How to Increase Blog Traffic (100+ Hands-On Tactics)

Increasing blog traffic is one of the most challenging things about having a blog. Hopefully, these tips will help. 

• Tailor your content for a specific audience.
• Use catchy headlines for more clicks.
• Make your content easy to read.
• Create long-form, evergreen content.
• Try user-generated content.
• Blog consistently— work with a schedule.
• Create SEO-friendly content.
• Conduct proper keyword research before writing.
• Have an appealing website design.
• Make the site responsive (on every device).
• Let your content include visuals. 
• Be wise while naming images (keywords instead of random letters).
• Your images should have a description.
• Occasionally share funny content on social media (it doesn’t have to be related to your blog).
• Interlink content so people can read more articles on your site.
• Create social share buttons.
• Have your site’s link on your social media profiles.
• Interact with people on Q&A websites.
• Comment on other people’s blogs.
• Invite your readers to comment on posts.
• Ask family and friends to share your blog. 
• Interact with fellow bloggers and share your blog with their audience.
• Get people to subscribe to your blog.
• Write guest posts on other sites.
• Allow other bloggers to guest post on your site.
• Attend networking events and conferences. 
• Collaborate with fellow bloggers.
• Organize your own events—local or online.
• Track your numbers using Google Analytics.
• Make use of Twitter.
• Mention businesses or people in your tweets.
• Make use of Facebook. Create a page for your blog.
• Get into Facebook groups.
• Make use of Google+.
• Get into Google+ communities.
• Make use of Reddit.
• Try the Reddit advertising program.
• Share content on Imgur.
• Make use of Instagram.
• Share your content on Pinterest.
• Reshare old posts on social networks.
• Don’t forget LinkedIn.
• Join Mix (formerly StumbleUpon).
• Submit your posts to Mix. 
• Join ViralContentBee.
• Get more followers on Twitter with Tweepi.
• Share content automatically with Buffer.
• Post videos on YouTube.
• Get your blog featured on Alltop.
• Add your site to Blogarama.
• Join forums.
• Get into a blogging community.
• Try a giveaway.
• Add your articles to Wikipedia as resources.
• Create a Wikipedia page of your own.
• Write round-ups.
• Tell others about your site.
• Get on Google News.
• Use Snip.ly.
• Interview guests.
• Write reviews.
• Create your own forum.
• Create an app.
• Create a bookmarklet or browser extension.
• Add related posts to an article.
• Make a Udemy course.
• Email out your news posts.
• Send out push notifications.
• Link to other blogs.
• Try Facebook ads.
• Get ahead with Google Ads.
• Promote with Pinterest Ads.
• Share articles on HackerNews.
• Share posts on ManageWP.
• Leave a link on Github.
• Share posts on Inbound.org.
• Find the right hosting company.
• Automatically share posts with Edgar.
• Join Triberr.
• Incorporate tweetable links.
• Update your old articles.
• Rewrite old articles.
• Proofread.
• Join Product Hunt.
• Give business cards.
• Print links.
• Make use of hashtags.
• Use stickers.
• Print out T-shirts.
• Use SliderShare.
• Create ebooks.
• Make a popular post sticky.
• Sell on Marketplaces.
• Use landing pages.
• Share catchy quotes.
• Know when to publish.
• Convert articles to PDFs.
• Host free workshops.
• Advertise with Bing Ads.
• Get started with mobile ads.
• Buy ads.
• Use polls.
• Ask readers what they want to know.
• Submit your blog to all search engines.