So how do you get more visitors to your blog? High traffic in the blogosphere is always desired. It is not like in the real world where you usually can't wait to get away from the busy, overcrowded city streets and sidewalks. Any traffic to your blog is considered good traffic. Yes, "good" traffic - seems like a paradox if you consider the real world applications, doesn't it? But here on the internet pipeline, especially for the small business owner, you want as many visitors and as much traffic to your blog and websites as possible.
There's a list of things below that I've found to be helpful in increasing my blog traffic. This is kind of a "show and tell" post though so please follow up by leaving a comment with your own blog address and at least one way you've found helpful in increasing your own number of visitors.
Ways that I've found to be helpful in gaining more visitors:
- I started posting more information on indie business topics and fiber art topics along with some personal tidbits here and there. This provides a useful resource to my fellow small business owners as well as attracts new readers through search engines. It is always appreciated and helpful to share relevant information about your area of expertise and life lessons so I recommend that you incorporate it into your blog.
- I use my tags and titles more wisely now. I fill them with recognizable keywords so that search engines will find my posts. I also try to use good keywords throughout my article posts themselves. For example, if you google the phrase "handmade labels" my blog article on the subject is in the first few listed on the topic. It has gotten quite a lot of viewers because of that high page ranking.
- I submit my blog to top search engines so that they will be certain to find me. I also submit my etsy shop url and other websites to search engines. Try looking at the site FreeWebSubmission.com for a listing of where to submit your own sites.
- When I post a topic that I think is particularly useful concerning indie business or fiber arts, I make it known by posting in forums that I belong to. I try to be discerning about this and only post about my most useful topics so that I don't get spammy about it and annoy others in the forum.
- I join blog catalogs and other blog promotional sites like Scoutle which all help in driving traffic to your site and increasing your internet search engine page ranking. If you look at the right side bar on my blog toward the bottom, you can see a list of a lot of the blog catalogs and other promotional sites that I am a member of. Just click on the icon links to sign up yourself.
That's the basics of what I've been doing to increase my blog traffic. And, of course, post regularly and enjoy writing about what you are posting because it shows through in your articles.
As far as my blog traffic goes, it is steadily increasing. The most daily views that I have had recently was just over 600 - yay! I regularly have anywhere from 50 - 200 views per day on average. It is exciting to see your blog's readership grow along with its subscriptions. Happy blogging to all of you out in the blogosphere, and please share your suggestions and your own blog link in a comment!
