Content is king? No it's traffic

Quality content is useless without quality traffic. Traffic bring in sales and leads and  quality traffic generates revenue for you. I have 3 blogs. Blog 1 has 2000 visitors a day, blog 2 has 50 visitors a day and blog 3 having 200 visitors a day. Which of the blog making me the most money? You might be thinking it is blog 1, but it is not. It is blog 3. You see, income depends on the quality of traffic and of course on the product that you are selling. So talking about traffic, I have listed my top 5 traffic sources. Here they are.

1. SEO and Search Engines
Majority of my traffic comes from Google. I ranked 1 on some sort of targeted  keywords and phrases which brings in 70% of my quality traffic. How did I do that? I build a lot of quality one- way link from related sites. My other blog also got 1000 pages. Do not just create 10-20 pages. It takes time to make a thousand pages but think about your blog as long term business.

2. Article Marketing
Write short articles related to your site and place keyword links on the resource box. That way you get strong backlink plus visitors who may click on the resource box. Now where to submit this articles? One of the best is Ezine Articles. It works for me. Just try it.

3. Pay Per Click Advertising
This might be expensive but it is the quickest way to get quality traffic. Google Adwords, for me, is expensive. If you don't like to use money then just skip this step.

4. Social Media Sites
Nothing new here. Facebook, Twitter, Linkdn etc. bring in traffic. I have make Facebook to its full potential in creating quality traffic. I created a fan page and it brings me huge traffic. Most of the traffics here were temporary but It will bring you leads overnight. Do not also forget the power of YouTube! Create videos and have it watermark with your link.

5. Email Marketing
I actually suck at this and I actually pay someone to do it for me. Collecting emails is such a pain. But I learn a tactic on how to do it. Give free reports with exchange of their email addresses. That way you get repeat visitors. You can bombard them any offers you want. And oh don't be a spammer. That would make them unsubscribe. Write in your email viral messages, detailed information and make it at least once a week. That way you are making some bond with them and they might recommend you to their friends or co-workers.

That's it.  That was my top 5 traffic sources. How about you? Am I missing something important here? Tell me. I am interested to learn =)

8 Ways To Increase Blog Traffic

Everybody seems to be blogging nowadays. Either a way of living or just blogging. But without traffic, our blog is useless. We need readers to read our blog. So  I've prepared a no BS guide in increasing blog traffic.

Write good content. If people like the contents of your blog, there are more likely to return to your blog. It is always important to give useful information to your readers. Because nobody wants to read a blog with a garbage content. That is why content is always king!

Update often. Readers are coming back for more if you update your blog regularly. Not only your readers but also the search engines. Update regularly but do not rush to blog.

RSS feed. Provide a RSS feed for your blog. If you don't have better go to FeedBurner. Using RSS feed keep your readers updated.

Search Engine Optimization. Optimize your blog for the search engines. Search for your keywords and build relevant links for every pages of your blog. That will help your blog rank high on the search engines.

Use Social Bookmarking Sites.  Increase the exposure of your blog by submitting your articles to socila bookmarking websites such as Digg, Propeller, StumbleUpon, Reddit etc.

Comment on related blogs. Comment on blogs related to your topic. A single comment can help you gain thousands of visitors to your blog. Always leave useful comments and do not spam. By commenting, you are also building quality links to your blog.

Forums. Forums are the best place to promote our blog. People in forums interact and share informations on each other. Build relationships and connect with other people to promote your blog.

Guest Blogging. Writing for someone else's blog can help you get traffic. Especially if you are writing for a popular blog. This way you can also gain lots of backlinks and readership.

These are only basic ways in driving traffic to your blog. Feel free to try them all.