Blog Traffic Secrets
There are no blog traffic secrets.
Sorry! However, there are plenty of proven ways to get website traffic.
Why do you want more website traffic?
Sounds like a stupid question especially if you are trying to make a living online. Not everyone is! Some folks blog to just blog. No products being hawked, no Adsense ads on their site and no affiliate income streams lurking about. They just want to spill their guts about something. I call those folks “Hobby Bloggers.”
This post and many more to follow isn’t for those folks. It’s for those that want to make money blogging.
A constant stream of visitors is the lifeblood of any website that is designed to provide income. No matter how great looking a website is or how well it converts visitors into buyers, it is completely worthless without visitors.
There’s a lot to learn about anything you decide to do online.
The problem with a lot of folks that come online looking for an opportunity have unrealistic expectations. I haven’t found anything online that will make you money without a little work. Everyone has heard the phrase “work-at-home”, unfortunately most people only hear the “at-home” part. And, they don’t associate home with work.
If you are still strolling through La-La Land and continue searching and buying courses and other “shiny objects” that promise to pump out cash without work, then this post and all that follow are not for you.
Mosey along now, the next shiny object awaits you.
Are you serious about increasing your blog traffic?
On the other hand, if you’re really serious about doing a little work to make some real cash with a pro-blog, and you’re committed to doing whatever it takes to make it, then stick around. Because, what I’m going to reveal on this blog for free will literally cost thousands of dollars in a training and mentoring program.
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Blogging isn’t a hobby. It’s a Big Business!
Blogging is no longer a choice for those that want to make money or continue to make money online. I know! I resisted this phenomena for too long. I just didn’t want to get involved in starting from square one with something I knew very little about.
However, like any good business person I keep track of my stats. And, the one thing that bothered me was my regular websites weren’t gaining page rank as quickly as many of the blogs I follow. Well, that was enough proof for me. I began researching on how big blogging really is. Here’s what I found:
Source: BlogWorldExpo.com
- Over 12 million American adults currently maintain a blog
- More than 147 million Americans use the Internet
- Over 57 million Americans read blogs
- 1.7 million American adults list making money as one of the reasons they blog
- 89% of companies surveyed say they think blogs will be more important in the next five years
- 9% of internet users say they have created blogs
- 6% of the entire US adult population has created a blog
- Technorati is currently tracking over 70 million blogs
- over 120 thousand blogs are created every day
- There are over 1.4 million new blog posts every day
- 22 of the 100 most popular websites in the world are blogs
- 37% of blog readers began reading blogs in 2005 or 2006
- 51% of blog readers shop online
- Blog readers average 23 hours online each week
Source: Backbone Blogging Survey
- 83% of corporate bloggers saw a traffic increase to their site
- 51% took less than 1-2 months from initial concept to launch of blog
- 88% saw a boost in search engine ranking within 3 months of launch
- 62% saw an increase in sales within 3 months of launch
Source: Pew Internet Project
- Blog readership is growing among all demographics
- Blog readership jumped 58% in 2004, from 17% to 27% of Internet users who said they read blogs daily
- 27% of Internet users read blogs daily in November 2004
- 12% of users are aware of RSS, and 4% have knowingly used RSS.
Okay!! Blogs are A Big Deal
So, how do I get more traffic to my blog and start making more MONEY?
Here is the list of primary methods used by pro-bloggers to get blog traffic:
- Viral Marketing
- Article Writing
- Link Building
- Forums and Discussion Groups
- Organic SEO
- RSS
- Press Releases
- Social Bookmarking Sites
I’ll begin this blog traffic series with “Viral Marketing” in tomorrow’s post.
I’ve run out of time for today as I need to clear the snow off my driveway. Why is it called a driveway when you park on it. And, why are some streets called parkways when you actually drive on them?
See ya tomorrow.
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Thu, 22nd Apr 2010 9:51 am
Thanks for posting. You’re absolutely right about there being a lot to learn about anything you need to do online. I was overwhelmed by the amount of research I had to put into my online business. Getting a lot of visitors was a big stumbling block.
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