How to increase your blog traffic and views

Getting Traffic and hence more Views on a blog has proved to be one of the challenging task that faces bloggers. Many bloggers give up, simply because they can’t attract enough traffic to enable them monetize their blogs. Though it may seem a challenging task to promote your blog, it is easier if you understand what you are supposed to do from the word go.

7 Ways to increase traffic to your blog

You should make it a habit to promote all new posts that you publish, don’t assume that readers will visit your site because you have good content. Successful bloggers are those that promote their content to reach wider audience while maintaining high quality content. Some of the ways to enable you get more views and traffic to your blog include: 

Linking your blog to other blogs

Blogging is all about engaging with other bloggers especially in the same niche and interacting in online discussions. When you link a blog post, the blogger will likely find your blog through their stats or a pingback. They may visit your blog to find out more about what you’ve written and comment. Some may even subscribe!

Blog on a regular basis

It is proven that blogs that have more frequent and regular posting schedules tend to develop an audience quicker. Therefore it is advisable to pick particular days say Monday and Wednesday in a week, or Once in a week when your audience know that you will publish a post and they will likely be on look out for a new post from you.

Let people know about your posts

Here you can use your email list, just create a campaign where you email out your new blog post to your list or even if you don’t have an email list but you have people you have a close relationship through friendship, simply drop them a short email with a link to your blog post.

Promote your posts on social media

You can set up your blog publishing features so that when you publish your posts, they are automatically shared to your social networks like Facebook, Twitter or G+ and your followers can see them in their feeds. You can also share in Groups in the same niche as yours.

Have search engines index your blog

Have the settings in your dashboard set correctly to enable search engines index your site. This can be accessed through Settings>Reading in your site’s dashboard.

Bring in your family & friends

You can add to your audience by encouraging your family and friends to read your blog. This can be done in person or by sending them reminder emails when you make updates.

Pay for traffic to your blog

This maybe like the last option, but it works in some few cases, especially when you selling products online, or you want your brand name to be known.

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The bottom line

The above methods can work, but for you to develop a large following it may take time.  Note that, building a wider audience of engaged and loyal readers takes time therefore don’t worry when you don’t see results in the short-term. Keep on working, and it won’t be long before you see the large positive swing in your traffic.

Related: 8 Reasons your blog traffic is very low

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121 responses to “How to increase your blog traffic and views”

  1. Great tips! I need to focus on promoting more…

    1. Hi Amy, promoting content after publishing is key to succeeding online.

  2. Yes! Good recommendations! I still have to make my family try to follow my stuff, I personally don’t like to ask my close ones to follow me… but at least mom and dad!

    1. Hi, yes building a following from family and friends is one of the easy ways you can market your blog.

  3. Yes! I need to start taking some of these tips into action, thanks for sharing!

  4. I’m curious as when you say to pay for traffic – what advertising do you recommend?

    1. You can start with Blaze provided by WordPress.com.

  5. All great tips. Diversifying and promoting to get seen, is crucial. I use all of these methods and a few others.

    1. Hi, true! Content promotion is key to succeeding online.

  6. Angie's Roost Avatar
    Angie’s Roost

    Yes! Especially to the promoting a blog post part. I find that with my blog I’ll get lazy and not promote posts and the traffic drop is noticeable. I heard someone say they spend more time promoting posts than they do creating new blog content. It’s SO true. Thanks for this post. I’m glad I came across it.

    1. Hi Angie, content promotion is key to succeeding online. You can have the best content, but it doesn’t reach the intended audience, then it will just remain the best content to those who have only seen it.

  7. I’d like to know more about linking the blog to other blogs… thanks!

  8. This is exactly the article I needed to read today!

    1. Hi Pantea, glad you found this article helpful!

  9. What great tips! I bookmark to your site because I will definitely come back and read it more thoroughly!

    1. Hi Antoinette, glad to get your feedback. Thanks for reading.

  10. Thanks for this post. Looks like I will have to work to make some changes in how I do things.

    1. Hi Catherine, am glad you have learned some blogging tips from this post. You are welcome.

  11. Some excellent, common sense tips here. And you’re right about the amount of time it takes to build up a readership.
    Thanks for sharing.

    1. Hi, thanks for dropping by. Glad you found this post useful.

  12. These are great tips. I definitely think having set days you release a post always helps. Not only so readers know when to expect something new to read but also because you get into a routine of promoting your work too.

    1. Hi, Kelly, yes being consistent is key. Thanks for your feedback.

  13. lindseydelossantos Avatar
    lindseydelossantos

    Thank you for these tips as I try to find ways to get my blog out there to reach more readers. My intent is to help people. Linking my blog to others would be a new strategy. Thank you!

    1. You are welcome Lindsey!

  14. Life By Deanna Avatar
    Life By Deanna

    Great tips! It’s hard when you first get started but these are awesome ways to increase your views!

    1. Hi Deanna, glad you found this useful.

  15. Amazing tips, definitely collaborating with other bloggers is essential..

    1. Hi, am grateful for your visit.

  16. As a new blogger this was super helpful. Thank you 🙂

    1. Hi Belle, thanks for reading.

  17. You mention some important tips and I think a crucial one is consistency. In the beginning is easy to get discouraged but we have to understand it takes time to generate traffic.
    Having an e-mail list is also important (more than social media) and of course, like you said, backlinks.Thanks for the article.

    1. Hi Mayra, I really appreciate your insightful feedback. Yes consistency is key!

  18. Super helpful advice, it is so easy to expect people to just find your blog and read it but it does take some work x x

  19. Very simple, yet effective ways to get traffic!

    1. Hi Samantha, thanks for dropping by!

  20. These are simple and effective ways to get traffic to a blog. Thanks for sharing!

  21. It is extremely important to promote your blog post but the most important is to produce content that people want to read and content that is helpful.

  22. It is extremely important to backlink and alert people whenever you make a blog post. I would always tweet and tag individuals who are discussed in my post with the thought they would retreat me.

  23. I enjoy your site very much and find many interesting, informative, and useful information every time I visit!

    1. Hi Shirley, am grateful for your feedback. Welcome.

    2. It is hard to be patient, but thanks for the ideas

      1. Hi, thanks for reading.

  24. Very helpful advice. This is a great post you have written.

    1. Hey Marianne, am grateful for the positive feedback. Welcome.

  25. Danica Anne Panganiban Avatar
    Danica Anne Panganiban

    these are all noted. I am on my second month of blogging and struggling to increase traffic.

    1. Hi Danica, thanks for visiting. It takes time. Don’t worry.

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