Nov 25, 2011

Quick Ways to Increase your Blog Traffic

Create link clusters within your blog - A link cluster is a group of links that you can point at a post or page to improve its search engine ranking. Let s say you have a post that s ranked for  stupid business ideas . Edit 10 of your other posts to create links (using  stupid business ideas  as the anchor text) to the  stupid business ideas  post and you will surely move up in Google for that keyword. This process can be implemented in about 10 minutes and can be used for any keyword your site ranks for or is trying to rank for.

Rework HTML title tags of trafficked posts - By watching your stats, you can often identify posts that get search traffic from a keyword, even though the keyword isn t listed in the HTML title of the post. By editing your posts  HTML titles to add the keywords they cover, you can strengthen the rankings and therefore the traffic that the post generates. You can easily make a difference with this method in less than 20 minutes. This method combines very well with #1.

Invite your readers to connect with you on StumbleUpon and Facebook - You can never ever have too many friends on SU and Facebook. Inviting existing readers to find you on these services with a post should take less than 20 minutes.

Edit your post one more time - How can you improve your title? How can you improve your first paragraph? Small details in your post, especially in the beginning of your post, can make an enormous difference in its ability to draw social traffic and links. You can definitely improve your title, first paragraph, formatting, and grammar within 30 minutes.

Go to the store - Look at magazines. Pay special attention to the types of titles that are used on the covers. Write down the most interesting titles and think about what makes them interesting. In order to generate buzz around a post, a great title is an absolute necessity. More on this topic here: The Cosmo Headline Technique for Blogging Inspiration. You should be able to find some good title ideas in about 30 minutes.

Post backlinks to your site on do-follow sites -  Here are a few do-follow blogs: wordpress.com, blogspot.com, tumblr.com, and livejournal.com. Here are a few do-follow social networking sites: rateitall.com, tweako, and creamaid.com. Article submission is huge to drive traffic to your site. Here are a few big do-follow article submission sites: ezine.com, goarticles.com, propeller.com, reddit.com. Here is a list of some do-follow social portal sites: squidoo.com, hubpages.com, and zibio.com

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