How To Build Traffic To Your Blog.

How To Build Traffic To Your Blog
With the growing interest in blogging as a means of online promotion and branding, a lot of marketers are starting blogs to promote their opinions, products, books and services.
But a blog is like a website. "Write and they will come" isn't exactly a magic formula to bring in traffic by the boatload.
If you need to promote your website in order to build traffic to it, you need to promote your blog as well.
Here are some ways you can become a well-read and influential blogger.
1. Write Posts That People Will Want To Read
This should be common sense, but many marketers tend to forget that their readers are real people and that you need to use the principles of online copywriting to make your headlines and copy interesting to your readers.
If you write posts that people enjoy reading, they will reward you by returning to your blog regularly.
Make your posts conversational, pithy and topical. Keep them short and stick to one topic per post.
Write often and regularly so that both readers and search engines visit your blog more often.
2. Optimize Your Posts for Search Engines
I cover this topic in detail in my article on "Search Engine Optimization For Blogs" http://www.blog-maniac.com/blog-seo.htm

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But here are the most important rules to follow to get your posts listed for keywords of your choice.
* Make sure your blog URL contains the primary keyword you want to optimize for
* Use your primary keywords in the title of your post
* Use your secondary keywords in the body of your post
* Use your keywords in the anchor text of links in the body of your posts
3. Submit Your Blog and RSS Feed To Directories
If you publish a blog you should submit your blog and RSS feed to big directories like Yahoo and Dmoz, as well as the numerous blog directories and search engines.
Here is the best list I've found of places to submit your feed or blog, compiled by Luigi Canali De Rossi, who writes under the pseudonym Robin Good.
Best Blog Directory And RSS Submission Sites http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55/
Another list of sites to submit your Blog.

http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-submission.htm
4. Ping The Blog Services
There are a number of services designed specifically for tracking and connecting blogs. By sending a small ping to each service you let them know you've updated your blog so they can come check you out.
Bookmark the Ping-O-Matic ping results page so you can visit it and quickly ping a number of services with a single click.

http://pingomatic.com
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5. Build Links To Your Blog
I recommend the methods here as the best ways to get links pointing to your blog
* Link to your blog from each page on your main website
* Trackback to other blogs in your posts
* Post legitimate comments on other blogs with related topics
* Offer to exchange links with other similarly themed blogs and websites
6. Edit Your Blog Posts Into Articles
One of the best methods for promoting your website is to write articles and submit them to article directories.
The suggestion for extending this to edit your blog posts into articles and submit them to directories came from the coach at "Explode Blog Traffic" who also has other noteworthy suggestions at his blog here. http://marvelinternetincome.blogspot.com,http://bloghit.blogspot.com/2004/11/how-to-explode-blog-traffic.html
You'll find an extensive list of article directories here http://ebizwhiz-publishing.com/write-articles/submit-articles.htm
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7. Create Buzz About Your Blog
Creating a buzz about your blog posts and topic in the local and online media will give your marketing a viral component.
* Create a controversy around your blog or it's topic.
* Distribute bumper stickers or other merchandise with your blog's URL and tagline.
* Write a press release about something newsworthy and tie it in with your blog topic.
8. Capture Subscribers By Email
It may seem strange for a blogger to send out updates by email, but email is still the #1 choice of most people who want to receive news and information.
Using a free service like Bloglet to manage your subscriptions is easy and it allows your subscribers to manage all their subscriptions from one interface. http://marvelinternetincome.blogspot.com,http://www.bloglet.com
However, if you want more control over your list and don't mind mailing out the updates yourself, you can use an autoresponder system to capture and follow-up with subscribers.
RSS responder is a new script that allows you to keep in touch and follow-up with your subscribers without the hassle of email. http://marvelinternetincome.blogspot.com
9. www.blogexplosion.com
This is a very good resource for explosive blog traffic.
These tips should give you a good start to building your blog traffic

WHERE TO FIND NEW AND QUALITY CONTENT FOR YOUR BLOG WITHOUT EVER WRITING ANYTHING OUR SELF.
There are many free article or content sites online where you can get New and quality content that are written by experts on any field or Niche of your choice that you can use for free. These content are written for you for free, so you can use it legally and ethically. some of my preferred ones are;
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www.ideamarketers.com
2. www.goarticles.com
3. www.ezinearticles.com
4. www.articlecentral.com
5. www.articlecity.com
6. www.justarticles.com
7. www.articleweekly.net

just go to any of the site and search for articles in your niche and use. Its' free.

How do I get more internet traffic?
Links - Traffic Exchange:
Links to your website from other websites is one of the biggest boosts in website rankings that you will get. SEO and building traffic go hand in hand. You have to do it all. It's time to build links.
Before you actually start swapping links, make sure you read what Brad has to say about that subject. (If you didn't get his course earlier, get it now.) There is a right way and a wrong way to present your site to these link services. Do it the right way and your rankings, traffic, will soar.
There are two ways to get links to your website. (There are actually more but these are the two that count and are easily do-able.) Get Reciprocal Links by setting up your own directory and then offering an ADD URL option to your visitors. The second way is by writing articles. Arrugg... More Writing?!? Yup, more writing! Hey, you want to make money or don't you?
First I will tell you about the reciprocal links, (traffic exchange). A reciprocal link is where you trade links with websites. Make sure you are only trading links with sites that compliment your site. The search engines frown on links from just anywhere. If your website is about computers, you don't want links from the recipe site. Why? How often have you been looking for a good recipe and decided, in the middle of that search, to buy a new computer? Pretty silly but that is why you need relevant links.
You will want to install a link directory to your website. This makes it easy to get reciprocal links. People can add their link to your site and take you link to their site at the same time. Get a very good, free, link directory system here. Make sure you set categories that are only relevant to your site. Set the program so you have to approve all new links. That way you will get an email from your website each time someone tried to link to you. You will have the opportunity to accept or reject the link before it shows up on your website. This discourages the spammers from even trying to link from your site.
Go to Link Assistant Directory and download your free, full functioning directory software.
Once you have that all set up, it's time to go looking for links to get the ball rolling. This directory will eventually do all the work for you but if no one knows it's there, you can't expect them to magically show up and use it.
There are many link farms out there. You have to steer clear of them if you don't want to get swept under the rug by the search engines. Here are a couple good places to start getting your reciprocal links. They are free, of course, to join and you can get quality traffic exchanges from these programs.
Make sure you set the filters to only accept links on your topic. Do not, no matter how tempting it may be, accept links off topic. You will only be hurting yourself. This will kill your rankings.
Link Metro is top notch. You can set the filters so only websites in your field will suggest a link. Once you join, don't wait for someone else to contact you, get the ball rolling right away by requesting exchanges from other partners. There are two different programs here. One you pay for and one is free. use the free one. It takes a little more time but it is just as effective.
Monster Link Swap is currently free. They keep saying they are going to start charging for this service. Check them out and see if they are still free. If not, skip it, they are a good, free program but I wouldn't pay for it.
Link Partners is another free traffic exchange service. I believe they also have free or pay services. Use the free services. Their pay services entitles you to a directory for your website. You already have that.
LinkOutBreak isn't a free service but they are cheap. If you are looking for more traffic, try them.
Try LinksManager.com 30 days for free and see how easily it automates the management of your links pages!
Check back here from time to time. If I find more services, I will add them here. If you know of a free linking service that's not a link farm, please let me know about it. Thanks!


5 WAYS TO BOOST YOUR GOOGLE ADSENSE EARNINGS BY 700%
1. concentrate on one format of adsense ads. The recommended one is the large rectangle [360 by 280]. why this format ?. Because the ads look like a normal web links, and people are trained to click on these types of links.
2. create custom pallete for your ads. choose white as the colour of the border and background. the idea is to make the adsense ads look like they are part of the web page.
3. put your ads at the top of the page. this is to ensure the your visitors see it first.
4. maintain some links to other relevant websites and put your adsense ads at the top of the links, so that your visitors see them first
5. Automate the insertion of adsense codes into your web pages using SSI [server side included]. you will need to ask your web administrator whether your server supports SSI or not.
Here's how to do it. just put the adsense code into a text , save it as ''adsense text'', and upload it to the root directory of your webserver. Next, call the code on other pages using SSI.
So, friend, these are rare and quality information and i expect you to make the best use of it.
All the best