When you start blogging, you have questions, especially about blog traffic and marketing techniques. How DO bloggers get so much traffic to their websites?!
This page serves as a resource for those bloggers who want to increase traffic and learn content marketing (inbound marketing). From promotion to Pinterest, this repository will help you formulate your marketing plan.
Included on this page are tools, tips, hints, and tutorials to increase blog traffic and market your business, and your blog. Note: for tips on marketing yourself, see the Blog Entrepreneur resource page.
Quick Tips and Reader Favorites: Blog Traffic and Marketing
- Getting traffic to a website is hard and it is NOT all about social media.
- Can you market a blog in 10-minutes? You can develop and hone your blog’s strategy in that time.
- What else can you do in 10-minutes? How about work to create compelling and shareable blog content!
- Is ‘social proof’ really important? Good gravy, yes! If you’ve changed domains or moved to HTTPS, here’s how to recover all of your social shares.
- What are some creative ways to increase traffic? Start here with Amazon Giveaways for Traffic or these 5 Creative Ways to Promote Blog Posts.
- How important is SEO to traffic? It’s about as important as water is to a fish! Understand SEO (checklist) and SEO+LSI to get more organic traffic.
- Keywords research (checklist) and learning how to find the right hashtags will also increase organic blog traffic. A little effort on the front end can work wonders.
- Does traffic plummet in summer? Sometimes, but there are ways to boost summer blog traffic.
- There are many types of blog posts to increase traffic.
- Sometimes I think PLR content is the best-kept blogging secret out there…
Lifestyle Blog Growth: Focused Work
Focused work is how to grow a lifestyle blog in this noisy online world. Learn how to focus your work and time to grow. Read This to Learn How Focused Work Equals Growth In this article: what focused work is and does for blog growth what “important” work is and does for traffic and income […]
How to Grow a Lifestyle Blog in a Noisy World
Learn how to grow a lifestyle blog in today’s noisy environment from someone who blew the roof off with a side blog.
How to Use Bucket Brigades to Skyrocket Time on Page
Learn how to use bucket brigades in blogging – they’re one of the most valuable copywriting secrets in content marketing. Increase time on page, decrease bounce rate, and turn skimmers into readers!
How to Skyrocket Traffic – Visual Storytelling in Blogging
Visual storytelling in blogging is a component of creating a story that sells. Click-through rates, shares, and even discussion can increase with the right imagery. Are you choosing the best images for your stories?
Why You Should Never Write Emotion And What To Do Instead
The Storytelling in Blogging series is tackling why you should never write emotion and how introductions can determine whether or not someone keeps reading, shares your work, or leaves to never return.
One Time Stories and Trigger Anchor Text
The storytelling in blogging series continues with the one-time stories you need to tell and the trigger anchor text to use in order to turn visitors into fans.
Why Storytelling in Blogging Matters: It’s Not Your Reason
Storytelling in blogging is the secret of a great blog. It’s also a powerful formula for growth. Most of us forget what young children know: stories sell.
Powerful Books to Read to Grow a Blog Business from Your Couch
Knowing what books to read to grow a blog can seem daunting. From books on product launching to newsletter growth, I’m sharing my top picks for bloggers.
Blogging in the Margins: 10-Minute Tasks for Social Media
The quick blogging tips, 10-minute tasks series is tackling social media this week. Here are 10-minute tasks for social media any blogger can do in minutes to move a blogging business forward.
Blogging in the Margins: 10-Minute Tasks for Blog Strategy
The quick blogging tips, 10-minute tasks series is tackling blog strategy this week. Here are 10-minute tasks for blog strategy you can do today to move your blogging business forward.
Blogging in the Margins: 10-Minute Tasks for Blog Content
The quick blogging tips, 10-minute tasks series is tackling blog content this week. Here are 10-minute tasks for blog content you can do today to move your blogging business forward.
How to Rebrand a Blog – A Checklist to Reduce Overwhelm
Do you want to rebrand a blog? Here is a checklist to reduce the overwhelm and cover the legal, social, and on-site aspects of a blog rebranding campaign to reduce reader, income, and traffic loss!
How to Recover Social Share Counts After Move to HTTPS
Learn how to quickly and painlessly recover social share counts after moving to HTTPS. It can be done and no redirects are required!
10 Proven Ways to Increase Blog Traffic FOR FREE
Here are 10 proven ways to increase blog traffic for free – 100 percent free. The only way they’ll work is with a plan and you can get that here.
How to Use Amazon Giveaways for Blog Traffic Boosts
This quick read tells you how to use Amazon Giveaways for blog traffic generation. Using various set ups, Amazon Giveaways makes it easy to generate buzz with rewards and get traffic, more email subscribers, or to increase social media followers.
How to Use PLR Content, Customize It, and Earn
Learn how to use PLR content to grow your blog. Customize blog outsourcing and earn more from affiliate sales, social media content, and email conversions.
9 Types of Videos for Bloggers to Level-Up Growth
Here are 9 types of videos for bloggers to grow traffic and income while supporting branded images for your blog. Options include on- and off-camera and you need video, so let’s get started!
The Importance of SEO and Latent Semantic Indexing for Bloggers
Both SEO consistency and latent semantic indexing for bloggers are critical to grow organic search traffic. Learn how to do alternate keyword research and get results through your SEO practices.
How to Use Purchased Content to Grow a Blog
Learning how to use purchased content to grow a blog is a critical step in a blogger’s journey. Here are 10 tips to buy and use purchased material to make the most of outsourcing for your blog.
How to Research Keywords for Blogs Posts the Easy Way
Learn how to research keywords for blog posts, going far beyond a plugin to unlock your site’s search traffic. Get the free checklist and make it easy!
How to Find Hashtags to Increase Engagement
Learn how to find hashtags to increase traffic, engagement, grow followers, and even make more money from your blog. Find free sources and learn on what networks you should and should not use hashtags.
5 Creative Ways to Promote Blog Posts
Here are 5 creative ways to promote blog posts other than sharing on social media. Alleviate boredom and increase traffic sources!
6 Creative Ways to Use Pinterest to Grow a Blog
There are many creative ways to use Pinterest to grow your blog, your income, and your email list. Learn how to use Pinterest to market, sell, and engage your readers like a PRO!
Increase Summer Blog Traffic: The How-To
These 16 ways to increase summer blog traffic will help you (and your ad revenue) get through any seasonal drop in page views. Check out and share the infographic!
Increase Summer Blog Traffic: Infographic
This infographic highlights 16 ways to increase summer blog traffic will help you (and your ad revenue) get through any seasonal drop in page views. Check out and share the infographic!
22 Types of Blog Posts to Increase Traffic
Do you know how to write the 22 types of blog posts to increase traffic? I’m sharing all of them plus a big ‘secret’ to increase your blog’s traffic.
Using Imagery to Increase Blog Traffic
This brief writing exercise combines practice with expertise to give you a winning combination. Let’s look at a picture and practice how to use imagery in blogging to increase traffic, engagement, and shares.
SEO Checklist for Blog Posts to Earn More Money!
Download this comprehensive SEO checklist for blog posts to help you grow your blog’s organic search traffic. If you want to stop spinning your SEO wheels, use this checklist!