Recently, here on the blog – a poll was presented asking, “How many unique visitors do you get daily?”
After many contributions to the results – I discovered most bloggers are in the 5-50 visitor per day range. The focus of this post will be getting your blog out of this range – and into the 100’s & thousands of visitors daily categories.
The Theory & Philosophy
There are a number of ways to start getting hundreds upon hundreds of visitors to your blog.
Personally, from the many blogs & communities I’ve developed – there are a few aspects that should be paid close attention to.
- Social Media – Take the time to being growing your social media presence. Start a Twitter account revolving around your blog’s niche, & develop a Facebook fan page. It’s important, while broadening your social networking horizons, to be genuine & helpful. You’ll grow your following just by being a real, flesh-and-bones human.
- Fresh, Consistent Content – Although I say it hundreds of times over, creating content is truly king. Create good content. Create funny content. Content, content, content. Give your readers no reason not to share your magnificent content with other bloggers, and you’ll soon find that word of mouth becomes rather powerful in generating traffic.
- Commenting – This aspect of blogging is oft-times overlooked. It’s important to “get out there” and share your thoughts and opinions with the blogosphere. Be sure to write quality, in-depth comments instead of spamming blogs just for a link. You’ll surely regret it in the long run.
- Inviting Design – Give your readers an enjoyable place to spend their time. Don’t overrun your blog with ads, or flashy graphics. Keep your blog design simple, clean & inviting.
- Develop Community – As you begin to increase your blog traffic, a sense of community being to be developed. Start toying with blog forums as another area in which to expand your community. It’s also important to keep your comment discussions going by posting replies to those that comment on your own blog.
How have you gone from 50 to 100 blog visitors? What are some ways you’ve found success in generating blog traffic?
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