How To Create A website That Gets 7000 - 10.000 Visitors Each Month

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This post is not for the seasoned marketer, but for the person's new to the game. This post is not to show you how to make money with a site, but to show you how I got visitors to my site with very little effort.

Hey guys,

I have a natural remedies website that gets 7000 - 10000 visitors each month without building any backlinks. Okay, maybe just a few links to certain pages, but for the most part, 90% of the content on my website have no backlinks. I get most of my traffic from long tail keywords spread throughout my website.

This strategy is nothing new, but I didn't learn it from anyone. I came up with the idea myself and realized later on that it has been around for some time

The point in building this website was to rank for competitive keyword terms without having to spend money or time on baclinking, forum posting, social bookmarks and whatever SEO strategies are normally used to rank for keywords. I decided to put the work in at the start and rank for the keywords at the end...maybe that makes little sense at the moment, but hopefully by the end of this post you will have a better understanding where I'm coming from.

My goal for this thread is not just to share the strategy I used, but to also help you come up with ideas of your own. Maybe it will spark something inside your noggin that will help you with your own campaign...maybe. Anyway, here goes...

The Concept:
A couple of months ago I was looking for a niche to get into and decided the health niche was as good as any. Obviously this is one if the biggies, so I narrowed it down a little to focus on just "natural remedies". Still a bit competitive for my liking as I had little money and I couldn't stand building backlinks every bloody day (been there before and will never do it again). That's when I realized there were hundreds of keywords that had the term "natural remedies for" in the title, eg: natural remedies for kidney problems, natural remedies for bleeding gums, and so on... the beauty of this is that 80 - 90% of these keywords had little to no competition.

Now you may think that if there was no competition for these keywords then what's the point in trying to rank them? Well I had no intention of ranking those keywords at all. I wanted to rank for the competitive keywords like "natural remedies for anxiety" but realized that if I had a website with 100 articles all with the term "natural remedies for" in the title, then Google would know my website was specifically targeting that phrase, and after a month or so of writing posts with that phrase on every single page of my site, Google would automatically rank the more competitive keywords when I decided to introduce them to the site. Again, nothing new, but it works.

The Strategy:
I decided to pick out 90 keywords with the phrase "natural remedies for" in the title and write 3 posts each day and add them to my website. This may seem like a lot of work but it took me no more than 1 hour to write 3 posts every day. The reason the posts took so little time is because I had no intention of ranking for those keywords, so I couldn't give a s**t if the content was substandard or not. Nobody was going to be searching for these phrases anyway as they had no search volume. Some had a little search volume in the hundreds, but that's as good as none anyways yeah.

All I wanted was that after a month of writing these posts, Google would know that my site was targeted for natural remedies. After a month I would then incorporate the searched volume keywords into my site and they would shoot up the rankings very quickly. You see, I put the work in first, so I didn't have to later on. This strategy worked like a charm. Every post that I introduced to the site was indexed in a matter of minutes and always landed on the first or second page. I then add just a few backlinks and they start to climb the rankings. Google looks at my site and sees no reason to penalize me with algorithm changes because I constantly update my site, there are no unnatural baclinks involved and the website is very targeted to the term "natural remedies"

Other Bonuses I Didn't Foresee At The Time:
Now my goal was to rank for the competitive keyword phrases without much backlinking and that worked very well, but what I didn't expect was that visitors were turning up at my site through long tail keywords I never targeted at all, not only that, but because I had so much content all related to natural remedies on the site, I unexpectantly had a lot of L.S.I keyword phrases related to "natural remedies" also spread all over the site.

I now get between 250 - 300 visitors to the website everyday and it's not stopping. The traffic slowly increases every month and I haven't even touched the site in about a month now. Natural Remedies For Anxiety is a phrase that gets 5400 exact searches a month, I ranked that keyword on the first page in less than a week with few backlinks and even though at that stage I moved onto other things in my internet marketing career and I haven't touched the site, the keyword jumped up a couple of places last week for no reason.

The Point:

1) I spent 1 hour a day for one month writing 3 articles that all had the same exact phrase in the title (nothing new here but it works well)

2) 90% of the keywords on the site have little to no search volume

3) I obviously have a lot of LSI keywords spread throughout my whole site because every single article is related in some way (in this case it is the phrase "natural remedies")

4) If I put a post onto this website now, it will be indexed within a couple of minutes

5) Googles algorithm likes my site because there's no unnatural backlinking, the site has a lot of targeted content and it was updated on a regular basis

6) The site gets between 7000 and 10000 visitors a month

I have to point out that I no longer do conventional SEO and I no longer write articles. I have moved in a completely different direction with paid & banner advertisements, and I no longer even bother with this site.

Here's the kicker, the site makes very little money because the 10000 visitors are spread out over 90 articles so it's hard to target a specific keyword. I could get the competitive keywords to the top position in Googles search results with not much effort but I couldn't be arsed building backlinks. I could set up an auto responder series on the site and that could work if I put the time in, but I really haven't got the time as I'm making a killing with ads.

I only wrote this post today to maybe give you some ideas of what's possible with just a little bit of effort (1 hour a day)

Maybe this post will help some people...that is my hope. Either way I just wanted to share something for the people only starting out. Groomed affiliate marketers probably won't find anything of use out of this post, but I didn't write it for them, I wrote it for the newbies...like myself.

Declan.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Hlatky
    This is a nice, basic strategy for setting up an authority site. With the recent crackdown on public backlinking networks, Google is loving sites that have lots of content that is constantly posted.

    I think the key is to stick to a topic like "natural remedies for" and just keep writing articles based around that phrase.

    I recently started a car insurance website that has seen drastic jumps in the rankings for a variety of keywords. And this is with ZERO BACKLINKING.

    Authority sites = Good

    P.S. I am pretty sure I found your site :p
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    • Profile picture of the author retsced
      I'm sure you found my site too Mike

      Yeah it's definitely the way to go...an authority site that is focused is very important now more than ever mate.

      Have a good one
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    • Profile picture of the author Jaspry
      What you did for your site (assuming it is the 'orange green' one I discovered) is exactly what I plan on doing for my non-health related one! By creating an authority domain that ranks for both competitive and non-competitive ones, I seek out traffic from all over the search engines.

      While traffic and ad-clicks are good and all, I moreso seek to develop a trust and authority in my niche and open up the opportunity to expand to other methods of monetization (list, affiliate, selling ad space, etc).

      I'm going to be learning from your project, and hopefully here within the next few months I'll have a similar guide to write like this! Thanks so much for your help.

      Now go ice your hands, you're probably cramping from all that writing!
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      • Profile picture of the author retsced
        Yes jaspry it is the green and orange website. The route you plan on taking is definitely the way to go mate.

        Best of luck yeah.
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        • Profile picture of the author Jaspry
          I read through a few of your sections just now and you have pretty good advice, certainly not spammy at all! How did you go about researching this topic? Did you Google these key phrases and do a write up of your own based on the research? How much knowledge did you have on this subject prior to content creation?
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      • Profile picture of the author jwmann2
        Great post. Glad you're seeing success, so don't stop your approach. I assume you're saying you're not making money because the traffic isn't targeted because you're all over the search engines. I am all about writing quality articles, no way I could ever crank our three articles in one hour. It may take me three or four hours to do research and write one great, original article. If you think about your readers and they find your material useful, that's when the money will begin to flow.
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  • Profile picture of the author fcliang007
    This is a good sample. I always belived that the content is the most important thing especially the high quality articles. If you can write 3 articles every day for three months, no metter what niche you choose, you will get a high ranking. However, in order to make your effort worth, I suggest to buy some backlink service in Fiverr if you really do not have time to build backlinks by yourself. This will take you ten times of visitor numbers than now.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jaspry
      Originally Posted by fcliang007 View Post

      This is a good sample. I always belived that the content is the most important thing especially the high quality articles. If you can write 3 articles every day for three months, no metter what niche you choose, you will get a high ranking. However, in order to make your effort worth, I suggest to buy some backlink service in Fiverr if you really do not have time to build backlinks by yourself. This will take you ten times of visitor numbers than now.
      Funny, I was just reading in a dozen other threads that Fiverr's backlinking service actually HURT your SEO by the spammy nature of the backlinks! What are your thoughts on this?
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  • Profile picture of the author netightman
    Thanks for the nice strategy, retsced

    How many words per article normally? Would you mind pm me your natural remedies website url? I am not able to find it.
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  • Profile picture of the author equanto
    All of that sounds very inviting, but if you’re still struggling to build an audience for your blog, website, or email newsletter, it’s all still in the realm of theory.
    here is some tips from me
    So let’s get you some readers.
    Strategy 1: Guest posting

    Right now, this is probably the quickest way for most up-and-coming content marketers to find a larger audience — while building authority with potential customers and gaining SEO juice at the same time.
    Smart guest posting means you create the best content you know how to create … but instead of the dozens of readers you have now, you find thousands (or even hundreds of thousands). Intelligently send those new readers back to your site, where you’ll have additional terrific content to share with them.
    If you’re serious about using guest posting to get more traffic and grow your audience, my favorite resource right now is Jon Morrow’s Guest Blogging course. He’s sent us lots of great guest writers, and his students know their stuff.
    Strategy 2: The how-to video

    What kinds of things do your customers want to know how to do?
    Dye their hair pink? Take better portrait photos? Make dinner their kids will eat?
    Successful businesses are based around solving customer problems. Figure out some problems that lend themselves to a how-to video. Launch a series on YouTube on how to solve a problem that interests your customers, and make sure it’s extremely easy for those viewers (and potential customers) to find your site.
    The more competitive your topic, the better your videos have to be. In crowded topics, differentiate yourself with an interesting personality, a more effective technique, better production values, or all three.
    Use YouTube videos for entry-level tips and strategies. For the more advanced advice, send them to your site … and possibly on to your products and services.
    Strategy 3: The Q&A series

    Lewis talked yesterday about using webinars to conduct Q&A sessions that build engagement with your audience.
    Q&A sessions — using webinars, teleseminars, or whatever tool is most comfortable for you — don’t just encourage engagement, they’re also a strong traffic builder. They’re easy for your fans and your network to promote, they’re inherently interesting, and they’re a great vehicle to show off what you know. They’re also an excellent way to collect topics for future content.
    When you write about the questions your audience has, you’ll be writing the kind of content that gets shared — the kind of content that attracts traffic.
    Strategy 4: Professional networking

    Once you’ve put together a decent foundation of interesting material on your own domain, you’re ready to start a little professional networking.
    You can earn the trust of other bloggers in your niche the same way you earn the trust of readers — be nice, be relevant, be interesting.
    Don’t just approach the owners of sites with huge audiences. Get to know the people who are creating interesting content at all levels — small sites, medium, and large.
    Don’t bother trying to set up or join artificial schemes to promote posts. Instead, share the stuff you truly think is cool, and explain why. Be friendly and pay attention. It’s called social media for a reason.

    Strategy 5: Get real

    A lot of online marketers ignore the possibilities of finding traffic in the offline world. (You know, the part of your life that isn’t Facebook, Google+, or Twitter. I realize this is a weird idea.)
    If you’re selling business-to-business, look for trade journals and business newspapers you can place articles in. Depending on your business, direct mail can be a surprisingly good way to find new leads.
    However you find them, entice those offline readers to your website with a great piece of content like a white paper, a how-to video, or a killer email autoresponder sequence.
    None of this works if your content sucks

    Remember, content marketing only works if you can create content that’s both entertaining and useful to your readers.
    Make it user-friendly. Make it clear. Write about the problems your potential customers care about.
    If you’re not 100% sure how to do all that, sign up for our free Internet Marketing for Smart People course. It will give you all the basics on how to create an effective content marketing strategy for any business or organization.

    If you struggle financially, upgrade your social skills. Money flows through people.
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  • Profile picture of the author lazydaisy
    Hi, I wanted to thank you for sharing with us. So right now your income from the site is adsense? You had mentioned that your site makes little money and then you said it makes a killing on ads.
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  • Profile picture of the author rvillanu4
    7,000 - 10,000 visitors a month seems like a pretty good number of traffic. But you say you don't make money from this? So these are not targeted visitors where they go into your site and leave right away? High bounce rate?
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