EVERYONE
needs more traffic. Everyone except for your local interstate
highway or freeway. Jokes aside, website traffic takes
a lot of time to build up.
Yes
- you could buy it, but hey, there is no challenge in
that is there? You want it FAST. You want it NOW. and
You want it FREE.
There
are many places to find free traffic. In fact, the internet
is saturated with traffic building techniques. This however,
creates a big fat problem.
Which
techniques actually work?
Which
techniques work better than others?
Which
techniques send long term traffic?
How
much time is it going to take?
Here
are 10 Golden Rules for getting more website traffic to
your blog – and yes, they are all free - YIPPEE !
Apply
these rules and you will get traffic.
Master
Of None
Got a blog? Got a Website? What is it about?
Is
it about everything?
Have
you heard the saying – “Jack of all trades Master
of None?” This is critical at start up phase. Your
blog needs to be narrowly targeted.
If it is about Cars – Narrow it further. Make it
about high performance luxury cars.
If
it is about Craft – Make it about Craft for kids.
Got
the idea?
Focus
on doing this first, until you start getting lots of repeat
readers and then slowly start to broaden your topics.
People
need to know exactly what your blog is about as soon as
they arrive. Visitors that are interested in your topic
or niche, will hang around, bookmark it, and come back
again.
The
others that are not interested won’t – but you
don’t want them anyway, so tell them to shooo….!
They
are untargeted traffic so are unlikely to buy your product
and you will need to be a very good salesperson to convince
them otherwise !
The
NERD Part
Yes, you might have to ‘NERD UP’ to deliver
quality. This means writing excellent content. Time and
time again you see this on the internet.
But,
have you actually done it? Or, have you written rubbish?
‘Bust your guts’ finding good quality information.
Don’t just post for the sake of it.
Do some research whenever you post and dig deep to find
out what works and what doesn’t. Then test your ideas
yourself and give feedback to your audience.
Facts
are much more powerful than ‘dribble’ regenerated
from someone else’s blog.
Oi
– OVER HERE!
Which one of these titles is better?
A
new Traffic Tip
or
HEY
– YOU…….psssssttt check this TOP SECRET
traffic tip to meltdown your server…….!!!
OK,
it sounds a bit unbelievable, however, it creates more
interest. The key is to grab the reader’s attention
while being able to promise what you are saying you can
do and deliver.
The
title of your post is very important. A good title will
not only attract attention, but it will pick up relevant
keywords in the search engines. Check out your title using
the Google Keyword Tool to see what keywords you are competing
for. There may be an alternative choice that will bring
you good traffic through organic search.
Yes,
this takes a bit of time, but hey – this time will
come back in droves of traffic.
Also,
you should have your blog set to permalinks so that the
keywords are in the URL. Check this out more here. If
you haven’t done this – do it now. This is very
important for Search Engine Results.
Then, use keywords in your titles – but make the
title have IMPACT. Obviously you don’t want to jam
10 keywords in a title because it will just sound ridiculous.
THINK
carefully about your title.
Hey Good Looking….
Make Sure Your Blog Looks Professional – Design is
everything.
Is
it really looking good? You know – really good?
Have
you used a dodgy template?
The
visual appearance is the first thing that people see when
they visit.
It
needs to;
1.
Be easy on the eye
2. Be easy to read
3. Have clean lines
4. Have complementary colors
5. Load fast.
Research
shows - when selling a product, in order of importance,
price comes first and the appearance comes second.
Price
Appearance
The
same goes for your Blog. OK, it is free to visit, but
the next aspect in line is appearance.
MAKE
it LOOK SMOKIN HOT !
If
it doesn’t do any of these things – you are
immediately behind the eight ball and you might as well
– go back to your day job.
Gobble, Gobble, Google.
Get every page or post indexed as fast as possible.
If
you don’t know the important of indexing – then
you probably shouldn’t be trying to make money online.
Google picking up your keywords is a great way to get
free traffic. In fact – this has to be one of the
best ways!
It
is free and it just keeps coming.
If you don’t know the important of indexing –
then you probably shouldn’t be trying to make money
online.
Indexing your post is easy – go to Digg and submit
it. Chances are it will get indexed overnight.
Simple
– do it for every post.
What - You Again???
Add value through good features, good content, good graphics
and replying to those that comment. Make it a good place
to hang out and people will return.
Make
sure you have a search tool so your frequent visitors
can find what they want.
Participate
in the comments made by your visitors. This shows interest
in them and creates a community around your blog. This
will encourage others to join in.
Update on a regular basis – There is nothing worse
than returning to a blog after 2 weeks to find it has
still not been updated.
However – remember you want to add some good quality
content not just waffle. No one likes a waffler, they
switch off at the drop of a hat.
So
make sure you spend the time to research your topic and
provide quality.
Post
links to your blog on other blogs in the comments sections.
This is targeting your audience. They will click your
links and visit. Give it time – they will come.
You
can find other blogs in your niche by using Blog search
or typing relevant keywords in Google and going through
the results.
Are You The Social Type?
To do this, you need to sign up to several communities
and participate. Attract people to your blog through making
comments on other people’s sites and looking at other
people’s sites.
This is hard work. You can’t sign up to them all.
However - add quality to the ones that you do set up.
Don’t just set up a profile and hope that people
will flock your way - because they won’t. You need
to participate in the community before people will take
an interest in what you are doing.
Waffle On
Ever thought about the way you speak to others? If you
are writing articles then chances are your articles will
be similar to how you speak. Are you dribbling on and
boring us to tears?
No one is going to read it. You need PASSION, EXCITEMENT
& INTERESTING STUFF to grab people’s attention.
This is essential.
Articles are a great way of attracting visitors.
However,
you need to be able to reel them in like you are reeling
in the ‘big one’. Make them want to read more,
dig deeper and find out more. This is the key to getting
them to click through to your site.
Articles
also get sucked up by the Big G pretty quickly. They get
indexed fast and are a good ’sales pitch’ to
your site or blog. Attract people through good quality
articles and you will get visitors.
To
do this, you need to sign up to several communities and
participate.
Name It
What is the name of your website?
Does
your domain look like this?
http://www.googlesites/bazza’sinternetmarketingtips.com
What sort of a shambles is that? You want to make people
take notice.
This might be better
http://BigBazzasHotTips.com
A
real domain and plenty of character. Then you can set
your graphics off to match.
This
is highly recommended. It looks much more professional
and will make a big difference to the response that people
make to your site. They see you are serious and are in
for the long haul. Not only that, you should make it easy
to remember.
Which
one is better?
http://bigbazzashottips.com
or
http://BigBazzasHotTips.com
The
second one is easier to read so every time you display
your domain name – show it in ‘Titlecase’.
This
will get you repeat traffic.
Your Opinion Counts
Make comments on other people’s blogs. This shows
you are participating in the community and making an effort.
People
in your niche will be attracted to your QUALITY comments
that provide something decent to read and BANG ! Over
they will come to check you out.
You need WORLD CLASS quality ideas and content that people
are just dying to hear. Content that is unique, hard to
find, new, great to read and informative. Something that
your readers can apply to their lives.
Just apply these 10 ideas and you will start to get traffic.
Yes
– it is gonna take some sweaty work, but hey, if
you are not keen to put some hard yards in, Internet Marketing
and making money online is not for you.
Go
out and pump gas instead !!
So
there you go. 10 Golden Rules for generating website traffic.
All these ideas work and are free. Participate in other
communities and put a good effort into making a good blog
or website and you will get return visitors.
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