15 Tips to Increase Blog Traffic
15 Ways to Increase Blog Traffic with Social Media Marketing
How to Increase Blog Traffic Using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and More
By Susan Gunelius, About.com Guide
Social media marketing is one of the best ways to increase blog traffic and grow your audience of blog readers. The tools of social media like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and more give you a broader reach to get your content in front of more people. The best part is that most social media marketing can be done for free. Following are 15 easy ways that you can increase blog traffic with social media marketing.
1. Feed Your Blog Content to Your Social Media Profiles
Use a tool like Twitterfeed to automatically publish links to your blog posts on your Twitter andFacebook profiles. Also, take the time to set up your blog posts to automatically publish on your LinkedIn, Google+, and other social media profiles that allow it. This configuration can usually be done within your social media profile settings.
2. Submit Your Blog to Search Engines
Get on the radar screen for the popular search engines such as Google and Yahoo! bysubmitting your blog's URL to them. Most search engines provide a 'Submit' link (or something similar) to notify the search engine of your new blog, so those search engines will crawl it and include your pages in their results.
It's important to understand that simply submitting your blog to search engines doesn't mean your pages will appear at the top of a Google search results screen, but at least your blog will be included and will have the chance of being picked up by a search engine.
15 Ways to Increase Blog Traffic with Social Media Marketing
How to Increase Blog Traffic Using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and More
By Susan Gunelius, About.com Guide
1. Feed Your Blog Content to Your Social Media Profiles
Use a tool like Twitterfeed to automatically publish links to your blog posts on your Twitter andFacebook profiles. Also, take the time to set up your blog posts to automatically publish on your LinkedIn, Google+, and other social media profiles that allow it. This configuration can usually be done within your social media profile settings.2. Submit Your Blog to Search Engines
Get on the radar screen for the popular search engines such as Google and Yahoo! bysubmitting your blog's URL to them. Most search engines provide a 'Submit' link (or something similar) to notify the search engine of your new blog, so those search engines will crawl it and include your pages in their results.
It's important to understand that simply submitting your blog to search engines doesn't mean your pages will appear at the top of a Google search results screen, but at least your blog will be included and will have the chance of being picked up by a search engine.
3. Link to Your Blog from Your Social Media Profiles2. Add 'Follow Me' Social Media Icons to Your Blog
Add social media icons to your blog's sidebar inviting people to connect with you on Twitter, Facebook, and your other social media profiles. If your blog content is fed to those accounts (see #1 above), then you've created another way for people access your content when they're not actually visiting your blog!
Make sure your blog URL is included in all of your social media profiles. For example, include it in your Twitter bio, your Facebook profile, your LinkedIn profile, your YouTube channel description, and so on. Your goal is to always make sure your blog is just a click away.
4. Include the URL to Your Blog in Forum Post Signatures
If you actively publish posts in online forums, make sure a link to your blog is included in your post signature.5. Automate Cross-Profile Publishing
Use a tool like TweetDeck, HootSuite, SproutSocial, or another scheduling tool to automatically publish links to your blog posts on multiple social media profiles at the same time.6. Syndicate Your Blog Content
Syndicate your blog content through free and licensed syndication companies to increase exposure to your content.7. Use Widgets and Social Tools Offered by Social Media Sites.
Most social media sites offer free widgets and tools to help you promote your profiles and ultimately, give all of your content more exposure. For example, Twitter and Facebook each offer a variety of widgets that you can add to your blog or other websites quickly and easily.8. Publish Comments on Other Blogs with Your Blog URL
Find blogs related to your blog topic and publish comments to join the conversation and get on the blogger's radar screen as well as the radar screens of people who read that blog. Be sure to include your URL in the appropriate field in the comment form, so people can click through to read more of your content.
10. Include Sharing Links on Your Blog Posts9. Hold a Blog Contest and Promote It Through Your Social Media Profiles
Hold a blog contest to generate short-term traffic to your blog and promote the blog contestto increase awareness and entries.
Make it as easy as possible for people to share your blog posts on their Twitter profiles, Facebook profiles, LinkedIn profiles, Google+ profiles, social bookmarking profiles, and so on by including share buttons. For example, the Retweet Button from Tweetmeme and theSociable WordPress plugin provide easy ways to make your blog posts shareable
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