Blogging For Traffic Blogging Traffic Tip #9 - Become An
Expert In A Small Niche Market
One the best ways to get traffic to your blog is to become a big fish in a small pond. When you corner the market in any niche, you become an expert and a traffic gathering machine. Becoming an expert in the field is not that hard. Just post lots of really informative blogs, setup an opt-in list newsletter, maybe write a few ebooks.
It is so much easier to become an expert in a niche within a niche. Trying to be an
expert in a big field full of experts already is hard work. Internet marketing is a niche, creating landing pages is a niche within the niche. Become the expert in the niche within the niche.
Blogging For Traffic Blogging Traffic Tip #10 - Great
Examples Of Highly Successful Blogs
You can learn a lot from really great blogs, the problem is, truly finding a great blog
to replicate. One of the best blogs around is at....
http://www.careerguideforall.blogspot.com
http://www.9jadreamjobs.blogspot.com
He actually wrote a post about how he makes money from his blogs. He even shows you how much money and how to get traffic to your blog. His blog is the perfect example of timeless, quality, original content that gives people a plan to use and his personality shines through.
Blogging For Traffic Blogging Traffic Tip #11 - OptimizeYour Posts For Search Engine Ranking
You can do a lot to help your blog with search engine ranking. The first thing you
can do is a buy a very keyword descriptive domain name. It really does help to have a
domain name with the keyword your site is on in it. He created the site backyardlandscaping.net to get a high search engine ranking for the term Backyard Landscaping. Does it get a good ranking? You bet. I'm in the top 3 in msn and top 5 in Google for a rather competitive term. Don't forget about keyword density in your blog posts. It's important to use the same simple SEO tips in your blog as you would in any website.
Blogging For Traffic Blogging Traffic Tip #12 - Run A Contest For A Month And Watch Traffic Roar In
This is a great method to get traffic, just run some sort of contest for a whole month.
Let me give you an example. Go to.... http://www.15kchallenge.com This guy setup a blog to show people how to make $15,000 in one month starting with only
$150. People flocked to this site. Why?
A) Because they were curious to see if he could pull it off
B) If he failed he said he would wear a thong in public
C) He said he would give the site away to a reader of the blog at the end of the month
Read his site to learn more.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Blogging For Traffic Series IV
Blogging For Traffic Tip #7 -
Make Sure You Post Regularly But Not Overly So
You have to blog regularly to keep search engines interested, ping sites interested and even more importantly, people interested. If you don't post regularly, all of the above will still coming back as frequently and will lose interest in your site.
You should post at least once a week, at the very least. Two to three times would be better. But make sure you don't post every day all day. This makes your site to search engines look like a spam blog. Also make sure you split your post times up. Some weeks post on mondays, thursdays and sundays, other weeks post on the other days.
You have to blog regularly to keep search engines interested, ping sites interested and even more importantly, people interested. If you don't post regularly, all of the above will still coming back as frequently and will lose interest in your site.
You should post at least once a week, at the very least. Two to three times would be better. But make sure you don't post every day all day. This makes your site to search engines look like a spam blog. Also make sure you split your post times up. Some weeks post on mondays, thursdays and sundays, other weeks post on the other days.
Blogging For Traffic Tip #8 -
Write Posts That Are Very Topical For The Times
One of the best ways to get a sudden burst of traffic is to write about something that is hot right now or in the news. This is a great way to get a sudden burst of really interested traffic.
You can find out whats hot now by watching the news or use online services like Google
Trends, Yahoo Buzz or Ebay Pulse. These sites give you lists of searches that are very popular online right now. Some of the hot topics right now are
One of the best ways to get a sudden burst of traffic is to write about something that is hot right now or in the news. This is a great way to get a sudden burst of really interested traffic.
You can find out whats hot now by watching the news or use online services like Google
Trends, Yahoo Buzz or Ebay Pulse. These sites give you lists of searches that are very popular online right now. Some of the hot topics right now are
* Xbox 360's
* Midterm Elections
* Halloween
* PSP
* Midterm Elections
* Halloween
* PSP
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Blogging For Traffic Series III
Blogging For TrafficTip #5 -
Write LikeYou Are Talking To A Friend
There is nothing worse then reading a blogwith no personality. People think that theyhave to take on this serious, boring personawhen writing a blog, but you should behaving fun with it instead.People like to read blogs that areconversationalist in nature. People like toread writing that is written at the 7th grade level. People don't want to read largewords and hard to read sentences.People also like it when you talk to themone on one like an old friend. Talk to thereader as if only one person were readingyour blog.Having a unique personality will get youmore traffic from people telling peopleabout your site then any "traffic building"technique.
Blogging For TrafficTip #6 -
BeTrueToYourselfAndYouWillNeverWorry AboutMoney Or PeopleAgain.
A lot of people just starting out,especially in the affiliate marketing gamewrite blogs to earn affiliate commission,and there is nothing wrong with that.What you want to avoid is promotingaffiliate programs just because they pay outlarger commissions even though the productsmight not be of the highest quality. Neverpromote a product you have never bought ortried yourself. You have to like and reallywant to tell other people about it.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Blogging For Traffic Series II
Blogging For Traffic Tip #3 - CreateContent That IsTimeless
If you want your blog to be around for awhile and you want readers to come in 5years time and still find your contentrelevant to them, you need to make sure thecontent is timeless, whether they read it in3 months, 3 years or 30 years.This not only means you don't have to keepupdating your content every 6 months whichwill save you time, it also helps with otherpeople who you may allow to use your contenton their websites. They are sure not goingto update your content for you.I wrote an article 5 years ago that I'mslightly embarassed with having my name on.It was cutting edge at the time, but now,it's so old it's funny.Some topics however, will always betimeless. Find those, write on them.Blogging For Traffic
Tip #4 - Write ForYour Visitors As Your#1 Priority
Not Search EnginesWhile you should be optimizing your postsand your blog for search engines, and I talkabout this later, your main focus should beon writing for humans, not bots.Keep this in mind always. Don't try andrepeat your keywords all over your blogposts to the point where it does not makesense.This might work sometimes for search engineranking and you may get some extra traffic,but they won't stay long if the content isobviously geared for search engine ranking.People have a short attention span and won't waste it on junk.
Watch out for other series.
If you want your blog to be around for awhile and you want readers to come in 5years time and still find your contentrelevant to them, you need to make sure thecontent is timeless, whether they read it in3 months, 3 years or 30 years.This not only means you don't have to keepupdating your content every 6 months whichwill save you time, it also helps with otherpeople who you may allow to use your contenton their websites. They are sure not goingto update your content for you.I wrote an article 5 years ago that I'mslightly embarassed with having my name on.It was cutting edge at the time, but now,it's so old it's funny.Some topics however, will always betimeless. Find those, write on them.Blogging For Traffic
Tip #4 - Write ForYour Visitors As Your#1 Priority
Not Search EnginesWhile you should be optimizing your postsand your blog for search engines, and I talkabout this later, your main focus should beon writing for humans, not bots.Keep this in mind always. Don't try andrepeat your keywords all over your blogposts to the point where it does not makesense.This might work sometimes for search engineranking and you may get some extra traffic,but they won't stay long if the content isobviously geared for search engine ranking.People have a short attention span and won't waste it on junk.
Watch out for other series.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
How To Get Massive Traffic To Your Blog Daily (Series 1 of 12)
Blogging For Traffic Tip #1 - Create Original Content Of Significant Value:
Content is king. If you have been in theInternet marketing scene for any period oftime you would have heard this saying day inand day out. Every Internet marketing manualhas this as it's mantra and rightly so.One of the biggest problems people have whenblogging has nothing to do with the lack oftraffic coming to their site. It's a symptomof something more sinister. Bad content.Even worse then poorly written originalcontent is content that is not original atall. This is the death bell for all blogsthat want to be taken seriously.You HAVE to have unique content. It is thelifeblood of blogging. Every other blog islacking in original content, you have to bedifferent.Pay someone to write it if you have to.
Content is king. If you have been in theInternet marketing scene for any period oftime you would have heard this saying day inand day out. Every Internet marketing manualhas this as it's mantra and rightly so.One of the biggest problems people have whenblogging has nothing to do with the lack oftraffic coming to their site. It's a symptomof something more sinister. Bad content.Even worse then poorly written originalcontent is content that is not original atall. This is the death bell for all blogsthat want to be taken seriously.You HAVE to have unique content. It is thelifeblood of blogging. Every other blog islacking in original content, you have to bedifferent.Pay someone to write it if you have to.
Blogging For Traffic Tip #2 - Create Content That Gives People A Plan Of
Action:Want to get people to not only read your blog but follow your word blindly and doyour bidding for you? I kid you not, peoplewill fall over themselves to do what you sayif you do this. You just have to tell themwhat to do.This is the greatest idea, especially if youare preselling an affiliate program via yourblog.Every one of your posts you write shouldgive people an action that could be taken bythe reader.IE, every idea you give the reader, theyshould be able to go and implement in theirbusiness right away.I'm not sure who I read this from but Iremember reading that the best way to sell aproduct or an affiliate product, especiallyin the Internet marketing arena is to givethem a plan that they can follow andimplement straight away and then give themthe resources to do that with.A lot of people write ebooks or articles orblogs that are very informative but don'treally presell what they are trying topromote.Giving people a plan they can followstraight away after reading what you wrotewill give them that incentive to buy thatrecommended product from you instead of another affiliate.
WATCH OUT FOR THE NEXT SERIES. DON'T MISS IT!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
HOW TO MONETIZE YOUR BLOG FOR PROFIT
If you want to make money from your blog, you must have the following steps at the back of your mind:
STEP ONE OF FIVE.
You must choose a niche: You must not face a general writng. For example, if you are writing on forex as a niche, then focus in that niche, no digression. This brings specific traffic.
STEP TWO OF FIVE.
Traffic Biulding: If your blog does not have traffic, you are not going to make it. Therefore, traffic building is your utmost and you must figure out how to do this without paying a dime. Now one secret is that you can generate lots of traffic for free without spending a dime on google aswords and any other related advertising methods. For instance when I created this blog, I quickly figured out how to get traffic. First, I visited google.com and I typed a search term 'add my url free' and I had a list of site submission directory and started submitting my site.( More of TRAFFICKING will be available in my next post 'How To Get Massive Traffic To Your
Blog Daily')( Series 1 - 12, dont miss it).
STEP THREE OF FIVE.
Content: You see, many people will not make money on the internet, even with free methods. A lot of people desire to own sites or blogs and start making money without any input. This is a complete lie. You will need to write fresh content daily, or thrice a week as you decide. But let me stress here, search engines are actually looking for contents that are fresh. Above all, your articles are actually short articles of between 200 to 400 words. Let me bet you that if you post four articles on your site or blog weekly, in the next one year, you are in big bucks. Pure and Simple.
STEP FOUR OF FIVE.
List Building: If you are serious about making money online, then you must consider this at all cost. Feigning or living under an umbrella where you use someone else's list to market your produt will not help you. There are easy list building method for free and paid. One thing stands out here: If you provide junks to people, they will opt-out of your list.
STEP FIVE OF FIVE.
Blog With Traffic: If your blog does not have traffic, you are not going to make it. Threrefore, traffic building is your utmost and you must figure out how to do this.
To have massive traffic to your blog, dont miss my next post titled "How To Get Massive Traffic To Your Blog Daily" It's from series 1 to series 12 making twuenty-four ways to drive traffic to your blog. It is going to be exciting! DON'T MISS IT!
Check out the blog sites below and leave your comment(s)http://www.9jadreamjobs.blogspot.com
http://www.blogempires.blogspot.com
http://www.careerguideforall.blogspot.com
STEP ONE OF FIVE.
You must choose a niche: You must not face a general writng. For example, if you are writing on forex as a niche, then focus in that niche, no digression. This brings specific traffic.
STEP TWO OF FIVE.
Traffic Biulding: If your blog does not have traffic, you are not going to make it. Therefore, traffic building is your utmost and you must figure out how to do this without paying a dime. Now one secret is that you can generate lots of traffic for free without spending a dime on google aswords and any other related advertising methods. For instance when I created this blog, I quickly figured out how to get traffic. First, I visited google.com and I typed a search term 'add my url free' and I had a list of site submission directory and started submitting my site.( More of TRAFFICKING will be available in my next post 'How To Get Massive Traffic To Your
Blog Daily')( Series 1 - 12, dont miss it).
STEP THREE OF FIVE.
Content: You see, many people will not make money on the internet, even with free methods. A lot of people desire to own sites or blogs and start making money without any input. This is a complete lie. You will need to write fresh content daily, or thrice a week as you decide. But let me stress here, search engines are actually looking for contents that are fresh. Above all, your articles are actually short articles of between 200 to 400 words. Let me bet you that if you post four articles on your site or blog weekly, in the next one year, you are in big bucks. Pure and Simple.
STEP FOUR OF FIVE.
List Building: If you are serious about making money online, then you must consider this at all cost. Feigning or living under an umbrella where you use someone else's list to market your produt will not help you. There are easy list building method for free and paid. One thing stands out here: If you provide junks to people, they will opt-out of your list.
STEP FIVE OF FIVE.
Blog With Traffic: If your blog does not have traffic, you are not going to make it. Threrefore, traffic building is your utmost and you must figure out how to do this.
To have massive traffic to your blog, dont miss my next post titled "How To Get Massive Traffic To Your Blog Daily" It's from series 1 to series 12 making twuenty-four ways to drive traffic to your blog. It is going to be exciting! DON'T MISS IT!
Check out the blog sites below and leave your comment(s)http://www.9jadreamjobs.blogspot.com
http://www.blogempires.blogspot.com
http://www.careerguideforall.blogspot.com
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