Comments on: How to Expand Your Blog Audience when Traffic Plateaus

By: Tricia Chaves

Tricia Chaves — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:55:28 +0000

Darren, thanks for the great content. I’ve been receiving your job offer updates but was happy to find your notes in Facebook that led me to a lot of useful articles. I especially liked the information you shared about networking with other bloggers and plan to get started with that right away!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:24:49 +0000

I appreciate all the thoughts here. I’m very new to blogging, and want to increase traffic. I admit, though, I don’t quite understand all the ways to improve search engine optimization, and link backs, and all of this. lol.
I need to keep reading, I believe. ;)

By: Tyrone

Tyrone — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:12:36 +0000

Well that was a bunch of great tips, and I think for this a BLOG should have a SEO friendly and a good number of posts.

By: Sebastien

Sebastien — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:19:55 +0000

Look a little outside your niche is great advice to expand your blog.

As Shoemoney says “a company can achieve growth through small degrees of separation between sites, maximizing diversity within a small industry”.

Shoemoney calls this “The Coke Theory. If you are already making Coke then you can make Diet Coke, Cherry Coke, etc and turn a profit on those as well”.

If you hit a plateaus try these tips to try and grow your traffic.

By: Natasha Wing

Natasha Wing — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:20:41 +0000

How do you create that email to a friend link in your blog?

By: Agent 001

Agent 001 — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:41:07 +0000

Thats some seriously nice tips. I need to work on them.

By: SEO Tips

SEO Tips — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:05:05 +0000

Excellent advice Darren I think one of the main ways of increaisng readership is through competitions these can have extreme benefits if you pull in the right amount of media.

I am currently experimenting with competitions, free eBooks and WP plugins that I am creating.

By: Make Money Online

Make Money Online — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:22:35 +0000

Thats a fantastic post there. I would also add that you can hold a contest to spread the word about your blog.

By: Agent SEO

Agent SEO — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:03:14 +0000

Great advice Darren! I feel that my blog is still in its infancy stages, but I can already see a plateau in traffic.

I need to find ways to keep the steady growth. I really liked your partnership & social media ideas and I feel that for me, those two ideas would be most beneficial!

Thanks…

By: Greg Pettit

Greg Pettit — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:43:12 +0000

Makes a lot of sense; I especially liked the idea of swapping banner space, although since I’m writing primarily on a corporate blog that’s not likely to happen any time too soon. The one that hit home was networking outside the niche; since our corporate blog is all about accelerated file transfer, there aren’t many of us… and those who ARE around are definitely the competitors.

But there’s a big relationship between what we do and a lot of other complementary technologies, so I think it’s about time to start looking outward!

Thanks for the post!

By: Alison Kerr, Earthonaut

Alison Kerr, Earthonaut — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:21:04 +0000

Things I’ve used are:
- carnivals
- StumbleUpon
- blogging at other sites like BlogHer and my local newspaper’s mom site
- guest blogging of course
- adding my blog to any relevant blog directories
- doing a giveaway

I think a great way to develop original content is to interview others. I find that easier than organizing guest bloggers. Since I write the questions, I seem to have more control. It’s also easier for the writer – very defined what I need from them. Do an interview on something topical and you have something good to Stumble. If it’s a good enough topic you might even be picked up by mainstream media (you never know)!

By: Stephanie's Mommy Brain

Stephanie's Mommy Brain — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:33:34 +0000

I like the idea of appealing to readers outside your immediate niche. I think this would work if you have a very specific niche.

In the Mommy Blog world we frequently use carnivals and “blog parties” via a Mr. Linky to find new blogs to read and new readers for our blogs. This method of attracting new readers has worked well for me recently.

By: axel g

axel g — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:58:45 +0000

Another great post by Darren!

I especially like the ideas of contacting bigger sites for some kind of exchange and going beyond your niche.

Inspiring + _+

By: Chris | Healthygaming

Chris | Healthygaming — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:43:27 +0000

Nice post Darren!
I’ll have to look into link exchanges and guest blogs.
But it’s hard to find another similar site in a niche.

By: Sheri @svalskis

Sheri @svalskis — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:37:48 +0000

Great post! Also quite timely. Just started writing on our blog. I tend to get inspired by other bloggers and link to them. You offer great suggestions on keeping with fresh ideas. Much thanks!

By: kevin

kevin — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:29:34 +0000

This is really great information, and applies to any website, not just blogs. Good advice in comments as well. I’ll be revisiting often for sure, great tips!

By: Eddie Gear

Eddie Gear — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:40:58 +0000

Thanks for your advise, I always consider them valuable. Since the day I started blogging till the time I started my niche site (Very recently) I found social media and networking a very good means to expand your blog audience. I noticed my site visitors and readers have almost doubled since I joined social media groups. Thanks once again for sharing this with your readers.

Cheers,
Eddie Gear

By: Neil Matthews

Neil Matthews — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:24:21 +0000

Another idea is to re-invest the money you may (or may not) be making into paid advertising, Adwords, StumbleUpon or other ad network.

By: Monthiel

Monthiel — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:46:24 +0000

Hi, Darren Rowse how are you?

This is another great post that you wrote. Great tips. One trick that i’ve used so far is commenting in others blogs. This is useful and create relationships with the blogger and the readers of that blog.

PS: Sorry about my poor english, i am brazilian and i’m still learning how to write in your native language.

Regards,
Monthiel

By: Carla

Carla — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:39:11 +0000

For me, I think partnering with other niche bloggers will be my best bet at this point. I already have two people doing guest posts in the next few weeks but I’m always looking for new partnership opportunities.