7 Killer Ways To Get Free Targeted Traffic
No matter how great your blog design is, or how great your content is, all blogs have 1 thing in common, they all need traffic to make money online. Without traffic you will not succeed, your blog will be an incomplete puzzle.
Every webmaster wants his site to be a success and receive lots of traffic, right?
You need traffic to make money online…..You need traffic to make sales…..You need traffic to make your blog popular.
In my honest opinion, I personally find the first month when a blog is launched to be the hardest time to get traffic to a blog. Especially since the blog is new and doesn’t have much content visitors wont really be interested to come to your blog, even though my blog is now almost 3 months old I’m still trying my best to get decent traffic and so far I’m not doing too bad traffic wise, but could do better.
Because many bloggers face a problem to generate traffic to their blog I have decided to list some trusted ways that are sure to boost your traffic up.
1. Commenting on related blogs
This is and will always be an effective way to gain traffic to your blog. While reading other blogs I always leave a nice little comment. I have had over 70% of my traffic by commenting on other blogs.
When commenting on other blogs keep these things in mind
- Give good interesting feedback.
- Don´t spam
- Always try to comment first
- Keep it short and attractive
- Make a long, but valuble comment
Let´s say you commented on a popular blog that gets 50,000 uniques per day. You are the first to comment on a post, so that will be an advantage as all the readers see your comment first. Out of those 20,000 readers, let´s say only 1% decides to read and click your link and go to your website, that will be 200 unique visitors to your blog. Imagine using this same technique on 5 blogs daily, that will be 1000 unique visitors to your blog in one day and you also get a free back link from those popular blogs. Pretty good isn’t it if your just starting your new blog, huh?
2. Guest Posting
Guest posting on other blogs is also pretty effective in terms of, authority credibility and gaining trust. You try to build a reputation for yourself and try to expand yourself in that certain niche. If you head over to some of the big players in the blogging industry you will notice all of them have a gust post page or write for us page.
Although guest posting can get you some good traffic, it can also blow your reputation. If you post on a massive blog with many established readers and post some crappy post, most of the readers wont even visit your blog. So if you´re willing to guest post on someone else’s blog, make sure you write some good and valuable content.
3. Start a contest
By starting a contest, visitors will most likely participate in that contest your holding because who doesnt like to win some free prizes? And if the contest involves some good prizes people will tell other people, this is called word of mouth. Eventually everyone in your niche will notice and come over to your blog and participate.
4. Participating in forums
Forums are a great way to get some nice traffic to your blog as well. By helping other people out on forums and by being helpful and active in forums like, Digitalpoint, V7n, Sitepoint, WarriorForums, you will attract some nice attention and people will be interested in what you´ve got to say on your blog.
I actually created a thread in Digitalpoint forums and had 20 unique visiters every day for 3 days long. Not too bad if you ask me.
5. Social Bookmarking
If you have Twitter, Myspace, Digg, Facebook, Stumble Upon, or any other social media sites, it’s time to use it to your advantage. After posting new content on your site, try to always submit them to social bookmarking sites. Send your post to every friend or person you got on your profile. This technique may not always be successful, but you are always sure to get a few people interested into reading your blog.
6. Video Marketing
This is an newly and uncommon way to promote your blog, but it is a very handy and effective. You know that if your video ends up being popular on Youtube you will hit the jackpot. More than 1 million people visit Youtube everyday and if your video reaches the first page on an popular niche, you are sure to receive a hell lot of traffic.
7. Article Marketing
Yes, a very popular way to drive a lot of traffic to your blog. If you can write a nice article and submit it to some article sites like Ezine articles, Go articles and Articles base, you are sure to get some good targeted traffic. If your article is top notch then some people will take your article and republish it on their own site, of course with your back link included then. So you will get more exposure to your site with a free back link as well.
I haven´t tried all the methods mentioned above yet, but ive tried the most.
Oke, how about I give you a little estimate of how much traffic you can get by following this little marketing schedule
- Comment on 10 popular blogs everyday
- Post at least 5 posts on 5 different forums everyday
- Guest post on 1 popular blog every week
- Submit 5 articles to article directories every week
If you follow this little schedule, i´m pretty sure you´ll be able to hit the 100 uniques per day mark or even more if you put more effort in.
So anyways how do you promote your site? Which way brings in most traffic?
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Tags: Article Directory Traffic, Blog Traffic, Commenting Traffic, Forum Traffic, Free Traffic, Killer Blog Traffic
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November 19th, 2009 at 00:01
Why do you not include SEO in list? I think strong SEO can bring much traffic to our blog.
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 19th, 2009 at 13:44
@Dane
Yep, I actually wanted to include SEO, but if you think about it SEO takes time and will require lots and lots of backlinks to get to 1st page of Google.
You will not get any traffic from Google if your not in the first 2 pages of Google and with this competitive niche It will take a lot of effort to reach 1st page.
SEO is a long term commitment and I listed quick ways to get some traffic.
Thanks for the tip.
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IndianCashMaker Reply:
November 19th, 2009 at 15:46
Besides SEO is something that can’t be covered in a single post….it is a very broad topic and requires exhaustive coverage and that too, to the point
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November 19th, 2009 at 01:12
Great, Still a lot of ways on how to get free traffic to your blog…. but i think seo and email marketing must be also consider.
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 21st, 2009 at 02:18
Yehe, As I said SEO is best traffic source, but you will need to rank on 1st page. Also SEO is long term commitment as you can’t rank on 1st page after 2 days.
Email marketing is also a good way and lots of people do have success with email marketing. Its all about how you handle it though, as you dont want to keep spamming and sending emails every single day.
It’s all about game plan.
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November 19th, 2009 at 04:54
Nice! Yep, they are killer ways. I find that commenting on other blogs works as well as being active on social media sites and forums. But there’s a little thing we should consider is to making friends online. Make friends and engage with who is interested in our content on social media sites or forums, they are likely to visit our blogs and at least leave a comment instead of just come and go.
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 21st, 2009 at 02:21
Same here! Commenting on other blogs is best way for me, as you get a little traffic, exposure and free back links. Social media isn’t working out to well for me yet. Making friends is good way indeed, but the only way to do that is by using all different kind of ways to expose yourself. You need to try and get as many people possible to know about your blog.
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November 19th, 2009 at 13:56
Nice Killer Ways.Except Video marketing I have tried all the ways.But I need to put more effort to boost traffic to my site
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 21st, 2009 at 02:26
Video marketing is a difficult method to control. It’s quite advanced and not many people take the effort to fully use it to their advantage.
I previously made a few videos about some blog I had 1 year ago and submitted 2 videos to Youtuve as a experiment. Well, to be honest I didn’t have much success, until 2 weeks later I saw a lot of referrel traffic from Youtube on Google Analytics. It think I had 200 unique on 1 day and from then on it kept going lower.
Anyway what I’m trying to say is that it’s possible to get good targetted traffic from Youtube, but you will need to see what works and what doesn’t. Keep experimenting.
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November 19th, 2009 at 15:34
I think article marketing is more effective than others.Because there are lots of article sites that you can publish your articles with source links.
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 21st, 2009 at 02:32
Article Marketing is very effective and can bring in lots of traffic if your article becomes popular, although it isn’t as effective as a few years ago, it is still handy and you get free backlinks and keyword of your choice. The good thing is that your article will stay there permenently and the backlinks will always stay there. So the more articles you have the more traffic you will be getting and eventually if you have enough articles traffic will be automated.
So lets say you publish 1 article and it gets 10 views a day and 50% click through and visit your site that will be 5 unique a day. So imagine having 100 articles you will be getting 500 unique a day or more if articles become popular. So you have potential to grow and get automated traffic.
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Heather Masson Reply:
November 22nd, 2009 at 03:04
Article Marketing is a great way to get traffic. Couple things to consider though is that you still want to submit only to directories targeted to your niche.
I wrote an article 3 or 4 years ago that is still being used this year. I don’t even have the blog that I linked it to anymore, LOL.
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November 19th, 2009 at 17:41
#2 and #3 are hot on my radar right now. This weekend I ‘plan’ to sit down and write post solely for the purpose of using them for guest posts. And I’m not sure how the videos will work but I want to do something with that idea as well.
Great tips as usual thanks:)
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 21st, 2009 at 02:34
Yes, try getting to post on a popular blog for more exposure and more traffic. You will need to write a top quality article to get accepted though.
I think you should give video marketing a try as well.
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November 20th, 2009 at 02:58
Yes! You are right! I just start my blog not more than 2 months. I still failed to drive the traffic to my cancer blog. Can you teach me how you manage to do such a good work just 3 months time? How you manage to get so many advertisers in a short period? Thanks for sharing!
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 21st, 2009 at 02:54
@Kok
I just checked your blog out and you have a nice design and some good content.
Well all I can say is that you should try compiling a massive list of blogs that are related to your blog and try to comment on as many of those blogs every day. You will get free back links and traffic. Once you get a bit of traffic from blog commenting, mix it up with other methods like some methods which I told you in this post.
Also what do you mean with advertisers?
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Kok Siong Reply:
November 22nd, 2009 at 02:08
Ya Gary. I mean how you manage to get so many advertiser and sponsor in a short period even though your blog just start not more than 3 months?
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November 20th, 2009 at 05:16
by commenting on other blogs we can get some traffic and also good backlinks for free
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 21st, 2009 at 03:09
Yep, I suggest everyone to comment on realted blogs, It is useful.
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November 20th, 2009 at 05:43
I prefer commenting on my niche site. This not only give traffic but also give me opportunity to learn new thing and get interacted with new people. In my early day I trusted on social bookmarking service too much but later I realise it’s impossible for a new site to get in front page. I don’t know when the last time I saw a new site on Digg front page.
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 21st, 2009 at 03:10
Social bookmarking services can be good way, but it is difficult to get on front page. I’ve also never seen any new site on front page.
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November 20th, 2009 at 06:19
Using the forums require one to build trust among other users. YOu have to establish a certain level of recognition. only by then, a critical forum member will not think twice of clicking the link you just posted.
i think, maintaining regular interactions with the popular blogs out there will give back decent benefits in the end.
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 21st, 2009 at 03:02
I complety agree with you. You have to get recognised on forums and the only way to do that is by helping people with their problems or leaving valuable comments.
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November 20th, 2009 at 12:04
very good demonstration i really appreciate your article.article posting and forum posting boosts the traffic by commenting on other sites and blogs. thanks for sharing.
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November 20th, 2009 at 14:47
I’ve found that in the past contests work best for traffic that comes of its own accord (you get others to promote for you) and then comments are great for building up a relationship with other bloggers.
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 21st, 2009 at 03:16
Contests are hot at the moment and if you can offer good prizes or even better cash money, it will bring in even more traffic.
Infact I’ll also be holding a contest on this blog very soon.
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November 20th, 2009 at 14:51
Nice looking list. Commenting is a must for any blogs growth stage.
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November 20th, 2009 at 15:52
The problem is it may be too hard to create viral video for marketing. Sad.
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November 20th, 2009 at 18:19
Wow that is really a great article. Im following most of them except Video marketing
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November 21st, 2009 at 13:07
Great. You forgot probably the most powerful tool though… social networking
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 26th, 2009 at 14:46
Of course. How could I forget.
Twitter is a great way, only problem is that I somehow haven’t really had much succes using social networking.
But yehe, some people get great traffic.
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November 21st, 2009 at 21:06
A very good list on getting traffic. I need to do more of those. I think this month I have slipped on some. Thanks for reminidng me. Greg Ellison
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November 22nd, 2009 at 05:42
The first 3 tips really work for me, thanks guy
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November 22nd, 2009 at 12:54
I am a kid blogger, I was just trying to find out ways to promote my blog and your post really helped me to find ways to promote my blog
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 26th, 2009 at 14:51
@Blogging Boy
Just wanted to say that you have a nice blog. Also I assume that your a young blogger, if you dont mind me asking, how old are you?
Interesting to know your the son of tycoonblogger. As I read that blog quite often.
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November 23rd, 2009 at 03:18
Look forward to implementing the 3rd and 7th point. Thanks
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November 23rd, 2009 at 05:17
i already try most of that killer. It good and works.
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November 24th, 2009 at 13:18
I love these points.
If you have some content, it is possible to generate lots of loyal readers, using free traffic methods.
It’s critical that your content is good – which also lead us to your blog post: 5 Ways to Become a Better Writer – read that – then you are ready to produce some nice content (even look at my blog
.)
So Content+Marketing=Success!
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 26th, 2009 at 14:54
Hey, very true you’ll be able to generate more readers if you have lots of content with lots of interesting information. Using these methods will spike up traffic .
Anyway keep up the good work on your blog! ^_^
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November 24th, 2009 at 18:41
I like this website really much.
This is such a great place.
And it is not like other money oriented website, the message here is very helpful.
I am definitely bookmarking it as well as sharing it with my friends.
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 26th, 2009 at 14:55
Thanks for nice comment,
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November 30th, 2009 at 03:31
guess blogging and start a contest. That what i always did.
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December 2nd, 2009 at 17:37
Starting a contest might be impossible for me, yet, I think this could only be applicable if you have at least 30+ followers.
I just started so maybe I’m wrong. This post is very helpful. It would be a blessing if you could give me more tips on how to improve my site and writing.
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December 9th, 2009 at 15:00
I haven’t been as active as I should have been the last few months. The traffic hasn’t been so bad but anyway I want to get more traffic to my web site.
I guess this comment is one way to help me get more traffic
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January 5th, 2010 at 11:29
Those are very good tips! I use forums and do a few blog comments daily.Another thing I like to do when I make a new blog post is trackbacks.
Here´s a video about doing track backs on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCCq3K7XpEI
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