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Finding Traffic for your Blog

February 2, 2008

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Finding traffic for your blog may seem like you need some sort of marketing degree.  You don’t.  It takes time and consistency and a few “must dos.”  The following lists some tips for finding traffic for your blog.

* Write informational posts.  These are longer than your usual post and is designed to teach your readers something.  Such tutorials and “how to” advice usually stand the test of time and won’t be dated months or even years later.  It’s good to write such informational posts regularly on your blog.  People will check back frequently to see if you’re offering any more advice, so this is a great way of finding traffic for your blog.

* Write at least one post a day.  These can vary in length, but they definitely won’t be as long as your informational posts.  Change up the length of your blog posts.  Allowing yourself to write smaller posts will probably motivate you to update everyday.  People will then likely return to your blog a few times a week to see if you’ve added a new post.  When your blog is new, it’s critical that you update everyday.  New visitors want to see that you’re committed to updating your blog.  After a few months of such regular posting, you can ease off a bit and update a few times a week.  This is a natural way of finding traffic for your blog.

* Make comments on other blogs.  As soon as you have several daily posts and your informational posts, you want to do your best in finding traffic for your blog.  A good way of doing this is to comment on blogs in the niche you write about.  The readers of these blogs you choose will likely be interested in your blog since you write about what already interests them.  Luckily, when you comment, you’re usually asked for your website url.  Put it in that information field.  Make sure your comments are thoughtful and on topic.  If they’re not, you won’t be taken seriously, and you’ll probably be viewed as a spammer.

* Show off your informational articles.  Submit them to a blog carnival, social bookmarking sites, article sites (http://www.ezinearticles.com/ is a good one), and a topsite directory (http://topsites.blogflux.com/).  This will help you in finding traffic for your blog because your article will be seen by an audience that contains a wide variety of people.

Finding traffic for your blog takes some initiative, hard work, and patience.  The rewards are higher traffic and regular readers.

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