How to Get Traffic to Your Blog?

Anyone starting a blog or that has been blogging. Here is a quick list of some things that you should do if you would like your blog to be successful:

DO’S

• Subscribe to CopyBlogger.com
• Read other Successful blogs – This will help you get better
• Use lists – So that your info is easy to digest.
• Break / announce news – So that you’re content is fresh and so that your posts need to be read now.
• Become an expert – Research your industry and stay current so that you become know as the go to person.
• Be timeless – Write posts that will have a constant relevance.
• Be a resource – Be willing to share your expertise so people can come to depend on you.
• Write short – Less is more, remember the KISS method (Keep It Simple, Smart).
• It’s okay to be nearly libelous – Write snarky things about other bloggers, daring them to respond (with links back to you) on their blog.
• Link – Share the link love and expect some back.
• Coin a term or two – George Bush was famous for this.
• Conduct email interviews – Reach out to well-known figures in your field and see if their open to an interview.
• Use photos – The salaciously interestingly variety can be the best.
• Encourage your readers to digg, retweet your posts – Do it with every post.
• Post your photos – On flickr
• Encourage your readers to subscribe – Via RSS.
• Educate your readers – Find a starting point and take your readers through a months-long education.
• Include comments – Maybe not initially, but once you have some good traffic then your blog becomes a virtual water cooler that feeds itself.
• Again be a resource – Point out and link to little-known resources.
• Write about stuff that appeals to the majority – Gadgets and web 2.0 are great topics.
• Write about Google – Find interesting tie ins to Google.
• Post on weekdays – There are more readers then.
• Post on weekends – There are fewer new posts.
• Write about a wide variety of never-ending different topics -This way you don’t bore your readers.
• Get a professional design – Think how you would dress yourself if you were meeting with a stranger.
• Edit yourself – Ruthlessly.
• Be patient – It’s going to take some time.
• Give credit where due – It makes your writing more useful.
• Write about obscure topics – This will help you find an obsessed minority that you can get in with.
• Write about interesting / polarized topics – This will ensure people want to read and share.

DON’TS

• Don’t write about your cat, your boyfriend or your kids.
• Don’t use run on ads.
• Don’t interrupt your writing with a lot of links.
• Don’t promote yourself and your business or your books or your projects at the expense of the reader’s attention.
• Don’t be boring.

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