After creating and setting up a blog. Getting traffic to a new blog post is one of the challenges new bloggers face. In this article, you will discover 31 awesome things you can start doing right away to get more traffic to your new blog.
Did you know that every day there are over 3.5 billion searches made?
If you read this article to the end, you will be fully equipped with all you need to start driving traffic to your website.
Without wasting much time, let’s dive in
1. Know your readers
This is one of the most important things you can do for yourself and your website.
You have to know your readers or your to-be readers, even before they land on your website.
To do this, you need to do some research, so that you will know what is being searched for by your reader.
Knowing what people search for will help you know the kind of topics you should talk about on your blog.
This brings me to my next point. Once you know the topics you should be creating content about. You need to know how people are actually searching for it.
2. Do keyword research
Keyword research is really helpful for a lot of reasons.
When you do keyword research, you not only know the exact term people are searching for. You will also know the competition for that particular topic.
It is important to check search volume and competition before creating your articles.
If you know that a particular search term is very competitive, it will help you to create better content for less competitive topics.
There are a lot of keyword research tools that you can use both free and paid.
I recommend you use google keyword planner for free otherwise, use semrush
3. Optimize your website for SEO
You have to install a simple plugin that will help you optimize each of your articles for SEO.
With the Yoast SEO plugin, you will get insights into more ways to optimize your post for SEO.
Yoast reads all the words on your post and gives you detailed analyses.
The best part is with Yoast free plan, you can do almost 90% of all your optimizations.
4. Get backlinks
Getting backlinks from popular sites is not easy, it takes time. But it is very possible.
If you want to get a backlink to your article, you have to build a relationship with other bloggers. Especially those popular ones.
Building a relationship with other bloggers is really easy, but it takes time.
Start by following them on social media, commenting on their blog post, sharing their social posts.
Anything you can do to make them recognize you will do. Just start reaching out and getting your name out there.
Once your names start popping everywhere on their site, they will start getting to know you.
After that, you can ask for advice from them, that way you will start building a relationship with them.
5. Use internal links
Getting backlinks from others isn’t easy, but it is very easy to link to your articles.
When you link to your own articles, it gives Google a signal that the articles are related.
Also, it helps you keep people on your site longer, and reduces your bounce rate.
It is very good. Start linking actively to other blog posts on your website.
6. Engage in other blogs
Now when I say engage, I don’t mean to spam other bloggers with the hope of getting attention.
Give value. Other bloggers are happy when people appreciate their work.
When you show gratitude for their work and add more value to their site. They will likely respect you more.
You can start by commenting on other blogs that you read. Then follow them on social media. Like their posts. Share it and tag them.
This is a long term strategy, nothing good comes easy.
7. Create your own online groups
When you create your own online groups, you can start creating your own community online.
Creating challenges are really very helpful when you start your own group.
Mini challenges that will hold everyone in the group accountable is usually very helpful.
8. Use YouTube
YouTube is really powerful. You can get unlimited traffic from YouTube for free. This is really a goldmine. Why not tap into it and start getting free traffic.
With YouTube, you can get traffic to your landing page for free without running ads.
You know, ads are becoming really expensive. You have to start looking for ways to get organic traffic.
9. Build your own email list
Statistics show that 95% of people who come to your website or blog never return
So you have to start looking for ways to get returning readers back to your blog.
To build an email list read this detailed post where I shared everything you need to build your list.
10. Socialize and network
This is one of the best things you can do if you want to drive traffic to your blog. When you socialize and network with people in your niche.
You can tap into their audience. This comes down to building a relationship with them.
When you build a relationship with other people who have actually done what you are trying to do.
People who have the traffic you want will be able to get in front of their audience.
And this could lead to future collaborations or partnerships.
11. Read traffic secrets book
This is by far one of the best books I have read so far. It touches every aspect you can possibly think of.
From identifying who your dream clients are to actually getting them into your funnel or your website.
Russell Brunson goes in-depth to show you exactly how he gets organic traffic to all his funnels. And other cool strategies that he uses to build his companies online.
If you haven’t read it, go now and get it. It’s a free book. So all you have to do is pay for the shipping and it will be shipped to anywhere you want.
12. Get traffic from Facebook
Facebook is where most people spend their day. To get traffic from Facebook to your website.
You have to join groups because people are inside these groups every single day.
Start joining groups and adding value to people every single day.
Never spam people with your links, your links should remain only on your profile.
When you add value inside different Facebook groups, people will naturally check your profile out and visit your website.
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13. TikTok
It’s really awesome, with TikTok, you can quickly build an audience of people who would be interested in hearing from you.
Start creating videos on TikTok and you can link them to your landing pages, your website or affiliate link.
Try TikTok, it is really powerful too and can help you drive a lot of traffic to your website
14. Create great headlines
There is a lot that goes into getting traffic from google. A very big part of getting people into your pages online is your title.
If you can craft good titles then people will click more on your website. This will increase the click-through rate of your blog post.
A higher CTR and other factors work hand in hand to increase your website ranking.
Many bloggers spend more time crafting their headlines, you should too.
15. Instagram
You can get free traffic from Instagram. But you have to do it strategically. Otherwise, all of your posts will look like a promotion for your website.
If you use Instagram, then you know that it is a visual platform.
So creating visual art will help you to thrive on Instagram. And possible help you with more traffic.
16. Create easy to read content
If your content is readable, then people will spend more time on your website.
If it’s not readable, most people will just click out of your website to a readable website.
You have to understand that the more you are able to keep people on your website, the better for you.
This is called dwell time, which is, how long a visitor spends reading your posts.
Try to increase your dwell time, and you will be more likely to start ranking on google.
17. Make your articles the ultimate guides available
This takes us back to the skyscraper technique that was coined by brian dean.
He explains that, if you are able to find link-worthy content, create a better and more comprehensive article than people who are already ranking and reach out to the right people.
Your likelihood of outranking those people will be greatly increased.
So one thing you should always strive for is creating comprehensive quality content.
This will help you build trust with your readers and give them the satisfaction that they deserve.
18. LinkedIn
LinkedIn can be used to get unlimited traffic back to your website.
A very simple hack you can do on LinkedIn is to syndicate your blog content and article on LinkedIn.
When you post your articles on LinkedIn. You can use internal links on those articles to get traffic back to your site or landing page.
19. Q and A sites
Good examples of Q and A sites are Quora and yahoo answers. Engaging people inside these two platforms will give you access to people asking specific questions related to your niche.
When you answer questions on quora, you are allowed to link back to your website. But if you are new to Quora, add links with caution.
20. Forums
Online forums are filled with millions of people hanging out every single day. If you can tap into this stream of free organic traffic, it will be really wonderful.
With forums you get to build your relationship with others in a discussion and then when the opportunity arise. You tell them about your own website.
Just strive to always give more than you take from any forum. If you don’t want to get kicked out.
21. How to drive traffic to your blog from Pinterest
Pinterest is an image search engine on its own. What this means is – months even years after you post your pins on Pinterest, you will continue getting traffic to your pins.
If you can spare time to create lovely pins, they will pay you in numerous ways.
Create your Pinterest account and you can use canva to design your pins for free before uploading it to Pinterest.
22. Allow comments
This is one form of user-generated content (UGC)
Since Google pays close attention to how often you update your pages, it is a very good idea to allow comments to your page.
Don’t worry, if you don’t like a particular comment, you can always delete it.
Also, comments can help you build a relationship with your readers.
23. Imbed your videos
Back to building your website dwell time. When you imbed videos into your website. It tells Google that you have more than content. And it will help you to keep people longer on your site
The more people spend on your website the more YouTube will show you something that you can use to
24. Create a content calendar
Creating a content calendar will keep you accountable. When you know when each blog post will go out, and you know each task you should take before and after creating your content.
It helps to put you on track with your content creation and to stay consistent. Read this article to learn how to easily create content consistently
25. Use images and infographics
Infographics can really help you in getting more backlinks to your website.
When you create a really beautiful image, other website owners will start linking back to your original post.
That way, you can get more backlinks even without asking. Also, make sure that your blog banner is attractive to increase your click-through rate from google search. Here are five tips that will help you create an attractive blog banner
26. Increase your site speed
Increasing your site speed comes down to where your site is being hosted, the number of plugin you are currently using. And the type of theme that is on your website.
If you find that your website doesn’t load fast, upgrading your server might be the best choice.
27. Keep your website simple and clean
This is self-explanatory, but I’ll like to add a few more reminders.
Try to keep the banners shown on your website to a minimum of two. This way, you will have a clean website.
28. Update your older posts
This is so important because it tells the search engines that you are constantly adding more new fresh content to older posts.
And this can greatly improve your rankings on search engines.
29. Engage with influencers
These are people who have managed to gather your dream audience.
By engaging with these influencers, and building a relationship with them, you will be able to get access to their audience.
And in the process you will also get more people to your landing pages.
30. Help others
When you want to start seeing results, you have to help others get the results they want.
There is a saying that the faster you help others, the faster you get results yourself.
I believe in this, and that’s why I am constantly bringing out awesome content to help you guys every week. On my blog, my YouTube channel, my private Facebook group and on my email list.
I am constantly looking for ways to get results for people. That way I know my own success is already here.
31. Continue learning about SEO and marketing
If you want to continue getting traffic to your website, you have to continue learning.
Google is constantly improving. New technologies are created every day to make google better.
So, make sure you continue learning about SEO and marketing.
The main reason why I added marketing is because if you learn how to market your site. You will be really grateful you did.
32. Join our Facebook group
Finally, don’t forget to join our private Facebook group. Like I said earlier, I am constantly looking for ways to help out.
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Conclusion
Now that you have learnt about the different things you should be doing to get more traffic to your website or blog.
What do you think is the most important skill website owners should learn if they want to be successful online and why?