One common goal we all have as bloggers is to increase the amount of blog traffic we are receiving to our blogs. If you’re new to blogging and found yourself here wondering why blog traffic is so important, put it like this. The local mall where you’re from needs to drive human traffic in order for the stores inside to get sales. Online blogging is not much different, we need visitors to our blogs which in return leads to earning more money.
Write Better Titles
There is no secret that content is what drives traffic for bloggers. Creating more exciting titles for your readers is a sure fire way to increase your blog traffic. Write content that engages the reader and leaves them wanting more! However writing better titles only gets you so far, you must equally create exciting and fresh content.
Social Share Icons
Mare sure to add some social sharing options directly to your blog posts. If visitors enjoy the content they are very likely to share with their followers and friends. Make sure to have this option easily available for visitors. Referral traffic from visits and blog readers are so important.
Improve Content With Imagery
Bring your blog post to the next level with the right imagery. Nothing is more attractive in a great blog post then an image that satisfies the audience. Images can make a boring blog post exciting! Most bloggers fail to understand the power an image has and how the audience reacts to a quality image. This is what made infographics so successful in blog posts.
Implement SEO Strategies
Ensure you’re helping Google find your blog. Thankful WordPress does an amazing job right out the box that may satisfy most bloggers in regards to SEO. It doesn’t need to stop there you can dig deeper and help your blog rank higher overall increasing your organic search engine traffic. If you’re not familiar you can use Google Search Console to help position your site in search rankings. Google shows you how using Webmaster Tools!
Newsletter Marketing
Nothing beats igniting a post like a quality email subscribers list. Mail-chimp provides an easy to use and fun way to start collecting your emails from blog readers. The process is extremely simple and easy for users to subscribe. This is a great way to boost your traffic, when you publish to the blog, you can also email all your subscribers notifying them of your latest post.
What are some of the methods you’re using today to help increase your blogs traffic? Are you using some of the ones mentioned in my post? I’d love to hear your personal experience on how you managed to increase bog traffic! Leave a comment below!
