Are you adding backlinks on a regular basis?

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 1:11 pm

Many of the questions I get on a regular basis here and on the monthly Q and A have to do with generating traffic.

Every one is looking for a magic button. Guess what the magic button is a 4 letter word you really don’t want to hear but I will tell you anyhow – WORK.

When is the last time you did any of these for your blog?

Wrote an article and submitted it to various directories linking to your blog
Commented on a related blog with a thoughtful comment and a link back to your blog
Posted a video with your link to You Tube, Revver, et al
Added a podcast and submitted it
Bookmarked your content and others at Stumble Upon, Digg, et al
Commented on others pages at MyBlogLog, BlogCatalog, et al
Posted on Twitter about your latest post
Use Facebook and added your RSS feed
Added your RSS feed to a Squidoo lens, Hub page, Wet Paint, et al

If all you are doing is posting to your blog once a week and wondering why no one stops by guess what?

Spend a few minutes each day doing just one thing on the list above and you will see an increase in your traffic. Do 2 or 3 and see a bigger increase in your traffic.

Stop looking for the BIG RED EASY BUTTON and do something and do it regularly.

In future articles I will be going into detail on some of these items and how if you are willing to put in just a little bit of effort in a few minutes each day you will have found the button but…

Creating the button requires – EFFORT.

As always your questions and comments are welcomed.

Mike Paetzold

P.S. For these traffic posts I am implementing a 5 comment rule. I will not address any of these topics unless I have received 5 comments on this post. So if you want me to continue to add valuable tips and tricks leave your comment below.