Blog For Traffic Series 5 and 6

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.