Blog Traffic Tips

Jealousy is a nasty emotion. Impatience is a frustrating state. Chances are if you just started blogging you may have experienced either of these feelings especially when you gaze at other bloggers and their massive hit counts. But not to worry, we’ve all been there, every blogger started at zero, just keep reminding yourself that the only way is up!

I have a blog traffic methodology that I teach in my Blog Traffic School course (soon to be launched) that is focused on The Evolution Of Blog Traffic. This is a concept that describes how blogs move through different growth stages, which unless you are famous or lucky, all bloggers have to go through. It goes like this.

The Evolution Of Blog Traffic
1. Start your brand new blog - no content
2. Produce content including key “pillars” articles
3. Network with other blogs using comments, trackbacks and email
4. Other bloggers you trackbacked/commented start to monitor your blog, usually through RSS
5. Start to accumulate links from other blogs, particularly when you publish a pillar article
6. “A” list (popular) blogger finds your site and links to one of your pillar articles, flooding you with traffic
7. More “A” listers are made aware of your site and each pillar article you publish has a compounding traffic effect
8. Rinse and repeat, growing off the back of network effects and quality content

In a nutshell this is a typical blog traffic growth pattern. Your blog is likely somewhere within the cycle depending on how much effort you put into producing good content and making sure other people know about it.

If you have only just started your blog then your first job is to produce great content working particularly on some pillar content. If you already have a substantial collection of good original content but not the traffic you would expect from it, work your network by contributing comments and trackbacking other bloggers. Bloggers love to see other bloggers mention their site and the trackback ensures they know about it increasing your exposure and the likelihood that they will do a post about your blog exposing you to their audience.

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