"10 Golden
Traffic Tips"
EVERYONE
needs more traffic. Everyone except for your local
interstate highway or freeway. Jokes aside, website
traffic takes a lot of time to build up.
Yes
- you could buy it, but hey, there is no challenge
in that is there? You want it FAST. You want it
NOW. and You want it FREE.
There
are many places to find free traffic. In fact,
the internet is saturated with traffic building
techniques. This however, creates a big fat problem.
Which
techniques actually work?
Which
techniques work better than others?
Which
techniques send long term traffic?
How
much time is it going to take?
Here
are 10 Golden Rules for getting more website traffic
to your blog – and yes, they are all free
- YIPPEE !
Apply
these rules and you will get traffic.
Golden
Traffic Tip 1: Master Of None
Got a blog? Got a Website? What is it about?
Is
it about everything?
Have
you heard the saying – “Jack of all
trades Master of None?” This is critical
at start up phase. Your blog needs to be narrowly
targeted.
If it is about Cars – Narrow it further.
Make it about high performance luxury cars.
If
it is about Craft – Make it about Craft for
kids.
Got
the idea?
Focus
on doing this first, until you start getting lots
of repeat readers and then slowly start to broaden
your topics.
People
need to know exactly what your blog is about as
soon as they arrive. Visitors that are interested
in your topic or niche, will hang around, bookmark
it, and come back again.
The
others that are not interested won’t –
but you don’t want them anyway, so tell them
to shooo….!
They
are untargeted traffic so are unlikely to buy
your product and you will need to be a very good
salesperson to convince them otherwise !
Golden
Traffic Tip 2: The NERD Part
Yes, you might have to ‘NERD UP’ to
deliver quality. This means writing excellent
content. Time and time again you see this on the
internet.
But,
have you actually done it? Or, have you written
rubbish?
‘Bust
your guts’ finding good quality information.
Don’t just post for the sake of it.
Do
some research whenever you post and dig deep to
find out what works and what doesn’t. Then
test your ideas yourself and give feedback to
your audience.
Facts
are much more powerful than ‘dribble’
regenerated from someone else’s blog.
Golden
Traffic Tip 3: Oi – OVER HERE!
Which one of these titles is better?
A
new Traffic Tip
or
HEY
– YOU…….psssssttt check this TOP
SECRET traffic tip to meltdown your server…….!!!
OK,
it sounds a bit unbelievable, however, it creates
more interest. The key is to grab the reader’s
attention while being able to promise what you
are saying you can do and deliver.
The
title of your post is very important. A good title
will not only attract attention, but it will pick
up relevant keywords in the search engines. Check
out your title using the Google Keyword Tool to
see what keywords you are competing for. There
may be an alternative choice that will bring you
good traffic through organic search.
Yes,
this takes a bit of time, but hey – this
time will come back in droves of traffic.
Also,
you should have your blog set to permalinks so
that the keywords are in the URL. Check this out
more here. If you haven’t done this –
do it now. This is very important for Search Engine
Results.
Then, use keywords in your titles – but make
the title have IMPACT. Obviously you don’t
want to jam 10 keywords in a title because it
will just sound ridiculous.
THINK
carefully about your title.
Golden Traffic Tip 4: Hey Good Looking….
Make Sure Your Blog Looks Professional –
Design is everything.
Is
it really looking good? You know – really
good?
Have
you used a dodgy template?
The
visual appearance is the first thing that people
see when they visit.
It
needs to;
1.
Be easy on the eye
2. Be easy to read
3. Have clean lines
4. Have complementary colors
5. Load fast.
Research
shows - when selling a product, in order of importance,
price comes first and the appearance comes second.
Price
Appearance
The
same goes for your Blog. OK, it is free to visit,
but the next aspect in line is appearance.
MAKE
it LOOK SMOKIN HOT !
If
it doesn’t do any of these things –
you are immediately behind the eight ball and
you might as well – go back to your day job.
Golden Traffic Tip 5: Gobble, Gobble, Google.
Get every page or post indexed as fast as possible.
If
you don’t know the important of indexing
– then you probably shouldn’t be trying
to make money online. Google picking up your keywords
is a great way to get free traffic. In fact –
this has to be one of the best ways!
It
is free and it just keeps coming.
If
you don’t know the important of indexing
– then you probably shouldn’t be trying
to make money online.
Indexing your post is easy – go to Digg and
submit it. Chances are it will get indexed overnight.
Simple
– do it for every post.
Golden Traffic Tip 6: What - You Again???
Add value through good features, good content,
good graphics and replying to those that comment.
Make it a good place to hang out and people will
return.
Make
sure you have a search tool so your frequent visitors
can find what they want.
Participate
in the comments made by your visitors. This shows
interest in them and creates a community around
your blog. This will encourage others to join
in.
Update
on a regular basis – There is nothing worse
than returning to a blog after 2 weeks to find
it has still not been updated.
However – remember you want to add some good
quality content not just waffle. No one likes
a waffler, they switch off at the drop of a hat.
So
make sure you spend the time to research your
topic and provide quality.
Post
links to your blog on other blogs in the comments
sections. This is targeting your audience. They
will click your links and visit. Give it time
– they will come.
You
can find other blogs in your niche by using Blog
search or typing relevant keywords in Google and
going through the results.
Golden Traffic Tip 7: Are You The Social Type?
To do this, you need to sign up to several communities
and participate. Attract people to your blog through
making comments on other people’s sites and
looking at other people’s sites.
This
is hard work. You can’t sign up to them all.
However
- add quality to the ones that you do set up.
Don’t just set up a profile and hope that
people will flock your way - because they won’t.
You need to participate in the community before
people will take an interest in what you are doing.
Golden Traffic Tip 8: Waffle On
Ever
thought about the way you speak to others? If
you are writing articles then chances are your
articles will be similar to how you speak. Are
you dribbling on and boring us to tears?
No
one is going to read it. You need PASSION, EXCITEMENT
& INTERESTING STUFF to grab people’s
attention. This is essential.
Articles are a great way of attracting visitors.
However,
you need to be able to reel them in like you are
reeling in the ‘big one’. Make them
want to read more, dig deeper and find out more.
This is the key to getting them to click through
to your site.
Articles
also get sucked up by the Big G pretty quickly.
They get indexed fast and are a good ’sales
pitch’ to your site or blog. Attract people
through good quality articles and you will get
visitors.
To
do this, you need to sign up to several communities
and participate.
Golden Traffic Tip 9: Name It
What is the name of your website?
Does
your domain look like this?
http://www.googlesites/bazza’sinternetmarketingtips.com
What
sort of a shambles is that? You want to make people
take notice.
This might be better
http://BigBazzasHotTips.com
A
real domain and plenty of character. Then you
can set your graphics off to match.
This
is highly recommended. It looks much more professional
and will make a big difference to the response
that people make to your site. They see you are
serious and are in for the long haul. Not only
that, you should make it easy to remember.
Which
one is better?
http://bigbazzashottips.com
or
http://BigBazzasHotTips.com
The
second one is easier to read so every time you
display your domain name – show it in ‘Titlecase’.
This
will get you repeat traffic.
Golden Traffic Tip 10: Your Opinion Counts
Make comments on other people’s blogs. This
shows you are participating in the community and
making an effort.
People
in your niche will be attracted to your QUALITY
comments that provide something decent to read
and BANG ! Over they will come to check you out.
You
need WORLD CLASS quality ideas and content that
people are just dying to hear. Content that is
unique, hard to find, new, great to read and informative.
Something that your readers can apply to their
lives.
Just apply these 10 ideas and you will start to
get traffic.
Yes
– it is gonna take some sweaty work, but
hey, if you are not keen to put some hard yards
in, Internet Marketing and making money online
is not for you.
Go
out and pump gas instead !!
So
there you go. 10 Golden Rules for generating website
traffic. All these ideas work and are free. Participate
in other communities and put a good effort into
making a good blog or website and you will get
return visitors.
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