When it comes to starting your own blog, it can be a great way to express yourself in ways that aren’t always possible verbally. In order to get the best experience out of your blog, however, it’s ideal to bring in traffic. This way a monologue becomes a dialogue, and you can exchange ideas and thoughts with your readers.
Eventually, if your blog starts to become popular enough, you can even start to monetize off of it with advertising or endorsements. In some cases, you may even be able to make a full time living off of a successful blog. Ready to get started? Here are some of the best ways to bring traffic to your blog and get you started on your path as a successful blogger.
Use Keywords
It’s ideal to use keywords every time that you create a blog post. This way you are organizing your post into a certain category. This way, when someone googles that they are looking to buy a backpack, and you’ve just created a post on where to find the best deals, assuming that you’ve used appropriate keywords, you’re likely to show up higher in search results.
This also comes in handy when you’ve got a significant amount of archives on your blog. Your readers will be able to go back and easily find topics that you’ve posted before rather than sifting through a variety of subjects with no order.
Start a Facebook Page
Facebook can be a great tool for bringing readers outside of the social networking site and onto your page. All you have to do is use your profile to create a fan page. Invite as many people as you can to like your page which will increase the chances of bringing you more traffic.
If you are having trouble finding new fans, you may want to consider paying for a campaign. This can range anywhere from a few dollars to hundreds depending on how aggressively you want to advertise.
Link Through Other Pages
Sometimes a simple link to your page on other sites can be just the trick. If you are on another blog and are interacting in their comments section, don’t be shy to post a link to your blog post if it’s relevant to the subject.
Just remember, there’s a fine line between tasteful self-promotion and being just plain spammy. Make sure that you stay within the lines.
Join a Group
There are many groups available to help support other bloggers. It can be a platform to share your content and support other people who are looking to bring in more traffic as well.
This exchange of support can be just what you need in order to get your blog going in the beginning.
Originally posted on February 5, 2018 @ 3:54 am