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Blog Traffic - Final (for now)
By Mike | May 16, 2007
Almost switched topics today with the release of Word Press 2.2 but did not want to upset people. I have installed it here and will comment on it tomorrow.
Today we’ll talk about blog exchanges for generating traffic. Now let me preface this by saying I run and own a piece of a blog exchange. Despite that anyone that knows me will know that I still shoot straight and this topic is no different.
Blog exchanges can be a great place for a new blogger. You will get your site seen and if your content is good you can start to develop a readership. They are very much like the blog communities in that you will get out of them what you put into them.
If you just buy credits or surf through blogs mindlessly you will not get much. The key to using these is to build relationships. If you find someone writing on your topic and you can add to the conversation take the time to comment. DON”T SPAM!!!!!!
Just leaving one liners or links will cause you much more harm then good. If you can add to the conversation then and only then do it.
Use blog exchanges for this purpose and build relationships that will help you.
Now a review of the series.
First and foremost have good content and update it regularly. Now if you only have time for one post a week that is fine just make sure that it is every week. Stop and you lose readership. You set the time frame but keep it fairly consistent.
Make sure you blog is set up to be search engine friendly. Use things like Google Alerts to see how fast your posts are getting picked up. Once you have a regular posting schedule you should see an alert within 24 hours if your blog is set up properly.
Submit to the various RSS directories. Your feed if you are using Word Press will take care of all future updates. If your blog does not ping properly (Blogger comes to mind) make sure to use a service like pingoat.com each time you post.
Tag your posts properly for Technorati and make sure to claim your blog at Technorati. There are plugins for this for Word Press the new Blogger has a label function. Use it every time.
Use a submitter or a service like onlywire.com to bookmark your posts at the social sites. This will help you get more traffic. Make it easy for people to bookmark your posts also. There are plugins that will do that for you. If you look at the bottom of this post you can easily bookmark this post at some of your favorite sites.
Comment on other blogs. That was covered above so enough said.
Use the blog communities and exchanges to build relationships.
Create a Squidoo lens on your topic and add your blog feed there.
None of these things by themselves will throw the magic traffic switch. Do them all on a regular basis and you will be surprised at how your traffic flow will improve. Just keep on keeping on and one day you won’t be asking the question how do I get traffic.
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