Well, it is true. You have to have something that interests people to get them to come back to your site. One site I read said that you really need to have at least five great how-to articles. Those are the ones that will get people to check you out. They also said that they should be about 500 words in length. I’m not sure I agree with this, just because I don’t want to stick around and read something really long. Hmm, what do you think?
I also found that commenting works wonders. Comment love, as some people call it. You leave comments and then others will come back and leave comments on you. If they find something they like they may even book mark you. This also takes time because comments should be relevant and not just Hey, love your site.
I have also joined a lot of communities:
Fun Places to Be
Something else I found that is great and I had no idea that this works, but it does. I had it happen to me. When you write an article, Do not copy and paste. I did this and I was so embarrassed when the person contacted me and told me to remove the content. Dumbo here, realized that is Plagiarism. Be kind, just link to them. LINK not copy. When you link to someone they can find out about it. They will thank you if you copy and LINK, they will not be happy.
So to sum it up
- Content
- Comments
- Link
- Blog roll exchange
- traffic sources
Don’t be like me and expect fame overnight. It doesn’t happen that way. You have to get your name out there. You can make money too. Over the next week I plan to write two more articles (I have to gather some information first)
One will be
How to become a reviewer
and the other
How to make money on line (I have a small list I’m working on) My test site www.momstartjustadvertising.blogspot.com failed, but I did learn a LOT.
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I’ve just started writing a blog to help promote my Etsy stores and was feeling frustrated about the slow start with traffic. (some days it seems like I’m the only one reading about what I’m up to
You have some good tips here.
Thanks for the info. I just started blogging this summer and am so new to all of this. Who knew this world was out here? I will try some of your ideas!
Great ideas, I have been trying to get traffic to my site. You have given me some great tips that I will use. Thanks!
Great information. I came over from twittermoms based on your article title on the blog post list. I will add you to my technorati favorites.
I write for fun and don’t really care about making money (but I’d take it if it were offered lol) but I DO want a lot of traffic. I just want to be read. I’m also on most of those sites, I just can’t seem to figure technorati out! It seems so hard to get posts out there for people to rank to get the numbers up.
I love how you told your story; it’s a great way to personalize yourself and help others relate to your experiences…keep it up, good things are coming your way:)
Entrecard works, as does commenting on other blogs
I haven’t tried all of your other ideas yet.
Love your site! I found you via TwitterMoms (@KristenArnold) just as an FYI for anyone that needs it I created an ebook totally focused on beginners traffic tactics after getting so frustrated with my own traffic and having to learn so much. It can be found here http://www.moms-business-coach.com/trafficandsales.html Thanks again for the post and I’m looking forward to the next article.
Thanks for all the information! I just started about a month ago! You have some ideas here I an definitly try!
Same as others commenting. I’m new to this and think your ideas are great. I don’t have any how to articles on my blog and I don’t even know what entrecard is. I have a lot of work to do and am going to subscribe to your blog to help me get going. Thanks for your suggestions.
Great article!
I think you’re absolutely right about the commenting. I try to post once and then comment ten times, on a variety of blogs. There are some that I keep going back to, but I try new ones all the time!
I also offer contests if people link me on their blogroll, and that helps.
But you have to have something to give away! I usually use one of my books!
Thanks again for posting this!
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