Driving Traffic To My New Blog. What Are The Best Methods?

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So I recently started my new blog that I plan on using to document my Internet Marketing journey from being a newbie to becoming successful. The question is what are the best methods for getting traffic to the site. I have been sharing all of my posts on social media, Is paid advertising worth using since I am just starting out? What are some good free methods besides social media to get my blog out there?
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  • Profile picture of the author C G
    How do you monetize your blog? If you have good conversion and backend funnel. Paid traffic is the easiest.

    Cheers,

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  • Profile picture of the author Jay Bradley
    You could post your experiences here on WF. Link back to your blog in your profile and build a following on this forum. Or you could build an audience on youtube, releasing a video every week on your experiences can be very beneficial.

    Best of luck
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    • Profile picture of the author ivanadee
      Originally Posted by Jay Bradley View Post

      You could post your experiences here on WF. Link back to your blog in your profile and build a following on this forum. Or you could build an audience on youtube, releasing a video every week on your experiences can be very beneficial.

      Best of luck
      I agree. Also, don't forget to actively participate in the forum and leave a signature with attractive words
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  • Profile picture of the author ameliaevie
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    Of course the Social media is good to increase your blog traffic, beside this you can do SEO, back link, forum posting, blog commenting & so on. These are the best way to increase your blog traffic. There is no alternative way expect the SEO. To earn money you must increase your targeted traffic. thanks a lot.
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  • Profile picture of the author JohnnyPlan
    Since your blog is about your success in internet marketing (such as how you got from point A to B), then your natural audience would be other internet marketers. You should get a fair amount of traffic from business and internet marketing forums as people click through on your signature line to see how you did it.
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  • Profile picture of the author divisioncalm
    First, use Google keyword planner and choose the most relevant keyword that has lowest competition (preferrably long tail keywords). Google the chosen keyword and see other suggestions by google. Use these keywords naturally in the content and add the main keyword in the title. Then share this blog with your friends on social networking sites and request them to share it with their circles. Tweet a dozen times on topics related to your blog post and interact with people who are tweeting using keywords that you chose (#tag). Find communities on G+ and Linkedin and share the post. Keep in mind that the title or the post sounds really appealing..add some tadka (spice) to it. This should generate decent visitors.
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    • Profile picture of the author The Leo
      Originally Posted by divisioncalm View Post

      First, use Google keyword planner and choose the most relevant keyword that has lowest competition (preferrably long tail keywords). Google the chosen keyword and see other suggestions by google. Use these keywords naturally in the content and add the main keyword in the title. Then share this blog with your friends on social networking sites and request them to share it with their circles. Tweet a dozen times on topics related to your blog post and interact with people who are tweeting using keywords that you chose (#tag). Find communities on G+ and Linkedin and share the post. Keep in mind that the title or the post sounds really appealing..add some tadka (spice) to it. This should generate decent visitors.
      That is how you describe a huge formula in simple. Thanks for the simple illustration and I believe this is the major formula anyone should follow.

      Also there are descriptive part of it, you can read it here.
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  • Profile picture of the author Monja
    Go to Facebook Groups, be helpful and post where you can :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author paul1365
    Join a related group on Facebook or Google and post your failures and successes.
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  • Profile picture of the author SamiurBD
    Originally Posted by blitzbc View Post

    So I recently started my new blog that I plan on using to document my Internet Marketing journey from being a newbie to becoming successful. The question is what are the best methods for getting traffic to the site. I have been sharing all of my posts on social media, Is paid advertising worth using since I am just starting out? What are some good free methods besides social media to get my blog out there?
    Building a blog from scratch is all about trust. Try to write long information rich articles that validates the depth of your knowledge on that topic. Don't hurry to increase the post count because it has nothing to do with quantity. Take your time, write the articles and then-
    • Become a real person- go to other blogs on your niche, read their posts carefully and leave a thoughtful comment that stands out from other "thank you" comments. Make sure that you have a photo of your face on your gravatar account.
    • Backlinks-search for other blogs that have a similar article on the same topic, check their backlinks on a backlink checker tool and look who are linking to them. Go to the linking sites and let them know you have a similar article on that topic. Ask them to link to your article if they find it useful..
    • Guest post- make realtionships with other bloggers and regularly interact with them on different places like -their own blog, their twitter and facebook accounts and forums. most people will become online friends. then ask them if you can get a guest posting opportunity on their blog.

    Do these things for a considerable amount of time.

    All the best.
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  • Profile picture of the author JensSteyaert
    If you want to get some inspiration on how to drive traffic to a new blog, read the story on Matthew Woodward's blog. There you'll find a lot of great tips.

    What it comes down too is:
    -> Determine what questions people have
    -> Solve those questions by creating very high quality content
    -> Go to places where people ask these questions and redirect them to your blog

    If you ca do this in a non-spammy way then you'll see your traffic go up in a massive way, because you leverage sites that already have a lot of traffic (forums and blogs for instance).
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  • Profile picture of the author blitzbc
    These are all great tips! Thanks to everyone I will try some and see what works best.
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  • Profile picture of the author nau098hotmail
    You need to follow many people in social media and get real followers who can visit your links and result in more traffic from real users. Fake traffic purchased is of no use.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ron Killian
    If your talking about a blog, one why to kick start it is with commenting on other blogs. At the very least, it should get comments on your own blog, even if it's from other bloggers. As we know a blog with no comments doesn't look good.

    Plus, if you comment on blogs that use something like commentLuv, and you use compelling blog titles, could bring in more traffic, and backlinks. Don't know if those backlinks have much value these days, but you could of course do it for the traffic. It takes time, but it does bring in traffic if done correctly.

    Well, you probably already know all this. Just some thoughts.
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    • Profile picture of the author blitzbc
      Originally Posted by Ron Killian View Post

      If your talking about a blog, one why to kick start it is with commenting on other blogs. At the very least, it should get comments on your own blog, even if it's from other bloggers. As we know a blog with no comments doesn't look good.

      Plus, if you comment on blogs that use something like commentLuv, and you use compelling blog titles, could bring in more traffic, and backlinks. Don't know if those backlinks have much value these days, but you could of course do it for the traffic. It takes time, but it does bring in traffic if done correctly.

      Well, you probably already know all this. Just some thoughts.
      Thanks Ron,
      I am completely new when it comes to blogging but I know where I can go to comment on blogs. This is some good info.
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    • Profile picture of the author blitzbc
      Originally Posted by hari grg View Post

      best free ways to traffic:
      make your own page
      make your daily post about it
      make it easy for newbie's to understand
      make a video on youtube and dailymotion
      be sure to look the similar blogs and cover most of their areas, you must be differnt

      but it is faster if you have services like

      hope you have a good times
      Well by reading your post I can see you are a lot newer than me. This is not the way to get traffic by posting affiliate links to traffic sources that do not work. I have personally tried blast4traffic and never once even received a single click.
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      • Profile picture of the author Ron Killian
        Originally Posted by blitzbc View Post

        Well by reading your post I can see you are a lot newer than me. This is not the way to get traffic by posting affiliate links to traffic sources that do not work. I have personally tried blast4traffic and never once even received a single click.
        And you reposted the links, so they stick now
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        • Profile picture of the author blitzbc
          Originally Posted by Ron Killian View Post

          And you reposted the links, so they stick now
          Good catch Ron. I fixed it.
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          • Profile picture of the author cgyc88
            Hey blitzbc, you are actually using one free traffic method already, that is your signature link. Have more of such in other forums, people will click on it as we loves to read success stories . Hope this helps and congrats once again.
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            • Profile picture of the author blitzbc
              Originally Posted by cgyc88 View Post

              Hey blitzbc, you are actually using one free traffic method already, that is your signature link. Have more of such in other forums, people will click on it as we loves to read success stories . Hope this helps and congrats once again.
              I know I've already gotten a few visits from fellow Warriors. I have gotten a few good ideas from here.
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  • Profile picture of the author Salma08
    The best way to get traffic to the website is SEO. Through this I found a quick and constant success with so many SEO project I did in the past years. And I believe this process of increasing trafficking still rocks.
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  • Profile picture of the author tauhidbd1993
    Good Idea to use the social media. did you use the Forum posting? I think it also needed to make back link to increase your site traffic.
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  • Profile picture of the author bjnelson
    YouTube is by far one of the most powerful traffic methods and oh btw, it's FREE Make simple value driven videos that direct people to your blog. You can also embed those videos in your posts.
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    • Profile picture of the author Devilfish168
      think there is limit on social medias?

      I try hard...

      add people , etc groups

      keep posting , promote..noticed cannot break a certain numbers of traffics...
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  • Profile picture of the author IvoryPearl
    I've gotten a lot of traffic from blog commenting. I really love reading blogs and commenting on what is being said. Just be sure to comment only on blogs that allow you to leave your website plus comment only on blogs that have a fair amount of comments.If people like what you've said, they will check out your website.
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  • Profile picture of the author H.Miller
    Try video marketing. Show people what you are doing and place links in the description so they can get more information by visiting your blog.
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  • Profile picture of the author minutesuae
    Facebook Groups, Linkedin Groups and google
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  • Profile picture of the author ropemediahouse
    Creative way to promote by some good steps..
    Give a Short Audio Introduction
    Create a Preview of Your Post
    Create a SlideShare
    Pin Your Post
    Instagram an Image
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  • Profile picture of the author salmanqureshi
    many ways to drives traffic on ur website.. u need a quality contants and use some bookmarking websites such as delicious..
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  • Profile picture of the author techforce
    I think using comments on other blogs will be of great interest
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  • Profile picture of the author Ucseo
    Hey Blitzbe, thanks for bringing this question here, I am equally new to blogging and the comments here are more relevant than some ebooks and training videos out there.

    I am already working on a post on my internet marketing blog based on the knowledge I ve received in this one question.

    Huge thanks for being so generous y'all.
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  • Profile picture of the author allenmartin
    Hi everyone,

    my personal advice to every newbie is to learn SEO. If you use Wordpress as your platform you could use a lot of SEO Plugins - my personal favorite is the one which Yoast All in One offers...

    If you learn SEO the right way you will generate tons of traffic in only a few days...

    The most important things for effective SEO are:

    + Keyword Research
    + Keyword Density
    + OnPage and OffPage Optimization

    From my coaching clients, i've seen a lot of newbies who are doing keyword research completely the wrong way, so they wonder why they won't generate tons of traffic.

    The fastest advice i can give you to learn SEO is to use Youtube and search on this topic...


    Have a nice day...

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  • Profile picture of the author skyro
    I would say joining and posting in facebook groups related to your blog, posting on forums related to your blog. Building a list sending your subscribers emails to check out your post and comment on it will increase interaction and also help with raising your blog post to front page in google will also help create more traffic. Also try solo ads and maybe placing ppl or low cost offers on the thank you page to help pay for the cost of the solo ad will help.
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  • Profile picture of the author jeffs89
    Maybe the best way would be to put an email opt-in box on your blog and send paid 'targeted' traffic to your blog. Then send people emails promoting cpa or clickbank offers in your niche.
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