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Just thinking out loud.

by Mrnace
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Okay, Just thnking out load here, I have managed to more than 4x my traffic since the start of the year, (january 1 - 31 = 229 visits, April 9 - May 9th = 934 visits) just because I am now using keywords more effectively through yoast and googles keyword tool, and its still raising. I am then sharing my articles on social media on my fb groups, twitter etc and related groups, forums etc, but the traffic from social media i think is pretty small to my website at the moment.

I have ordered Jab, Jab, Jab Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk on amazon, which I'll get in the next few day, so hoping that will sort out my social media traffic.

I have posted some youtube videos, but getting no views and started using pinterest also.

Apart from paid ads, which I am not willing to pay for until I have a product that is selling enough to pay for it.

I am wondering if there are other ways to get traffic that I don't know about.

I have also emailed many bloggers in my niche to see about getting guest posts, but no luck there either.

Hmmm!

Maybe I just need more patience and to keep doing what I am doing and things will eventually happen naturally.
#outload #thinking
  • Profile picture of the author Tom Addams
    What I'd do in your shoes is concentrate on the traffic channels with which I'm familiar. It's great that you've had success in improving your traffic levels; but, not to knock you, the channels you're using (socials, I'm mostly talking about) can deliver so much more. I'd recommend growing your social platforms, and don't just limit yourself to FB. This is a big subject. I could talk all day. Initial advice: grow the socials.

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  • Profile picture of the author kk075
    It sounds like you're trying to do too much at once- just focus on one thing at a time and don't stop until it's awesome. For most niches, that's your core content. So slave over it, make it as good as possible, and then worry about social media and the other channels.

    As far as getting guest bloggers, what do you have to offer them? Your site is not ranking well yet and your traffic is minimal, so nobody is going to spend their time writing just to help you out. So you have two options- either pay the bloggers you're seeking or give them something in trade (a product, a service, etc.) to make it worth their while. The biggest bloggers in your niche get dozens of offers daily though, so you have to make yours stand out from the general spam.
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    • Profile picture of the author Mrnace
      Originally Posted by kk075 View Post

      It sounds like you're trying to do too much at once- just focus on one thing at a time and don't stop until it's awesome. For most niches, that's your core content. So slave over it, make it as good as possible, and then worry about social media and the other channels.

      As far as getting guest bloggers, what do you have to offer them? Your site is not ranking well yet and your traffic is minimal, so nobody is going to spend their time writing just to help you out. So you have two options- either pay the bloggers you're seeking or give them something in trade (a product, a service, etc.) to make it worth their while. The biggest bloggers in your niche get dozens of offers daily though, so you have to make yours stand out from the general spam.
      I was contacting the other bloggers to see if I could post on their blog, not vice versa.

      I didn't get anywhere with that. It doesn't matter too much at the moment.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mrnace
    Yeah, of course, the plan is to grow my traffic through every possible way, social media, fb, twitter, google+ etc, forums, keywords and so on.

    I am hoping Gary Vaynerchuks book can give me a proper heads up on where I am going wrong and what I should be doing on social media.

    I am looking for 5-10x the traffic I am getting now by the end of the year.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tom Addams
    The helpful chap, kk075, gives some excellent advice here. Advice being (paraphrasing): master the one thing, then move along.

    Let me put things in perspective...

    I can create a new affiliate site and, without using any of my existing traffic platforms, and using only free traffic sources, turn up the traffic from 0 to around 10K to 15K uniques/ day in a matter of days. And, if this was the only thing I did each day, the traffic would be much higher. Quite often, you see, I'll explore brand new markets; markets where I don't have any relevant traffic platforms. When I'm sending traffic from my usual locations, obviously the traffic is higher. Quite a lot higher.

    I'd suggest sticking to socials for now, and just picking one. You'll receive faster results than anything else (unless you're buying traffic of course). Start with one social, master it, move on. They're each very different in terms of how we grow our platforms on them and monetize.

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  • Profile picture of the author Mrnace
    Thats totally fine. I'll stick with one, master it, then add another.
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