Before I get to my solutions on how to get more blog traffic, let me ask you a question:
Are you writing your content to be helpful? Don’t get me wrong – it’s great that you want more business. But, if your blog is all about click-through rates and opting into lists – it will be obvious. Like the old saying: If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. If your blog is all about click-through rates and opting into lists - it will be obvious. Like the old saying: If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. Click To Tweet Here’s the good news… If you write your blog to be truly helpful – without expecting something in return – you will build a tribe and eventually get what you want. It might not be gangbusters overnight, but you will attract people who like your approach. That will happen. With that caveat out of the way … Here’s a quick summary of all 25 points on how to get more blog traffic – Slideshare style:Here’s my favourite (all white-hat) 25 tips on how to get more blog traffic without breaking the bank or staying up all night.
- Know this is important work and publish on a regular basis. Once a month is much, much better than – as Tim Urban puts it: We publish every sometime.
- Write shorter posts. If you insist on writing Ulyssey’s-length essays you might be losing a lot of readers.
- Notice what works and do more of that (this is my fav. overall strategy – read this).
- Write in the second person (“you”, “your”, not “me”) – after all, every reader cares most about themself.
- Write about your failings. “Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker.” Denis Waitley
- Share on social media (hey! we can do that for you).
- Take a risk – like write a short post (#2), admit you suck as something (#5), take a bold stand (#19), or start with a personal story (#24).
- Do (just a bit of) research. As a minimum, use a tool like buzzsumo to find top ranking blog posts on your topic.

With a little strategy and some hard work I was able to increase my traffic 142% in one year.
- Be funny (at the very least choose a funny image.)
- Write stuff people will want to link to.
- Be remarkable.
- Don’t interrupt your writing with a lot of links (except for this post, of course.)
- Keep adding to your idea pile (I use Evernote and tag them as ‘unused blog posts’ to capture ideas on the fly.)
- Kill and bury old, low traffic blog posts. This is a good SEO strategy, but also good for your readers.
- Edit ruthlessly. Pro writer’s tip: don’t start editing until you have completed the first draft.
- Experiment with your blog on video, SlideShare, illustrations, cartoons or finger paint.
- Be patient! Great content with some promotion will attract the readers you want.
- Quote bloggers with big followings (then let them know on social media).
- Take a stand—a strong voice will cut through the Internet fog and, like a search light, will find the readers you want.
- Make it easy for readers to share your blog. We use the floating share button from sumo.
- Ask your readers to do something. Like add a comment, share the post or download a guide.
- Read lots of inspiring blogs. “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” Stephen King
- Don’t be boring. That’s worth repeating: don’t be boring. There.
- Tell stories.
- Assume every day is a new beginning because you always have new readers.

I love sharing stories to demonstrate points of view. Thanks for the reminder to check out the old blog posts that have passed their value time. Time to retire them or repurpose in a different context.
Your old blog posts can be gold. The trick is to start with the ones (Google Analytics is the only way to know this) that have been getting the most traffic. I would change my date setting in analytics to the past 6 months, pick the top 3 and then go to work.
Posting regular contents, keywords, and website optimization are the key factors to improve your traffic. Social sites can generate massive visits if we are sharing the links at the peak time. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
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