If you’ve started your blog congratulations! Beginning anything new is the hardest part.
Once you have launched your blog you’ll need to do certain things to help it grow.
I’m frequently asked by new bloggers how to get readers and increase blog traffic.
Many bloggers think eventually their ideal readers eventually find them.
They mistakenly believe that one day high volumes traffic will magically appear.
This isn’t true.
To generate blog readers and loyal followers you’ll need to build your own tribe.
Doing this allows you to expand your reach to a larger audience.
In this post, I provide some helpful suggestions for attracting more readers and followers.
Ultimately generating more blog traffic.
Learn from influential bloggers
Experienced fellow bloggers can teach about how to effectively grow our blogs.
There are many writers and bloggers to learn from!
Those who have already paved a way to success for us.
Learn from them.
Show up where they are and express interest in what they do.
Join their course(s), read their books and blogs, leave comments and promote their work.
These bloggers will help you tremendously on your road to blogging success.
If you follow experienced bloggers lead you’ll grow a blog guaranteed to last.
One that will eventually grow to become a hopping blog on the web!
You’ll avoid making unnecessary mistakes that will save you lots of time and frustrations.
Community Connections
Utilize Social Media – The truth is not everyone visits, reads or subscribes to blogs.
Some people only use social media for online interactions.
It’s a great way to expand your reach.
Facebook groups are fantastic ways to connect with other bloggers in your niche.
You’ll make some blogging friends and help each other to succeed.
Blogging is about community and connections.
Share the works of other bloggers.
People will see your post and if it is of interest to them they’ll share and read it.
Get in the habit of describing a bit about each post.
Ask a question to encourage comments.
Build an email list
It isn’t enough to just write and set up a blog.
You need to build an email list right away.
Doing this will help you grow an audience of loyal followers.
Everyone loves getting something for free!
Offering a free eBook, newsletter, email course or something you can think of to offer your readers for free.
Doing this works amazing to grow your list.
Guest posting drives traffic to your blog
There is power in guest posting! For a long time after I started my blog,
I didn’t write anywhere else.
Once I began guest posting I noticed a difference in my blog traffic.
You’ll expand your reach to the audience of the blog owner you write for.
It helps you get known to readers and other blogger/writers.
Those who may not otherwise discover you.
Submitting guests posts in your niche enables you to reach a larger readership.
Comment on other blogs
When you read blog posts of interest to you and comment on those posts… you will also get noticed.
Engaging with other writers and bloggers helps you get noticed too!
You’ll generate more blog traffic by connecting with others.
We can’t succeed alone!
Here’s why;
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- They will remember you the more you show up.
- You’ll develop the habit of connecting with other bloggers and writers.
- Other doors of opportunity will open as you connect with other bloggers.
- You show the founder of the blog you are interested in what they talk about and they’ll remember you.
- Commenting on other blogs directs some of their audience to your blog.
- Do this regularly and it may lead to a guest posting opportunity.
Your turn
I’d love to hear from you in the comments below…
What is something you’ve done that has increased your blog traffic?
Helping you to establish a successful online presence.
Hi Cori,
Overall, great ideas. In the blogging arena, it’s so usual to get discouraged seeing no real traffic and no page views.
First, it takes time.
Second, you learn from mistakes.
And the last part, follow the standard blogging practices from credible bloggers.
Ryan Biddulph, Jeff Bullas, and Adam Enfroy are the leading examples. There’s a lot to learn from their blogging and networking style.
And I must say – SEO can be a great friend who will return solid long-term results.
Hi there Shyam – Ryan, Jeff, and Adam are all stellar bloggers and leading examples. We learn so much from other bloggers like these awesome folks, mentors,and blogging friends. SEO too is definitely a bloggers best friend! Thanks and have a wonderful weekend!
Hi Cori-Leigh,
This is good and thanks for sharing. When I started blogging, I didn’t concern much about SEO. I thought, publishing good articles is good enough to have traffic. But, I was wrong. SEO is much more important than we think.
So, I hope you’ll add benefits of good SEO when you update this article.
Thanks again.
Hi Nirodha, thank you for your comment. I didn’t concern myself with SEO either when I started blogging. It is an important part of increasing traffic to your blog.