THE Best Ways to Get Blog Traffic and Comments

I like to be active in many ways in my website/blog. Video content to my list and written content keep them interested. You have to create interest in your Niche so people enjoy what they read and see. Think about how you would like to be entertained? Social Media that connects you to the Warrior forum will help as you continue to put your energy here too. I send my stuff out to a list as well as use social media.-Facebook. I also have a business page for my niche on facebook and generate a buzz for people to like it. I also have a Linkedin page where I paste the same info. My blog on my webiste is another. So find 3 or 4 things that extend around your blog and connect them back with a link. Get an opt-in page so that people will give you their email in return for something free and valuable you are giving them. And then continue passionately so you can funnel them into your sales eventually. Depending on what niche you are in you can drive paid traffic as well. All the other suggestions will only cost you your time and what you pay for blogsite and opt-in page. You will also need an autoresponder...it is best to pay for all of this stuff because you can find that free stuff can come with somethings you may not like. And whatever you do , do it consistently, every day, every week....I have been delivering short video messages week after week and I watched my numbers grow. So consistency is the key.....

Increasing engagement can be as simple as asking questions. Seriously. Take a look at backlinko.com and look at how Brian Dean asks questions of his blog readers.

Of course, your content must get the reader 'emotionally invested' so they would want to leave a comment.

If you're updating a blog and hoping Google will deliver, you'll be hoping all the way up until the day you quit. Seriously. Nowadays, you need to think beyond your blog, by growing traffic platforms and syndicating blog posts to them. And even that isn't enough. If traffic exists online, you need to learn how to target it, acquire it, and monetize it.

Tom

Peter,

First, in many cases -- The subject matter and how it's presented mainly dictate the engagement of the viewer ...

For example -- In many instances, timely Controversial news stories, opinionated feature topics and thought-provoking discussions in social communities are the ones that get the most engagement from the largest number of people at the fastest possible time ...

Second, once you know those timely controversial news stories, opinionated feature topics and thought-provoking discussions currently being searched for, viewed, shared and talked of in popular social communities that are relevant to your target audience --

You can drive traffic to your blog and build up your regular readership base by:

• Writing posts in your blog about these things while injecting your own perspectives, opinions and overall character (through the tone and style of your content); and

• Regularly initiating relevant thought-provoking discussions and sharing your insights, opinions and commentaries to popular discussions in those social communities can consistently drive traffic to your blog and build up your regular readership base ...

For example -- If the hottest and most controversial topic in your target niche IM market at the moment is Google's confirmation that they'll be rolling out a paid ads-free subscription for Youtube this June ...

... Then ...

... You can write an engaging, opinionated post with your unique, logically sound concepts in your blog about this topic; and

... You can then initiate discussions and participate in relevant conversations about this topic in Facebook groups, LinkedIn groups, Web forums, blog networks and other social communities that are relevant to your target audience ...

Third, there are different tactics for compelling your target audience to comment on your posts, share your posts and do whatever you want after viewing your content ...

This mainly depends on the specific characteristics of your target audience ...
... i.e. How many of them would most likely react to a topic if you present it in certain ways ...

• Asking the right questions in your posts is one tactic; and

• Another way is to share unique, logically sound concepts in entertaining ways that could most likely be helpful to what your target audience is currently doing ...

... This can compel many viewers to start asking their own questions (most of them probably haven't heard your unique concepts anywhere else) ...

Also, since you mentioned that you operate in the IM industry --

Why not study the most recent threads in relevant Web forums like this one, specifically threads that have lots of views and comments?

This could perhaps give you some ideas on how to engage your target audience, compel them to leave comments, share your content, initiate and participate in ongoing conversations in your blog, or essentially do whatever you want ...

First and foremost you need to look out for the target audience. I believe that today most of the target audience in any niche prevails in social media the most. Prefer looking out for a strategy and opportunity to have those audience engaged and benefited. Either through images, videos or infographics. And that way you can have a good impact with generating the blog traffic.

I think the key here to understand what the audience wants and deliver that. The problems that most marketers face is connecting to the audience. We should not push down the throat of our audience what we want to hard sell. We should provide information that they seek. Like i read slogan of one of the electronic megastore "We help you buy"

Cheers,

Andy

also other than a blog maybe try a youtube channel

"There's no such thing as negative publicity" (love that quote)

Write controversial blog posts that stir up debate (within the boundaries of remaining respectful to your audience of course). People LOVE talking about themselves and giving their own opinions on stuff.

Hey Peter-

I didn't answer you yesterday because you're humbly asking a question that your signature claims you'e already an expert at...do you see the problem there?

The number one thing I've found over the years while building followings for many different brands is that honesty is absolutely essential. If your readers see a hidden agenda, they're gone. If your content doesn't give great advice, they're gone. If you go for funny and fail...they'll make fun of you, then they're gone.

So before you even try to build a following, make sure that all of your content is genuine and offers real advice that's not already on 10,000 blogs already. Reposting a paragraph then tying in someone else's video is a start...but that doesn't give anyone confidence that you know what you're talking about. Next, make sure that your site loads quickly and can handle traffic before you start pushing it toward you...the one blog I clicked on took 13 seconds to load. Also, update your navigation so you don't look like a squeeze page with a few extras on it...all of those little issues tell people that you don't care if they have a good experience on your site or not.

I hope that helped, because you're not quite ready for any traffic yet.

I'm in the same boat. Of course paid traffic would be the easiest and quickest method. If you are looking for more organic traffic then it's going to take lots of time and lots of engagement with people. Doing videos, posting on forums, blog commenting, Q/A, social media, article marketing, SEO, etc.

There are countless ways to get traffic, but I think if you are looking to do it the free way you are going to have to get in the trenches and fight your way out. Hope this helps, but it's the same boat I'm in right now lol.