I recently received an email from a reader asking me how to attract traffic and get some activity going in his blog.
This type of email actually gives me an idea about new posts I should write, so thank you for asking
However, instead of writing another entirely new post to answer this question, let just point you the answers to the first part of the question I’ve written earlier
12 Tips to Increase Traffic to Your Blog
There are also several plugin to help you improve you search engine ranking. I’ve written about them here:
Optimize your wordpress blog search engine ranking with these plugins
Now if you want to learn more about search engine optimization strategies, check out the following post. While the article discusses SEO title strategies in general, they’re also applicable to blogs.
7 essential Title tag strategies that improve your search engine ranking
Here’s another article that addresses how Google rank your blog.
How Google Rank Your Blog
As for the second part, I am not sure what type of activity you are looking for but if you want to get more comments, the following posts may help
Encourage Discussions In Your Blog With These Comment Plugins
In addition to installing those plugins, I suggest you impart extra tips or points in the comment section. Leave some room in your post to allow your readers to pick up the conversation in the comment section. Also, encourage your readers to leave a comment. Make it known that comments are indeed welcome.
Here’s another post that should be helpful is this
5 Tips to Make Your Blog Stickier
In addition, you can increase your traffic by running a contest in your blog. It’s a great way to get your blog noticed, but done incorrectly you could lose money ore worse your credibility. Here’s a post from ProBlogger.net to help you do so.
Blog Contests for Fun and Profit
Now I should mention that the reader is planning to start a blog where he could showcase his music demo as well as his other creative works.
Regardless of what the niche your blog is in, you can always apply and adapt the tips above to suit your needs.
Lastly, there are three things you need to focus on to ensure your blog’s long term success
This type of email actually gives me an idea about new posts I should write, so thank you for asking
However, instead of writing another entirely new post to answer this question, let just point you the answers to the first part of the question I’ve written earlier
12 Tips to Increase Traffic to Your Blog
There are also several plugin to help you improve you search engine ranking. I’ve written about them here:
Optimize your wordpress blog search engine ranking with these plugins
Now if you want to learn more about search engine optimization strategies, check out the following post. While the article discusses SEO title strategies in general, they’re also applicable to blogs.
7 essential Title tag strategies that improve your search engine ranking
Here’s another article that addresses how Google rank your blog.
How Google Rank Your Blog
As for the second part, I am not sure what type of activity you are looking for but if you want to get more comments, the following posts may help
Encourage Discussions In Your Blog With These Comment Plugins
In addition to installing those plugins, I suggest you impart extra tips or points in the comment section. Leave some room in your post to allow your readers to pick up the conversation in the comment section. Also, encourage your readers to leave a comment. Make it known that comments are indeed welcome.
Here’s another post that should be helpful is this
5 Tips to Make Your Blog Stickier
In addition, you can increase your traffic by running a contest in your blog. It’s a great way to get your blog noticed, but done incorrectly you could lose money ore worse your credibility. Here’s a post from ProBlogger.net to help you do so.
Blog Contests for Fun and Profit
Now I should mention that the reader is planning to start a blog where he could showcase his music demo as well as his other creative works.
Regardless of what the niche your blog is in, you can always apply and adapt the tips above to suit your needs.
Lastly, there are three things you need to focus on to ensure your blog’s long term success
- Good quality with regularly updated content
- Traffic and more targeted traffic
- Good blog usability
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