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Getting traffic to your blog is hard and it's important to have a good promotion strategy to get your blogs seen by as many people as possible. I'll help you get there with my tips on 72 places you can share your blog posts for extra traffic
One of the easiest and probably most overlooked way to promote your blog is to post more content. Research has found that blogs who post 16+ times a month got 3.5 times more web traffic than those who only post 0-5 blog posts monthly.
You may find it hard to believe but longer posts – with around 2000 words or more rank better in the search engines. They also get more shares which is getting your posts over to more people. When writing longer posts make sure you keep the post to the point and don’t ramble.
Newsletters are a fantastic way of letting your existing subscribers know you have just released a new post. This can cause your traffic to spike and increase page views. To get subscribers encourage people to subscribe in a post or on social media. Alternatively you could request this as part of a competition.
One of the most successful ways to increase blog traffic is to guest blog for others. Aim for a blog in your niche that is more successful than you who is willing to work with other bloggers. Make sure your pitch is personal to get the best chance of getting your guest blog accepted. Remember not everyone accepts guest bloggers so don’t be disheartened if they say no.
I cannot stress how important it is to optimise your blog. You can promote your links through social media as much as you like but if your blog isn’t showing up on Google or other search engines, once your efforts stop, the traffic stops. People search sites like Google every day for answers to their questions and your site could be that next click. Familiarise yourself with Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and use keywords and meta tags to get your blog to be visible on all the search engines (especially Google).
