Did you know that successful blogging requires 20% content writing and 80% content marketing? Yes, writing good content alone is not enough for your blog to become successful online. I have seen some
There are so many places to start content marketing for your newBlog.
1. SEO
SEO is a process that affects the online dominance and visibility of a website, blog or webpages in search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo. SEO can drive unlimited amounts of quality organic traffic to your website. Traffic from SEO is residual, which means that you get traffic every day as long as your website is ranked 1st on the search engines. Traffic from SEO is high quality because it brings genuine visitors to your site from the search engine results.
2. Pinterest.
Pinterest is a good source for new bloggers because it works like a search engine. However, many people refer to it as a social media platform. Most successful bloggers promote their products and blog posts on Pinterest because it provides genuine and quality traffic too. Create a new account for your blog and start sharing beautiful pins every day. This will be a game changer for your new blog.
3. Facebook Groups.
Almost half of the world’s population has signed up for Facebook. As a blogger you should know that Facebook does not like 3rd party links, so posts with links are less shown to people unless you promote them with money. Facebook groups which are related to the niche of your blog can be a good source of traffic. People in Facebook groups are always looking for information to read.
4. Guest posts.
Writing guest posts for successful blogs can bring overwhelming traffic to your blog. Guest posts help you to create a new connection with new readers and also increase your online presence. Write interesting blog posts and share them with blogs that receive gigantic amounts of traffic. Your guest post should contain at least 2-3 backlinks to your website. These backlinks are the channels that the new readers will use to find your blog.
5. Instagram.
Instagram can bring exceptional loads of traffic to your website when used appropriately. Using Instagram stories and hashtags is my treasured way of generating traffic to my blog. Instagram influencers have an added advantage when it comes to generating traffic from Instagram. It works better when you share to hashtags related to your niche.
6. Content marketing on Quora
Quora is a platform where people ask questions while others provide them with answers. Many questions from quora rank high on google, so when you provide helpful answers readers will follow your blog looking for more answers. The best thing about Quora is that you will get traffic from your answers for so many years.
7. Email Subscribers.
How about staying in touch with your readers? If people visit your blog and like it, they will subscribe to your newsletters and return back every time they get a notification email for your new post. Above all, it helps you build an audience that trusts services that you sell on your blog. They are the ones that are likely to buy from you and make your blog successful.
8. Commenting on other blogs.
Blog commenting helps your blog to get noticed by other people therefore, when you leave valuable information especially additional information others will visit your blog too. Lastly, It is also a great way to build a connection with other bloggers.
9. Twitter
Start tweeting about your blog and reach out and anchor more readers for your blog. Use the following tips to promote your blog on twitter.
- Use @mentions to tweet directly to your consumers
- Mention influencers and big companies
- Use #tags when tweeting about specific topics.
- Use short interesting tweets that will lure retweets.
- Ask for retweets and shout outs from influencers.
- Put your blog link in bio
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