Is it worth getting traffic to your blog?

11 years ago

Yes you should drive traffic to your blog if you want to take it seriously.

Marketing all depends on what niche you are in, certain techniques work better in different niches. Organic & paid SEO is usually a common and effective practise.

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glennshep 11 years ago

If you're going to have a blog and use it as way to build your business and make money then yes, you absolutely must drive traffic to it. But rather than think about 'driving traffic', think more about engaging with your visitors and engaging with people on their blogs, on forums and via social media. Always strive to give value and put people first and the mechanics will largely take care of themselves.

As for SEO, you need to be conscious of it and give it attention but I don't think that you should focus on it first and foremost. I believe that it's much more valuable to focus on the quality of your content and of your engagement with people. 'Organic' traffic is all well and good but I believe that direct traffic is often of better quality.

At the end of the day, you want to give people a reason to visit your blog and a reason to want to come back. So you need to think of your traffic in terms of people rather than some abstract 'thing' or a load of numbers (although numbers are important).
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surffab

11 years ago

without traffic you won't make any sales....

search for other blogs with the same topic and comment on some posts there (with a link back to your post), and do the same with forums... there should be forums for almost every topic, register on some of them and start to communicate (no spam!), put the link to your site into the signature.... these are just 2 ways to get some decent traffic....
another way would be Yahoo Answers! where you can answer questions about your topic and link back to your page...

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Rubik

11 years ago

Thank you both.

Originally Posted by surffab

without traffic you won't make any sales....

search for other blogs with the same topic and comment on some posts there (with a link back to your post), and do the same with forums... there should be forums for almost every topic, register on some of them and start to communicate (no spam!), put the link to your site into the signature.... these are just 2 ways to get some decent traffic....
another way would be Yahoo Answers! where you can answer questions about your topic and link back to your page...

I like these, except I made my nich too broad, which I knew I shouldn't have done in the first place.

I have a second blog that has more views on it and it's way more specific, but it's not popular and there's nothing I can post affiliate links to.

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entrepreneurjay

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Rubik

Thank you both.

I like these, except I made my nich too broad, which I knew I shouldn't have done in the first place.

I have a second blog that has more views on it and it's way more specific, but it's not popular and there's nothing I can post affiliate links to.

It does not matter how broad your niche is your goal is to rank individual blog posts on the first page of Google for their keywords - title of your blog post.

A broad niche can be better you will have more to write about

Concentrate on ranking your blog posts highly, driving traffic, and everything else will fall into place.

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Rubik

11 years ago

Originally Posted by entrepreneurjay

It does not matter how broad your niche is your goal is to rank individual blog posts on the first page of Google for their keywords - title of your blog post.

A broad niche can be better you will have more to write about

Concentrate on ranking your blog posts highly, driving traffic, and everything else will fall into place.

Ah, okay. That makes sense.

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KevinChapman

11 years ago

Yes, you need to get traffic to your blog.

Try social media, there's some awesome blogging communities on twitter, facebook and G+.

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lowelly

11 years ago

Try articles marketing, on eHow, Ezinearticles, HowStuffWorks, Squidoo. You will gain relevant traffic and backlinks at the same time.

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surffab

11 years ago

completely agree with entrepreneurjay, try to rank the single blog posts.... check your keywords on the google keyword tool to see how many people are searching for them and how many competitors there are...in the end it's all about taking action, trial and error, improve your steps and processes.... getting better with what you do....

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TheContentAuthority

11 years ago

Rubik,

As mentioned by other members, yes you need to get traffic to the blog but keep in mind that this is not the end goal. The ultimate goal is to get people to buy from you or follow your affiliate links. So you should make sure that your blog has calls to action at the end of posts and that the content is designed in a way to move people from information search phase to following your link to buy.

Here are some good tips for converting visitors to your blog,

5 Design Tips to Boost Blog Conversions

Hope that helps and best of luck to you,

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Fazal Mayar

11 years ago

rubik,

its a must to drive traffic and there are a lot of ways to do it such as seo. You need to build a solid backlinking plan that will give you recurrent traffic for a long time.

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DerekGann

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Rubik

I figured an easy way to start IM is creating a blog making decent quality posts and promoting products in some of the posts. The problem is that I'm getting on average 30 views a day from using StumbleUpon to get views, (Only because I had one good day. I've only had about 10 today). I'm getting a few views from Google and news.google (I don't get why).

Anyway, my question is, is it worth trying to get traffic to my blog? And if so, what's the best way? I've heard SEO a million times, but I don't quite understand it. Right now, the blog is just a start, (hopefully) until I'm able to finish some programs to sell those.

Also, if you guys think that there's something else that I should do other than affiliate marketing, please tell me. The stuff that you could say that I'm "passionate" about aren't that marketable.

Thank you.

Yes, you should drive traffic to your blog and you must collect email address beside promoting affiliate products in your site.

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maricar

11 years ago

Yes it is great to get traffic to your blog. You will need to convert it once there. Make sure you have great content.

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natebunger

11 years ago

With all the tips you have here, you should start brainstorming and come up with a good plan. A common mistake new marketers make is they pressure themselves to be progressive and productive each day and try to do what others are doing.

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Rubik

11 years ago

Originally Posted by natebunger

With all the tips you have here, you should start brainstorming and come up with a good plan. A common mistake new marketers make is they pressure themselves to be progressive and productive each day and try to do what others are doing.

What should I be doing differently?

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yestyle

Banned 11 years ago

SEO is best and low cost but social marketing also is a good way and I found customers via social like Twitter or Facebook. Just suggesting you.!

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Sarevok

11 years ago

What I do, is promote my squeeze pages directly, and promote my blogs via email marketing.

I think buying traffic and pointing it to your blog can be feasible, but you BETTER be capturing leads on your blog via pop-up opt-in form.

Why not promote your list instead, and then promote your blogs via email marketing?

Just my $.02

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Rubik

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Sarevok

What I do, is promote my squeeze pages directly, and promote my blogs via email marketing.

I think buying traffic and pointing it to your blog can be feasible, but you BETTER be capturing leads on your blog via pop-up opt-in form.

Why not promote your list instead, and then promote your blogs via email marketing?

Just my $.02

what could I use to get their emails? By that I mean, are there any already-built scripts?

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Sarevok 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Rubik

what could I use to get their emails? By that I mean, are there any already-built scripts?

Signup for Aweber and use their light-box pop-up opt-in scripts.

I made a script to have 7 of them randomize on my blog.

It's actually pretty elite.

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- Rubik 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Sarevok
  
  Signup for Aweber and use their light-box pop-up opt-in scripts.
  
  I made a script to have 7 of them randomize on my blog.
  
  It's actually pretty elite.
  
  :]
  
  Thank you, but as of right now, I don't have any money at all. Are there any free alternatives?
  
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  Sarevok 11 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Rubik
  
  Thank you, but as of right now, I don't have any money at all. Are there any free alternatives?
  
  You can check GetResponse, you can register for free for 30 days.
  
  (Pretty sure they have similar pop-up light-box forms.
  
  If you make money?
  
  Then continue the membership.
  
  If you can't make money?
  
  Then cancel the membership.
  
  Also, you can try Aweber for $1 for the first 30 days.
  
  Hope that helps.
  
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  hirechrisgunn 11 years ago
  
  If you have a blog that you're running, then I would really stick to the blogging realm with guest blogging. You can do it for free even though it'll take a couple of hours to write it and send out a few pitch emails. Blogs like to link back to other blogs in their niche because you can essentially "trade" traffic. Your traffic is theirs and their traffic is yours now. This is what guest blogging is designed to do in its natural form.
  
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o3man

11 years ago

Create an account on Youtube and post a few movies. That is a great way to generate interest in your blog or web page. Selling on a blog requires that you post about that topic with a focus that is narrow or crisp. Remember to add new content every day of every year. I like to have with each 500 word post as least one image.

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dgiles63

11 years ago

Guest posting to other popular blogs seems to work well, and sometimes can give you some link juice to your own site.

Banner ads, solo ads, and adwords could ad some visitors, but you have to keep track of the money spent and the money that each visitor brings in. It can be hard to break even, so most people pay for traffic to their squeeze page where they give away a short information product, then collect the email addresses so that they can market to that list again and again.

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Don Schenk

11 years ago

Rubik,

Here is how one warrior has done what you want to do. He has figured it out for you.

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ml#post8398598

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TimothyTorrents

11 years ago

I think the best type of traffic comes from other websites that are related to your website.

Have you tried guest posts? What about blog comments?

Find a list of blogs that are similar to yours, contact the admin, and ask he would like a free unique article in exchange for a link to your website. Most webmasters will accept this proposal as long as the article is unique and carters to their audience. It is free content after all. Drop the link to your website somewhere in the article and wait for it to be published. Do this as many times as you can with different websites and you will begin to receive a steady stream of targeted traffic.

I hope that helped.

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yunoblog

11 years ago

I suggest you give this article (by Matthew Woodward) a read. It gave me plenty of inspiration and ideas on driving traffic to my blog without having to go through the tedious process of SEO.

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JohnMcCabe 11 years ago

Yes, it's worth getting traffic to your blog.

One of the reasons you've heard "SEO" a million times is that it seems like there are a million and two people selling SEO products, services and info. I'm always amazed at how much people will spend on "free" traffic that's totally dependent on the whims of the major source (Google, for those that were actually born last night ).

Starting with a more general topic isn't the worst thing in the world. Attracting an audience and interacting with them will allow you to then take your blog in whatever direction you decide to go.

There are many different ways of attracting traffic (aka "human visitors" or "real people"). All of the successful methods revolve around putting yourself and your message in front of people who are already interested in your topic, and that means being where they already gather.

This could mean publishing articles, videos, audios, etc., participating and engaging people on forums and via social media, and even letting some of them find you via search. Your blog can be the hub around which all of this can revolve.

Eventually, paid advertising can enter the mix and allow you to scale your visitor traffic in ways free methods just can't.
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MatthewWoodward

11 years ago

Originally Posted by yunoblog

I suggest you give this article (by Matthew Woodward) a read. It gave me plenty of inspiration and ideas on driving traffic to my blog without having to go through the tedious process of SEO.

Thanks for the share.

That is the exact process I went through to build a top 100 business blog in just 12 months.

Any questions, you know where I am

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