8 Blog Traffic Tips

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1. Before you write your first blog post, make a list of topics that speak directly to what people in your industry are most asking about. If you don’t know, consult WordTracker Questions.
2. Do keyword research on your topic to use as tags and as subjects to write about. Run them through an online thesaurus as well.
3. Optimize your blog for search engines. Properly configured blogs can get a continuous flow of traffic from search engines that is easy to maintain.
4. Already have a blog? Double your blog posting for a week. Look at your traffic stats – this can bring 25 – 200% more traffic.
5. Comment on more blogs by people in compatible markets. If  you’re an interior decorator, it’s all well and good to comment on other interior decorator’s blogs, but you have more of an exclusive market among, say, local realtor blogs
6. Submit to as many blogs taking guest blog posts as you can.
7. Get some guest blogging happening on your site – it’ll give you a break and help you form partnerships.
8. Don’t discount blog carnivals, or think that they’re beneath you. They tend to drive a lot of targeted traffic that’s actively interested in the topic.