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. 

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