What I Didn’t Learn At School

I got a question from one of my clients that just got started with blogging. They really see the potential in what a blog can do for their business and main website, but they want to know how to get more visitors and become more noticed on the web.

Well, their blog is just a little piece of the Internet. How in the world are they going to reach new readers and get their blog noticed out there?

I’ve put together a list of 10 easy to do tips that will make your blog more noticed, if done right. They are all great traffic generators and they will leave your visitors wanting more. If you have more great tips let me knot in the comments.

1. Good and Interesting content
   It’s important to have up to date content so that your visitors always have something new to come back to. At the same time you need to be sure your content is archived and that your visitors can go back in time to read the content again.
2. Be part of the community
   When you jump around and read other peoples blog, be sure to leave your comments. You will get noticed by the blog owner and his readers. You should also be known as an active user in many niche related forums.
3. Run Contests
   People are crazy about contests. If you have something to give away or you can get a prize from a sponsor you should run a contest on your blog. You should probably have some base of visitors before your start a contest or you can get some help from the community and social medias to get traffic for your contest.
4. Advertise your blog
   PPC (Pay pr click) – advertisement with the right keyword and your banner placed on the right blog will absolutely help you get noticed out there. It will also bring you a lot of new traffic for sure.
5. Use Twitter and Twibe
   We all know that Twitter alone can make you very noticed online. I get a lot of my visitors from Twitter. But instead of pushing out ads for people to sign up on your affiliate program, you should network and get more personal. Follow people that is right for your website. If you have not heard of Twibe, this is a Twitter site where you can be a member of a group and watch only their tweets on a single page. Very good to catch people in a niche.
6. Podcasting
   You should put yourself out there either in audio or video. This makes people really notice you. You can submit your podcast to lots of directories and end up getting many new visitors that is interested in your niche.
7. Offer Consultation
   If you are an expert in your specific niche you can offer consultation for your visitors. This can easily be done through an order form with a paypal button and your product will be a skype call where you go through your clients website and point him or her in the right direction.
8. Tutorials
   An other way to show that you are an expert is to make tutorials. This can be done either with text and pictures or video. Either way a tutorial would be something people come back to every time to see how things are done. You can also submit your tutorials to other big sites to get more noticed.
9. Social Bookmarking
   Be sure that your visitors can add your site to their favorite bookmarking tool. Since most social bookmarking tools are based on sharing links with others and that my friend means new visitors to your site. Also be sure to add you own site to all the social bookmarking sites so that back links are made.
10. Go to networking events
    My final tip would be to attend all kinds of events for blogging in general and for your niche. There is a lot of events to be found if you just take a look at Facebook or your local paper. Events like these are great for learning and also to network with other people doing the same thing as you do. Remember to bring your business card and talk to everyone.

Hope you can use some or all of these tips, and if you like them be sure to use my Gree Little Tweet Me button and spread the word. I also want to hear your comment about this post.