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.