What do you do when you need traffic fast?
I must warn you, that these methods are not for the faint at heart. These should only be applied in short term bursts. Long term usage may produce side-effects including blogger burnout, writer fatigue and mental meltdowns.
Family members may notice increased isolation and irritability, especially while attempting to pull you away from the computer.
Blog promotion can increase stress and anxiety. Discontinue use, if you experience any of the following symptoms:
- Heart-palpitations
- Insomnia
- Brain-freeze
- Amnesia
- Confusion
- Migraines
You might think I’m exaggerating or being silly, but seriously, if you let blog promotion tasks get out of control, you could send yourself to the loony bin fast!
So blogger beware! Begin promotion with caution. The following tips, while effective, are not meant to be done everyday, all day. But in short-term spans when you get to the point when you really want to grow your blog and increase your traffic, especially if you’ve experienced a dip in traffic ranking or are trying to recover from an extended absense.
Here’s what you can do:
Post more quality content
This one is going to hurt – I’ve already warned you, so no whining!
Not just any content, but unique, never posted before, brand-new as a baby’s bottom, fresh and creative, content! This means, that it’s time to crank up the writing production and increase your posting frequency. If you’ve been posting once a week, it’s time to start posting twice a week. If you’ve already been posting once a day… you’ve got it – time for two posts a day. Sounds extreme, but it works.
Try it for a week or two, then lay off. Wait a few weeks and then hit the turbo-content boost button again.
Tip: Read Speedy Blogging Tip
Boost the SEO
If you’re like me, it’s possible that you tend to blog without big regard to every SEO rule. If you’ve been lite on the keyword research, now it’s time to roll up your sleeves, dig in and get dirty. Find some ways to bring in some long-tail keyword searches to your blog and start applying them to all this new and awesome content you’ve been writing feverishly. If you’d prefer, you could use a program like, DiySEO, to do it for you.
Tip: Read “Complete Guide to Easy Blog SEO for Busy Bloggers
Guest Post your Head Off
Literally, this one might make your head pop off from the insanity of trying to be everywhere at one time – you still need fresh content for your own blog after all.
But don’t just guest post anywhere, search out blogs that have lots of reader engagement. You can spot that by a high number of comments, tweets or stumbles. Be sure to tailor your post so that it fits well with the blog your considering. Yes, that means even more research.
Tip: Read Guide to Guest Posting Series
Are your ears bleeding, yet?
But wait, there’s more…
Comment until your fingers fall off
Return to those same blogs with high reader engagement and do your best to be the first one to comment on new blog updates or as close to first as you can be.
Thankfully, there some blogs are choosing to post the latest comments first, so you might not have to always be first. Then, post your most authentic, and genuinely helpful comment you can think of – that means you’ll have to actually read the post (ouch… I know… sorry!)
If you really want to take this approach to the next level, you can post reply comments to everyone else’s comments, then visit each commentator’s blog, and comment on the most recent post, then go back and leave comments on everyone else’s comments, then visit each of their commentator’s blogs, and then…
Warning: if you’re not careful, you could fall into a bloghole (cousin of the blackhole) and be time warped into next week. If this happens you may wake up hungry, covered in your own waste and any pets you own may no longer be living.
Tweet, share, stumble and tweet again
Before you leave those same blogs that you’ve been visiting and commenting on, be sure to retweet the post, share it on FB, stumble it on Stumbleupon, Digg, Bookmark…
In other words, share them on as many social networking sites that you are currently active in. This practice gets the attention of those bloggers who blogs you’ve been commenting on and lets them know that you’re there to help and makes them more likely to return the favor, increasing the possibility that you’ll receive more traffic.
Is your head spinning yet?
Like, I said, use these methods with caution, set some time limits and avoid doing all of these at once for extended periods of time. Prolonged exposure can lead to eye-strain, lip-quivers, carpal tunnel syndrome, nervous breakdown…
Of course, there are other promotional methods that are not listed here, what can a blogger do when he or she needs traffic fast? What tips do have to share? Don’t forget to read the warning label!
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Hi…Kiesha …i really agree with your Article as i am very new to these terms …… A great post and I loved the way you have narrated through the tips. I think i will have to work better on this part too….thanks a lot ..
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I agree of the tips above about posting good quality content which one the things to consider first before posting. You did great and I learn a lot. Thanks!
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Kiesha,
Very creative style of writing! :) You keep me excited in every tip. I concur. If all these tips are applied by a blogger, no doubt that his blog will have a fast growth. Every blogger aims to achieve the maximum potential of his blog that’s why the tips above must be used with precaution (as you say) :)
Great tips. Thanks for the post.
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Hi Kiesha,
Some good points on SEO, promotion and heading to the looney bin! I understand the last one too well. :-)
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thanks for sharing this article i want some more information about Blog Promotion and after that ill apply in my blog.
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Great tips. I didn’t know bloggers really pay attention who is tweeting their posts, or sharing them on other social media.
Gotta try that one :)
I am trying, to do some of the tips that you are giving here, but some time it seams that is not enough time. For example guest posting takes some time.
Thanks for sharing! I try to push my clients to blogging frequently and explain all of the positivity that comes from blogging, but only a small number actually utilize it. There are so many ways to blog nowadays and you can be effective in under 10 minutes.
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Wow, these are fabulous tips. Thanks for passing them along here!
Well, I thoroughly enjoyed what all you have narrated through this post.Great share!
Nice post. I’m a little slow sometime on post frequency because I don’t like just writing about anything. I try to find something never done, or do it better with a twist.
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Hi A.,
I understand – I figure if I can’t write something that’s never been doing, then I’ll just have to do it with a twist – the twist saves me every time :)
Hello! I think the writing quality content plays a large role in the development bloga.eto better than just copy from somewhere. thanks for the post
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Hi Piter,
I totally agree.
These are some really great tips that you have mentioned in this post. I try my best to make comments but my guest posting suck at times, I really need to pick up in that area.
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Hi Kharim,
Guest posting takes quite a bit of energy, so I can understand why you may not be focusing on it, but if you find the right blog to guest post for, you’ll get more exposure and find some cool people to network with.
Ahaha! Very nice to read, love this post, totally different.
I mostly have done those all, except of Guest Posting.
Probably it is really worthy to try.
Thanks Kiesha
Ps. Your comment template is somehow changed? a bit tiny..
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Hi Kimi,
Glad you enjoyed it! I encourage you to try guest posting, I think you’ll like the results.
As far as my template goes, I haven’t done anything different – perhaps it was a temporary error or something.
Yes, i will definitely do.
The template is back to normal :)
Thanks for the reply!
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Wow , i am in love with this post. I agree with each and every word of this post, this is so very true. Content should really be as simple as possible and original content can be a blessing if used. Great recommendations!
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Thanks, I appreciate it!
I definitely agree with you, this is an awesome article. Very well articulated. Content is really very important when it comes to SEO, it should be unique and original. I thoroughly enjoyed what all you have narrated through these tips. Thanks for the share!
Excellend advice here. By getting to a superior frequency and keeping my efforts constant, plus commenting a lot, I was able to really increase my traffic and exposure. I need to tackle the social media frenzy and would see even better results.
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Hi Ramona,
Thanks! I’d love to hear how it works out for you.
Twitter: danlew
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Hi Kiesh,
I think getting a boost in any kind of traffic rank is essential for growth, blogging is great for this because its to do with engaging and anything that uses engaging already is traffic prone!
Creative post by the way!
Daniel
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Hi Dan,
You’re so right. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Kiesha, I’m strongest on SEO for my posts and I’m weakest on guest posting. The latter is strategic though. I plan to do a lot of guest posting in the near future once I’ve finished a couple more products and have the time to devote to it while still keeping up with my blog and my freelance writing assignments.
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Hi John,
You’re doing right to focus on your products and freelancing, guest posting takes a lot of energy and it’s easy to get distracted by it.
Hey Kiesha,
Love this post! It goes to show that blogging is not for the weak. It does require work!
Chat with you later…
Josh
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Hi Josh,
Absolutely!
Great post everyone needs traffic and as always everyone needs traffic fast, If I had to work on one of those examples, it would be Guest Post, its probably the best traffic on steroids,
Thank you
Marios
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Hi Marios,
I would have to agree with you – guest posting has had the biggest impact on my blogging. It does wonders, especially if you take the time to interact with the commentators.
Hi Kiesha,
Super powerful tips here. As you note, perform each exercise with moderation.
I’m on a comment frenzy as we speak. It works wonders when you aim to leave thoughtful comments on other blogs. In the same respect I stop immediately when my comment threshold is hit. I know this point because my hands start to ache :)
Thanks for sharing your insight.
Ryan
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Hey Kiesha,
Love this post. It drives the point home that blogging is a bit of serious business. It’s true that you can’t start these activities and then stop mid-way and expect continued growth. True, at a certain point, your blog will grow without as much commenting or guest blogging but that time is a long way off for most blogs (like 3 years, lol).
Cheers,
Tia
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Hi Tia,
Yeah, blogging can be fun, but in order to be successful there’s so much that must be taken seriously. It also requires a log of patience.
Great post with plenty of challenges for us serious bloggers. I love visiting other blogs so I do tend to comment on lots of blogs, then comment on some of the commenters blogs and before I know it hours have past. But the upside is I am getting to interact with lots of other bloggers and learning heaps.
Patricia Perth Australia
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Hi Patricia,
It does allow you to meet and engage with so many great bloggers – that’s the part I love about blogging. I just wish I had more time. :)
Great post and I gave it a thumbs up on StumbleUpon. I really haven’t done much with guest posting but perhaps I should give it a try.
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Nick, The Traffic Guy
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A plate of steroids for my blog please :)
Twitter: weblogbetter
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LOL, Mia!
Hi Kiesha,
I believe i need to take more vitamins to build up my immune systems for the tips you have given us. Especially commenting on commentator’s blog and their commentator’s blog, my fingers will be all cramped. But i like it.
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Hi Lye,
LOL – I know about the finger craps, I need to add that to the warning list! :)
Absolutely agree with you. A great post and I loved the way you have narrated through the tips. I think an active presence on social networking websites as well as professional websites as LinkedIn is a must. What do you think?
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Hi Vishal,
Absolute, you definitely need an active presence, just be careful to set time limits so your entire day doesn’t get swallowed up :)
Love the way you’ve dressed up some often made points as a medical prescription – makes them much more memorable and the humor is engaging. You’d make an excellent teacher – I should know, I’ve been doing it on and off for years!
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Hi Judy!
LOL! It must take one to know one – I am a teacher! I started teaching 6-7th grade English a few years ago, but have been teaching college composition most recently. I understand how short people’s attention spans are – so I realize I must engage within the first couple of seconds otherwise, they’re lost forever :) Thanks for the kind compliments, really warms my heart – especially coming from a fellow teacher :)
Hahaha! This is wicked!! A wonderful, engaging and delightful post (so good in fact you got three that’s 3 exclamation marks from me! – Make that 4).
*Ahem* On a serious note the advice you give are proven ways to grow your blog and something I need to be doing. Time to lock myself away for a few days :)
Thanks for sharing.
Michael
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Hi Michael,
LOL! Thanks for the exclamation marks! :) If you’re going to lock yourself away, be careful not to lose the key – it’s easy to get lost in the blogosphere! :)
Great stuff as always. I loved reading your post thoroughly. Thanks for sharing such a resourceful here with us. All great recommendations!
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Hey thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.