How to Improve your Blog’s Traffic

BY Sep. 27, 2009 39 Comments


In this post I will explain how I drive traffic to my site. The list includes 10 ways to boost traffic on your site. I will also show what my blog has achieved in September and what my goals are for October.

How do I drive traffic to my site? 10 tips on how to boost your traffic:

Twitter

Social media is a must these days. As you build up your follower count you gain marketing power. When you have thousands of followers and you tweet something that includes your blog in it, believe me many people will see it and hopefully click on it.

Business Cards

Design a creative business card that includes your blog.

Guest Posts

Guest posts will always stir up your blog. Find people who write content that is similar to yours and ask them if they are interested in writing for you.

Facebook

Through Facebook you can create groups, fan pages and share links.

Search engines

Don’t forget to always work on your SEO so that people searching for what you have to offer can find you.
There are some top  notch best SEO tools out there like All in One SEO Pack.”

Direct traffic

Word of mouth also helps sometimes, many people after hearing of your blog will check it out.

Commenting on other blogs

Another way to drive traffic to your site is by commenting on other blogs. Most blogs leave you the option of including your URL so if you leave an interesting comment many people may click on your link. I tend to comment a lot on blogs such as: www.wayneliew.com, www.successcircuit.com, www.teenentrepreneurblog.com, www.mashable.com, www.nuwavpublishing.com, www.clintonskakun.com, www.createwithnate.com, www.sendatweet.com.

Exchanging links

Many young bloggers who aren’t pulling in a huge profit are usually willing to exchange links or even ads. If you want to spread your link try contacting other young bloggers.

Youngentrepreneur.com forum

This forum is the place for young entrepreneurs. If you have a question, tip or even want a free website review you can ask here. As long as you include your link in your post or signature people will click on it all the time.

Email list

A great way to get recurring visits is by using an email list. I use www.mailchimp.com, it’s a great way to collect people’s emails and inform them when something big is happening on your blog.

September achievements:

  • Improved my Alexa traffic rank from 2,000,000 to 680,000.
  • Reached 12 comments on one single post.
  • Reached 8 retweets on one single post.
  • Reached a peak of 79 visits in one day
  • Reached a peak of 57 unique visitors in one day
  • Average time on site: 3:23
  • Percent of new visitors: 62.92%
  • Average page views: 1.84

October goals:

  • Improve my Alexa traffic rank to 500,000 or less.
  • Reach over 25 comments on any blog post.
  • Have more than 20 retweets on any post.

If you help me out in any way, whether by subscribing to my feed, retweeting a post, commenting or visiting my site more often, I would appreciate it so much. Everyone who has been doing so until now is amazing!

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  • http://intensedebate.com/people/benmaxime benmaxime

    If you have any questions, comments or feedback please feel free!

    • http://www.facebook.com/ben.spak Ben Spak

      Out of curiosity what was/is your bounce rate? 

  • http://ki4kqd.net/ Roger

    Great post! I think that in order to make a blog a more valuable piece of real estate, one must creat stickiness. Social media provides opportunity for bloggers. Thanks for the post.

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/benmaxime benmaxime

      Thanks for commenting Roger, I agree :)

  • http://twitter.com/RockyBiz @RockyBiz

    Thank you for helping the rest us with these informative strategies. Glad to see it is already working for Ben-Lang.com. I've perused several other related blogs, but save for Mashable I think I've learned the most about creating a successful blog from http://www.Ben-Lang.com. Keep up the stellar work!

    Unique visitors as well as site hits are important, but most people forget to track and mention any updates for metrics like Alexa Rankings. You have also made smart use of retweeting, RSS and building an e-mail list.

    Most importantly though has been your accessibility and "get-things-done attitude,", by reaching out to other young entrepreneurs and helping them with consulting, answering questions with patience and publishing great content on your blog. I can say I learned this from personal experience.

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/benmaxime benmaxime

      Thanks so much for your kind comment. Please call me when you would like to talk.
      Regards.

  • Clinton Skakun

    If you have business or personal cards you can put your blog on it as well as a form of direct marketing.

    Great post, you have some great ideas! I'm going to take a look at some of those other blogs you posted, they look interesting.

    Cheers
    Clinton

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/benmaxime benmaxime

      I added business cards and guest posts to the list, thanks for the suggestions.

  • Shonika Proctor

    You are doing an awesome job, Ben! May need some consulting work for my blog, hah! ;-)

    @teenbizcoach

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/benmaxime benmaxime

      Thanks Shonika! Ha, sure I'd love to help you out. :)

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  • http://sfiaffiliateprogramsuccess.blogspot.com Jennifer

    Thanks for posting this. You think you can take a look at my blog and see what is going on please?? I am desperately trying to get more views and clicks. My blog is http://sfiaffiliateprogramsuccess.blogspot.com. ANY VISITORS ARE WELCOME TO TAKE A LOOK AT MY PRODUCTS AND BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/benmaxime Benjamin Lang

      Please dont spam!

  • http://twitter.com/KidCriticUSA @KidCriticUSA

    Great article and tips..Thanks so much for your help!

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/benmaxime Benjamin Lang

      No problem, good luck!

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  • Rajesh Kanuri

    your posts were informative.. u got a follower added to your blog..

    • http://www.ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Thanks, I’m so glad!

  • http://HelpMeRick.com Rick Castellini

    Some solid advice in your article. I’m wondering, however, how the Alexa rating works…based on your traffic stats, the rating doesn’t make sense to me. I average around 1000 visits per day and rank almost twice higher than you on Alexa. Do you know what the scoop is? Thanks and keep up the good work.

    • http://www.ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Hi,
      The Alexa is way off, it calculates based on the amount of visitors coming with the Alexa Toolbar, so a site averaging 1000 non “techish” visitors could have an Alexa much higher than a tech blog averaging 50 visits a day…

  • http://crazyblogger.net crazy blogger

    By Commenting on other related blogs of the same niche we can get good backlinks and some nice traffic

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Yeah that always helps, maybe I’ll make a longer updated version of this list soon…

  • http://techchunks.com TechChunks

    I find Twitter to be particularly useful. I use my 2 twitter a/c (personal and professional) to publicize my new posts and drive in some cool traffic.

    P.S. Those 2 accounts have over 32,000 followers (and growing) ;)

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Wow 32K followers thats very impressive!

  • naz

    nice post lang, at 16 years old, you’re impressive already. keep it up!
    .-= naz´s last blog post: Hidup Berani Untuk Gagal =-.

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Thanks, I really appreciate it!

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  • http://StartOutOnline.net Tom Horton @ StartOutOnline

    Hi there, I don’t usually comment much on blogs
    but I love the post and wanted to tell you.

    Keep up the good work

    Tom Horton

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Hi,
      I’m honored that you commented :) Thanks so much Tom!

  • http://JawaadAhmadKhan.com Jawaad Ahmad Khan

    I don’t know if you’re into automatic posting to facebook and twitter (when you post something new), but I find that su.pr is very helpful (as it also incorporates StumbleUpon). Now, it has automatic tweeting and facebook-linking to your RSS feed. (I used to use twitterfeed, but this is an upgrade I think).
    .-= Jawaad Ahmad Khan´s last blog post: V2 – “Changes” =-.

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Hi I’ve started to use automatic posting more, I’ve heard of su.pr is great for getting traffic from Stumble Upon. Thanks for the advice.

  • http://hottubcovers-123.com Marikxon Manurung

    Well, I must admit that the tips from you are very good. How do you know this trick? seriously I was going to do after reading your article. You’re very young and have so much knowledge, it seems I need to learn from you Ben lol. keep going Ben, thanks for sharing this stuff.

    Marikxon Manurung
    .-= Marikxon Manurung´s last blog post: Round Hot Tubs =-.

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      It’s just from experience, after posting this article a while ago I could definitely add a lot onto it (hmm maybe I should do a second version, what do you think?)
      Thanks so much, if you need any help or would like to chat just let me know.

  • http://hottubcovers-123.com Marikxon Manurung

    Hey, thank you very much for your offer of help. I have a problem with my blog visitors trafiic, people say about SEO techniques but I do not know about that, can you give some tips to get traffic from these seo techniques, maybe you want to write some articles about it. Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it.
    .-= Marikxon Manurung´s last blog post: Round Hot Tubs =-.

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Hey, your welcome!
      Good idea, maybe I’ll add an SEO section to my blog. :)

  • http://www.creditrich.net marc augustine

    Thanks a lot Ben
    what helped me the most is the list of blogs that you listed to post on
    i always knew that posting on blogs help with traffic
    but i did not know about a few of these quality blogs
    thanx
    .-= marc augustine´s last blog post: New Business credit ebooks now available =-.

    • http://ben-lang.com Ben Lang

      Your welcome, enjoy! By the way did you receive my email?

  • http://www.creditrich.net marc augustine

    Yes
    i will send you a reply soon

    marc
    .-= marc augustine´s last blog post: The Truth About CPNs, Letting the Cat out the Bad Credit Bag =-.

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