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As you build your blog, you discover that you want people to invest time reading it. You need exposure aka eyeballs aka Traffic. To gain more readers, you have work hard at driving more traffic to your blog regularly. You can do this in a lot of different ways. Here are 27 of them help you even if you have heard of them before. They are a combination of web 0.0, 1.0,2.0 tactics that have been effective.

Ageless Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog

1. Word of Mouth

Telling people is the best form of advertising at your disposal. Use it well. Talk about your blog at every opportunity.

2. Issue a press release

This is only next to WOM Advertising in age. These days, a lot of sites let you do a free press release so find your blog’s USP (Unique Selling Proposition) and then issue a press release about it. If you’re blogging for business, you may want to consider hiring a PR professional to write and spread the press release for you.

3. Business or Complimentary cards

This is so old economy but ALL bloggers ought to have business cards and hand them out generously. Few of us do.

4. Attend blogging seminars

Bloggers are your best readers so get out there and meet them.

5. Hold an event of your own.

Advertise in your region that you’re putting together a get together to discuss blogging. The more the people that attend, the more the traffic to your blog.

6. Use promotional souvenirs

Bloggers need to learn basic marketing skills of direct salesmen. Get souvenirs to give away and imprint your blog URL on them. Come up with a cute slogan about what your blog is about and give them away like crazy.

7. Write a newsletter

Find time to do a short monthly newsletter about your blog. Include details about your favorite posts, goals for the next month and some personal details outside blogging and send to everyone on your email list. This builds rapour, makes them feel closer to you personally and loyal to your blog.

Web 1.0 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog

1.Link to your articles

Do you do this within your blog? If not, please start. it helps your rankings. Do you write articles for others? Make sure you are using links to your content if you but be sure that you’re allowed to do this.

2. Link to your blog in your email signature

This is one of the oldest tricks in the book. it is so web 1.0 but it works. Add a link to your pillar articles as opposed to your homepage.

3. Forum Commenting

This is another old trick. Add a link to blog in the signature section of your forum profile. Then give people a reason to click the link to your blog by solving problems and making valuable contributions on the forum.

4. Craigslist.

There are many different ways you to promote your blog using Craigslist. Use every single one of them.

5. Give Value Away

Place an ad on other blogs for a giveaway on your own blog. Talk to Hesham 🙂

6. Write an eBook.

You know enough to write an eBook if you know enough to blog about a topic. It will definitely some time but then you can promote it through many different media where you can’t promote a blog. Add links to your promo material and people will turn up on your blog. Download an eBook on Niche marketing here

7. Submit to directories

Here is a list of 100 directories to submit your blog.

8. Link to your blog on your bio

Web2.0 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog

1. Use social bookmarking sites.

The top ones that I use include Technorati, Digg, and StumbleUpon but there are more than enough – both big and small social bookmarking sites to keep you engaged. The secret is to pick a few and be regularly active on them. This gives you a lot of credence and drives more traffic to your blog.

2.  Guest Post

Write guest posts for other bloggers. this has benefited my blog. make it a habit to write an article monthly for blogs you like. In return, you usually get two link exchanges. Another option is publish articles on sites that providing revenue for posting like ehow.com. They are also a tool for promoting your own blog.

3. Visit other blogs and leave thoughtful comments

Add your blog URL in the “website” section of the comment form and people will start turning up on your blog as long as you contribute value.

4. Link to your blog on all of your social networking profiles

This is lot easier than it has ever been. If you’re on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn, let people can find your blog from there.

5. Do a link love post weekly

LLPs are posts a lot of bloggers do these days to show love to other bloggers. It is simply listing and linking to blogs that they are read around the web. Many readers like this since it’s a great resource for learning about other blogs. You also get the instant attention of the bloggers you link to.

6. Download Wibiya

Download Wibiya toolbar and include social networking sites that relate to you.

7. Know How Google Works

Google is the search engine that everyone is using these days so you should make sure that you understand how it works. Have a better understanding of how to use keywords, linking rules and page rank.

8. Linkbait

Controversy is a great way to get attention always and attention means eyeballs – which is one thing you need. There are many sides to this but the main idea of link baiting to write a controversial article and link to bloggers likely to disagree with you. Be ready to defend your point and even get a bashing.

9. Regularly read up about new blog promotion tools and resources for bloggers.

Here’s a link to 10,000 resources for writers and bloggers, to help you out.

10. Do videos on your topic.

Record a short humorous video on an aspect of your blog topic and upload it to YouTube. People love humour. Include your blog URL on the video and on your YouTube profile.

11. Attend blogging webinars.

Many social media and blogging conferences crop online these days. Attend One:)

12. Provide content people want to discuss.

In the end, traffic spreads via word of mouth. If you have good content, people will help you spread the word.

Conclusion

While these are great ways to drive traffic to your blog, the best way is to be creative and do some blog promotion no one has done yet. Can you think of any? Remember, anything that gets you attention will get traffic to your blog.

About

Olusegun Adedokun is an entrepreneur from Nigeria. You can check out his blog is at internet-earner.com. He believes “One Ageless Universal Strategy; Countless Marketing Tactics” is what will make a successful online business.

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  1. rohan says:
    Thanks, bookmarked, and printed for my fridge. Very useful article. I'm fairly new to the blogging game but I've had some success leveraging facebook. got some great new ideas here, thanks a mil.
  2. Darren Scott Monroe says:
    Solid ideas, you could combine the 1.0 with the 2.0. I created in 2009 a ebook that was free and spread across twitter. It was downloaded over 20,000 times!
  3. Raj says:
    Wow a great detailed list of ways to drive traffic! I'm new to blogging and found this post very useful. Thanks Olusegun!
  4. Karan Labra says:
    Well creating e-books is a pretty interesting and effective way to gain traffic but yeah it takes hell lot of time to create a quality ebook.
  5. Mani Viswanathan says:
    Social Media has become a very important part of blogging today. If you've built a strong Social Media base, then you can expect atleast 50-75 UV's from it alone.
  6. Bunnygotblog says:
    Great list of ideas. I bookmarked the post. Thank you
  7. Kharim says:
    Hey olusegun, these are some really great points :) and the wonderful thing about it is that they are so easy to do and are very effective. Thanks for the tips
    • Olusegun says:
      Hey Kharim, Thanks a lot! Cheers
  8. Kerry says:
    Olusegun - You provided some great tips for bringing traffic to a blog. I have never thought about holding an event of my own, but that sounds like something I will be willing to try. I think your best tip was #7. Know How Google Works. Google is a giant when it comes to traffic since most people use it to find what they're looking. If you know how Google works you can effectively start tapping into all of the traffic Google can provide to your blog.
    • Olusegun says:
      Wassup Kerry, Glad you're taking action soon. I'd be doing something along that line next year myself Cheers
  9. Dan says:
    Nice list! So many ways that I had missed. Wibiya toolbar - awesome tool, I'm using it now. Thanks Olusegun. Will be checking them.
    • Olusegun says:
      I totally love Wibiya too. I've pulled mine off to further customize it. Thanks Dan. Cheers
  10. Isabel Rodrigues - Pro Blogger Journey says:
    Good points. Thanks for sharing. I do follow most of them but yes a few were very new to me.
    • Olusegun says:
      You're welcome Isabel. ;)
  11. TJ McDowell says:
    As far as social bookmarking, how much good would you say that really does? I gave it a half-effort once when I was experimenting with different techniques. I never saw good results. Are you mainly doing it for SEO or for the visits from the bookmarking sites?
    • Olusegun says:
      Howdy TJ, I have started taking social bookmarking more seriously now. For instance you can download a free WP plugin if you think submitting individually is tasking - and indeed it i. It is called the Sharebar plugin. It is the plugin to your right on this blog. You can them customize it to include all the social bookmarking sites you are a member of. I'm assuming you have a WP blog and something else, your visitors can help you spread your blog when they click on it! I hope you find this useful Cheers
      • Olusegun says:
        The plugin is actually to the left. My bad Cheers
      • TJ McDowell says:
        So you're really not spending a ton of time with this. You're just suggesting to have social bookmarking icons to make it easy for your readers to share?
        • Olusegun says:
          I don't quite get what you mean but i found having to post on Digg and Mixx and Technorati and Facebook and Twitter for just one post very time consuming. With Sharebar, I not only get to do it with a lot less stress but I also have the blessing of having my visitors do so. Bottomline? Get the plugin Brova
  12. James Pruitt says:
    Great post. Getting eyeballs is the biggest struggle most people have. However, that is often the easiest thing to do, especially with a blog. Its all about sharing information, and finding people who are interested in your niche. I like to make quick posts related to a post that I find interesting, or answer a question someone asks in the forums that I hang out on, so that if they click my link after reading my answer to their post, they see continuity, and get a more detailed answer to their posts.
    • Olusegun says:
      Great point James, I'm working on getting more eyeballs to my blog now. In fact, i'd need a an independent analysis of my blog. Cheers
  13. Lennart Heleander says:
    Hi Olusegun, Oh, oh, what a great list, many known ways, but a few new tricks. Thanks Olusegun.
    • Olusegun says:
      Thanks Lennart!
  14. Kai says:
    Wow this is good information. Thank you for sharing with me.
    • Olusegun says:
      You're welcome Kai :)
  15. The Bad Blogger says:
    Well... great list, but out of all, I still prefer article directories, cos they are the one that never sleep, what I mean is... people won't be bore at reading articles, do you?
    • Olusegun says:
      Yeah Bad Guy, I quite agree with you but for exposure, you need as many avenues as possible. Don't you think so? Cheers
      • The Bad Blogger says:
        Ya, of course, I'm just saying that's the best out of all, although we all need as many as possible, but article directories, is the top follow by the rest....
        • Olusegun says:
          Very well said Man.
  16. Nasrul Hanis says:
    Interesting.. and sincerely I never come to some of the tips that you mentioned above. Yeah.. sometimes we can imagine ourselves as a reader or visitor so we can guess what can we provide to our readers and visitors - attract them and we might change them into valuable prospects!
    • Olusegun says:
      Hi Nasul, Thanks a billion. Yeah, it's more like do unto your readers what you want them to do unto you. Cheers
  17. Alex says:
    Great one, From all this methods, if tried at least one should work. Although I would first go with the ones that don't involve spending too much money. I like to work with free stuff first, then use the profits to advance on an higher level. One great idea is with "Use promotional souvenirs" because I just remembered an mobile telephony operator that used to give some cool things that glittered when your phone ringed. That was a great plan, even those that used other phone companies had them, they sure had a lot of exposure. Great article overall, lists are always good and there will always be at least one thing you can learn from them!
    • Olusegun says:
      Hey Alex, I guess what you mean but while it is good to focus on a particular business strategy for blogging and earning online, I think in the case of exposure, you can do as many things as you like...especially the ones that are free. Cheers
  18. Dennis Edell says:
    As long as it's not 27 eyeballs, that would make one a cyclops and I don't think I could handle that. Seriously though, you said two things I like to point to individually... 1. Bloggers are your best readers - I'd say this is only true for those in a niche other bloggers read.....knitting blogs, not so much (for example). 2. My favorite: You know enough to write an eBook if you know enough to blog about a topic. It's rare these days for me to read a list post and be floored by something, especially something so "simple". This is spectacular and blew me away, good job. This should be plastered on the wall of every blogger no matter what s/he blogs about. ;-)
    • Olusegun says:
      Hi Dennis, Thanks for the recommendation and kind words. I appreciate them. Cheers
  19. Caleb says:
    Number 10 is the main thing I notice all the big time television network advertisers are doing which is always a sign that it is working :idea:
    • Olusegun says:
      Anything to get that exposure :) I loved that one particularly too. Cheers
  20. Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach says:
    Blog commenting definitely works great! Carving out the time to do so...now that's difficult, mind you, but really useful in the long run.
    • Caleb says:
      I know what you mean about finding the time and then once you do start commenting, that in and of itself, tends to get you lost in time :lol:
    • Olusegun says:
      I quite agree with you! Cheers!
  21. Tom says:
    I've been planning on getting some business cards done up for a couple of my blogs but never got around to getting them. Some obvious stuff here, but also some great ideas that a lot of people forget!
    • Olusegun says:
      Yes Tom. It's amazing that it happens despite the fact that it is so obvious! Thanks
  22. Pete Carr says:
    Hi Olusegun, 27 great ways to increase your blog traffic. I would like to include Blogengage and Bloggerbase to that list. These 2 sites are great for A.Finding posts to comment on and B. Submitting your own posts for others to read. Pete
    • Caleb says:
      I've been hearing alot about BlogEngage lately and I would really like to see some real live case studies or something. You think you could do a post on it :?:
    • Olusegun says:
      Hi Pete, yeah, blogengage is great but i do not know much about bloggerbase. Thanks for the addition! Cheers
  23. Brandon Cox says:
    I love lists like these. I gain something every time!
    • Olusegun says:
      Thanks a bunch Brandon. Glad you found them valuable Cheers
  24. Jarret says:
    Interesting post since I've been just pouring over my Google Analytics today. It's a little depressing since I only have 2 anchor posts that drive significant traffic. Both were actually not the greatest posts, one is terrible actually, but I accepted it when I first started getting guest posts. It's funny, I accepted a very marginal if not poor post about healthy lunch ideas for work when I first started taking guest blog posts on my site. At the time, my site had very little traffic, content, and backlinks so I was just trying to get things rolling. Oddly, enough this post gets thousands of visitors per month and it's not one I'm particularly p proud of having on my site. I've noticed that one of my friends who has the Project Swole blog, ranks top three in Google for "protein shakes" which is a super high traffic keyword. He has maybe ten posts on his blog that drive a massive amount of traffic which means his traffic stays steady regardless of his post frequency etc. Overall, he's getting over 250k monthly unique visitors and he doesn't publish new articles very often, maybe once or twice per week. I'd certainly like to have 10 strong anchor posts that rank top 3 on very high search traffic phrases, but it's easier said than done.
    • Olusegun says:
      Hi Man, Since your friend is getting the results you desire, why don't you buy him a good lunch and ask what it is that he's doing so well. Also, do you know whether he relies on natural SE traffic or he uses PPC? All the best man!
      • Jarret says:
        Hey Olusegun, that's a good thought, but he lives in the States and I'm up North in Canada. :) I've looked at some of his high traffic posts and he's just done a ton of work building deep links. He has well over 100 unique domains linking to his posts that drive Google traffic. He doesn't get any PPC traffic for his site as far as I'm aware. In the health and fitness niche that I'm in, bloggers don't often tend to have SEO savvy, nor do they often provide deep links with good hypertext. As a result, the only option is to find the time to build these, but that necessitates writing a lot of content to get guest posts, asking friends for links, etc. It's possible, but who has the time these days?
  25. Icechen1 says:
    Guest Post is awesome and you will earn yourself a new regular reader from the blog you're posting on(if your content is good!) :p
    • Olusegun says:
      Icechen1, How do you do? I couldn't agree more. Cheers
  26. Patricia says:
    Hi Olusegun I have found commenting on other blogs has brought me lots of visitors to my blog. Being in a small niche, need to keep my blog out there so others know about it. Commentluv community has helped get the word out about my blog also; so I would say being part of an active blogging community is a real asset too. Traffic definitely comes from there. Having the latest post at the end of an article, is another opportunity for people to click over to my blog. Haven't tried article marketing so that is something to consider. Will check out the list you have kindly provided here. Thanks Olusegun. Much appreciated. Patricia Perth Australia
    • Olusegun says:
      Hi Patricia, Thanks for the loving words. I'm glad you liked my posts.
  27. Wasim Ismail says:
    Nice list to bookmark and to come back to for ideas, i believe Guest posts is a fantastic way of driving traffic to your site, and building your web presence, as it's a win win situation for both, the blog owner and the guest writer.
    • Olusegun says:
      Hi Wasin, very correct. Cheers
  28. Ryan Biddulph says:
    Hi Olusegun, I like your tips. I'm big on blog commenting. Each comment is an advertisement for you and your blog. Use the technique as a powerful and free branding tool. All it takes is a few minutes for each post to make a lasting impression as more than one of my readers noted they found my comments on other blogs interesting. I do intend to shore up my offline marketing methods. I've improved at the "word of mouth" aspect of things but need to continue dropping notes here and there. Thanks for sharing your insight and have a powerful day! RB
    • Olusegun says:
      Thanks Ryan! Glad you're doing great! cheers
  29. The Dan says:
    I think one of the best ways (which you covered in your post) is just by commenting on other people's blogs. You can build solid relationships which will get you both backlinks, recognition, and also you may gain a few new subscribers for your blog if you are regularly posting on other people's blogs. Properly commenting on other people's blogs usually leads to them commenting on your blog which lands you free, relevant content (hopefully) on your website!
    • Olusegun says:
      Hi The Dan, Thanks for taking time to read the post. Cheers
  30. Kevin says:
    That's what I forgot to do is make my business card. Thanks for reminding me! This is a great list to remind us of what we can do on a daily basis. Good Post!
    • Olusegun says:
      Hi Kevin, it's so normal but it even more amazing how we don't do it. I had to "force" myself to. Cheers and thanks for being real!
      • Kevin says:
        That's definitely one of my many goals for 2011. I have to make sure that I do the obvious things that needs to be done. Great Post Reminder :)