GETTING MORE BLOG READERSHIP

¶ DRIVING TRAFFIC TO YOUR BLOGSITE Many people have got blog sites but they do not know how to direct more traffic to them. It mig...

¶ DRIVING TRAFFIC TO YOUR BLOGSITE






Many people have got blog sites but they do not know how to direct more traffic to them. It might be that other bloggers do not want to tell them how to make. It might also be the case that other bloggers who want to help people out do not explain things according to the newbie's knowledge. And in the end they get more confused. 
      Now this guide will make you understand clearly the ways to drive more traffic to your blog. 
Do not forget to share it as well. 

          


1. Include Prominent Social Influencers In Blog Posts/ 
1. Incorporate Influential Names In Blog Posts.  

       It's a win-win when influential/powerful names are pronounced in your blogs. Say you're writing something on astronomy physics, you might not want to bypass Prof Allotey. Or writing on movie acting, Sylvester Stallone, Jean Claude van Damme, Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie, Sofia Vergara, George Clooney, etc may not escape you. Same is talking about reggae music. You will definitely mention Bob Marley, Culture, Alpha Blonde, etc. It could be about social media, you might want to cite a big name like Gary Vaynerchuk, Harsh Agrawal, etc. 
That particular post will have much credibility since you've listed a couple of specific examples. Readers will know you have knowledge on what you are saying. 
Also, since you favorably mentioned a prominent person's name,(if they are still alive,) they may promote that blog in their own online communities. 
It is actually same for any specialty community, being best chefs, soccer players, TV presenters, etc. 
  


2. Provide Links To Your Blogs In Your Twitter Bio And Solicit Retweets. 
2. Tweet Your Blog Posts And Ask For Retweets. 



       Utilize you Twitter "real estate" by creating a link to your latest post in your Twitter bio. You can also drive sharing by asking your friends to retweet the links. This is a study conducted by Social Bakers. Thousands of brands were studied on Twitter and they found out that those users who asked their followers to retweet their tweets got 73.48 average retweets per a tweet by the brands. But those didn't solicit for retweets had 2.09 retweets per a single tweet. 
This shows using "call-to-action" plan helps a lot. But there's one thing. You can't do this always all the time, if you have huge amount if contents day in and day out. 




3. Send Posts In Newsletters. 

      Mail your articles out in blast e-mails is newsletters to your contacts and subscribers. If you have e-newsletter (which is still one if the most powerful and useful marketing tools) add in it links to your blog's posts. This will always remind your subscribers to visit your blog. 


4. Add The Blog Link In Your E-mail Signature. 

       Add your blog's address link in your e-mail nudging people to come read your recently posted articles. Consider the number of persons you send messages to on daily basis. This practice will always remind them that you run a blog and they may be one day intrigued enough to take a look at what you got. And you are on your way to more traffic. 


5. Send Posts To Entities That Will Read And Share It As Well. 

       Wanting to drive more traffic, you can send your articles to people, organizations, or other blog sites. You should first know that these entities will be interested in reading and sharing it on their own networks. It is really helpful if the post mentions in it the names of whom you are sending to. Thus, you send posts to people you mention in the articles. They will be willing to take a look and promote it as well. 
Also, you can send a message as like: "I've posted an article on 'How To Become A Good Blogger' and I think your readers and followers might like it too". 
You should do same in turn by sharing their posts too.  


6. Share Posts On Other Networks. 

       Another way of driving traffic to your blog site is by sharing posting your articles on other social networks. Some of  such networks are Pinterest(which is popular), Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Quora, Vine, Care2, Storify, Waka Flame(if the article is more entertainment inclined), etc. These are a few of such networks you can share your piece on. These networks have many views every time, so you are sure that someone will read your article and follow up to your blog site. 







7. Bookmark Sites. 


Your articles may also find their ways on social bookmark sites. There is  overwhelming number of social bookmarks. You can even find a number of them on your mobile device. Some of them are as follows: Newsana (new but good site), Paper.li, Delicious, Scoop.it, Technorati, Newsvine, ebaumsworld, eBay, Blogdex, and a lot more. 


8. Tweet Article Many Times With Different Quotes Names. 

       A particular post can be tweeted as how times but you'll look like a spammer if it is always uses the same teaser quote. A post can be tweeted say 3 times but all with different headlines. 
Let's assume you wrote about getting more traffic on your blog. The first you'll use the actual topic of that article, (eg: 9 BRILLIANT WAYS TO GET MORE TRAFFIC TO YOUR BLOG). The second can take the form a question. (WONDERING HOW TO INCREASE YOUR BLOG READER TRAFFIC?) And the final one can be in the form giving tips. Or how you got more reader traffic on your blog site. (eg: CHECK OUT HOW I MANAGED TO INCREASE MY BLOG READERSHIP  or  TRIED AND TESTED TIPS TO GAIN MORE BLOG TRAFFIC) 


9. Take Advantage of Google Authorship


Signing up for Google Authorship is quite helpful in obtaining traffic. What it does is that when you sign up,  it makes your author profile to be seen wherever you post an article or comment and links it with your Google+ profile. Sign up for  Google Authorship.



10. Exploit LinkedIn Groups. 


The serious nature of LinkedIn helps you reach thousands of members with your stuff. You must post the blog via pertinent LinkedIn groups. LinkedIn allows you to join up to 50 groups which contains thousands of members. So just think how it effectively increases your potential reach. Remember relevant groups!
  


11. Lot of Visual Content. 
11. Presence of Multimedia. 
11. Plenty Of Multimedia Presence. 
11. Incorporate Videos, InfoGraphics, Pictures. 

       Make your blog a lively one and readers will always be back. You do this by including pictures and videos in your articles. It is a very influential way to get blog readers linked to blogsites.  In fact, studies have shown that visuals (pictures, infographics, videos) make people gain interest in whatever issues. 


12. Blog must be SEO friendly. 

       Your article topics must include keywords that are searchable on search engines. A popular example is "how-to" if the article is didactic. Reiterate major keywords (the subjects being written about) in the post but it shouldn't be too much, else your post will be spammy. 
Your can link to other credible sources (where necessary). 
      Also, edit the permalink. Permalink plays important role in search engines finding and ranking your post. Remove stop words like "a", "an", "the" from the permalink. Keep number of characters in post up to 50. Make the keywords present in permalink. On Blogger, check the permalink at the right hand side to see permalink. Change it to manual and effect desired changes. Click for tips on Blogspot SEO.