I just got serious about blogging in December of 2007.
I had a blog on Blogger.com for 2 years, but rarely updated it.
Then in November of 2007, I installed Feedburner and discovered I had 430+ subscribers. I was shocked due to the fact I hardly ever blogged.
I didn’t want to lose those subscribers or the traffic, so I decided to challenge myself and see if I could generate an even larger readership.
After switching to WordPress last December, I got more serious about my blog efforts.
I subscribed to Darren Rowse’s blog, ProBlogger.net – a very informative and inspiring blog to newbies and seasoned bloggers alike.
Then I started doing some key things…
1. I am More Selective With My Topics
When I had my Blogger blog, I would often re-write information that was already on my site. I didn’t put much effort into the subject matter of my posts.
(Yawn!)
Now, I’m much more selective. I try to think more about my audience’s needs and what they would find interesting.
And even if I choose a topic that has been blogged about a lot, I try to add my own spin to make it unique. For example, how many articles have been written about “How to Write Good Content” or something similar?
Too many, right?
Well the reality is, most people don’t write good content and they find it a chore or get writer’s block.
So I blogged about this very issue and addressed it from a new angle in a blog post titled “Is Writing Content a Chore for You?” An email I received inspired much of the content in the post.
2. I Make Use of Some Handy WordPress Plugins
Some people go hogwild on the WP plugins. While there are some really cool ones out there, you don’t want to make your blog so plugin-licious that it’s difficult to navigate and read.
You can have too much of a good thing, but there are a few that really come in handy.
Two plugins I believe made a difference in my traffic and readership have been the SiteMap and Related Post plugins.
The SiteMap plugin is important because it generates and submits your blog’s sitemap (an XML listing of all your posts) to all the major engines. Once you install it, the plugin works its magic automatically.
Some of my posts get found in the search engines only hours after I create them.
The Related Post plugin is useful because it encourages people to read more of my blog. It helps them discover posts they might not have discovered had they not seen the “Related Post” link at the end of a blog entry.
Before installing this plugin, I noticed my most recent posts always received 95% of the traffic. Now, older posts are getting more traffic.
3. Visual Appeal
I doubt my graphics have made a huge difference in my traffic, but every now and then I get an email or comment from someone who says they love my blog images and graphics.
One lady says she can’t wait to see what kind of graphic I’ve created to go with the post.
Some of my graphics include pictures of people and things found on Photos.com (I’m a subscriber because I want to make sure I have rights to use the images on my site.)
Usually I’ll add my own flavor to the images with good ole’ PhotoShop.
However most of the graphics like the one in this post were created by me. Learning PhotoShop has been a great asset to my business.
While the content is what really makes or breaks a blog, a few appealing images and graphics can help round out your blog’s appearance and give it a more professional feel.
4. I Blog More Often
Blogging more often is not always a good thing. If you don’t have anything interesting to say then no point in blogging just for the sake of blogging.
It’s not worth losing your subscriber base so be sure your posts have substance.
When you blog often, the search engine spiders will visit more frequently, and this could help your traffic. Blogging often also keeps your subscribers coming back regularly and keeps you on their radar.
5. I Interlink My Blog With My Main Site
I am fortunate enough to have a site that already receives over 7,000 visitors per day, so of course that’s a huge help. When I create a new post, I look for relevant content on my site and provide a link to that entry.
When I used Blogger, I didn’t cross promote all that much. Now, I’m much more conscious of opportunities to interlink the two. So if you have a website and a blog, keep your eyes open for ways to link the two together.
6. Competitor’s Blogs Keep My Juices Flowin’
First and foremost I want to make it clear that I am not suggesting you copy someone’s content. Not only is it illegal but it’s highly unethical and dishonest.
But there’s nothing wrong with getting ideas from another blogger’s topics.
For example, if you see a blogger has written about the iPod Touch features (a topic that is overdone); rather than just re-wording what they wrote, create your own entry but take a different approach.
Maybe your post could be something like, “10 Reasons the iPod Touch is Better Than the Zune”. You’re writing about the same topic, but you’re taking the content in a new direction.
Not to mention you could capitalize on a new audience – people looking to compare the Zune and the iPod.
I encourage you to take a look at your competitor’s blogs, get ideas and look for ways you can create your own fresh, unique content.
7. I Switched from Blogger to WordPress
I wrote a post about this a while back, but it is worth mentioning again. I really do believe WordPress is a much better platform because of all the plugins and flexibility.
Blogger is probably easier to setup, but WordPress is pretty user-friendly too – especially if you have a Web host that offers CPanel. (I use HostGator and setup this blog in 5 seconds.)
I have much more control over my layout without having to edit the raw code (like you do with Blogger). Plus, WordPress breaks up the template into separate files so it’s easier to figure out what file controls what section of your blog.
Not to mention, WordPress has much better design templates, in my opinion.
And as I said above, additions like the SiteMap Plugin also help get your posts spidered and indexed faster.
8. I Craft My Titles More Carefully
I discovered titles that pose a question or contain a bit of shock value generate the most clicks. My recent entry “Would You Like $57,000 In One Month?” has a little of both.
Usually my newest post wins the “Daily Traffic Award” but this post is 2 weeks old and still beats out my newer posts on some days.
Taking time to develop a good title can make a huge difference. Particularly since more and more people use RSS to keep track of their favorite blogs.
You never get a second chance to make a first impression, so make that title count!
9. I Give Away More Freebies
Who doesn’t love something free, right? Plus, it’s a great way to build loyal fans and viral traffic (because they’ll tell others who tell others and so on.)
But I have to be careful with this one because I want my freebies to have value. I hate it when I see Webmasters giving away items that have been distributed over and over again, or freebies you can find anywhere.
How insulting and unoriginal.
If you want your freebies to go to work for you, take some time to develop something useful and unique.
Here are some of my favorite freebies I’ve offered from my blog…
- The Perfect Site Guide
- Free RSS Icons I Created
- Free AdSense Book (PDF) (for beginners)
10. I Share My Personal Success
I wasn’t comfortable doing this at first. I felt I was bragging, but I slowly found it builds credibility. And I noticed other successful people often do the same thing.
If you’re trying to teach people how to do something, it helps to show them how your advice has worked for you.
While I don’t offer specifics about my income, I may display an AdSense check here and there or remind people I am making a living online.
It’s important that my audience knows I am actually walking the walk since I often talk about making money. See my record AdSense video below.
In Conclusion…
Doing the above things has not only helped double my blog’s traffic in 2 months, and my subscriber count is up by nearly 100 subscribers.
Which of the above strategies can you implement on your blog?
And if you’ve done anything to help boost your blog’s traffic that I haven’t mentioned here, feel free to share.
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Lisa,
Awesome information! You know I have my WordPress right now and I wanted to read up on your material before I start my blog and this is really, really informative. I’m also going to check out blogger.net. This page is just what I was looking for. I will definitely let you know when I’m done and will email you for your input. Thanks again!
Renee
Lisa,
I agree 100% in order to increase traffic you have to be consistent with your entries. When I started to blog the rule of thumb was to be sure to have an entry at least 1 or 2 times every ten days. Once I started doing that I noticed that my blog appeared #1 on google. With the addition of my main website http://Wealth-Freedom-Abundance.com I really noticed an increase in traffic and more flow of income to my business.
To your success,
Kenneth Cedar
Hi Lisa,
I had a few blogger blogs but moved to WordPress and the difference in ranking was amazing. I appreciate the idea of drawing inspiration from competitors blogs, I’m just too lazy to do it.
To be honest I’m a part time blogger (at best) and that shows in my RSS sign-ups. I really started my blog to share and document ideas and what I learn as I go. I also wanted good page rank to link back to my sites and client sites (got PR4 right now). My blog is http://webtooltips.wordpress.com.
Anyway, great post. “Just keep blogging!”
Lisa, what a great site & blog you have. I found your website from google when searching somehting on google and now I’m still reading your blog/website after few past few hours.
Congrats. Hope your income will continously increase. I totally believe in “give and you’ll get”. All the best.
Lisa,
Great information. It’s not like I haven’t heard some of these suggestions before. However, I like the way you presented it and just as people buy from thos they like and trust, we tend to hear better what is said by those we like and trust. I gained much in a short time from your WebSite Babble forum and now I’ve found your blog. Pretty exciting!
Ahh…I have a blogger blog. I don’t know but I remember trying to remove all those codes in wordpress
drove me nuts even after watching a video. It was so frustrating for me at the time because I was still learning so many internet marketing concepts. I bought IMC book on blogging and it laid out a step-by-step “how to” using blogger.com
I don’t blog much but for now blogger.com will do. But I do like the wordpress designs, interface, and functionality a lot. Hey, it took me so long to switch to fire fox and gmail…..it may take me just as long to try wordpress again. Haa
Another great post Lisa. I found your blog through BlogRush with your catchy headlines. What a great post. I know I currently use Blogger myself but just yesterday actually I signed up for a WordPress account as so many people use it and the plugins and flexibilty that I have read on other blogs and now yours is why I decided to go give it a try. I personally like seeing WordPress blogs as the design I find is much better.
So true, the more you post the more blog traffic you’ll get and higher search engines. Google loves updated blogs and will reward you for keeping them fresh. Something I need to do is post more frequently but sometimes free time is against me. In 2008 it’s something I will try to do more often.
Thanks for the great information Lisa. You have a great blog and keep up the good work.
Sincerely,
Jamie Boyle
And I was just thinking of ditching BlogRush, but you’ve helped change my mind Jamie! LOL That’s the 2nd person that’s mentioned they found my blog there i the past week.
Thanks again.
I have to give a lot of props on this one, i usually don’t fall for things easily i was a bit skeptical, but you know what you are doing. Good information, excellent display.
thanks
steve
Great post Lisa. I had no idea that there was sitemap plugg-in for WordPress. You maynot realize this…:-), but you were born to do this…
Have you seen the Easy Viral Traffic blog yet? They provide some pretty cool information about how to get free website traffic… check it out http://www.easy-viral-traffic.com/blog/
I just checked out World Press I may give them a try. I’m more interested in generating some traffic as it relates to making a few dollars with Google advertisements right now. I was a little disappointed when I read the World press guidelines. I will have to sleep on this one and think it through in the morning.
Thanks for an awesome blog
Best AdSense Videos,
Keep in mind you have more flexibility with WordPress if you install it on your own domain versus hosting your blog on their servers. For example you cannot use AdSense if you host on WordPress’s servers but if you install it on your own domain, you’re free to post the Google ads. I’m assuming those are the kinds of guidelines you were talking about?
You have provided detail information on how one can increase their traffic to their site, I am still struggling to increase traffic to my site.
I will have to check into what you are talking about. I am a little new at all this computer stuff. Thanks for the reply.
Hey I found you! I watched a few of your videos on youtube about 2 months back. And today I stumbled on your main dreamweaver made site and found your blog. I read about your big affiliate check. Nice. I’m still fist fighting with Adsense trying to get content matching to work. But your story is inspirational.
Lisa, I am a newbie and this information is exactly what I need. Here are my 3 favs from this post. The plugin suggestion in tip two is hot! Another great is tip 5 interlinking the blog and site. And the most important tip for my personal work is tip 8 crafting my titles for curb appeal.
If I do not find success with my websites, it won’t be because you didn’t try to tell me.
Hi Lisa
Isn’t it a disadvantage that you publish your feed over the feedburner domain (http://feeds.feedburner.com/2createawebsite?format=xml) instead yours?
I don’t know whether it matters for page ranking, but what if one day for some reason you decide to quit feedburner? All subscribers will have the feedburner feed.
regards
Tom
No, it’s not. Feedburner is actually still using my blog’s domain-based feed. http://blog.2createawebsite.com/feed/ It’s just redirecting it to an address on their servers. So even if I stopped feedburner, I wouldn’t lose my subscribers.
All the steps you mentioned are very handy,I love wordpress and its plug ins.Feed burner is best and mow it is owned by Google.
Hi lisa
probably I did not express myself good enough.
I mean: Now you offer on your blog to subscribe this feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/2createawebsite
Let’s assume one day you decide to drop feedburner. The problem: All your subscribes are subscribed to http://feeds.feedburner.com/2createawebsite and not to blog.2createawebsite.com/myfeed.
It means you are dependend of feedburner.
Nope you described it perfectly. I think you are just misunderstanding me. Even though my feedburner feed is
http://feeds.feedburner.com/2createawebsite The real (behind the scenes) feed is http://blog.2createawebsite.com/feed/ So even if I dropped feedburner I would not lose subscribers. Because the feedburner address you see is not real. It’s just a redirect from my main blog feed which is http://blog.2createawebsite.com/feed/
That’s exactly why feedburner sets it up like that. When you join, they ask you what your real blog feed is then they setup the feedburner address feed to redirect from your real domain-based feed. So the only thing I would lose if I moved from feedburner is the feedburner subscribe stats. I wouldn’t lose my subscribers.
So when people sign up with my feedburner address they are really signing up with http://blog.2createawebsite.com/feed/ , it’s just not visible to the human eye because feedburner has a redirect setup to make it look like the real address is http://feeds.feedburner.com/2createawebsite
The redirect is what makes it look like I’m dependent upon feedburner, but when I login to my feedburner account it shows my real address as http://blog.2createawebsite.com/feed/
Make sense now?
hm, are you sure? Did you test it?
I think the feedburner address I see is real. Because I enter the feedburner address in my feedreader. And when the feedburner feed is deleted, there is nothing more to read.
I tested it:
1. Create a test feed
2. Burn it
3. Subscribe to burned feed
4. Delete burned feed (original feed stays)
5. My reader no more has a feed to read from… (tested with Firefox), because in the reader is the address of the feedburner feed.
To my understanding there is nothing like a “feedburner address we see but is not real”. People subscribing to the feedburner address store this address in their readers. And feedburner redirects the read-request to your original feed.
To my understanding there is an other reason why feedburner set’s it up like this. They set it up like this, in order that people subscribing to your original feed get redirected to the burned feed. Because you want statistics about all, and not half in original feed and half in burned feed.But that’s another topic.
And when speaking of “real feed”, yes, there is a “real feed”, because feedreader cannot read from the published feed address otherwise we would have an endless redirection loop.
Still, I just started reading about this topic, not sure all is correct
. What do you think?
I see what you’re saying and I am the one who misunderstood. You make a good point. However the pros of using such a service outweigh the cons. I would have never been able to figure out how to allow people to subscribe to my feed via email (a very valuable asset) if it wasn’t for feedburner.
The one good thing about feedburner is at least you can export the emails of the people who subscribe to your feed and right now, my email subscribe rate is much larger than my RSS subscribe rate. Of course it would be a pain to lose my RSS readers but at least I would still be able to export all my email subscribers and communicate with them.
Feedburner is extremely popular and widely used by thousands of Webmasters and they’re owned by Google (another plus). So until someone comes along with something better I won’t worry about it.
Its really very helpful. Thanks.
Thank u 4 helping me with my request.i really want 2 hav an e-mail.still learning & want 2 knw more
I have enjoyed your blog. I came across it searching for more traffic for my blog.
hi
you write:
“Then in November of 2007, I installed Feedburner and discovered I had 430+ subscribers. I was shocked due to the fact I hardly ever blogged.”
Just by subscribing to feedburner?How can you promote your blog with feedburner?
What else have you done to promote your blog? Did you register in special blog directories? I plan to have my blog on the same domain as my website, therefore I cannot submit it in search engines separetly.
Thanks for your reply
Pete
Hi Pete,
No, people can subscribe to your blog even if you don’t use Feedburner. So when I signed up for Feedburner, they reported back that I ALREADY had 430 subscribers. Feedburner is more of a reporting tool, but they do have ways you can promote your blog. Go to the “Publicize” tab in your account and you’ll see different ways you can display and advertise your feed.
No I didn’t register my blog with any directories. I do most of my promotion from my main site 2createawebsite.com which already gets a lot of traffic.
Hey, Lisa
you learn me some thing very important
You Must think First in your visitors, because your visitors are your money budget.
Lisa, i love your web site and your blog
i wish to see your site the first blog in Technorati.
please give me feedback for my small blog
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Thanks Lisa for your great web site
Site increasers are one of the easiest methods to improve your traffic. As example i’ll point http://www.increasesiterating.com . This is software is provided by x3m group, with no installation or upload. Only one thing is required the website’s URL and up to 40 unique visits for a day will be sent. There is
also an option for registration(free) for further development.
that was a nice post… thatnks a lot. i will soon try to apply it to my site http://www.itjobguru.com…thanks a lot
fantastic facts.. it’s always good to learn new thing everyday for me, wish i had visited this site earlier
thanks for sharing
this very nice to visit your site and i know some thing new for go to work and make my site better and thank you for sharing
hi,
I have made a weblog about international foods.
It consists of Persian,Indian,Spanish,Middle eastern,Italian and Greek food .
Please Visit the blog and leave me comment.
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I hOpe I can get trrafic by your tips.
Dear Lisa,
I thank and congratulate you on delivering such a wonderful tutorial. I have already become a huge fan of yours.
Being a novice though I simply couldn’t understand the concept of putting wordpress on a self webhost. Refer:”Keep in mind you have more flexibility with WordPress if you install it on your own domain versus hosting your blog on their servers. For example you cannot use AdSense if you host on WordPress’s servers but if you install it on your own domain, you’re free to post the Google ads. I’m assuming those are the kinds of guidelines you were talking about?”. I was hoping to use adsense by blogging in wordpress but in that way It would automatically host the blog on their webhost. I do not want to invest in any form right now. Can you help??
I too want to have this much traffic what should I do
Please visit my blog and please tell me the areas for improvement that help me to improve my traffic.
http://needforlogic.blogspot.com
I too want to have this much traffic what should I do
Thanks for sharing this info with us..really appreciate your efforts
Vicky
http://www.vickyadvani.blog.co.in
This is a brilliant post. Thanks for sharing a lot of things. I never bothered with sitemap plugin but now I will install it. Will report to you how it goes.
I’m looking for ways to increase my blog traffic and you have very good ideas. I will come to this website more often to get more ideas. Also you can check out my blog at http://www.EarningFreeMoney.com
thanks for the help, it proved in my blog
thanks
Thank you for your help!
Interesting article. Were did you got all the information from…
Oh my you are all very delighted with the progress of your sites.
I wish I could do the same for my site http://www.videocatwalk.com.
Please help me find ways to increase traffic to this site. Please
Hello!
Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
PS: Sorry for my bad english, I’v just started to learn this language
See you!
Your, Raiul Baztepo
I am not new, i already fan of your great tutorials, i read e-book and much more. thanks you very very much about your affort
Nice tutorial, i am your old reader
Thanks for all the useful information Lisa – a very informative post for us new bloggers out there!
#7 is what I need to continue to work on.
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A SUPPORTED BY THE DEVELOPER TOOLS? It was interesting. You seem very knowledgeable in ypour field.
these tips are great ……now i gotta more then 6000 visiters on ma site…..www.weeblyultimate.weebly.com
As a Newbie, I am always searching online for articles that can help me. Thank you
I really love the information you presented. Its certainly keeping my juices flowing
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thanks
It’s my lucky day to see your site of more valuable information about blogs and blog information.
Very helpful!! Thanks so much for sharing!
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Hi Lisa
I would like to ask, how important is google page rank in your opinion?
I use one blog to simply host an online portfolio, (although because of what I do and what I now have planned I am going to need a website) and the other I now am starting to update more regular now to show my work in production etc.
I use blogger and I am just now slowly starting to pick up a few extra hits now I managed to get 60 hits last week which doesnt sound like alot but is alot for me, it has inspired me to work alot harder to try and network myself now.
My online portfolio blog has a higher google page rank than my current production work one should I be worried about this or is all just to with how I have been linking my blogs
Mark’s last blog post..My second blog http://Productionwork.blogspot.com
Hi Mark,
My answer is here in video form!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J19obaZx9aM
hey Lisa , thanks. yeah your right content and trafficking are much more important, The rest will take care of itself
thanks for replying
Mark’s last blog post..My second blog http://Productionwork.blogspot.com
What great suggestions you have here. I’m seriously considering switching to WordPress. How easy is it transfer over existing structures? Redoing an entire blog is a time investment I’m reluctant to make, but if it could help my traffic, I’m all for it. Any time saving tips?
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Kiesha
You can export your blogger posts onto your computer and then import them into WordPress so that part isn’t that bad. You’ll probably have to start over with your design because WordPress themes are much different than Blogger templates. Overall it shouldn’t be too bad.
Sweet blog. I never know what I am going to come across next. I think you should do more posting as you have some pretty intelligent stuff to say.
I’ll be watching you .
Amazingly simple advice that is very relevant to my sites. Thank you for posting!
hey lisa,
is google sites a good place to make my first website? I’m hoping to use adsense with it?….is it good?
I’m sorry, but I’m not familiar with using Google sites. Whatever host you choose, I would highly recommend your own domain and a paid hosting company for the longrun.
I bought my domain from godaddy and my hosting is from host gator at the address sites.google.com is where I started my webpage..it shouldn’t matter where I construct my webpage should it?..getting traffic is what is important right?
Another great post Lisa. I was just wondering about some SEO techniques. I heard that commenting on blogs is a good way of getting links to my site. But I have also been hearing about no-follow and do-follow. What does that exactly mean, if I comment on a no-follow site, will that hurt my Google ranking? Thanks.
No-follow means the search engines don’t count that link as a backlink so when Google counts how many backlinks you have then those no follow links don’t count. But blog commenting is still good just to get people to notice your site and visit. The key is to say something useful to make your comment stand out.
Very imformative blog cheers
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I’m going to try those steps you suggested. My blog really has a slow traffic…hope this will work…
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Hello Lisa,
I find your blogs very helpful and informative. I will certainly turn to you for direction as I am already so lost (and lost money too) in online biz. I enjoy your videos as you do not sound canned and pretentious. Please accept my compliments
Thanks for the tips, I started my blog promoting concert tickets online. I am building up traffic to provide my visitors better exposure for the concert tickets they need.
I will add the feedburner. thanks.
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Nice Post… Thanks
I have read the article and the comments with interest because I am still trying to decide whether it is worth starting a blog to promote my site (Spanish legal, tax and accounting advice for English-speakers in Spain). On the one hand I can see potential customers being attracted by free advice, articles about the law in Spain etc but when I read this it seems like a lot of work trying to get people to read your blog. I’ve got enough on my plate trying to attract people to the website itself; is adding a blog just making more work for myself?
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A Tons of Thanks
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still struggling on. but the information you have shared is nice to implementing.
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Great blog, I am posting an entry every day right now. I was happy to read in the comments that Google loves this!
Thanks , very informative.
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Hi ,
I am a beginner in this field , so i dont know how i can make a good blog , how i can increase traffic on my blog ,
Any one there who like to guide me , i shall be very thankful to him
regards
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i am confusing to choose my blog title , would anyone tell me which is the best title or way to select a title . and i have not a creative mind so i cant write articles , so in this situation what i do .
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thanks for you to share us a these , but i am beginner i still face a lot of problem , can you tell me more about RSS , social networks etc
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@Viiiiky. I hope this doesn’t come as bad news, but the biggest part of blogging is writing. You can supplement it with youtube video posts or you could have others write for you. These days ghost writers are producing unique content for as low as $10 a post, but that’s if you have extra money to invest.
As far as choosing a title, you need to choose one that captures the theme of your overall topic for your blog. The more focused the better. Think about what your purpose is for creating the blog – it has to go beyond earning Google adsense revenue. What type of valuable information will you offer your readers? That can help you in deciding on a title.
As far as traffic goes, you should join some social networking sites like Squidoo, Tagfoot, Twitter, Digg, and Facebook, but be careful to choose friends are already interested in your topic. It will take time to build your friends/follower list, but in the meantime, while you’re waiting on that, you could be writing some engaging articles (Read, 5 Tips for Writing Engaging Content: http://affiliate-helpdesk.blogspot.com/2009/07/5-tips-for-writing-engaging-content.html). Submit them to some article directories like ezinearticles.com or sooperarticles.com, be sure to put a link to your site in the author resource box.
Of course this is the abbreviated version, but you can find more tips at: http://www.affiliateshelpdesk.com and http://affiliate-helpdesk.blogspot.com. I wish you much success!
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Thanks ,
i can understand now each and every thing , it is difficult and time consuming but not impossible , thanks all of you , i have to go ezinearticles.com and sooperarticles.com and find all the material which i want , there are a good variety of all kind of articles , and now i am reading your posts at http://www.affiliateshelpdesk.com/ and try to download ”How to Make Your First $500 Online in in 30days”-ebook . i say again thanks to you and you organization ,
regards
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Awesome! keep it up..
great post dude!…………really useful!
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I always learn something from your site.
Thanks Lisa – are you married?
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I am new webmaster and want to do big work about SEO, i did only 6 months work on Net and studing more, i ve learned manythings from your site. thanks,
Nowadays i am publishing website about SEO, Adsense, & Adword will you please visit it http://usawise.com and guide me about my work i dont have much exeperience but i got a lot of knowledge through 10 plus SEO & Adsense Books.
Hi Lisa, I’m glad that I found your blog. And I want to thank u for writing such an honest posting. I’m still -at this moment- focusing on blogger. ‘Though i kept stumble on people persuade to move to WP. I have to admit that WP has better designs and themes. But I am convinced that money making program with blogspot have several advantages for beginner.
Anyhow, I will definitely subscribe yo your blog here. For I think we -the new blogger- can learn much from you.
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Thanks for the advice! I am desperately trying to increase the traffic to my blog. Hopefully some of your tips work!
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I’ve begun Tweeting a few times a day either linking to new content – like a special offer – or to the articles that link to my site. I’ve also begun submitting URLs to Google a lot more again of articles and new pages on the site. When I have enough article content built up I’m going to get into the world of RSS but at the moment that is a mystery to me. Latest content here:
http://www.advoco.es/home/22-latest/29-spanish-residency.html
I like the comments on here – you tend to see the real internet “grafters” if I can put it that way!
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really it is helpful, i’m busy today. but surely visit again to look for my matter. it is present. but i need some time to implement those steps.
I really need to thank you for sharing the information with us.
regards
Sakthi Dasan.S
Thanks for all these. You are a gift from God to we internet newbies.
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Hey ya I completely agree with this that wordpress is more flexible than blogger, because it gives you options like themes, plugins etc which you will not be able to change or install in blogger. You can even create a website for free using a free domain and free webhost, check out this http://here2read.co.cc which is created using wordpress itself.
Hi Lisa:
Thanks for another great post. I like the way you write. I’ve been writing for a while, as well as doing some Internet Marketing, and writing for the masses in an easy style is important. Some other tools I use to drive traffic include social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, etc. (there are over 200). I’m going to check out the rest of your site – looks very interesting.
Cheers
7000 visitors a day…wow, that’s huge!
I like to try your interlinking strategy if it work. Ive got several blogs but I didn’t link them on each other. Thanks for your very impressive advice.
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I must start by saying it seems as if you are a good writer. Very informative info. I’ve been a little down because my blog isn’t doing as good as I thought it would be doing by now. I wish I could generate that type of traffic! Any pointers anyone?
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Hi Shanita:
To generate some real organic traffic you might want to take a look at:
http://www.steveatwal.com/organic-traffic-generation-best-tools-for-content-and-seo/
Also, having a non-free Website might also help.
Steve
.-= Steve´s last blog … Hello world! =-.
excellent writer!
Thamks for sharing this information with us
Thank you so much for sharing this with us all Lisa!
Bereket
it is very helpful article thanks for that
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Interesting tips you gave here. You are quite right about WordPress being much better than Blogger.com. What I have also found is that the variety of plug-ins and widgets available make WordPress a better Content Management System (CMS). One plug-in that has worked very well for my blog is the All-In-One SEO plug-in.
There are a lot of things that one can do to boost the traffic they get to their website.
Here are some of the techniques that I found helpful in increasing my site visitors:
- writing articles and submitting them to ezines
- using pinging services
- submitting my content to blogcatalog
- getting involved in blog carnivals
- commenting on other blogs
- building backlinks
- using social bookmarks to build relationships
- using web 2.0 websites such as hubpages and squidoo
I hope they are of help to you
Follow these Steps for free traffic
1. Submit to open directories like dmoz
2. Open twitter/facebook account and use automation softwares to add new followers instantly
3. Leave hyperlinks in forums after commenting
4. Write guest post to blogs
5. Buy customised content at cheap rates and put it in your site if you are out of ideas to write.
6. Follow expert blogger sites like dailybloggingtips,mashable or fastgush.
Thanks for sharing your technique in building traffic to your blog.. I will try all those things..
Allen
http://www.laptopncamerareviews.com
Hey Create Your First Website, Im new to the whole idea of blog carnivals so thanks to you, Im going to research that, same goes for pinging and blogcatalog.
And thanks to Lisa, for the 10 points. I ended up scribbling the points in my notebook so I wouldnt forget to implement them lol
Being an experienced developer Im really struggling with having to use a CMS like wordpress.
Were all those years of learning code a waste of time? :0(
Hey Lisa, your blog is superb and you’ve got a lot of info here…your sites and blog is like a library for website building and blogging. I think its amazing, post more and more!
Hey again Lisa, can you notify me by e-mail, what font is this? I mean the one you use on your site and for your content? Please tell me, I think its nice lol
GREAT information, Lisa! We’re starting work on a blog for our business’s website (www.posturenow.com) and I really appreciate all the good information you share. Keep up the good work!
I am updating my blog on a regular basis. This is not really creating enough traffic. But thanks for your post. I’ll apply some of those strategies and see if they work out.
I personally feel that 99% of blogs out there deserve to fail, they are quite frankly crap. It doesn’t matter how many plugins you have, if you cant write articles that people want to read it aint going to happen for you.
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Hello Lisa,
you are first person from whom i got inspired about writing my blog for which i have already taken initiative step , i want to write about you on my website as a motivator to me.
Need your support
Thanks
Rajneesh
Lisa,
Great site and great advise you offer. How do you place the adsense code next to the youtube videos? Can you share the code? We started a blog called http://www.rhinoplasty.ws and we are building up content and want to use this tip in particular.
I appreciate your assistance.
Thanks
Michael
Thanks for good tips Lisa.
dear Lisa,
I just cannot disagree all statement above. thanks a lot for the tips. I’am also would like to add 1 tips, it is “write what you good on it and loved most”. Hopeful my blog would become like yours^^best regard
wow interesting sharing and tips. I have moved from blogger to wordpress since a year ago, I like their features especially the plugins. But now I still try to improve my traffic, I’m trying to look for appropriate way to get more traffic. Thanks for your sharing, it encourage me to make a better blog.
As always Lisa, very informative.
Thanks for going into detail like that. It’s amazing what a little bit of traffic does for encouragement.
also you are right, if you have a blog, it should have strong original content. On one of my blogs, I only post when I feel inspired to post, because I don’t want to write a blog post, just to do it…I want to be inspired and make sure if meets my reader’s needs.
I also really like the “popular posts” plugin in wordpress
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Always very good articles Lisa. Very impressed.I was on the voyage to start working from home and emailed the CEO and staff of http://www.Mail-Lounge.com
they have truly helped me and mentored me and im raking in $xxxxx per month. Cheers to our success..!
Hi Lisa
If it wasnt for you i wouldnt be where I’m at now. You’ve convinced me to use wordpress, not that I’ve use anything else so I’ve no comparison. I find it a little complicated at the moment but I’m getting there. Next I installed Thesis and love it. 18 mths ago I never had a clue about html and CSS now I’m finally getting there
I have one problem though, I have read you items and videos etc about content and so I bear that in mind whilst writing but I’m not sure about how to get traffic to my blogs from other blogs, ie. like this one. Could you point me inthe right direction if you have a link on your extensive sites. many thanks
.-= Lee´s last blog … Creating a new Blog with Thesis. =-.
sorry me
again I’ve just realised what my permalink does and the above doesnt work so I’ve up-dated my site.
thanks again, keep up the good work
.-= lee´s last blog … Creating a new Blog with Thesis. =-.
Great post, I will be sure to bookmark this in my Propeller account. Have a awesome evening.
Hi Lisa,
I stumbled upon this site of yours and I find this article quite revealing and highly informative.
Kudos!
hey lisa i am a big fan of your website. you have really helped me and walked me trough the baby steps of building a site. i thought it was so easy but i was wrong. now my main goal is to get traffic on my site. but comes to find out that is the hardest
Hi lisa I have been reading all nice information you giving and it motivated me to start my own web site but I don’t know what to do. I really need help since I need to start my own website. I don’t how this business work and what product you sell or what you do. Would you please give me more details about how this business work for somebody doesn’t have a produc but still need to start business.
Thanks for your time
Abdi
Hi lisa I have been reading all nice information you giving and it motivated me to start my own web site but I don’t know what to do. I really need help since I need to start my own website. I don’t know how this business work and what product you sell or what you do. Would you please give me more details about how this business work for somebody doesn’t have his/her own product but still need to start business.
Thanks for your time
Abdi
My host offers WP, but it isn’t really up to date and security was a bit of a concern, Updating it myself on the server was beyond me (needed python and programming experience). I opted for blogger, a little more limited, but more secure (I felt) and since its owned by Google, I had a mindset, maybe my posts would be more quickly indexed in google, than if I ran a WP off my .com. Was this the right choice?
I also use an app that feeds my blog posts straight to my websites index page via java. Will the search engines grab this content? I know in the old days (like 6 or 7 years a go) java and this sort of dynamic content wouldnt get read at all, but I have heard mixed answers to how google works now.
Or would it be wiser to have static content on my index and just stick with a link to the blog?
Wow.. I took notes, I’m now following you on twitter, i book marked this page… this one article was so informative! I switched from blogger to wordpress last week… i have been looking for some answers to some questions after making the switch… all the questions has been answered after reading this…. thank u so much!
Very interesting and helpful article! Thanks for what you do!
I always like Lisa’s stuff and this blog .She’s been around for a while and shoots from the hip. Very good stuff. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much. I started a blog some months ago and I find your tips very useful.
Lisa,
Great article. I get so many emails about the latest product launches that I start wondering off course. You help keep me grounded and focused on what I should be doing. I keep coming back to your blog, forum and youtube channel for great advice.
I switched to WP several months ago. Being hard-headed, I didn’t want to switch from blogger-so much easier to use.
But I took the plunge and and it’s all ok
Thanks for the great advice, like usual!
Just started my site and i think thos would help.
Lisa, you are so creditable, I also enjoy everything on your site. I follow you through youtube and google reader. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Thanx!!!! its very help full,,,,,,,,,…
thank you so much!!!!!!!!!
Wow!quite good and powerful information.I Have learnt something new.Encouraging.
Thanks for the useful post, Lisa.
You have highlighted the key points, with adequate explanation for each point.
I like your style of writing. It’s very free flowing and natural, and at the same time very logical also.
Thanks again.
Thanks a lot Lisa. the information you are providing here are truly helpful. I have just started an online auto classified website targeting UK market. http://www.car7.co.uk . it is getting good response now. I think for those who would like to start an online business, a classified website might be a good option. Anyways, your help if much appreciated.
good article for increase blogs traffic an good ideas. i think Social sites are too important for create more trafic and ranking and facecook and twitter. finally thank for article
This is just awesome. Thanks for the great info. I’ve tried both Blogger and WordPress as well and really REALLY like WordPress. The ability to install WordPress on your own server is also a big plus, as opposed to being stuck with bloggers limited tools.
That said, when my wife (with limited online knowledge) wanted to do a blog for fun, I started her on Blogger. The learn curve is much lower so it’s a trade off.
There’s some great useful information in this post. I’m always looking for new ways to get more traffic to my blog. Right now I do have a lot of free giveaways going which has helped a lot.
Great post! I’ll definitely comback again for a visit, keep up the good work!
Hi ,
I like this all information. I am searching how to increase blog traffic so that i saw this nice article on this site.
Good post ,I like it .
Thanks for the information, I am just getting started. I am really excited and I will come back to your site for more information! Keep it coming!
Monica
This is my first post. I really like this blog. I’m reading this post from my I-Phone and it looks great!
Great post man!…it helped me a lot
Excellent advice. I really appreciated each point. I especially vibed with points 5 &7. Thanks.
MILL
I have started reading in your site since 2008 if I am not mistaken, By that time I am only 18 years of age and still studying at college. That is the time I have realize that I have chosen the wrong course, and I need to study a course that relative to computer, such computer science. But now I am at my 5th year level at engineering course and graduating but I guess I love to start my own blogging site after my graduation. Not to teach or to instruct like what you are doing because I am not a good teacher i guess ^_^ , but I love to give free information to some topics like technology ^_^ Hope I will succeed too.
God Bless you Lisa.!
I recently started my new photography Blog. Your article has been of great help in drawing traffic to my Blog. Thank you:)
The knowledge I have gained from reading this post is life changing. Thanks!
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A good post, and very nice observation about topics. If you’re professional blogger, it’s hard to pick fresh and extremely interesting topics everyday, but you have to invent something every day not to lose readership, and become popular at east to extent when blog pays for itself.
Feedburner seems to be glitching for me. Anyone can confirm this? Does it work well for you during the last days?
Please Help me increasing traffic of my site.
Gonna try Now.. Thanks for the info
this is very nice and informarive article…………. thanks….. its a good work.. once again thanks……..
Good tips! I am planning on transferring my blog from Weebly Builder to WordPress this weekend, which should help me get indexed without the typical errors I would receive with Weebly. From there, I plan on building my readership with great posts, networking, and freebies. Can’t wait!!
Thanks..For Good tips! I am planning on transferring my blog from Weebly Builder to WordPress this weekend, which should help me get indexed without the typical errors I would receive with Weebly. From there, I plan on building my readership with great posts, networking, and freebies. Can’t wait!!
thanks for share nice information about blogs
Thanks, it is good and informative and having good work………………. Once again thanks World Pictures
I don’t get the basic logic on ur’ site. Help out.
A great post, once again, by Lisa.
As always, back to the basics of know your audience. I, and other bloggers, can’t stress this enough and it is something that needs to be drilled in from day one. If you don’t know your audience, you really can’t inform them or provide any valuable topics for them to read through.
Thanks, Lisa! Keep them coming.
I voted for the static sites.Thanks!
thanks for share nice good information,hopping to follow ur steps,
thanks again
Thank you for sharing your experience!!!
Thanks dude, your blog is really informative and really focus on quality of writing which is essential to survive.
Thanks
Javin Paul
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Thank you, Lisa
Very helpful information and written very well. We are starting the blog for our website beHidden.com and I feel very lucky that I red your post. Thank you for your time and I look forward reading more on your writing.
Thank you,
Leon
Thanks Lisa am going 2 create wonders on my blog – I do need to Check on my feedburner
Thank you, Lisa
for teach me about incresing traffic , i hope to use these steps with my new blog http://cardiostr.blogspot.com ,its about cardio workouts
Dear lisa Very nice post about traffic. I am your fan. I have created my blog that address is http://2-createablog.blogspot.com but there is problem with it that i checked my webmaster tools account there is an error that crawl errors restricted by robots.txt how can i remove this error please help me in this matter every on this blog can help if he knows the answer.
thanks in advance.
yes, sharing your personal experience may help many people to solve their problem related with the issue and keep them coming back.
thx for all that.
Thanks, Its very good and informative, I like it very much and appriciate you due to your good work, Once again thanks.
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Nice post.Ive got a lot of idea on how to double a traffic on the blog after reading your post.You’ve got many suggestion this can help you a lot to make a traffic on your blog.
As I go through your article, I notice that there are traffic generation techniques that are new to me. Thank you for sharing your new insights.
This is a resourceful blog for all young and new bloggers who are looking forward to get more visitors to their blog.
Thanks for the art?cle!! It ?s not only a good ?nformat?on for a new blogger l?ke me but also very ?nsp?r?ng. My blog for now ?s only ?n mak?ng-phase but your webs?te and t?ps ?nsp?res me to cont?nue even more faster. Good luck!!
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Thanks for the article!! It is not only a good information for a new blogger like me but also very inspiring. My blog for now is only in making-phase but your website and tips inspires me to continue even more faster. Good luck!!
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I am also looking for ways on how can we increase the traffic for our website’s blog. I’ll follow your advice. I really hope they work. Great post by the way.
Nice post I have read many post about seo and how to increase traffic to blog but this one was the best of them.Also your website 2create a website is very informative about how to make a website.I have made a blog on blogger named http://sachinjagtap007.blogspot.com. Feel free to surf and if you have any opinion about do tell me
Thanks for the neat post, Lisa. I’ll certainly try them out.
These are great tips! I will have to work on my titles more. Thanks!
Really great content Lisa! and I found so many other articles I want to read on your blog too. That’s my main problem, use so much time reading. I have decided that I will implement some of the good ideas on my blog every day.
Thanks a lot Lisa. And Wow! 7000 visitors a day – one day I will have that too…
Be yourself and be happy, never stop dreaming!
Happy Natural Life,
Kristin
This is a great tips for all webmasters. Thank you Lisa. I hope I can have a time to do all those great tips of yours.
Great tips. This article inspired me a lot. Will work more hard for my blog
Same here
Try your best to give quality articles to your blog.
3: I get tons of spam comments everyday saying something like “hey, i like your theme, here’s my link: …” DOn’t get offended but they send these out to hundreds of bloggers automatically.
hi lisa i have been following you on youtube, about blogger and adsense advice. i,ve been up for two months now, and i have made in the first month not much but it is a learning curve, thank you for all your great advise, its alot to absorb so i will have to replay and re listen to your youtube advice about blogger and traffic as well as content seo thanks a bunch tony
Being new in this blog posting field I am very thankful to you for these instructions.
Great article! I have been following your blog for some time now and I truly enjoy the advice that you give to your subscribers. I know your site will definitely help a lot of people online who are looking for ways to succeed at internet marketing and making money online.
Great job and keep up the great work! I can’t wait to see what new content and advice you’ll give next.
Sincerely,
Jamie Boyle
Business Owner
Thanks for sharing the “relate post plugin” It really makes sense,
juan
Some great advice I will try some of these on my blog. but I am new to this and it sometimes overwhelming.
Thanks buddy. . .i recently start making my site all this info will help me a lot . . . .i m gona try all techniques on my site. . . .i will be helpful if you tell me what more i can do with my site
Great post – now time to execute. Need a guest post anyone?
Very interesting and helpful article! I started a blog 4 months ago and I find your tips very useful.
i find wordpress very, very complicated
What? You find WordPress complicated? I think you have set this in your mind. WordPress is very easy and user friendly to use. If you are new to wordpress then you need some time. Take your time and you will get adjusted. I use wordpress for my blog.
Updating your blog regularly with unique and interesting topics, will attract more visitors on you blog. Nice information on how to generate more traffic to your blog. I bookmarked it for future reference.
Hi Lisa,
Interesting post and discussion. I found that creating unique content is key. It takes a bit longer to start building up SERP and traffic, but once you hit critical mass, authority sites will link to you and also ask you to provide guest posts.
What obviously does help is to start building up links and cross-promoting your articles do help with the building solid SERP’s.
Good luck and thanks for your information and tips. They are really useful.
Michael
This a good topic. me i use social networks to bring some visitors in my site.
sometimes i buy traffic.
for you it was easy because you have had a site wich has a high traffic
I just want to start adding images on my postings, which I believe it will attract reader.
Hey there! This is kind of off topic but I need some advice from an established blog. Is it very difficult to set up your own blog? I’m not very techincal but I can figure things out pretty quick. I’m thinking about creating my own but I’m not sure where to begin. Do you have any tips or suggestions? Cheers
I agree with you. This post is truly inspirational. I like your post and all you share with us is up to date and quite informative, i would like to bookmark the page so i can come here again to read you, as you have done a wonderful job……
That’s a pretty great idea. The constant need for improvement should be on the mind of every blogger. I always come back here because I have something new and original to read.
I have been reading your content for the last 2 years, fear is a horrible thing, but i had to just do it. Thank so much!!! you are my mentor thanks for all the information. Amazing stuff!!
Fantastic post – I get a lot of clients asking how they can get more traffic to their blog. I’m not an expert in web marketing by any means, but I’m sure this post will help me answer this question in the future.
Thanks a lot.
I’ve been trying to work on a “related posts” section for my site. But I don’t wanna make it to cluttered and shit, I’ll eventually get it
Hi dude,
You have given very valuable points here. Thanks for sharing your experience. I to like blogging very much, but not expert in seo perspective. Learning day by day slowly. I read your blog and got many good tips to optimize my blog.
Hi! Lisa,
You have an informative web site and its just plain helpful! Since I’m new at blogging, the info really helped me consider the design and organization of my site. Well, I’m having trouble with the RSS feed. When I test my blog, it says feedburner can’t find my site. You have any ideas I can check into?
Thanks!
This is some great information on how to double your blog traffic. I’ll definitely have to try to be more selective with my topics. That and possibly trying some kind of giveaways.
Awesome advice. Now I just need to implement all this
As it is in almost all your posts, you write from your own perspective, and that makes it great! So it is great to read about what YOU did, that gained you extra traffic!
And you are right, writing about your own achievements isn’t always just bragging, it adds to your credibility.
Many thanks for this information – I did a google search on “how to get more traffic to my blog” and your site came up first and answered my question perfectly. Well done. I am pleased to say I am now on the right track to “Success In-SitU” (excuse the pun!)
I really like the idea of related posts plugin and will add it to my new blog. It seems like your site is also fairing well too in the search engines considering that I found you by searching “How to increase website traffic”
Very inspiring article. WordPress plugins are great. Interlinking sites are also a great idea for more traffic…
The freebies are some awesome stuff. I am just reading those books and I have found some really good information for my blog.
Thanks a bunch.
This is a great post. I have to tell you how helpful your site, blogs & videos have been to me. I’m a new blogger and I’ve learned so much already. My Pastor equates being under someone great who has been doing for years what you would like to do and learning from them, is like having a plane on that persons runway. You’ve built the airport, tested out plane after plane until you got it right, now people like me can come and launch our planes off of your runway and go further faster thanks to you. Please keep up the great work and training.
Lakecia Gayle
Fabtravelinfo.com
Thank you for your Information i try to follow some of your tips to get mor traffic on my blog about audio and Video Programs and free services on the net.
Wow….where have you been all my life?
I think I’ll spend most of today looking at your YouTube videos and articles.
You have provided me more info. then I think I know what to do with!!!! And that’s a good thing.
Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom.
Very informative post Lisa.
I like your advice of writting about something already available but from your another angle and make it unique with your own voice and point of view.
Its really amazing how fast the blogging world has revolutioned into.With some great commitment one can really enjoy the benefits if there main purpose is to get Passive Residual Income.However, there is so much that we constantly have to adapt and make changes to so that we keep up but one thing we agree is that its exciting when new programs ease our online activity.The best thing for you to do is be willing to adapt.
Very informative page. However, at some point of time I thought that target is just to increase traffic only. My thinking is to generate traffic as well as spread the knowledge. Am I right?. I am sorry to be blunt.
thanks for the wonderful post. im more eager to blog more often. i would also want traffic in my blog. im pretty sure i will be back in your site more often.
thanx for such a great article.
i am big fan of urs.
can you plz give me some suggestion to improve traffic on my blog. my blog is http://www.dtplus.in
thanx in advance!!!
Thank you so much for the great article and freebies. They are really high quality!
awesum post lisa,,i always find your posts more original and from the heart,compared to other get rich gurus who only tell us the good stuff and make us happy
I rarely comment but I figured I needed to do it now after visiting your site so frequently. We readers need to show appreciation! Keep up the good work!
Nice post i have follow your methods and i find another tools that really helpful to gain traffic .
tools optimizing your SERP
I followed some of your steps and it quadrupled my traffic just in a month, thanks!
your story is very inspiring .
It is really mind blowing Lisa. You are doing twist to the oldies thats pretty nice.
Very nice post!
You really have made it in the IM bussiness!
You are a inspiration to all of us i think!
I’m in the market of figuring these things out myself and the more websites I run across, the more ideas I get, and the more I can try to increase my traffic. Great info, thanks for the tips.
Number 8 is my favorite. A good title goes a long way. It is like the lead right before they go to a commercial break.
Or if you ever read the huffingtonpost, ever article headline there is interesting but slightly more so than the actual article. This is important though to get good CTR I suppose
Great tips. I’m doing almost everything there, I just have to find a way to give out freebies.
I have a question. Recently my website http://www.postureapparel.com has been getting emails from stay at home moms who have blogs and want free products for them to review. It seems suspect because all of the emails came roughly in the same period of time. Should I be weary of this? Has anyone heard of a scam that sounds like this?
Yes this is a great post it has be follow as you said, thanks
Thank you very much for your information. I have just written a blog and don’t know how to get traffic. Infact I am struggling with blogging..I will try some of the tactics adopted by you.
Thanks
Gayleg
Thanks for a great post Lisa. It really is all about original content but like your idea on putting a spin on things to tackle the topic from another perspective.
Cheers
Thank you Lisa. I am also a new blogger. I gained some success in my blogger website and I just bought a domain and running my new blog. You gave me a nice idea to write contents of my own. But it is really worth and increase my traffic. Replay me and if you are comfortable lets chat.
great post lisa, thanks.
I think once you go big, you may even have a fan page in Facebook or have a twitter account and you will have more followers. It’ll create a viral effect when you have new post article.
Thanks great information here. I am a newbie blogger and will try some of your suggestion. I got 1500 hits in just 2 weeks but only got 1 click. Thanks again, Great Stuff!
The lesson that I’m taking from this is that successful blogging is a combination of many, many different factors. You may not need to get all of them exactly right, but the right combination of them can lead to good things.
Wow, thank you for sharing this info. I didn’t think of
cross referencing my related. Thanks! great article.
Switching from Blogger to WordPress was one of the best decisions I ever made for my blog. Just by doing that, my traffic shot up considerably. I’m not sure exactly why, but I’m not complaining.
I have been thinking of maybe writing a free short guide on working at home to offer my readers. It’s just finding the time to get it written!
Very informative page. However, at some point of time I thought that target is just to increase traffic only. My thinking is to generate traffic as well as spread the knowledge.
I also make much efforts on blogging but one and only difference in all your efforts and mine is that I blog in blogger and I am way back.
Yeah! amazing post Lisa, I agree will all the points that you have mentioned in the post.
Yes many people think that if they are just launched a blog which is 1 month old get frustrated very quickly that why my blog is not getting visits and why i am not earning enough.
let me tell you one story that it takes time at least you must wait for 1 year, to see any good results.
your blog will perform better and better as the time goes on.
So Just be patience and keep on promoting your blog.
Yeah! amazing post Lisa.
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think I was search of this post..but my traffic aren’t static..someday even less than 50..one reason may be it is a mixed blog….hoping soon 2 get 1000 visitors..:)..less traffic may be due to new blog!! but this post give me more idea..
hi lisa,
gr8 post…. u gave a new angle to an old discussion… hope to get some seo software for blogspot…
Ok, am still on Blogger, and now i can’t change platform.I dont know why,but i dont like wordpress,sory.
Tnx for your tips Lisa, you are still amazing tut.
this post is so good,like others offcorse.
Your start was also inspiring as you had 400+ subscribers without doing anything. Trying to focus on your tips. Thanks lisa. Your tips are helping me a lot.
Thank you for taking the time to write this insightful post. It inspires me a lot. Keep up the great work!
Writing more often does not mean one should write rubbish; I do agree with you. I think writing a few quality post will build your blog credibility.
Great post, Lisa. I have incorporated most of your suggestions. You made blogging seem simple and because of that I dove right in…so glad I did.
Thank you Lisa
I’m an IT Technician who knows how to repair and maintain computers easy, but when it came to making my own site I was clueless.
After watching your video’s on YouTube I had an idea of where to start. I’m still learning the ropes so to speak and trying to get more traffic flowing to my site.
If it wasn’t for your video’s I wouldn’t even be where I am today.
Thank You
Nice article again Lisa…
I usually have a plan for my site. but when the blogging day comes, my mind just blank… dont know what to write lol
sometimes i squeeze all my juice in my brain too.. and it came out not too good for my audience .
thx again.
Lisa, great post. No wonder why it’s so popular;)
Wow, fantastic. I’ve been reading similar post like this over and over again but this is the only time that I was amazed. I guess I have to re-invent my strategy again.
Thank you very much for your information. I have just written a blog and don’t know how to get traffic. Infact I am struggling with blogging..I will try some of the tactics adopted by you.
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I created a blog on blogger but I have gone too far without many traffic, just like 20 visitor a week, even though I have made many things to improve I even have my domain. should I change to wordpress and start all over again ?
Getting readership and loyal blog followers is a very big question and surely a mysterious one. You’ve made it look so simple. I’ve been struggling with getting good visitors to my blog. Its difficult; agreed, but not impossible. You’ve inspired me to try more of it. Thanks
That’s a pretty comprehensive list! Thanks for the advice. I would echo the sentiments regarding WordPress vs Blogger. It seems the Google team loves to craft platforms that are useful to programmers, but not really for people who have no clue how to set up a site. Which tends to be the vast majority of the world, of course.
i definitely agree that photos boost traffic. last year, one pic made an article on my blog “breaking free” the article with the most traffic for two straight months.
This is a really great list of helpful tips.
Thanks for the tips Lisa.
Good stuff. Working into the big leagues myself. About 200 pages hits a day right now and growing. Thanks for the post.
Hi,Awesome advice. Now I just need to implement all this.
i need more traffic in my new blog my blog start on 2 dec 2011 and total visit is 40 please help me how i can get more traffic on it
thanking you
thank you remind me about feedburner, i will learn it now.
Wonderful blog! I found it while browsing on Yahoo News. Do you have any suggestions on how to get listed in Yahoo News? I’ve been trying for a while but I never seem to get there! Thank you
Thanks for such a useful post. I am currently trying to improve my traffic but not able to do so.
Than I came across this post.
Great.
Hi,Lisa i am a newbie take a look at my site and tell me what is wrong. I want it to look good with some nice contents but it have the same wordings on each page.can you give me some help with this.
thanks Lisa, this is a nice post, informative, I like your style – as you say you have to show you are walking the walk but it’s very easy to cross the line into the bragging hard sell type of spiel of the WSO guys, but you strike a good balance.
Thanks for post lisa i m also trying to increase my blog traffic….
Kudos Lisa! I love this article and I love your writing style. Having made the switch from blogger to wordpress as well, I really identified with that choice of yours and hope to implement the other helpful resources you’ve written about. You are an inspiration!
Thanks Kim!
about using both blogger and wordpress, I use them both, blogger is easier, wordpress is more flexible
I’m loving your blog! I learn new ideas, tips and techniques that are very helpful for a blogger newbie like me.
The fastest way to make more money for your business is to double the amount of people who are coming to your site and then get them to buy! I know that sounds easier said then done…
Great post!
I love these ideas Lisa. It shows me how I need to keep traffic on my mind. Thanks a lot.
The thing that keeps me coming back to your site is the personality you attach to your articles. It’s a hard thing to explain but it makes the readers (me) especially get this personal association with what you are trying to blog about.
Lisa, you are the hardest working woman in blog business. I am trying to gain more traffic for my blog but, it is just not happening and I think I found the reason… my url extension. It is a dot info, should I do away with it and change the url of the blog but, keep the content? The blog is about three years old and I love but, love is not making me any money. Thanks
I think other website owners should take this site as an example , very clean and fantastic user pleasant style and design . “It is the sign of a week mind to be unable to bear wealth.” by Seneca.
Thanks for sharing knowledge about blogging.. I am newbie in this stuff.. Someone like you, become my inspiration..
Thanks for sharing your blogging journeys over here. I have both Blogger and WordPress blogs. I think both have their strengths.
Thanks for sharing this on your blog. I just started mine almost a month ago and I’ve trying very hard to get traffic to it. I’ll apply some of these tips you mentioned here and see what happens.
Hi Lisa, really a nice and informative posting. good tweeks on images. But as you pointed “I am More Selective With My Topics” is more relevant with my story. I started of blogging in 2005. My blogger blog at start had PR 4 and good number of traffic came from SEs. But my too much experimentation downgraded my PR and I lost regular traffic. So, I suggest bloggers to stick to one niche and key-phrases. Double check keyword density and other SEO factors and never try to make your blogs too saucy that it pervert your genuine content framework. Stick to basics and be personal, not too professional.
This is all from my own experience.
Hi, Lisa!
Great post! I think this information will help me to build my own readership.
This article is very useful because I have been searching for a lot of topics regarding driving traffic to my new blog. This is the only article that I really learned something new. Thank you for this!
Just a quick comment that I have followed your website for the last 5 months. You have some of the best materials on web building that I have found. This post is one of your best but you already know that by the many others who have left comments.
Keep up the great work and all of us will keep following you online.
Thanks
Lladro
Thank you!
hello dear Lisa,
As you explained above I also create a blog before 1 year and i forget it. but before one month I just type my blog address in browser I shocked because the page views is more than 600. I also want to become best blogger like you. So please help me.
Really I impressed with your website.
Hello Lisa,
Amazing post. after i read this post i am thinking why i am not started my blog with WordPress.
Can you please share how we can use RSS FEED and How to install it. I am not able to understand and implement it properly
Great post! I have been following this same formula but unfortunately I’m not on full time. But what Lisa said is true. Consistent blogging will increase your traffic.
Trending topics are good ones too but for a short period of time only.
The internet needs more ppl like you, Lisa. Keep up the good work blogging!
Hello again Lisa, been out for awhile with two inches of kidney stones stuck in my ureter… ouchie.. but after much work.. I have managed to rank higher than you for keywords “tips on building website traffic”….lol… now 100 more pages to work on and maybe I can pay for my pain meds…lol
is it worked can you suggest how many article one should write daily and how to promote.If this the only way to double the traffic then it is somewhat difficult
I really impressed with your traffic strategy that you applied to your website and I will try to my blogs to drive traffic, it’s really helpfull for me.
Thank for sharing this information. Here’s to more traffic
Hi again Lisa,
I just ran across this blog post again and reread it, taking away a lot of good information again. I was wondering how long you leave the Comments open, so thought I’d make a comment and see if it still worked. Do you have a set time that you close comments? I’ve set mine out about a year, but maybe that’s not such a good idea. Could you comment or blog post about that, please?
Hi Cathryn,
I don’t close them because I keep up with most of them and go in and respond to the ones I can. Obviously I can’t’ respond to all of them but I feel closing them will close off the line of communication and people may still have questions about the post. However, if you don’t actively monitor your comments and don’t ever go back to answer then you might as well close them.
Also some people look at comment like extra content for the page (for SEO).
By now i’ve read many posts for you Lisa in 2createawebsite, some are short and some are long but they are all quality content, it’s all about writting quality content for readers to make readers come again, but i have a question how to make you website fast?
Hey there! I just wish to give you a big thumbs up for the great information you have here on this post. I’ll be coming back to your web site for more soon.
Hi there, I do believe your blog could be having internet browser compatibility problems. When I look at your blog in Safari, it looks fine however when opening in I.E., it’s got some overlapping issues. I just wanted to give you a quick heads up! Besides that, fantastic blog!
Nice post,i will try tkese tips to build my traffic
seriously, i like your story, this will make me to boost my spirit to stay in blogging
Lisa, these are all valid reasons for why you get some much traffic.
If you were to start a brand new website…how would you go from being a 0 to being just like this blog?
What do you consider CORE methods of building traffic and also sustaining a website like you have.
1. Find a UNIQUE angle/approach that your competitors aren’t using and make sure you narrow down your niche. Instead of fitness (too general) do pilates exercises for example. I think too many people start off wrong with going to broad and paraphrasing what’s already out here.
2. Start a mailing list and keep in touch with your visitors. Send EXCLUSIVE offers/mailings to keep them engaged. Biggest mistake I made was not starting a list and not spending time to learn how to keep them engaged.
3. Use YouTube to showcase your personality, build your brand and trust (and traffic)
4. Spend time on social media and network with other people in your niche. Work out joint ventures, land a few guest blogging roles, etc.
5. Do contests/special promotions to keep people coming back.
I think this is your crucial tip – keep your readers ENGAGED! And how many of us really do start an email list to keep readers up to date? I love your adsense video – awesome result and very inspiring, especially the youtube tips.
My top traffic tip:- join StumbleUpon, stumble your blog posts and share them via the powerful su.pr link on Twitter with relevant hashtags like #diet or #makemoney – this one method gets me most of my instant blog traffic for free!
This is what I love with the Internet. It´s always surprises around the corner. As you mentioned about feedburner. You are spot on about the headlines and when they are put like that, no one say´s No *S*
That was a good article and I must also start to put freebies on my site.
lisa you told “Use YouTube to showcase your personality, build your brand and trust (and traffic)”.Do you have any article on it as i am not familiar with it.Please do reply.
I thought social media sites only give no-follow backlinks? Meaning you won’t get any PR juice from them? Also, I never understood how article sites give a PR. When you create an article that URL doesn’t have a PR; usually only their homepage has a PR
I’m not talking about using social media for backlinks. I meant to use it to build actual relationships. I’m not a backlink chaser — never have been. My links are usually gained organically by people who link to my site voluntarily.
earning money with adsense is really cool idea but to earn from blog u must need traffic.. better to do the above stuff on regular basis and success will come to you.
Lisa,
Is WordPress better than SBI Blog it? My website is an SBI site and I’d like to stay within the one platform, unless WordPress is so much better. What’s ur opinion?
Both have advantages. With SBI! you’re getting the marketing help for building a long-term business and forum support. WordPress will give you much better functionality but it’s a completely different platform that you will have to learn to use. So they are both “better” in different ways. Depends on what you really value.
I have read your post and it is fantastic! I am still deciding though to switch from Blogger to wordpress – I still have reservations and don’t want lose any of my content etc when I transfer over. any tips?
I really enjoyed this article. Glad I came across your site! You have given many great ideas here. Thank you.
I feel that increasing blog traffic takes time and I like the tip that you have given about posting often. I think this is the most important thing because more content we have, it is better for us. I also feel that we should focus on the unmet needs of our audience which the competitors are not fulfilling. This will help us to carve out our own niche.
Good article ,Thank you.!
I so enjoy coming by here and getting inspiration from your posts. I’m building a new blog and these are good points to keep in mind because I want it to be a raging success. Just reading this, I realize I need to spend more time on your blog before I build mine. I sincerely appreciate the information you give out.
Bruce Cagle
I hope I can do the same, Lisa, you did very well. Thanks for share your personal experience
Keep sharing.
you can never underestimate the power of the actual content. its always painful to go to a well optimized site only to find empty content that doesn’t really meet your need.
Thank you for sharing this information. I just started a website almost a year ago and I’m working on increase traffic. I’ll try some of these tips you mentioned here. Thanks again.
hi lisa
your aticle helps me lot to uderstand in this topic and inspire me work hard on my blog ,i am just waiting for your next article in this topic
I’ve used WordPress before and found it very frustrating in finding everything to start blogging immediately, that’s why my son built me the SimpleBlog V1.0 it’s a static website / blog script for beginners who simply have content they’d like to share check it out under website scripts on our website, link is on twitter page. It’s the same script we use on our own blog!
Thanks For this post…
And one of the best plugins on wordpress is probably the commentluv plugin.
Great info thanks
You are right, Lisa. when we talk about CMS that gives us better traffic and better search engine result, WordPress has not been surpassed by any other CMS blog. Even blogspot, which belongs to google, cannot beat it.
rak toko
Really i like this post very much, before reading this post i was not serious in blogging, but now i promise myself to be serious for blogging. Thanks for telling us the way to increase your traffic. Plz help me in one thing i have a bounce rate of 75% how to reduce that?
You have used great techniques to improve site traffic. Obviously all our earnings are dependent on visitors, quality visitors are a necessary.
Great site, thanks for doing all this work. I saw your idea for the related post plugin here a couple of weeks ago and installed it a few weeks ago. What a difference it has made!! Previously my bounce rate was well over 50%, since I installed it the bounce rate is about 30% and heading lower.
Thanks very much
Have to agree with the related post plugin I used to have a 60% bounce rate even with a lot of videos on my article no its down in the 40,s Thaqnks for a great blog
Thanks for the article I feel that increasing blog traffic takes time and I like the tip that you have given about posting often.Its better to have more content on site.I looking ahead for your another post.
Thanks for sharing such an inspirational post. And the point you define about Traffic is very useful.
I agree with you that the option number 7, that I do on some of my blogs.
but the others I have not done so.
Hello Lisa, From the post I guess it’s a day to day work of taking your blog to perfection. Like you mentioned above it’s not any one particular strategy that helped increase traffic but a combination of all those little things. I guess this post was made back in 2008? May I know what’s the kind of traffic you are receiving per day to your site?
Dr.Spencer Jones
Doing well. My static site and this blog combined are well into the 5 figures per month.
Thanks for your reply Lisa. Your 5 figure per month achievement is simply awesome. Have been following you for a while. I know you’ve been heavily involved in adsense. But just wondering, Is adsense still working well for you after the Panda and Penguin updates ? Another question: Is it affiliate marketing or adsense that’s earning you the most money ?
Thanks for your reply…
Dr.Spencer Jones
Yes, I’m still way ahead of the “record video” I posted in 2009. It has dropped as it usually does in the summer but no complaints.
hello lisa,
glad i found this artcle, you are doing an awesome work by inspiring peoples who are willing to do something in blogging. your work is great and google is rewarding you for that, nice tips for new bloggers and it is also very inspiring for all of us.thanks for sharing your experience with us. will try these things
I have been reading your blog and following you on youtube for a long time. I think you have the best tips on website creation. I think creating catchy titles is a good idea as its the first thing someone reads and then decides if they want to read the rest or not.
I use SEO by Yoast in my wordpress blog. It automatically creates the sitemaps for the newest content in my blog. Do I still need to us the XML Sitemap Generator?
Nope, not if you use Yoast.
Really? i was completely unaware of that and i have yoast on all of my wordpress installs i have been using a second plugin to generate the sitemap! Great information!
As long as the plugin generates and submits the plugin, which Yoast does, then Google can find it. I didn’t know that either for some time until I went to create a Google Webmaster account for a new site and when I went to submit my sitemap, Google already had it listed. I was like Ohhhhh! lol
Thnxx lisa mam I have made my new blog and was in search on information like this site consist of …… Thnx a lot
I don’t want to brag, but I doubled my site’s traffic in a day, not two months. Of course I went from 5 to 10, but still…
I like the suggestion to add related posts above the comments, but got a little overwhelmed by the number of plugin choices. I ended up choosing the Yet Another Related Posts Plugin, so we’ll see how that goes.
I’ve noticed that some sites include a thumbnail with their related posts. Does anyone know if that makes a difference?
I actually like the thumbnails but I was having issues with LinkWithin (the plugin I was using) slowing my site down. I’m sure there are better plugins now.
Point 3 actually sticks out to me most. Never underestimate the visual appeal of your site. After putting a nice textured background and adding a lot of blue (seems to work from my experience), the quality of my traffic improved. People were staying on my site for much longer. Reposting from Tumblr seems to help too; a lot of the content there goes viral for a good reason.
I love your story and I’m gonna follow on your foot steps.I have been trying to earn money online since 2006 and the highest amount I have ever earned is $50 in one full year(sucks).
Great videos,and detailed instructions.Thank you
Hey Lisa,
Thank you for Sharing your experience.
You have some pretty good points that are informative, the process of driving traffic to your blog is actually challenging, with good contents I believe this is not impossible as we always say “Quality over Quantity”
And I like how you use the competitors blog to your advantage, what i used to say when I see them is ” it is research I never copied someones work, just the thought of it. LOL
Best,
How about sharing personal success using videos? I watched some of your videos and I can say that your approach really connects with your viewers, something that can help increase traffic to your blog.
It’s always a joy to find some inspiration. Thanks for this. However, what happens when you keep trying all these and you’re still unnoticed, with less than 10 visitors daily?
You inspired me dear…
Thanks..
Pdf is really helpfull.
i agree that quality content is the best option. and sometimes you just have to “browse” what others are doing to know how to go about adding value to your blog as well…
Hi Lisa, you have shared really good tips to increase blog traffic and i will definitely use given tips while writing my blogs. thank you.
Simple, yet great advice for doubling traffic.
Would it be possible to update this post and add new tips to increase traffic since there are many things going around with google. and competition is really getting tough.
i agree that quality content is the best option. Ur article is great keeping in mind the latest panda algo update….thnks for sharing
Hi Lisa, I find the content of thi article and the site in general very inspiring, well exposed and delivered. congrats! and thanks. I saw you in the videos on you tube first and then got here. I am focusing on content first as you wisely suggest. I am sure you don’t take seriously wedding proposals written on web forms (and I wouldn’t too) but imagine you got one tonight!
thanks again
Lisa, I have never read or followed a webmaster as successful, kind and generous as you. I have been struggling to get traffic to my 10 month old website and was about to give it up, though I know my content is very good. Now I know I should keep plugging away and keep following you for online help.
Thank, Lisa. You are an inspiration.
I run a site that features and promotes Independent and unsigned musicians. I have found that using Yahoo Answers is a great way to drive targeted traffic to my site. I have a lot of experience in the music world, both on and off stage, so I use that experience to answer music related questions. Visitors from Yahoo Answers have spent over 3 minutes on average on my site with nearly 3 pages/visit. I would suggest people use their expertise on Yahoo to drive in some quality traffic.
Great transition. Your sharing is awesome. You have mentioned that your migration from “Blogger” to “WordPress” helped you also. I’ll also try this soon after registering my own domain. Currently my blog is hosted by Blogger. Thank you for sharing these precious tips.
Lisa, how do you put Adsense Ads where you want them? I thought Google does that themselves?
No you get the code from your account and paste it where you want in your site. Google cannot control where ads go on your site since they don’t have access to your login details.
One thing that will also help you increase your traffic is host your site on a reliable web host service. I transferred mine away from Hostgator, cause their shared hosting was giving my headaches already. After I have transferred to the new hosting, my traffic increase steadily, and yes I do not really focus on backlinks. Just content.
Thanks for the info, Lisa. I’ll go do that soon.
it is very very useful thanks a lot lisa…..
hey lisa,
nice post and thanks for sharing your experience with us. As I am new to this blogging world, so I am bit confused about what to do but after reading this post I decided my next step in blog. Thanks again for sharing such an awesome post.
Hi Lisa, some super excellent tips you’ve written about. I especially like the part about writing original content and not stealing it from another site. Your reputation in the blogosphere is of up most importance.
I would also like to add to this that you can’t underestimate social networking when talking about generating traffic. I believe it’s very important to not only have your site available through different social media networks, but it’s just important to interact with your followers. This helps define there is a real person behind the site. There is a lot of traffic to be had by using all these practices you’ve outlines, as well as using social media.
Thanks for an inspirational post!
This is an excellent post. I’ll be installing both of the plugins you recommended. And, I particularly like point 8. Crafting your titles is something I never really thought of. Thank you for this.
This post gets a thumbs up from me.
Great informative post……. i am using blogger but not satisfied from it…. Planning to start a blog at wordpress.
Hi Lisa,
Unfortunately there are very less plugins available for Blogger but i think it doesn’t matter when you have a great content.
Awesome article & you have included almost every possible details.. I know WP is great but somehow i enjoy doing things in on my Blogger Blog…
Hello,
Came across your blog and it is fantastic. You have great writing skills. I also have a blog but do not have active visitors. I will try the guidelines mentioned above and hope to get some good results.
Thanks for the tip..!
Regards,
Nishant Desai
That’s amazing you make over $5,000 a month from Adsense. Would you say YouTube has contributed a large portion of that?
At the time it was mostly Google, now I make more from YouTube.
Congratulations on doubling your blog traffic that quickly. There are some excellent strategies here and they can help anyone signficantly increase organic traffic from the search engines in a very short period of time. My favorite one is the blogging more often tip. A steady stream of high quality content can help any blog gain a higher PageRank, rise higher in the SERPs and gain more traffic overall!
Wow, this article is very encourage me as newbie..I just started since august 2010 & Im glad that my web interest by people. I have good Alexa Rank but I dont know why my google pagerank still Egg zero. Do you have any idea? thanks
Infact Lisa i’m short of words,i just don’t know what to say, i’m really in love with your site.
I have a little problem.
I wish to have a beautiful blog like yours too but i just don’t know what to write about i’m confused. If you don’t mind, maybe you can be of help to me, i’ll be extremely grateful you can email me [email protected]
THANKS.
Thanks Lisa for this complete article I will apply these techniques on my blogger blog.
I like the suggestion to add related posts above the comments, but got a little overwhelmed by the number of plugin choices. I ended up choosing the Yet Another Related Posts Plugin, so we’ll see how that goes.
Hey!
Thanks for the post i really enjoyed reading your blog.Its right that site map and related post plugins made more traffic.But in my opinion writing skill and knowledge also play good role to made more traffic on site.
Thanks again for share.
Thanks for the above tips Lisa,I’m sure they’ll come in handy to build my traffic!
Thanks for the great tips. They can used both on blogs as on regular websites. Just needs a little effort, of course.
social media presence and forum presence is also essential in having more traffic and gaining backlinks thus help in creating a better page rank to your site
usefull information but i must say one has to keep on working on these tips to be succesful . and yess i also think wordpress is better than blogger . i Just love the feel of wordpress
social media sites only give no-follow backlinks? Meaning you won’t get any PR juice from them? Also, I never understood how article sites give a PR.
Even I switched from blogger to WordPress last month. And currently i am proud of my decision. The flexibility and customizations in WordPress are far more beyond than blogger. I’m certainly gonna implement these tricks on my blog. Thanks for sharing!
And Lisa i forgot to say that you have a unique way of blogging and the way you build your blog is excellent …….and inspirational too….
Another little gem of an article I’ve found on your site tonight
Most of what you say is common sense really, but how many of us overlook it?
The ‘Related Posts’ option is a must – and I’ve been very guilty of not using it to it’s maximum. I don’t use WP for my main site/blog, I use Joomla (which has it’s advantages for other things) – and the verion my site is in doesn’t have a plugin that handles Related Posts particularly well (though I see they’re sorting that for newer versions) – but after reading this tonigh, I’ve added some manual links/lists to the bottom of my most popular posts, directing people to read some other, related ones.
Good stuff, and another thanks …. twice in one night, thats a record for me !!
agreed with u Lisa …..the best part is a wide range of seo plugin to get maximum exposure indulge into higher traffic
Nice Words Lisa. I’m going to apply this on my blog. Hope may I get a success like you .
Thank you for sharing.
I like your style of writing. It’s very free flowing and natural. I gained some success in my blogger website and I just bought a domain and running my new blog.
If you are a blogger, you need to be doing two things just as you would breathe and sleep as a human being – create killer content and network with other bloggers and your blog readers.
hum… you did all that in two months you are really a pro i have my blog for almost a year and don’t have much traffic but i liked the post definitely going to come back more often
I really have problems to get a good numbers of visitors to my website and to my blog. May be i find the solution here, thank you for these tips
Great tips Lisa! Good titles always work like a charm. I noticed how I got more views on my articles when I made more catchy titles.
Hey Lisa Very detailed and informative article .I have been an avid fan of your blog.Keep up the good work
Great Post
bcz that time i didnt know what blogging is all about 
Cheer’s
Same Story here
I made my first blog in 2011 but i just spammed all the way on that blog by doing 50+ posts a day
last year in september 2012 again got interested and started a new blog….and reading throw articles today made up succesfully 8 months in blogging world…
What i’ve learned in This Blogging World is Just Keep on Holding….Dont Give up
You will get the position you want
Thank you for posting this.
you are right by using feedburner i also seen my traffic increasing so well.
Hi Lisa
I am a long time fan of your advice and yet again you have just shared some great tips – I love the title of the whole post which just confirms your point about writing great titles. It made me look!
Something I can share with you that greatly increased my blog traffic is Yahoo Pipes. It became my number 1 referrer very quickly for one of my blogs and stayed at number 1. I also used it for another blog but with poorer results as it was in a much more competitive market I think. But, worth a try for anyone who hasn’t come across it before. You are basically creating a new feed by merging several blog feeds together. So, you can find other people’s great blogs and merge them with yours to create an even better channel of information.
Hope that helps some of you too!
Jo
Traffic is money ..
the more traffic you will have the more money you can make from your blog ..Just you need to direct them where they should 
Thanks for the nice share
thanks for the practical tips..i think anchor text plays an important role in bringing organic search results for the blog and hence increase traffic.one question are the backlinks too important.i have seen many blogs who have few backlinks but their ranks are too higher.so what is the secret of their success..
Lisa !! your success continues to inspire and ignite the fire to excel within us
You are really a motivator… hearing about your success makes us all work hard and harder…
Good Luck!!
very nice post adn usefull, i just build my wordpress to and i looking 4 tips that can help me…. thanks
I just started a blog 2 weeks ago. I do SEO, I update it 2-3 times a week, and I think my content is very good. (I have some premium interviews, and I’m a professional copywriter), How long should it take before it picks up?
That’s a vague question, but what I mean is… is it realistic to think that I’ll have 100, 200, or 500 visitors a day within a few weeks?
I will agree with you on being selective carefully on the title and interlinking all sites. IN term of moving from blogger to wordpress due to visual theme, I dont think this has nothing to do with traffic generation. There are lot of my friends that are getting more traffic with blogspot.com. Well, you are talking from your experience.
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