How to Get More Traffic at No-Cost: Post Frequently
A question I got asked many times since I started blogging was this one: how often should a blogger post?
The answer is not a strict rule. I don’t have a secret recipe that anybody could apply on any type of blog. There’s no such thing. Yet I have a good strategy which proves to be very powerful when you use it wisely.
FACT: you could publish every day and still get less traffic than folks publishing once per week.
To be honest, the frequency of blog posting is NOT a guarantee that you’ll get quality traffic.
If you want to get no-cost quality and targeted traffic you have to follow these aspects:
- publish frequently. What I mean with this is that if you set to a bi-weekly publishing schedule, stick to it.
- give link love. In almost all the postings which I write I make sure to include links to other blogs and postings. This ensures I provide further resources for readers to check out, plus I get the attention of other bloggers and blog readers on other people’s blogs, thus getting more back-link traffic.
- create two niche-targeted blogs on the same domain. One in the domain root, and one in a sub-domain.
I could use this strategy as follows:
RemarkableBlogging.com as the main blog, and RemarkableBlogging.com/blog as the second blog.
This will be used mainly to attract Google and search engine traffic. Doing so you could publish even 10 posts per day and NOT annoy your regular readers and visitors.
This is wise especially if you’re providing free blog alerts (updates) by e-mail.
Nobody would like to get their inbox flooded with 10 e-mails per day from the same blog. That’s crazy.
Here’s what happens when you publish 10 posts (less or more) on the sub-domain blog.
You’ll be able to attract traffic quickly & easily from Google and other search engines, not to mention the big RSS and blog directories like Technorati, and dozen others.
It’s a known fact that each and every time you publish a new post, you get indexed in Google and each post could give you one, two more more loyal readers.
Do the math. 10 readers per day, that’s 300 per month. In a year you could have 3650 readers.
The problem of most bloggers is that you probably don’t have enough time for writing 10 postings, right?
Who tells you’d have to do this all by yourself?
You could hire others (outsource) to come up with new content on a regular basis, or get guest authors to publish red-hot content frequently. I love the second strategy because it’s no-cost and might work even better than the “outsourcing” thing.
Here’s why:
- you’d have different type of authors with various writing styles and unique content ideas
- you’d be able to grow your blog fast and keep readers happy
Here are some good posts targeting “posting frequency”:
Why Blog Post Frequency Does Not Matter Anymore @ MPDailyFix
Does Blog Post Frequency Matter @ ProBlogger
Blog Post Frequency and SEO @ GettingMoreVisitors
Blog Posting Frequency: How Often Should You Post? @ AndrewPavelski
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Pinging and the Art of Getting Free Traffic
Do you find yourself still looking after the latest big thing to generate more traffic to your blog?
If you’ve tried everything and seems nothing works, here is what you need to do.
Try pinging. If you’re thinking that’s old, think again. You’re probably not doing this the right way.
If you don’t know by now, pinging means when you notify blog & RSS directories each and every time you post a new blog article. This is done automatically by WordPress.
But are you taking full advantage of pinging?
Do you know there are more blog/RSS directories than you’re probably using now as we speak?
Do you know there is a right and a wrong way to do all this? (Hint – you have to avoid excessive pinging, or your blog could get banned from these services – so try this no-cost plugin!)
Do you know that each and every time you’re publishing a new blog post, it attracts these spiders and notify Google and Technorati (plus other sites) to visit your BLOG?
That means each and every time you publish new stuff on your blog, you have yet another chance to get more traffic.
The more often you publish, the higher your traffic.
The right way to ping is to use blog/RSS directories which are actually working, as 80% of them are dead already.
Here’s a list with the ones I’m currently using. Just cut & paste them in your WordPress Writing – SETTINGS.
You click on the “Writing” option and scroll till the bottom of that page – update your list with these links:
http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
http://www.wasalive.com/ping/
http://rpc.pingomatic.com
http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
http://ping.myblog.jp
http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/
http://bblog.com/ping.php
http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
http://www.wasalive.com/ping/
http://www.feedsky.com/api/RPC2
Afterwards click on “SAVE Changes” and you’re almost done.
You’d want to update the list with new links and remove those who are not working from time to time.
The links above are the ones which I’m currently using. I had up to 60 blog/rss ping links, but removed most of them as they were not working (I know how to do that because I’m using this ping optimizer plugin)
If you want to take full advantage of pinging and get even more traffic you’d have to use WP to the maximum.
And the smartest way to do it is by enrolling in the WordPress Profit Maximizer CLUB!
Here are some external links related to “pinging” – check them out now:
How to Add the Best RSS Sites to Your WP Blog Ping List @ BlogTactics
How to Ping Your Blog @ eBiznet2u
One Click Multiple Blog Services Pinging Tools
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The Hottest Way to Get Traffic – Technorati or Google?
I’m not sure yet. I’ve seen Google send thousands of unique visitors and leads in the past years, for me, for my clients, and for my competitors.
Let’s see what others are thinking about Technorati. Could it be better than Google?
Let’s take the blogosphere pulse and find out, shall we?
First of all, let me share with you what Technorati is. The Google’s alternative for blogs (in a nutshell).
If you want to read wikipedia’s definition : “Technorati is an Internet search engine for searching blogs, competing with Google and Yahoo. As of June 2008, Technorati indexes 112.8 million blogs and over 250 million pieces of tagged social media.[1] The name Technorati is a portmanteau, pointing to the technological version of literati or intellectuals.”
When you read Technorati’s “about” page you’ll quickly notice two major advantages:
1. you could get your blog indexed FAST in their huge database
2. you could receive a ton of free exposure just by being there and receiving links from other blogs
If you go even further you could talk with other bloggers listed on Technorati, make new friends, grow your readership and have fun.
Isn’t this enough, or what?
Not for me. So let’s find out even more.
Could Technorati help you get more traffic to your blog.
Could it be the hottest traffic strategy out there?
TechCrunch.com guys think that Google might ‘ban’ Technorati tags..
“But what really matters here is what Google thinks, and whether they will take steps sometime soon to remove those results from the Google index. If that were to happen, Technorati’s traffic would plummet. And their lucrative traffic party would come to an end.”
Read the full story here – Technorati When will the Traffic Party End @ TechCrunch
T. L. Pakii Pierce admits..
“This is yet another way to drive relevancy into the blogosphere and it’s fantastic and filter it.”
Find more here – Technorati TAG! Your It! Information Clustering Among Social Networks @ BlogforFunandProfit
Dan @ TheWrongAdvices.com is negative about it..
“If your blog happens to be about Britney Spears or American Idol then you might be able to develop some consistant traffic but for most of us it looks like Technorati is a dead end.”
Read more about this now – 3 Steps To Getting Technorati Traffic – If You Want It @ TheWrongAdvices
Tinu @ FreeTrafficTip.com even wrote a free book about it and here’s a cool tip..
“12- Link out to the littler. If you have one link in technorati, link to people who have none. They love and need you more than someone who is ranked in the top one hundred, and they’re likely to link back.”
Read other quick tips here – Today Three Technorati Traffic Twist Tips @ FreeTrafficTip
I guess that Om Malik @ GigaOm.com got tired of it?
“So this is where I lose the plot – I tag my post, Technorati benefits, and despite all that, my tags help spammers who clog my RSS readers gain more readers. That’s absolutely rotten!”
Find the truth here – The Dark Side of Technorati Tags @ Gigaom
UPDATE – would you like to receive no-cost Technorati updates via twitter? Click here!
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3 Secrets to Copy the 10 Most Popular Blogs and Get More Traffic
I got inspired by 5 Ways to Imitate the 10 Most Popular Blogs so let’s start:
The top 10 blogs on technorati are probably receiving a ton of traffic otherwise they would not be at the top.
What makes them so popular… Why people link to these blogs very often…
Is there a secret recipe? Can anybody copy their model?
Let’s see…
Secret #1 - It’s in the Publishing FREQUENCY
Top 10 blogs get more traffic because they’re publishing more often.
Each and every time you publish a new post, Google and other RSS/Blog directories are notified thus sending
spiders to crawl your blog.
You also receive traffic from your (already build) RSS or list subscriber database.
Plus, not to forget about SEO traffic. Within hours after publishing new postings you could score high in Google and other SEs for long-tail key terms, thus bringing you (even more) traffic on autopilot. At no cost at all!
Just imagine that some blogs do quite a few postings per day, NOT per week! For example, caradvice.com bloggers do about 10 per day.
Secret #2 – It’s in the CONTENT
Most bloggers think that to make a blog successful would mean to publish content whenever and about whatever.
That’s totally false. You have to learn A to Z about your target audience.
Who’s your “ideal” prospect? Did you create his profile already?
Once you know who’s your prospect, you’ll be able to TALK specifically to his most pressing problems, needs and wants.
If you don’t know or don’t do this, there’s no wonder why making money online will see impossible.
I teach about creating your “ideal” prospect profile and your target audience 5 key elements in my blogging mentoring program, “Guaranteed Blog Profits”.
Sidebar – that’s why I did not publish anything on RB blog lately. I’ve been busy coaching my students on their way to make $300… $3,000… and even $30,000 per month with their blogs; and hope to coach you too asap.
Secret #3 – It’s in the BUZZ
Want more traffic? Then you have to talk about what’s hot in your niche. What is the trend, what’s the buzz?
Relate that to your niche topic subjects and you’re on the right track to getting more traffic.
You probably won’t make it in the TOP 10 blogs on technorati, but you’d definitely boost your traffic like never before.
UPDATE – because my schedule is tight and I’m (almost) booked coaching students in the 60-day INTENSIVE mentoring “Guaranteed Blog Profits”, I’ll stop publishing new content in the Monetize Your Blog section for awhile.
The thing is that my mentoring already contains everything you need to know to make real money with your blog, so it’s smart we focus on that.
I’ll continue the regular publishing for Get Content Ideas and Receive Free Traffic sections though. Plus, I’ll be doing some red-hot interviews with remarkable bloggers asap (so you learn from one of the best in the field and have fun) and crank some top priceless posts too.
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