Written on February 28th, 2006 at 05:02 am by Darren Rowse
19 (More) Strategies for Finding Readers
Yaro has already kicked us off on this topic of how to find readers for a new blog but I thought I’d pull together a few ideas on the topic also (with a little overlap with Yaro’s ideas). These points come from a variety of older posts I’ve written on the topic - sort of a ‘best of’ kind of thing. I’ve updated some, others are straight extracts from things I’d said before and a few are new:
1. It takes time - It may not be what you want to hear, but it unless you’re a genius, extremely lucky or have an amazing new idea, it takes time to build a readership. So settle in for the long haul and muscle up some patience.
2. Content Content Content - I’ve said this over and over again so will keep it brief but unless you have ‘good’ content you’re unlike to build a readership. What is good content - start by thinking about it in terms of usefulness and uniqueness and I think you’ll be on the right track. Other words that come to mind when it comes to good content might be ‘fresh’, ‘variety’, ‘up to date’ and ‘well written’.
3. Link to others - Perhaps one of the central features of blogging is that they are linked. The intricate web of links and relationships was one of the first things that attracted me to blogging and it’s part of the reason it’s got real viral properties that allow ideas to spread so quickly. Participate in the linking to other blogs and you’ll find that many benefits come. For a start you’ll be participating in the conversation, you’ll be getting the attention of others and your readers will appreciate that you’re interested in helping them find the best content out there.
Of course you don’t want to be linking randomly to everyone and anyone - be selective and link to quality content that is relevant to your niche topic. As you engage in linking you’ll find that others will link back (assuming you have something worthwhile to say yourself) and you’ll find the traffic begins to flow - both from their sites and as a result of your increased search engine ranking.
4. Get Links from other Bloggers - I can hear the comments already - ‘Easier said than done Darren!’ This is true - but if you’re smart, genuine, helpful and polite there are ways of increasing the chances of getting links from others.
5. Participate in other people’s conversations - I suspect that a number of my first regular blog readers first came to my blog because I left a comment on theirs. It was not a strategy I thought about - I just found myself quite addicted to reading others blogs and giving feedback. When you leave a comment leave your own blog address. Often people like to know who is reading their blog and will come visiting you. Don’t comment just for the sake of it. If someone leaves me a ‘hi’ comment or is obviously spamming my blog I won’t visit them and delete the comment. Make genuine comments on posts that connect with you. You might make a good friend in the process and in the long run will find the flow on effect of this is more interest in you and your own blog.
6. Interact with Readers - When a reader reaches out to you with a comment, email or link from their blog - interact with them. For starters it’s good manners and secondly it’s a good way to increase the chances that they’ll come back again. I get a lot of people telling me that they don’t have enough readers to their blog - while I can related to this frustration I generally encourage them to see what they’ve got as a good starting place. Interact with those who do come to your blog and make it the best experience you can for them and you’ll find that they spread the word for you.
7. Update frequently - With the advent of news aggregators people can be notified of your new post in real time. I noticed that when I publish a new post that my stats nearly always go up slightly just afterwards as those readers with aggregators log in to have a quick look at my latest musings. This works a lot better on some blogs than others (some topics seem to attract more RSS subscribers than others do). Another side benefit of frequent posting is that search engines like it and many believe that the more you post the more often SE’s will send their spiders out to index your blog. Similarly - the more you post the more you’ll get indexed by blog engines like technorati (and numerous others). Of course I’m not encouraging massive amounts of meaningless content - keep it of a high quality.
8. Add a signature to your outgoing email - This is an oldie but a goodie. Many bloggers do this. Simply add the domain name to your outgoing email. Most email programs will allow you to do this automatically via a signature option. However be careful with automatic signatures if you don’t want your blog to be read by everyone that you email.
9. Promote your RSS Feed - Most blog platforms come with a RSS feeds built in but there are ways of increasing your subscriber list. The most obvious of these is to put it in the sight of your readers by putting your RSS button in a more prominent position. There are a variety of different buttons available that you can make available to readers to help them to subscribe to your blog via their news aggregators with one click that might also be worth investigating. Also, if your topic is not one which many readers seem to use RSS in, you might need to do some education on the topic of RSS feeds. Write a post on how to follow your blog via RSS and you might find more do.
10. List your site on Portals, Blog Indexes, Directories and Search Engines - There are MANY places that you can list your blog to help it get more attention. In fact there are too many and you could probably spend all your time submitting your blog to them all. I’d recommend that you don’t become obsessed by this and work on other factors in this list first and then in your spare time add your blog to some of these types of things as you go. Making sure you get listed on some of the bigger sites like Technorati should probably be a priority (here’s how for Technorati) - but don’t make this the first thing you do. In terms of getting into search engines - you can submit yourself (most have ways of doing this) but most people believe that the best and quickest way to get indexed these days is to get a link from another site that is already indexed.
11. Search Engine Optimization - While some bloggers don’t think much of SEO I think it is well worth knowing some basic SEO principles and keeping them in the back of your mind as you blog. After all SE’s are the place that most people go to when they are searching for information on a topic. Don’t become obsessed by SEO, but don’t ignore it either.
12. Participate in others Blogger’s Projects - From time to time other bloggers will invite your participation in a blog project of theirs. Put your hand up, volunteer some time and contribute in some way. Don’t just do it to get a link on their site, but take the opportunity to build a relationship with them and their readers. Not only will you make a friend, but over time you build some credibility as a blogger who is not just thinking about themselves. On the flip side start your own blogging project. Some of the more popular things to get involved with these days are Blog Carnivals.
13. Participate in other web forums - Blogging is not the only vibrant online activity at the moment. I visit a number of other discussion forums and e-zines that explore similar ideas/hobbies/interests to me and my blogs. I’ve found an increasing amount of traffic to my blog is coming as a result of my contributions to these forums as many of them allow you to add your link as a signature to your posts. Don’t spam these forums - but be a genuine contributer that adds useful comments and you’ll find people are drawn to your other projects.
14. Explore other formats of communication - Another of the more effective things that I’ve done over the past year in my blogging is worth hard on email newsletters for a few of my blogs. I don’t do it with all of them (mainly due to the time it takes) but here at ProBlogger I’ve grown a list of over 1600 email subscribers who I send weekly information to. These newsletters both are about keeping people in touch with what happened on the blog each week as well as giving extra tips and information to build a sense of community and ownership of the site. Other bloggers use forums similarly.
15. Offline Techniques - Blog Promotion need not only happen online. Consider how you might promote it offline and you could just bring in some new readers also. Such techniques can include putting your URL on business cards, letterhead, using press releases and other assorted methods. Read more on this here.
16. Make it viral - One of the things about infectious diseases that makes them so deadly is that they are very easy to pass on from one person to another. There are a number of things you might want to consider doing to help with this. For instance a lot of bloggers these days are adding links on their posts that allow readers to bookmark the post in social bookmarking sites like del.icio.us and digg. Other bloggers have features that allow bloggers to ‘email a friend’ about a particular post. Others (like ProBlogger) allow readers to subscribe to comment threads via email. All of these types of plugins allow your readers to do the work for you in either spreading the word about your site or making it more sticky. Speaking of social bookmarking - there are also ways of writing content that tend to be picked up more in this scene that you might like to explore if that’s a source of traffic that you’re interested in.
17. Advertise - I’ve written a lot over the past year about running advertising on blogs as a form of income - but on the flip side of many advertising platforms that you can run as a publisher are the opportunities to actually advertise your blog in the attempt to find new readers. In the last few months I’ve dabbled a little in this side of things, mainly using AdWords (the advertiser side of AdSense) but also advertising on a few sites using BlogAds. I’ve actually been learning about AdWords using Perry Marshall’s e-book (aff) on the topic and am finding it quite helpful if you’re looking to a good introduction to using it (he has a free 5 day taster too). Of course you’ll need to weigh up the cost of advertising vs the benefits that you think it’ll bring - but I know of quite a few bloggers who run an AdWords campaign in the first month of a new blog to give it a kick start and swear by the method.
18. Link baiting - This is one of the terms that has become quite common among bloggers over the last year. In essence ‘link bait’ is some sort of comment that will attract links to it and in many ways is no different than paragraph 2 above - write good content and people will link up. Of course there are many tactics that many bloggers use to link bait - I’ve explored a few of these here.
19. Take all advice with a grain of salt - Be yourself and have fun! - The web is full of advice like the above - what I’m saying isn’t rocket science. There are no rules of blogging and it seems everyone’s experience of growing a blog (or not growing one) is different.
I’m sure there are a lot of blogs out there that ignore all or most of the above advice that have a bunch of regular readers and healthy hits. So relax, be yourself and have fun with it. Experiment with new tools, styles of design and writing.
My suspicion is that bloggers who obviously enjoy the blogging process and who are themselves are the type of bloggers that people are drawn to. Bloggers that are uptight and who complain constantly about how their blog isn’t achieving what they want it to achieve probably do quite the opposite and turn people away. Traffic is a good thing for a blog but it’s not the ultimate measure of a good blog in my books. Write it for yourself and have some fun and a lot of the rest will end up looking after itself.
101 Responses to “19 (More) Strategies for Finding Readers”
Anonymous
February 28th, 2006 5:42 am
19 (More) Strategies for Finding Readers
Just what the title, says, techniques for getting readers to your blog.
Loren Feldman
February 28th, 2006 6:15 am
Sounds like sound ideas.
A1Arcade
February 28th, 2006 7:02 am
Good post, Darren.
George
February 28th, 2006 7:04 am
Excellent advice. At the moment I get most of my traffic from SEO, but I changed that for one of my most recent blogs and saw a huge increase in traffic.
In regards to number 5, you might want to write an article on detecting blog spam. I get comments all the time on my blogs that don’t look like spam, but after investigating them they are spam. Blog spam is getting harder to detect.
For instance, I sometimes get messages about how much my blog has helped xyz individual and to keep up the good work. The first time I got one of these messages, I thought “how cool”. Then I went to their site and it seemed kind of spammy. Then I used Yahoo’s linkdomain command and found out that they had been spamming lots of blogs with the same exact message. There have been other spam comments that have almost gotten past me as well. I think it would be very useful to write an article on detecting blog spam, if you haven’t already.
BTW - I love your blog, it has been very helpful, and keep up the good work :)
Mark
February 28th, 2006 7:59 am
Excellent advice all round, Darren. This whole series of yours is invaluable to new and established bloggers alike.
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Blogger
February 28th, 2006 9:27 am
What about blog directories? Is it worth submitting to blogion.com, blogwise.com, bloghub.com, amongst others? Do people actually search through these directories?
Paul
February 28th, 2006 9:51 am
I’ve just finished putting a Blog Directory together, so if you’re interested you can submit your Blogs to Focus: Blogs - The Bloggers Directory
Veridicus
February 28th, 2006 9:56 am
This is really excellent advice Darren. And not just for beginners. Thanks for posts like these that help the community.
Sean
February 28th, 2006 10:00 am
I think podcasting can attract a whole new audience as well.
A1Arcade
February 28th, 2006 10:16 am
“blogwise.com, bloghub.com”
Yes, people do use these directories. Most of them are still pretty legit, and they send some sporatic traffic to my blogs. It’s not a lot, but some.
Sonya
February 28th, 2006 11:43 am
I recently started a weblog after having published my own website for about a year. I feel like I’m right back where I started - trying to get links, trying to get listed in directories, trying to figure out where all the ‘cool’ people hang out (and why does this never seem to be me?). Anyway, I am encouraged by your prolific writing and plan on placing an (electronic) sticky on my laptop to remind myself - it takes time! It takes time! It takes time! Thanks for all the great advice and a chance to vent….
Lisa
February 28th, 2006 11:56 am
Me too Sonya, I also need to remind myself it takes time! How much time I’m not sure, but I am happy writing to my small audience at the moment.
Thanks for these great tips Darren.
Srinivasan
February 28th, 2006 11:59 am
One of the most exhaustive article I have read on the subject of promoting websites or blogs and finding more readers.
One observation is most people on the net are self centred and hardly participate in other peoples blogs. I believe if we are more outgoing and supportive to other peoples good efforts, we may build a community for ourselves too.
Ryan
February 28th, 2006 12:29 pm
You had a lot of good recommendations there. Thanks for always putting together the lists because they are fun to read and help me through issues I might have. You rock!
I would have to say a large part of getting readers is to network with other sites. I receive equal amount of traffic from search engines and people I have networked with and have them link to my site.
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Duncan
February 28th, 2006 12:31 pm
I cant help but still think of diseases every time I hear the phrase “viral” :-)
Zeth
February 28th, 2006 2:45 pm
Thanks for the post, I am certainly going to give commenting on other blogs a chance, starting now.
I personally enjoy these type of posts that talk about how to write better content or how to get people to read your work. I am not that interested in making money from my blog as it is my hobby, my relaxation away from paid work.
Glory however is priceless!!!
Liz Strauss
February 28th, 2006 3:31 pm
Great post! It doesn’t matter how often I hear some of this, it’s always good to have a reminder. Thanks Darrren.
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TLB
February 28th, 2006 7:04 pm
Regarding directories, I personally am a bit careful if they use a redirect script. That might cause google-related problems; search for ‘302 hijack’ for more. That might have been resolved, or it might not have been.
Regarding asking for links, I almost always don’t do that since I don’t want to feel obligated to return the favor.
Adwords for one topic has worked out pretty good, but for another it’s been pretty futile. An alternative is the not-exactly-large number of quality adbrite sites.
I left a ‘blogging card’ in the summit register at Guadalupe Peak in Texas, and I got a visitor who left a comment referencing that. However, leaving the URL of another blog in the summit registers at local peaks doesn’t seem to have increased the traffic of that blog.
Andy Merrett
February 28th, 2006 8:03 pm
Point 9 - definitely works. I put feed subscription text links just beneath the graphic header on a couple of my sites and readership started to increase.
Point 12 - can be an advantage of being part of a blog network. Definitely worthwhile on many levels.
Joe
March 1st, 2006 7:30 am
Hey Darren,
I have tried just about everything you mentioned except advertising. Readership is growing slowly, but surely.
My biggest problem is #1, I don’t have a lot of patience. Guess I’ll just have to work on it.
Joe
Joe
March 1st, 2006 7:32 am
Sorry, I was going to mention that I was getting a 404 error for your page for about 3-4 hours today.
It seems you resolved the problem.
Joe
Ania
March 1st, 2006 9:33 am
Thanks for sharing with us those useful tips. I have myself started blogging some days ago so this info was excellent for me.
George
March 1st, 2006 9:41 am
I think the exposure you can get from directories can help, especially for beginners who may not know of other good ways to get traffic. I am interested in Darren’s view on this.
Robin Good has an excellent list of directories to submit your blogs to:
http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55/
Hope it helps.
Vlad
March 1st, 2006 11:29 am
Thanks for this great article. I’m going to try some of these out.
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Rusty Ellis
March 4th, 2006 8:19 am
Thanks for the tips Darren. I read your blogs almost religiously, thanks to Bloglines.
I find that the hardest thing to do is to keep forging ahead. I am lucky to have gotten two of my brothers involved in posting content to my newest blog. This takes a lot of the pressure off of me and adds a little variety to the site.
Again, keep posting! It inspires me to keep doing the same!
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TerritorialMale
March 17th, 2006 7:17 pm
Great post! I came across this blog 10 minutes ago. Now why didn’t I find this before? Thanks for all that advice.
I think I will blogroll you now.
Nikolaj Tuxen Gerstrøm
April 13th, 2006 8:50 am
Great post.
I just added the feature to allow readers to subscribe to comment threads via email to my weblog.
I am excited to see the result in the days to come. I have heard that this strategy alone can boost you readership by 20-40%
Rgds,
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April 13th, 2006 10:44 pm
Thanks for the post. I am already adapting to the contents.
Jack
April 16th, 2006 8:20 am
Your tips are all helpful but I am getting frustrated because I have been blogging since last year, and I have used all these advertising programs, but nothing seems to work. I am thinking of starting my own website, and I would appreciate if anyone could help guide me.
Nikolaj Tuxen Gerstrøm
April 16th, 2006 8:24 am
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Natalie Ferguson
July 28th, 2006 12:33 pm
I get it on the ‘it takes time’ front. The first 3 months of blogging, I felt like I was wasting my time, I was the only person who read it, then someone else did, then a few more, then readership doubled, then doubled again quite quickly…. And it goes on. Blog readership is expodential, if our blog is anything to go by. And the patience does pay off :)
Jersey Girl
July 28th, 2006 11:15 pm
Darren,
Excellent Advice! I appreciate that you are so open and fetching with information that everybody can use. I stumbled onto this site about a month ago, and now I come often. You always have things written so that everybody can understand it! Thank you again for your time.
eshwar
August 17th, 2006 11:45 pm
Points 5 and 6 are very good. I shall start following them from now onwards. And also Thanks to these 19 suggestions which are worthful reading. Keep up the posting.
herbsista
August 23rd, 2006 11:04 am
Rock On, Darren!
I love your Blogging advice!
I have been researching the “Blogging Life” to launch my own Blog and I have been stuck in research mode.
I think I will just have to “put my buckets down” and start.
Thank you for your commitment!
Have a Great Herbal Day!
Herbsista
Stephen Oakes
August 24th, 2006 7:58 am
Many of these suggestions make sense. Thankfully, my brother is tech savy and knows how to handle the administration and tech issues of our site.
For those who are new at blogging and are on their own, is there any way to walk through key points step by step, using a recorded video program to help visualize your points? This would be something similar to having an instructor there with you every step of the way! Of course this is only to get people started as I realize that some secrets are better kept to yourself. Thanks for all your tips ;)
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September 3rd, 2006 6:57 am
extremely useful article!
thanks!
ted
September 6th, 2006 4:42 pm
Great! Thanks for the tip!
binoculars
October 16th, 2006 12:40 pm
I totally agree with you Tip #5. Nowadays, people just put a simple word on the comment section and hoping to get a link back. The thing that worries me is there is a software that can do all this. We just put a simple comment, press one button, and presto, you get thousands of link back to your website. I believe this is not ethical thing to do.
I think the best tip you’ve given is Tip #19. Really cool man. :-)
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momameleon
October 23rd, 2006 10:28 pm
This advise sounds great, I am only just starting out, a simple little blog for mums, and so far don’t have any significant traffic. I guess it’s only been a week, so I’ll keep adding content, and might check out the adwords ‘thing’. Not really very technical though, so alot of the SEO goes way over my head !
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November 7th, 2006 11:25 am
Great post. My first blog has been an interesting process and articles like this one really help with the learning curve!
cely
November 15th, 2006 6:16 pm
Great advises and tips. I’ve done most of it. Willing to put more effort and see how my blog will goes.
Thanks Darren.
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January 5th, 2007 2:12 pm
blogcarnival.com, I have been looking for a site like that for a while now. Thanks Darren.
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January 7th, 2007 10:41 pm
Wow, so much promotional stuff for me to do. This is a first for me - to actually add a comment complete with url - I usually don’t even bother to include my url. Thanks.
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April 14th, 2007 11:05 am
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Love the traffic stories.
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A. Bradley
April 24th, 2007 7:04 am
Sounds like some good tips I’ve just started blogging the last couple of month and have found traffic slow and I’d rather not resort to PPC again until I am getting traffic without it so I will try some of your methods I haven’t yet used. Cheers
The King
April 25th, 2007 8:17 am
Very nice article. Actually helped me a lot. The problem with me is that I don’t know where to get other blogs from? I mean, do you just search for random blogs and leave meaningful posts? Where do you find good posts?
Another thing which can be beneficial for blogs is the site layout. Even though content is more important, the site layout should be attractive as well. the first impression is very important!
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angelawd
May 10th, 2007 2:14 am
Thanks for posting these great tips! I am new to blogging and I see I have a lot to learn. What is the etiquette for pointing people on my blog to this post?
Regards,
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Ste
May 30th, 2007 8:33 am
Yeah thanks for these tips - I’ve just started my blog and all this is useful.
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steve
June 14th, 2007 4:52 am
Going back to one of the first posts I read on pro-blogger, I am wondering if blogging is indeed the place for me. I have looked at a number of people blogs now mainly from the links of the comments section of this site (which means that promotional technique is working with me) and everyone that I have seen is not how I envisage a personal blog. Perhaps it is because pro-blogger is looking at way for people to make money whilst blogging and therefore attracts people whom have their own domains etc and their sites seem to range from services to advise and tutorials whereas mine is more like an online diary and hosted at wordpress. If anyone could point me to any forums / blogs that cater for people at my end of the spectrum I would be grateful. I will still read here, I think this is one of the only sites that I have come back to consistently.
William
July 28th, 2007 12:26 am
Hi,
>Content Content Content
You can easy get a lot of visitors with only 20 - 40 articles…
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August 13th, 2007 7:06 pm
Hi Darren,
This is a very comprehensive how to promote a blog. I’m very like it and start implemented to my own blog. Thanks for sharing a good stuff.
Freddy Macha
September 14th, 2007 7:55 am
Fanta-stic. Fast-astic. Futu-ristic.
I am from a bi-lingual background and have just started running two blogs, for the two types of readers. Your “content is significant” tips is simply the ABC for good blogging. A good writer writing about what makes good writing. Creme de la creme…!
discovery
September 14th, 2007 7:59 pm
Darren,
You can make a mini e-book for this advice.
With the experience you have so far ,many bloggers out there starving for this information.
Jeff Dowler
September 15th, 2007 1:21 am
This is terrific - wish I had seen this earlier, but a tremendous help. I’ve saved this for reading again and again to keep me focussed.
Thanks for sharing such valuable that we can all benefit from.
Jeff
Kenneth Doghudje
September 16th, 2007 8:55 am
Here i am publishing the 68th comment and it just about says it all! your article’s the best i’ve read on blogging so far.
I find Point 1 as apt, for nothing good comes easy - blogging needs time to build a readership. I currently have 4 blogs and no readers so i really appreciate this material!
Kristian Freeman
September 27th, 2007 12:15 pm
I realized after I read this that I’ve been mostly lazy with spreading my content, even though I think it’s good I just don’t want to take the time to do all the work. I think now I’m going to try it though. Thanks!
Lola
September 29th, 2007 6:01 am
Great advice! I’m going to try it, for sure, on my site http://fashionpoirot.ebloggy.com.
nationaloutdoors
October 26th, 2007 1:22 pm
17. Advertising is not a bad idea. Of course content is key, but like with any product, you need to let people know about it. Adwords on google (and the equivelents on Yahoo and MSN) are easy to set up and you can control the budget and how much you are willing to pay for key words.
việt nam rss
December 5th, 2007 9:48 pm
This post is good article which i ever readed. I’m new member in “Make Money” world. Plz help me.
Thanks your every much:)
Vicky
December 10th, 2007 8:12 am
I really like #6. That is one of my pet peeves. I have posted quality content on a certain blog for almost a year now and never once gotten a hi, thank you, go away, anything to acknowledge that I do.
Complete Geek
December 19th, 2007 12:26 pm
It’s like a second job. So much effort goes into it. A little recognition from readers goes a long way towards keeping a person motivated.
Marya
December 30th, 2007 11:49 pm
http://randomrealstuff.blogspot.com/
My website needs tweaking here and there - well pretty much everywere but i just dont know how to get the traffic coming my way! Can someone help? Drop me an e-mail if you have any ideas!
Regards,
Marya
WildTips
January 15th, 2008 2:54 am
Great post for beginners. This type of work seems so tedious, especially when you are starting out & making only peanuts for your website or blog. However, it is the name of the game & you must do these things to win.
Sandra
January 15th, 2008 3:46 am
Wow! Darren such a great post for newbies. You are indeed what your blog name implies a PROBLOGGER.
Thanks.
Sandra
Mark
January 31st, 2008 4:00 pm
We love your articles and posts. They are the easiest to understand on the entire web :)
Nate
February 28th, 2008 5:11 am
If I don’t get Dugg, does it mean my post stinks?
batta
March 11th, 2008 5:18 am
i’m trying to follow all of your hints in my brand-new blog!
Matthew Erwin
March 27th, 2008 5:22 am
I just wanted to reference your post in my last blog. Truly outstanding blog by the way. :)
http://www.matthewerwin.com
mr.eims
April 22nd, 2008 1:56 am
SEO turn out to be at 11th place..hehe.. =P
Raja Devanathan
April 24th, 2008 11:04 pm
Time is the main thing there, but a lot of salient points. I am trying those points out over time. http://www.mrfeedback.net
Just out of interest, how long did it take you Darren to become somewhat “popular”
Muscle Post
May 13th, 2008 3:38 am
I have begun implementing some of these strategies on my blog, but I know I have a long way to go. I’m definitely in it for the long haul though. From all that I’ve read, you need to give it at least 6 months of solid effort, writing good content, link building, and networking in order to assess the potential of your site.
Muscle Post does not have a huge following right now, but it is only a month old. I have been getting some great feedback and already have quite a few loyal readers.
SEO Genius
June 19th, 2008 4:52 pm
Fantastic post Darren some very decent information i will act on it right away.
Wakas Mir
July 1st, 2008 11:29 pm
As always Darren very nice tips you got here. I usually don’t think about leaving a comment just for the sake of it but have been bombarded with a few comments on my blog where people just put like
“Nice blog, want to exchange links”
Or saying “I agree” and then post a link :)
So yes there is no point in anyone replying back to your blog if you don’t give them a good reason, right.
Keep it up!
——————————–
Positivity and Optimism
http://www.WakasMir.com
revenue
July 6th, 2008 2:55 am
wow thanks for this tips :)
Afreshup
July 26th, 2008 1:16 am
Great article, I have a question … My blog topic is pretty ho-hum it’s credit cards. It’s very unlikely I will ever attract a large “sticky” audience to this blog.
My question is, would I be better served trying to create other blogs with more interesting subjects i.e. politics, seo, self help and so on and using them as backlinks to my commercial blog?
This way my commercial blog will hit valuable search phrases which would mean that I really wouldnt care if it is sticky or not?
Martina
August 27th, 2008 10:37 pm
“Traffic is a good thing for a blog but it’s not the ultimate measure of a good blog in my books. Write it for yourself and have some fun and a lot of the rest will end up looking after itself” - this would have to be one of the best tips I have read - so true, thanks Darren
Melayu Johor
December 16th, 2008 2:40 am
Yes, this blog offers many tips on how to promote your blogs. One of the simplest way to promote your blogs is to create many blogs with varieties of topics such as economics, politics, money making, property, education, science and many. Then, you create links to each blog. Other suggestion is to create your family blogs where every members creates his/her blogs. Then ask of them to put your link to their blogs. Try it. I have done and is interesting.
Raident Technology
January 8th, 2009 9:24 am
I am also trying to attract more readers to my blog.
The blog covers recent eWaste industry news. Are there differences between promoting a personal blog vs. a business blog?
Thanks.
Frank J
January 11th, 2009 6:44 am
This is an absolute must article to read and apply to your strategy. Thanks for the share!
Melayu Johor
January 13th, 2009 2:08 am
I have an idea on how to attract more readers to our blogs…Each on of us who read this topic which discuss visit other members blog and give some comments. Is it a good idea. If agree, say agree, and I will visit each of us!
trisha
February 27th, 2009 5:35 pm
thanks a lot for the help through all the articles which i have breezed past till now, god bless you.
wish you luck, happiness and peace
trisha
lawrence
March 30th, 2009 1:46 pm
Search Engine Optimization is a complex process and it is most suitable for professionals who know the tricks to attract Google bot effectively.But If you are a newbie,then the new generation micro blogging sites such as
Twitter,tumblr,jaiku,Plurk ,ping.fm etc are more effective tools for promoting your blog sites .
Lawrence
e business corporate
April 12th, 2009 4:14 pm
Thanks for the great post darren. I was really getting frustrated at my blog traffic. Just 10-20 by organic means. true that my blog got a page rank of 3 within 21 days and all that bells and whistles. But that is not the ultimate aim. I know that patience is the ultimate keyword for blogging and seo, but somehow i get more and more addicted to checking out my google analytic account.
I am right now trying to increase my blog traffic through gues posting on other famous blogs.
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Steve Grindley
May 15th, 2009 2:14 am
One of the most exhaustive article I have read on the subject of promoting websites or blogs and finding more readers.
One observation is most people on the net are self centred and hardly participate in other peoples blogs. I believe if we are more outgoing and supportive to other peoples good efforts, we may build a community for ourselves to.
Chris
May 22nd, 2009 3:52 am
I agree. It does take time to build up a following. Its a little faster now with sites like Twitter, etc.
But, on the whole, hard work and a lot of GREAT content is needed. Sound advice, Cheers!
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