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How do I get more traffic to my blog?

Dave, I have an executive placement, coaching and consulting business in the Chicago market. In an effort to market and brand myself better I have launched a blog, but I'm unclear what I need to do to get more traffic and exposure to my blog. What do you suggest?


Dave's Answer:

Let me spend some time answering your question because it's one of the top queries I get from other bloggers, particularly after listening to one of my BlogSmart! workshops...

First off, the core answer is actually pretty easy: the best way to generate traffic for your blog is to reframe the question. Instead of asking "how to I get more visitors to my site?" you need to be asking the question "how do I become part of the blogosphere discussion?"

Bloggers that don't get this crucial point end up being tiny islands in a very big ocean. Some of them can gain a readership by being phenomenally good or astonishingly prolific, but that's a very tough path to travel and for most ends up being the blogosphere equivalent of the old Web site complaint of "I've built it, but no-one's come to visit."

Instead, you need to get involved! Regardless of your topic, I bet there are already other people blogging about the same issues, thoughts and ideas, even if you don't agree with them. Join their conversation -- on their territory -- and you'll be leaving your island and joining the party.

Here's an easy tip that I tell my clients: two days a week spend an hour writing one thoughtful and cogent article that's relevant to your target readership. Imagine you're going to be having it picked up and published in one of the key trade publications in your marketplace. Good grammar, good spelling, coherent sentences, and a valuable point or insight are all important. It doesn't have to be perfect, but I promise you, the better you write, the more your potential customers, clients, partners and investors will be impressed.

The other three days of the week? Spend the same amount of time and effort each of these other days, but this time find other blogs that are in your market space and add thoughtful comments to their discussions. Sometimes, when appropriate, link back to your own articles, but other times add your own comments just to participate in the ongoing discussion and, yes, gain some visibility in your marketspace.

Over time you'll gain a reputation as a credible expert and people will start checking out your blog to see what you have to say. Then you'll have gained traffic and visibility in your market segment, which is where it's most important anyway.

I spend a fair amount of my time scanning both blog and news headlines (via RSS using NewsGator Online) and then popping onto other weblogs and adding my two cents. It's fun, rewarding, and helps me gain visibility in a way that writing even the best darn blog could never accomplish.

I hope this helps you out!

Update: on my Intuitive Life Business Blog I just posted a terrific story about how lawyer Daniel Perry got interviewed for a Wall Street Journal article after posting a couple of well-crafted comments on my blog! It's well worth reading and reinforces this article perfectly: Comment added to blog leads to inclusion in the Wall Street Journal.



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Comments

Excellent post. I agree with Dave on this one. Setting up a blog and just sitting back clicking Refresh on your stats isn't going to get you anywhere. You need to get out there, contribute to discussions and post information that will increase your personal profile, your blog popularity will follow.

Posted by: Owen Cutajar at September 1, 2005 9:42 AM

I agree with this advice. I didn't start getting real traffic to my site until I started participating in like-topic blogs. It worked for me.

Posted by: Keith at September 1, 2005 3:57 PM

Good tips, it is tough to get exposure, as it is something I've "strived" for, for quite a bit. I had a lot of exposure on my MSN space, but it didn't look how I liked. I decided to go for content and beauty than traffic...Hopefully the traffic will increase. ;-D

Posted by: Oseary at September 1, 2005 8:25 PM

Just starting along the Blog trail, I wanted to find those Blogs of interest. Using Technorati has been of limited value since most popular Blogs are not always in the tech area. Are there tips on how to find Blogs that are oriented toward my area of interest?

Posted by: Michael Crocker at September 2, 2005 2:15 PM

Very good explanation, I occasionaly follow your posts. I'll need to increase my commenting up one level, I guess. I write on 3-4 main topics on my blog (tech, computers, science, economy), plus on two languages, English and Macedonian. I am not sure how much would this affect my blog traffic in the future. I have modest traffic, but it is constantly increasing since I started back in April 2005. This tells me that I am on the right path.

By the way, Google returned this page as 7th result when I searched for "blog get traffic". Very well. ;-)

Posted by: GoodBytes at September 14, 2005 4:49 PM

Dave:
I have become a fan of blogging, thanks especially to your talk tonight at the Denver CTRN meeting.
Erika Hanson Brown
Chief Connector
Stellar Search Group, a Stellar Connections Company
www.stellarbiz.com

Posted by: Erika Hanson Brown at September 15, 2005 3:30 AM

Thank you very much - excellent article.

Posted by: Ian Carter at September 21, 2005 10:18 PM

Very informative Dave, I totally agree on the concept of getting more involved. I think this personal touch makes a big and more lasting effect on every thing we do, be it blogging, seo, or even trying to get traffic to a personal web page. It all comes down to networking. By getting more involved in related and even unrelated web sites, forums, and blogs, we leave a little referrence not only of ourselves, but also a small plug about our own web page. I'm not talking about referral spam, but real visits, real interaction! In the process we also learn many new things that we can apply in our own business or web site! Until the next time, take care!
Bud

Posted by: SEO Traffic Rank at October 10, 2005 1:06 AM

Nice job, Bud. Note that he's added a smart, worthwhile comment that demonstrates he's read through this discussion and has something to add, yet he's also included a link to his own site (through his name: click on it, you'll see) and reinforced the key words that he wants to be found for on Google and the other search engines "SEO traffic rank".

Posted by: Dave Taylor at October 10, 2005 1:20 AM

Great post from Dave Taylor. In fact, I can vouch for what he has stated about getting more traffic. I have had a blog for ONLY three months. While I have joined several 'blogshares'and 'bloggroups' the highest amount of traffic I see at my blog comes from posting comments at other people's blogs. Now, after only three months of blogging, I average about 40 to 60 hits per day from various people all over the world. Great advice Dave, it has worked for me!

Posted by: T. B. Vick at December 6, 2005 6:45 AM

Thanks for posting that. I'm jamming my brain with info about growing traffic to my new blog. This page was listed number 1, under google search results.

Posted by: Mel Logan at December 22, 2005 3:32 PM

Good Tips Dave, and , I would like to point the fact that a bloggers primary focus should be on posting information that is coherent, well written, informative, that brings added value to the reader.

Henrique Plöger Abreu

Posted by: Henrique Plöger Abreu at January 2, 2006 9:23 AM

Fantastic advice. I've obviously been spending too much time submitting and bookmarking at reddit, delicious, technorati, furl, spurl, ezinearticles, and others trying to get my site more traffic.

Posted by: Jason at April 23, 2006 2:10 AM

Not sure how you can "bookmark" at Technorati or Ezinearticles, Jason, and I suspect you are being more than a bit sarcastic, but that's okay: the Web's full of different styles of interaction. On the other hand, if you have specific techniques that you use with terrific results, why not share them with us so we can all benefit?

Posted by: Dave Taylor at April 23, 2006 2:43 AM

Very well put Dave. Unfortunately many new webmasters and bloggers think that since they are sitting in front of a computer monitor there will not be a real person on the other side. They think of the internet as a living thing that is independent from individuals. By focusing on individuals and their reactions, a webmaster or blogger can obtain their attention and therefore repeated traffic.

-Guillermo Puyol

Posted by: Guillermo Puyol at June 18, 2006 10:52 PM

Thanks for the advice Dave! Now I understand why link exchange cannot get the traffic I expected. Good networking is the key. You bet I'm taking out my first steps from now on.

Posted by: john at June 29, 2006 9:10 PM

This was very helpful to me (the new blogger). I was spending most of my time trying to add new posts to my own blogs and now I am reading, enjoying, and posting to other great blogs. I am noticing more people posting on mine in exchange. Keep up the good work and thanks for the help.

Posted by: Brian at July 26, 2006 10:04 AM

It definitely is a good advice. I was thinking along some complex lines to increase traffic on my website, but its true the best solution is the simplest one! Ergo, this comment.

Posted by: Maulin at July 26, 2006 6:38 PM

If you Google for “Submit blog� phrase, you’ll find a lot of directories where you can submit your blog for free. It takes time, but more submissions you make – more incoming links you get. Search engines see these incoming links and give your blog a better rank and as a result you’ll get more visitors.

Posted by: Laptop Freak at July 31, 2006 1:16 AM

There is a lot of value in what Dave is saying. Links are one thing, but straight links are a dime a dozen, they're just not worth what they used to be. Sure, you can get some pagerank but when it comes down to it, the power of return visitors is invaluable.

If you can get your visitors to believe that you know what you're talking about, they'll keep coming back.. and which would you rather have.. 1000 visitors that keep coming back every day, or 3000 visitors that come once and never return?

Posted by: NutDaily.com at August 14, 2006 11:18 AM

Lately I've been thinking about what types of blog entries I need to write in order to create market discussion... the kind of discussion that picks up my blog entry and talks about it on their blog.

While I don't have the answers yet, I do know that part of the solution includes doubling the amount of time that I invest in each blog entry.

Would be curious if others have suggestions on how to spur positive market discussions from thy blog?

Posted by: christopher knight at September 4, 2006 1:45 PM

I'm just following your advice, I'm posting a comment. I'll start commenting proactively. Thanks for the advice.

Posted by: Ollie at September 13, 2006 7:01 PM

Dave, I'm a little confused about your praise to Bud or SEO Traffic Rank's comment above. I understand the part about praising him for leaving a "worthwhile comment that demonstrates he's read through this discussion and has something to add." (Good Job Bud!)

But I don't understand why you praised him for "reinforc[ing] the key words that he wants to be found for on Google and the other search engines 'SEO traffic rank'", when on another post (Google, Yahoo and MSN support "nofollow"? What's that?), you mention that these "nofollow" tags make it so the links have no worth. As far as I can tell, this post was written after the "nofollow" post so I imagine you can see my confusion.

Please enlighten us about this subject and thank you for all your advice!

Posted by: Boyd Norwood at October 4, 2006 10:44 AM

sound f/x: hand slapping forehead
sound f/x: Homer Simpson saying "Dohhh!"

Jeez, you're right, Boyd. I spaced about the fact that my site uses the nofollow tag to minimize the ill effects of spammers trying to game links from my blog. In fact, using a keyword or key phrase as your "name" on a comment here will gain you naught on Google.

On the other hand, to recover just a little bit, it is true that what Bud has done is reinforce to those of us that VISIT this page that his site is all about SEO traffic rank and that might just appeal to some % of the visitors who would then click on it, whereas they would be far less likely to do so if it just said "Bud".

Nonetheless, point well made. Thanks.

Posted by: Dave Taylor at October 4, 2006 11:32 PM

Hi Dave,

I just discovered your blog through a google search of "get more traffic to my blog" (just missed the "how do I", otherwise I would have nailed the post title.) It is funny how many times we must be reminded of the truth; networking is key in all business. Our best customers (or visitors) are built on trust and trust is built on consistency, truthfulness, and sharing. So I've basically been lazy, thing google, yahoo! and other search engines would lead the way. What I really need to do is go out and intelligently work with and appreciate others who are promoting the topics that I stand behind.

namaste

michael

Posted by: Michael at October 5, 2006 8:34 AM

I appreciate the input. I'm writing a blog trying to help musicians, movie makers & other forms of artists get discovered, but that's difficult when I'm having a hard time getting discovered myself!

I've taken everything you've said to heart. Thank You!!!

Posted by: Michael Nease at October 17, 2006 3:29 AM

Excellent, I found this post interesting. The reason I say that is because I am currently a seo specialist, and I am new to the blog scene, but am currently putting a blog up on my website for viewers, and thinking this will help draw more traffic.

Posted by: Tyler Dewitt at December 23, 2006 7:05 PM

So you really think it is REALLY better to go for quality and not quantity? I suppose it makes sense intuitively. Funny how most people lose their sense of value when sitting at a keyboard.

Posted by: rose at December 24, 2006 1:05 AM

I think this is a good idea to start participating in the topics or dicussion that are related to your blog. I totally agree with that but I’m not sure if it will work. I will start doing now and see what the effect is.

Having said that, I have a friend and his site has a lot of traffic. The secret that he shared with me is “Keep Updating Your Blog� as frequent as possible even though sometimes the content sucks. I’m not sure the word “even your content sucks� is a true statement. In short to summarize, probably we can call it a “Brute Force� method which is to update your blog as frequent as possible regardless of the quality of your content. I kind of disagree with this statement but I’m not sure since I’m very new in this. Probably some experience bloggers out there have the answer or have something to share.

Posted by: ChampDog at December 25, 2006 12:52 AM

I found your post to be very informative and encouraging. My site is brand-new and I am looking forward to generating more traffic. Your suggestions are concise and direct, just what I was looking for in advice :) I realize that it will take some time to obtain high levels of traffic, but I plan on making the effort necessary to accomplish this goal. I agree with Champdog's statement about the need to update a site, which is what you had also highlighted in your post. What I really appreciate the most in your post is the time breakdown. You had indicated that is best to spend 2/5 of your time on writing posts that are filled with content and are original, and 3/5 of your time contributing to other blogs. Thanks Dave.

Posted by: Benoit at January 5, 2007 2:30 PM

Great post. Building communities and relationships are vital to your blogs success. Traffic will come, maybe not as fast as many of us would like, but it will come.

Posted by: Rugjeff at January 20, 2007 4:50 PM

I did all the submission and they work! This was about 1.5 years ago. Now, after the December Google search update, my traffic went down 50%. I have no idea what to do to get it back. Oh well..

Posted by: Bert at March 15, 2007 11:41 AM

I didnt know it will help by commenting on blogs. :)

Posted by: Lisa at March 24, 2007 2:08 AM

I don't know why some blogs are highlighted as interesting on Yahoo 360 (blogsite). My site has changed lately since I was able to upload videos so I want more traffic from people who could relate.
Thanks,
Mary

Posted by: Mary Tolentino at March 25, 2007 7:56 AM

Good advice i think dave, and i'm going to give it a shot. After going to all the trouble of writing it, you've gotta do some promotion! Some of the richest/most famous people on this planet arent really all that great at anything, they just "sell" really well, wether it be their ideas or themselves!

Posted by: Matt at March 26, 2007 6:40 AM

This information is useful, I used it last night and already got a couple of hits. Not what I anticipated but its better than nothing. Hopefully I Gain more over time. Thanks alot

Posted by: kent at April 2, 2007 9:38 AM

I was looking for something like this. That's a great way to look at it. If you don't contribute and read other's blogs why should you expect other's to notice yours?

Posted by: carcus at April 5, 2007 12:19 PM

This discussion is still attracting attention and comment posts a year & 1/2 since it's been published, being a testament to how urgent and relevant it continues to be. Dave's advice of being involved is right on. But I would also add that peoples' search patterns follow predictable patterns, and it's partially the responsibility of the blogger to put themselves in the path of Web voyagers. And often times, it's just a slightly more intelligent headline selection. To see this in action, just go to Google and ask "How do I get traffic to my blog?" You'll see Dave's post right there on top. And you'll see the HitTail site currently in position 8. HitTail, an application that Dave was so kind as to help us beta test, is an application that teaches you precisely how to do it.

Posted by: Mike Levin of HitTail at April 9, 2007 8:00 AM

Thank you for this insightful post. Blogging is more than just your own, I agree with that.

In a sense, even though we might sometimes not like it, want it all to ourselves -- we're still apart of a community.

Good read.

Posted by: Leonid Shalimov at April 30, 2007 2:02 PM

It is also fun. I force myself to get involved and find that I just get into these subjects and I end up following paths to other blogs I never thought of. It does feed traffic back as undoubtedly this post will.

Posted by: Icon Man at June 12, 2007 3:53 PM

Great advice. Dave. Thank you. Started doing the same thing. Have a long way to go though.

Posted by: Derriko at June 13, 2007 6:30 AM

Using Feedburner and MyBlogLog helped my site try those! Comments, Comments, Comments... Stumble

Posted by: Doodles at July 8, 2007 2:25 PM

I was looking for some ideas to get more traffic to my Blog http://incomefromblog.blogspot.com
Now I got the tips from you. I will post comments on other Blogs... LOL Let me start here...

Posted by: Shannmuha Rajan at July 13, 2007 8:47 AM

I just started my blog and im struggling to get views on it? It is an interesting place where i state my thoughts and even post questions to think about. Just wish i could get some hits!!!

Posted by: K Malokiba at July 25, 2007 6:40 AM

Hi,
Use social bookmarking websites like digg.com, netscape.com and npgb.org...
- William :)

Posted by: william at July 27, 2007 1:08 PM

First one needs valuable creative or useful content in order for their site to go viral. Also you will have to do some marketing of yourself and your blog, you can write articles on helium.com, articlepanda.com, associatedcontent.com or any well known site where you can give people a taste of what you have to offer. Be sure to leave a link back to your site for your services. Last but not least you will want to talk to an SEO professional if you want to stay on the cutting edge of organic search.

Posted by: Cat at August 5, 2007 6:17 PM

Hi Dave, I was wondering if you could provide me with some great tips on getting my visitor base up to around 700 visitors per day. Thanks in advance!

Posted by: Herman at September 2, 2007 11:31 AM

Hi Dave. I found this ask Dave spot when trying to find some info.I agree with your advice of being present to get yourself out there. I have just started and found this advice several times, I'm working on mine RealPackage.com/blog haven't really been out much but have found your site very informative. I am going to try your advice and will let know how it goes. Thanks Sue Jones

Posted by: Sue Jones at September 19, 2007 9:57 AM

Thanks a lot for the good advice, I have set up a business blog recently and have been waiting for the traffic, but now because of your comments I know what to do.

Posted by: James Chapman at October 10, 2007 6:34 PM

This is great information. It has really opened up my veiw on building websit traffic to blogs and even websites. Keep up the great work.

Posted by: Donald Mckenzie Jr at October 19, 2007 3:01 PM

Great post ! I've just started a blog and this kind of valuable information is exactly what I needed.

Posted by: Peter at November 17, 2007 6:24 PM

Good tips here is another a single content blog with lots of original content and picking the right tags to use with social bookmarks can go a long way to bring in short and long term traffic I found one tag that I had on the first page of its category for 213 days :) people searched for the phrases but very few bloggers used it as a tag.

Posted by: Justin _nzpcs at November 29, 2007 11:26 PM

Good post but I do think all are missing out on the seo part which i feel is relevant to getting traffic. Using an seo plugin can surely better your ranking which will/should lead to an increase in hits.

Posted by: Marcklein at December 14, 2007 1:17 AM

What if you spend all yr time writing articles and you simply haven't got the time to join other bloggers?

Posted by: DArren35 at December 17, 2007 8:33 AM

Good tips. And yes, have consistent, quality, and relevant content, and the readers will come.

Posted by: CM at December 26, 2007 1:56 PM

Hi Dave,

Great article! I have just started out a new blog and after reading your advice, I realize that getting involved in the right target audience and community is vital to creating quality traffic and backlinks to my blog...

In a word, "Socialize" and that's the way to go!

Posted by: Dennis Bay at January 15, 2008 4:56 AM

Nice article, very informative....

Posted by: Arnel at January 16, 2008 11:32 AM

I beleive this is the first common sense advice I have seen in my search of looking for ways to increase traffic on my blog. It makes perfect sense, great job delivering the clear message.

Posted by: Henry at January 28, 2008 12:44 PM

This is really great advice. My friends and I just started a blog, and we've been trying to figure out how to get more readers. Thanks for the advice!

Posted by: Meliss Rohs at March 4, 2008 4:32 PM

I think that a lot of new bloggers tend to reach for the panic button if they have a bad day every once in a while, they get so obsessed about their statistics that end up checking them every 2 minutes to see if anyone else has checked out their blog.
I can confirm I went through that, although I have only had my blog up for less than a month I have built a somewhat consistent and participatory audience. I can tell you that I have tried to participate in other forums and blogs to get my message across as well as some exposure, I want to thank you for all the great tips you offer the blogging community and if you ever get a chance check out my blog, I would love to have you there.
http://maxthemac.com

Posted by: Alex Palma at March 20, 2008 12:30 PM

Great Article Thanks wasn't exactly what I was looking for but it was a good read :)
I agree with your comment about "how do I become part of the blogosphere discussion?" great point!

I try to tell readers in Flixya but they don;t get it :(

Thanks Again
Thomas3940

Posted by: Geoff Thomas at March 30, 2008 9:22 AM

Dave, your insight is invaluable! I greatly appreciate the direction you've given me and am putting it to use as of now!

Posted by: Louis at April 28, 2008 7:07 PM

Thank you. I found your advice on generating more web traffic informative and I'll definitely follow your advice and get involved.

Posted by: Chuck at June 26, 2008 7:20 AM

Great article! I'm only just now (2008) getting into the website and blogging scene and from what I have read lately, your point regarding getting involved with blogs (and forums?) is more relevant for creating traffic to a website or blog now than in was in 2005 when this thread was started!
If there’s one thing I have observed in my life, it’s that people love to yap: so by all means please yap it up – however, please yap intelligently!! Don’t spew senseless and irrelevant drivel.

Cheers

Posted by: Peter Klimen at June 26, 2008 3:43 PM

nice idea useful for new comers like us thank you

Posted by: bikran at June 30, 2008 1:11 PM

I agree, it is nice to post your thoughts, but much more fulfilling to participate in other people's sand boxes too. People love discussions, and sometimes even debates, but lectures get boring. So go out and read and react to everyone else who has similar passions.
-Matt

Posted by: Matt Madden at July 1, 2008 11:18 PM

I'm on a new way of blogging. I read your post, and I thnink that will be heplful for me and for my future readers. Thank You a lot !

Posted by: Radon at July 16, 2008 6:25 PM

Thanks Dave! I just started using your techniques and now my hits have gone up to 500 per day which used to be only around 50! Sweet!

By the way if anyone interested in information security here is my weblog address:
http://cryptoexperts.blogspot.com

Posted by: nemo at July 19, 2008 9:34 PM

Thanks for this very good advice. When you drop by someone else's blog and post a comment, they do tend to come by yours, if only to see who the new person is.

Posted by: Karen at July 21, 2008 8:34 PM

I think you've missed a traffic draw:

Reviews for obscure or niche products.

A review such as for the Griffin FireWave - a firewire audio device for Macs has been a huge draw to my FIXYOURTHINKING.COM website.

Furthermore, expanding your horizons on occasion with a different topic and offering polls with discussion can help - getting an occasional friend to start off the conversation is good too.


Posted by: Rus at July 31, 2008 1:41 PM

I there. I just started blogging about 2 weeks ago, but can't seem to get traffic to my blog. Please can't you help me. I would like to see my blogs perform. Thanks for the useful information.

Posted by: Gia at August 5, 2008 12:36 PM

So true, I spent quite alot of my time trying to promote but it's so tough if you take the wrong route. Get out there and comment, it sounds simple but it works.

www.themoviemonkeynews.blogspot.com

Posted by: The Movie Monkey at August 5, 2008 4:06 PM

Thank You. Its simple rule of giving and taking. As I give , I will get. Your advise is very fruitful and helpful. Hope everyone here will be benefited from your advise.

Posted by: Niaz Khan at August 18, 2008 4:05 AM

I am a web marketing manager and I want to increase our web traffic, and I want to have Your comments and advices.
Thank You

Posted by: Armine at August 19, 2008 5:36 AM

That is good read right about there. it seems so simple after you read it... hits you like duuh, that should have been the first thing to do to get the blog to more people out there... but hindsight is always 20/20

Cheers,
Chimbles

Posted by: Chimbles at August 23, 2008 1:11 PM

The very reason that I found this site is because I have started blogging to generate more traffic to my site. So Dave's advise is very sound and only reinforces what I have learnt at seminars. It is all about the discipline to actually do it. Like anything else if you keep on doing it it becomes a habit. This is a good habit to develop though.

Posted by: Michelle Defreitas at September 16, 2008 2:45 PM

It definitely is a good advice. I was thinking along some complex lines to increase traffic on my website, but its true the best solution is the simplest one! Thank you very much

Posted by: elbandito at October 14, 2008 11:46 AM

I wonder if people will just comment this post in order to get traffic for themselves. I mean, doesn't this sort of manic comment posting just dim the quality of comments in general? After all, people are eventually just going to end up making the same commentary once a discussion has been quelled unanimously.

It's just a thought.

Posted by: Kyle at October 18, 2008 9:29 PM

You bring up a valid point, but I will say that as a blog owner, it's tough sometimes to know what's a crass spammy attempt to get a link or an awkward attempt to genuinely add to the discussion or post a "me too" message.

Posted by: Dave Taylor at October 18, 2008 10:54 PM

your site is kool..
nice article.. bookmarked !!

Posted by: vimal at October 22, 2008 7:45 AM

After reading this blog. I think i will be able to get more and more traffic from my targeted viewers.

Posted by: nilishri at October 30, 2008 6:51 AM

Great article with some great insight! I will have to work on some of these things to get my blog 'up-to-par'!

Posted by: Kyle Teachman at November 3, 2008 10:10 PM

Really useful post, I'm writing about the whole blog building process - start to finish

Leon

Posted by: Leon Bienek at November 10, 2008 6:35 AM

thats a useful information.
thanks for that
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Posted by: ren at November 20, 2008 8:08 PM

Thanks, it's very useful. And now i think i will start to write comment on as many post as possible. And ur post is the 1st to write.

Posted by: crux at December 16, 2008 11:25 PM

This is a very interesting article, with useful information.

Posted by: John C at December 26, 2008 8:47 AM

It can be hard work taking that first step to mixing with other blogs and bloggers. But I hope it'll be rewarding even if I'm finding it a tricky process to start with.

Posted by: Diane at underwearfreebies.com at January 12, 2009 2:43 AM

Hi everyone,
I am starting my blog and I've been eager to learn as much as I can about blogging and how to increase traffic. I thank you Dave for the time you took to explain very detailed how to increase the traffic volume on my blog and giving us insight on how to better our own products. I do believe that in order for us to get better in the blogging environment we have to give each other a helping hand, just like in old times, today I help you, and tomorrow you will help me, and in the end it is a all circle of re-occurring favors.
I will let anyone know about this post when they are becoming inpatient about the traffic they are receiving on their blog.
Once again thank you and thanks to all of your comments.

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Posted by: Siaar at January 23, 2009 11:51 PM

Dave, Spectac-u-licious post!

Thanks for your insight.

I am a High School History teacher in Los Angeles of more than a decade and a former underground club D.J.

Having grown in my understanding of the history of mass media, its influence on our youth, and popular culture, I have just created my own blog: BUILDING MINDS MULTI-MEDIA (BM3). I formed it to encourage discussion regarding the omnipresence, ideas, consequences and consumption of corporate media on youth. I hope to increase media literacy as well culture making (once literate in media, then they can set their own criteria and create, build, master, "better" media for their edification as they make their own popular culture).

I am taking your wisdom to heart and am starting to compose the two articles a week today, then working out a schedule to visit sites in my market space and commenting.

I am wide open to critique, wisdom, and encouragement to reach, teach, and "up-build" our youth.

Thanks again,

BK

Posted by: BK at February 11, 2009 5:09 PM

This was a good article and gave me ideas about my blog. I'm glad I found this on Google.

Posted by: Lou at February 12, 2009 7:47 AM

Thanks 4 advice, iv started my blog just recently and I was thinking of ways to get exposure. This puts me on the right direction.

Posted by: Noel at March 10, 2009 3:16 PM

Thank you for the valuable information.I don't subscribe to business blogs or the new gadget of the week club, but I really like what cooky people do in their everyday cooky lives.Thanks for the advice. regards Eugene.

Posted by: eugene at March 11, 2009 4:10 PM

I most definitely appreciate your very concise to the point opinions and advice to upstarts like myself.

Posted by: Charles West at March 11, 2009 9:37 PM

I too agree with this article, also a lot of blogs have forms like the one below, where your enter your URL and name which gives you backlinks to your blog, so while your are participating in discussions, you are also building up those all important backlinks... Good Times :P

Great articles though :)

Posted by: miguel cervantes at March 20, 2009 11:38 AM

I was looking a solution to increase my blog`s traffice. Anyone can help ?

Posted by: authorcafe at March 28, 2009 12:06 PM

Excellent tips, Dave! I am just starting out myself and I appreciate the advice. My blog is about being healthy and feeling better :) I am definitely going to get active with similarly-themed blogs as you've suggested.

Posted by: Mike at March 28, 2009 6:23 PM

This is quite a good idea. Spending some times every week to give comment at good and related blog seems to be the best way to generate good amount of traffic. Your valuable post here would be surely help those who are seeking for a way to boost traffic to their site. I give 5 stars on your post.

Posted by: chomsang at March 29, 2009 11:55 AM

Gud tips dave
I'll follow these for my blog

Posted by: Atul at March 31, 2009 2:04 AM

Thanks for your valuable insight on blogging BTW I am a new blogger and have started a blog recently (http://www.technogarage.blogspot.com) .I will try to incorporate your points in my blog.

Posted by: jatin at April 10, 2009 7:31 AM

Thank you! Its a good tips Dave, I like it.

Posted by: Kevin at April 19, 2009 7:44 PM

Well of course this article inspired me to comment! Thank You!

Posted by: Angela at April 20, 2009 9:17 PM

Very good information.....Thanks!

Armando

Posted by: Armando Arias at April 21, 2009 7:20 PM

Great article! I really enjoy reading your article and I think it is very helpful for me as a blogger. I hope you visit my blog once and tell me if you like my blog. Thanks!

Posted by: Aira at April 23, 2009 2:02 AM

Seems to be very hard to get intertwined into the big "communities" of bloggers, at only a couple hits a week I guess I have my work cut out for me!

Posted by: Fames at April 26, 2009 7:28 PM

Hi,

Well here is my two cents... I agree with Dave and the fact that you need to be an active blogger instead of just a writer. If you really need to pull in more traffic you need to increase your activity on other blogs, forums and even on social networking websites.

I have found it useful if you become more active on youtube.com and google videos and you don't have to post videos to become active just a few comments will do.

Posted by: Bill Jefferson at May 6, 2009 12:49 AM

Very sound advice! People tend to forget that a bit of good advice or an encouraging comment can go a long way. Most people appreciate the comments, and are curious to know something about the people who visit their blog. They will sometimes leave a comment for you too, which is great! Lots of these one-way links are what helps you to get free traffic from the search engines!

Posted by: Lucille Felton at June 8, 2009 7:08 PM

Hi Dave, I had no idea that content on your site was so important. As you say check spelling and grammer, well writen ect.

Thank you very much for your information.
michael

Posted by: michael at June 9, 2009 4:59 AM

Thanks for the advice and the good ideas.. I just started writing blogs and its a passion I have and have many takes on various different subjects.. I don't blog every hour on the hour but I will definitely keep people reading I just need to attract the readers first lol..

Posted by: kyle at June 9, 2009 4:37 PM

Hi there!
I love your article about how to increase traffic !
It's a easy way to understand how the things are on blog world!

Keep doing this things with tips and tricks if is possible!!:)

All the best

Posted by: Tavi at June 18, 2009 5:27 AM

Nice suggestions. HOPE IT WILL HELP ME GET TRAFFIC.

Posted by: akash at June 19, 2009 11:33 AM

After reading all this, this really is invaluable but the problem I am having is finding blogs, with the same kind of content to read, who I think would equally like my blog.. my blog is about Rekindling my marriage from loves notes to naked twister..I'm on a mission @ therekindlemission.co.uk

I'm off to find 'like minded' people and read their blogs..

Posted by: Angellee T at June 24, 2009 12:04 PM

I hope it will bring me more traffic also. Thanks for sharing this with us.

Posted by: Stephannie at July 1, 2009 12:54 AM

Thank you for the great suggestions!!
thefrugalcookbook.blogspot.com

Posted by: Nicole at July 12, 2009 5:33 PM

There are a lot of "bloggers" that want to strike it rich so they create fake blogs that repost real bloggers content automatically. If only they could find posts like this that explain the importance of unique content and participation...

Posted by: ScoopBucket at July 16, 2009 7:21 PM

Thanks for the advice Dave. Will get to work on my blog & hopefully get some traffic

Posted by: Greg Williams at July 30, 2009 10:23 PM

I like your advise. Also as a non native English speaker and writer, writing a blog helps me to train my writing skills. However I still have a very long way to go till I can say that I have a steady amount of visitors on my blog...

Posted by: chris at August 6, 2009 3:38 PM

Thank you for all your information. I am really new at blogging.I never knew how much fun it could be

Posted by: Melissa at August 11, 2009 3:30 PM

Thank you for the information, as a beginner I hope to benefit from your advice. Will let you know in a month or so how's it going. Thanks!

Posted by: Lisa Grimes at August 16, 2009 3:43 AM

This is great information and not very tough to implement. It is difficult to rise above the people that are more established than yourself and have been contributing for a longer time. "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" is a great strategy that could really help me out. Thanks a lot!

Posted by: Mark Contreras at August 16, 2009 9:22 PM

just read the blog and i have to agree. Ive been building websites and blogs for a while and the best exposure is to be amongst the crowd. This method increases traffic but also discussing amongst relative blogs you can generate a targeted audience and not time waisters.

Posted by: dan at September 15, 2009 1:07 PM

I have started a blog on urban, political, and employment issues. The twist to my blog is that anyone can contribute an article. I am going to see if the contributing authors would be interested in commenting on similar blog forums. I myself am going to being this practice immediately. Great tip and I appreciate the insight.

Sam

Posted by: Sam at November 2, 2009 11:27 PM

I want to increase my blog traffic, please give me the tip, I hope it will bring me more traffic also. Thanks for sharing this with us.

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