Proven Methods for Free Traffic Generation
Having a blog with a great design and killer content is an amazing start, but you still need to get new traffic to your blog. In this section I highlight a few of the top methods for bringing free quality and niche traffic to your blog.
Facebook Fan Pages
I’m sure most of you are already on Facebook, but how many of you are also “fans” of other products and web sites on Facebook? Did you know you can create a fan page for a blog? It’s simple, easy and free. The best part is, once someone becomes a fan of your blog, they will then be able to see your blog updates when they are using Facebook.
Twitter
Just like Facebook, it seems everyone is on Twitter too. Companies and web sites are quickly catching on and creating new Twitter pages for each of their sites and products. Creating a Twitter account for your blog is another effective way to bring in a new readership, build a following and display your RSS feeds and updates directly to users while on Twitter.
Article Writing
How many times have you searched Google for somethingand ended up on a site like “ezinearticles.com”? This is the result of article marketing. Ezinearticles.com has become
an extremely large web site and a very useful resource. You can create a free author account on their site, add quality articles and content, then at the bottom of the article, you
can link back to your web site. Having articles featured on popular sites that rank well in search engines can bring a lot of free quality targeted traffic.
Forums & Social Networking Signatures
If you are going to be writing a blog on a niche topic that you enjoy, there is a good chance you are currently interacting with other users in that same niche area. One of the most popular methods for doing this is through a forum. For any forums, chat room and social networking sites that you are a member of, be sure to add your blog information so others can visit your site.
Proven Methods for Paid Traffic Generation
Now that you know how to send free traffic to your blog, let’s up your game and talk about paid advertising tactics.
Build a Powerful Mailing List
Quite possibly the most important tool for finding success and profit in blogging, is to build a mailing list. For only $1 you can setup your trial account with Aweber and start building a mailing list for your blogs. Benefits of having your own mailing list are; ability to continually growing your daily readership with new subscribers, providing weekly/ daily RSS blog updates by email and the ability to send out newsletters or announcement mailings to your readers.
Text Link Advertising
If you haven’t spent the time to build up quality posts or content on your blog, there is a good chance that many other blogs aren’t linking back to your site. Remember content is king. Another solution is to use services like Text Link Ads, which allow you to buy text links on other blogs. You choose the search phrase, and depending on the page rank of the site, you can pay anywhere from $5 to $100 a month for a text link. The goal here is to create text links with relevant search terms for your blog, which eventually will help with your search engines rankings.
Social Networking Advertising
In the previous article I mentioned using Facebook and Twitter to create a Fan Page and bring in new followers. Another option is to create ad campaigns on Facebook, where you can advertise your Fan Page to Facebook users who have the same interests. You can also advertise on Twitter using services like SponsoredTweets and Adly.
Search Engine Marketing
If you are finding success with your blog, or easily converting visitors to join your mailing lists, you may do well with search engine marketing. Through pay per click advertising, you can get top rank listings on all of the major search engines. Clicks will vary in price, but if you work on less sought after keyword and search terms, you can still get clicks for a few pennies. Another option is to advertise on Google Content Network where clicks are even cheaper.