The ultimate aim of your blog is to make money. The earning potential of your blog depends upon the traffic it attracts. The more traffic the more income.
In my previous post I had mentioned some of the strategies that help a lot to generate traffic. These strategies include Search Engine Optimization or SEO, submitting your blog to blog directories, social networking sites, classified sites etc. Here in this post I would be giving you an idea of some of these strategies and some more tips to increase traffic.
First, Search Engine Optimization or SEO.
What exactly is Search Engine Optimization? In simple and non-technical words, it is the process of improving the traffic of your blog both quantitatively and qualitatively. The higher the position (rank) of your blog in the search results the more visitors will it receive. In other words, you may say that in order to attract more visitors, you will have to optimize your blog.
So, how to optimize your blog? Here are some tips to improve the rank of your blog in search results by boosting the quantity and quality of the traffic it now receives.
The most essential pre requisite for improving the traffic is a quality content. I have stressed the importance of content in my previous post also. The content you write for your blog should be as much informative as you can make it. Written in easy-to-understand words and full of information, your post would draw visitors to your blog.
Links, too, add to the quality of your blog and make it more user-friendly. You have multiple ways here.
First, you can interlink relevant posts on your blog in order to facilitate readers get more information on the same topic.
Second, you can also link up your blog to other blogs or sites on the same topic. If you have more than one blog or site on the same topic, you can establish link between them.
Third, other bloggers or site-owners too may take the initiative of linking their blogs or sites to yours provided your blog consists of quality content. It adds to the value of your blog, because it is likely to unlease a flow of traffic to your blog, a criteria that makes your blog more acceptable in the eyes of Google. As a result your ranking in search engine improves.
You can implement all these strategies at the same time. But the most important conclusion we arrive at here is that you should concentrate on writing quality posts. If you write informative, quality posts for your blog, then you can rest assured that incoming links or back links will automatically follow. Writing quality posts is like walking facing the sun. When you walk facing the sun, you needn’t look back to see whether your shadow is following you.
I have learnt about one more excellent tip from a great blogger. You can try it to generate back links from other bloggers and site owners. This blog is on making money online. There are thousands of other great blogs and sites out there on the same topic. Request those bloggers and site owners to go through at least one good post (in my opinion) on your blog. If they oblige you, you may expect back links to your blog from them.
Try both online and offline to increase your readership. If your readers like your posts they will tell their friends about them. They will also write about your blog in forums and social networking sites. The process may culminate in a dramatic improvement in the traffic of your blog. However the success of this tip depends upon the quality of your blog posts.
Another great way to improve traffic is Yahoo Answers. There you will have to answer questions on your topic. With each answer you will have to provide link to your blog or site in the source box. The process generates back link and free traffic to your blog. You too may ask questions and get answers.
All these are online methods to promote your blog. There are many other online ways to generate traffic. Follow them, but don’t underestimate the importance of offline methods. Tell your friends and acquaintances about your blog and ask them to watch it. They may prove a great source of traffic tom your blog.
Remember that blogging is not a get-rich-quick project. It demands great perseverance and hard labor from you. If you have these qualities or if you develop them, you will achieve success.
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