101 HOT Underground Traffic Tips Brought to you by: http://blogforleads.blogtrafficbootcamp.com -Andrea Bolder Hey guys, For those of you who know me, youʼll know that I am completely obsessed with all things online marketing =) I get a kick out of testing new traffic generation methods, squeeze pages, headlines and content syndication strategies. Business it a game and when you know to play it you also figure out how to bend the rules a bit. And one of my favorite things to do it get a up close and personally with other BIG TIME TRAFFIC GURUS so I can essentially swipe their knowledge and expertise. Fortunately, Iʼve developed relationships with a ton of online marketers who are just killing it in their online businesses and have been able to bounce off ideas and mastermind with some really awesome people in our industry. So in this report, Iʼd like to share with you some of the golden nuggets Iʼve been able to learn over the years. You see, this month Iʼve generated enough traffic to create consist $1000 days online and so I though it might be fun to share the underground traffic sources I tap into. You see the key to massive success online is getting a little bit here and a little bit there. It all adds up to an avalanche of unstoppable targeted traffic that makes you money on autopilot. So without further ado, hereʼs a behind-the-scenes look at my own killer traffic strategies. The Top 101 Traffic Strategies we use to make it all come together....
Traffic is the lifeline of your online business and it is one of the most important pieces to a successful blog. It doesnʼt matter how awesome your content is if not body sees it. You have to know how to drive a constant stream of high-quality targeted traffic to your blog content. This post was designed to be a go-to resource giving you 101 ways by which you can Drive Unstoppable Traffic To Your Blog. There is a big difference between traffic and targeted traffic and it is better to get highquality traffic than tons of visitors that are not 100% vested in the type of content you create. Before you begin to take action on implementing a blog traffic campaign, your first step to is set goals. It is important that you know the following: • • • • • •
Who are the people that will be best served from my content? What problems and challenges do they face? Can the information I provide help them solve there problems? How much traffic do I need to drive to my blog each day to generate X amount of income? What products and services will I recommend or promote? How will I convert visitors to leads?
For example, if you are building traffic for your new “information product” site you want to attract visitors who not only need your product but have the means to buy your
product. Using your time and money attracting visitors who do not have purchasing power is a sure way to kill your business fast. The same applies to your blog. You want laser targeted traffic from the search engines and social media networks that convert into sales. Ask yourself the following test questions: Money Question – Is there anyone out there already promoting something similar? Passion Question – Is my prospect experiencing BIG pain or BIG desire s/he wants to eliminate or satisfy? Urgency Question – Is my prospect already actively looking for solutions? Access Question – Are there enough people looking for this solution AND can I easily find and reach them online. If the answer is yes to all of these questions, then you are working within a niche that is capable to driving the type of traffic that will make you money. So now that we have determined that there is traffic to be gained, letʼs start with my traffic generation list for your blog. As I come across additional sources for traffic…I will add them to the list. Again, feel free to bookmark this page or print this list out so you can reference it in the future.
101 Unstoppable ways to drive blog traffic 1. Create quality content: Content is the new currency. The actual content within your website is extremely important when it comes to web traffic. You MUST keep your content fresh, unique and keyword rich. Search engines can distinguish between junk sites loaded with poor content so that they can get better rankings and high quality content sites. So whatever you do, keep your content relevant, keep it high quality and make sure you get your keyword phrases in without sacrificing the overall experience of your readers. 2. Guest post on other blogs: Guest blogging is one of the fastest ways to start driving laser-targeted traffic to your website. Please do not underestimate the power of this technique. • There are a TON of benefits to guest blogging… • High Quality Backlinks • Increased Exposure to Social Media • Networking Power – Building a blogging alliance • Boosts your Brand & Reputation (Authority by association) • Increased Exposure in the Search Engines 3. Comment on other related blogs:
Blog commenting is a very easy way to generate FREE backlinks and build your influence as an expert in your niche. Donʼt be afraid to jump into the community and make insightful comments…comments that will really stand out and add value. 4. Optimize your blog for search engines: Making your posts rich with targeted keywords or keyword phrases allows you to attract specific types of traffic to your site, but because there are now a lot more savvy marketers using article marketing and SEO to drive traffic, we have to use new kinds of keywords, such as ʻlong tailʼ keywords. You can generate keywords with Googleʼs keyword tool but they are not really long tail keywords, use it as a guide and extend on them a little. Other keyword tools which will give you better long tail keywords are Market Samurai and also SEOBook Keyword Tools. 5. Forum marketing: Most people discount forum marketing because theyʼre too busy searching for the next futuristic strategy. But Iʼm here to tell you that forum marketing is one of the FASTEST ways to drive laser-targeted traffic to your website. Forums put you DIRECTLY in front of your target market and it is a high return on investment type of activity. You can literally have traffic on tap within 5 minutes. Make sure to include a link to your blog in your signature. 6. Write 101 list posts like this: People love exhaustive lists that share a ton of value. Just make sure your lists are useful and not filled with wording that is repetitive just to make the post longer. 7. Write 10 tips posts: Obviously a shorter version of a 101 list. These posts drive lots of traffic because they are quick and give the visitor that impression that they can get a problem solved or learn something in a few easy steps. 8. Publish a Top List Post: There types of post actually require you to do a little bit of research. This is a list that shares the “best of” something instead of just random items. If you are doing a “Top 10 Bloggers” type of post make sure to include images and links back to the bloggers site. You will also want to let them know youʼve added them to your list – itʼs a great way to get them to share it with their network. 9. Join blogging communities: Post to sites like BloggersBase, Blokube and BlogEngage. 10. Submit your blog to content syndication sites like:
Inbound.org, alltop.com, affbuzz.com, affdaily.com, instructables.com and technorati. 11. Use Press releases: If your online business has done anything “newsworthy” lately, improved or added a product, or you are just starting out and want to announce the launching of your brand and/or website, then you are in a position to benefit from writing and distributing a press release. Increasing search engine rankings can be a very valuable marketing tool to a small business and press release marketing offers a cost-effective (how does free sound?) vehicle for such a marketing initiative. 12. Want to get FREE PR? Work on getting covered by the media through sites like Help A Reporter Out. – this alone can help you gain a lot of traffic. HARO connects news sources with bloggers and other experts looking for their expertise. 13. Create a bloggers network or alliance: What does a blogging alliance actually do? Here are some examples: • • • • • • • • •
Members link to each other. Comment on each otherʼs blogs. Retweet each otherʼs content. Stumble each otherʼs content. Promote each otherʼs Facebook Fan Pages. Swap guest posts. Blog challenges. Weekly/Monthly Roundups Interviews. And much more…
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14. Post your content to the Top Tutorial Sites online: Tutorial sites are a HUGE, untapped traffic source online. Especially if you publish articles regarding internet marketing, wordpress, SEO, graphic design, web development, programming, or business development. Visit sites like tutorialized.com as they can send you thousands of visitors per article. 15. Create a FREE report about how to drive traffic to blog: Every online business whether you are a blogger, affiliate marketer or small business owner needs traffic. Share your tried and tested strategies with others. People like other bloggers who share the secret instead of keeping it to themselves. Here is an example of a FREE report I created to drive traffic to my blog- “Blog Traffic Bootcamp“. Itʼs helped me add tons of new subscribers and increased sales. 16. Advertise your blog on craiglist. 17. Build your email list with Aweber: The money is in the list and email marketing is a great way to share your blog content with targeted audience. Loyal fans will also share and promote your blog with their own networks. 18. Add your blog URL in your email signature: A great tool to use is a simple addon called Wisestamp. 19. Submit your blog to feed directories: These sites can distribute your blog posts to a number of sites increasing your blog traffic. 20. Create a podcast: Create value packed podcasts to promote your blog, brand, products and services. 21. Create SEO videos related to your niche: Leverage the viral power of video sharing sites such as YouTube and Viddler. You can mass distribute your videos by using a service like tubemogul.com, trafficgeyser or pixelpipe. 22. Add your blog url to your business card. 23. Use Facebook Ads: Advertise your blog using Facebook Ads. Create a ad that offers a free report and direct leads back to your blog.
24. Use Twitter: Create a twitter account, build up your Twitter followers using tools like TweetAdder and start tweeting your blog posts (make sure to use #hashtags). 25. Promote on LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a great place to drive traffic. Post your blog in groups, add a link to your Business Page and share individual blog posts i the LinkedIn Answers section that can be beneficial to others. 26. Facebook of course! Once you have published your blog post the natural step is to let everyone know itʼs there. Share your content on your Facebook timeline and in groups related to your niche. 27. YouTube: Turn your blog post into a short video tutorial or slideshow and upload it to YouTube. Make sure to add a link back to the related blog post. 28. Pin your blog pictures to Pinterest: Any images or infographics you create and add to your blog posts can be shared on Pinterest. When you pin a photo a URL will be attached that links back to your blog. 29. Write Link-bait posts: Link bait is a piece of content placed on a web page – whether itʼs a useful article, a unique blog post, picture, that people react to by linking to or sharing with others. Here is a cool picture to give you a visual of how link bait works. 30. Submit your posts to blog carnivals: A good place to start is BlogCarnival.com. 31. Blog Pinging: Always ping your blog after writing your blog posts using a site like Pingler or pingomatic (Ping O Matic) - this can lead to an inflow of blog traffic. 32. Advertise your blog using a paid marketing method like Google Adwords. 33. Make use of trackbacks:
A trackback is a form of “blog conversation” that links two or more relevant blog entries together. 34. Hold a Contest Everybody loves FREE swag! Start a blog contest and get more real targeted subscribers. You will be amazed with the response which you usually get for contest. You can always start with 1-2 free domain giveaway. 35. Enter a JV Giveaway JV Giveaway Events are carried out mainly in the Internet Marketing niche, and a Giveaway is a site where multiple marketers contribute a free gift. This can be free ebooks, reports, videos, membership passes, software, audios, etc…Then all of the contributors promote the Giveaway Event to their individual email list, which puts your offer in front of a fresh audience of thousands. Your offer is listed among all of the other contributors. 36. Write a blog post containing pictures only: What a clever and creative way to craft a blog post. Create an infographic or series of images and share it on social bookmarking sites and image sharing sites like Pinterest. 37. Make a video posts: Video Blogging is great way to create a viral blog site. 38. Create a Squidoo lens: Create a lens that is rich with relevant keywords you talk about on your blog. 39. Create a mobile version of your blog: Use wordpress applications such as WPTouch to cater to people who only browse from their mobile phones. 40. Create an iPhone app for your blog: iPhones applications are very popular and what better way to drive traffic than through your own cool application 41. Create a keyword-rich hubpages hub for your blog: Creating Hubpages (similar to squidoo pages) are great ways to increase traffic to your site. 42. Participate in online groups like Google Groups.
43. Always submit your posts to Stumbleupon. 44. Advertise your blog using the stumbleupon ads: The more people like your ad, the more free traffic you can get. 45. Advertise your blog with LinedIn Ads 46. Advertise your Blog with Twitter Ads 47. Submit your blog to blog directories: This is great especially if you are a new blog. Hereʼs and article from Search Engine Journal that lists 23 Blog Directories To Submit Your Blog To. 48. Submit your blog to website directories 49. Submit articles to article directories: Articles are one of the most effective ways to gain targeted web traffic. In order to maximize the articles you write, simply submit your articles to all the top article directories. If you are consistent, you will quickly begin to see a difference in the type of traffic coming through your site. 50. Add your blog posts to ning communities: Visit Ning.com and you can contribute articles within EVERY Ning community and they are displayed on the FRONT PAGE. Powerful! 51. Submit to Docu-Sharing Sites: Document sharing is a great way to attract targeted traffic to your product, services and sales pages. Turn your blog posts into a powerpoint slide and upload it to document sharing sites such as: • • • • • • •
slideshare.net issuu.com docstoc.com wepapers.com yudu.com scribd.com calameo.com
52. Write an “Ultimate Guide” to a hot topic: When I created Blog Traffic Bootcamp – The Ultimate Guide To Unstoppable Blog Traffic which I had not idea how viral the content would get and it has lead to more retweets, shares, sales and traffic.
53. Stir up a little bit of controversy: Creating a controversial blog post is an effective method to get attention and drive traffic. Just be careful not to make people too mad. 54. Add social sharing buttons to your blog: There are a number of plugins such as Digg Digg, ShareThis and Shareaholic that will help you get more traffic when people share your posts. at the end of all posts, preferably) – you will get more traffic when people share your posts. 55. Submit your blog posts to niche social news sites: In addition to sites like BloggersBase.com, Blokube.com, and BlogEngage.com, there are also tons of niche social sites online that can send you a TON of highly targeted traffic. Submit your content to the following sites to drive more traffic back to your blog. • • • • • • • • • •
Sphinn ImNewsWatch.com Serpd.com Tipd.com BizSugar.com BetterNetworker.com DesignBump.com DesignFloat.com Tutorialized.com Pixel2Life.com
56. Join a Tribe: Consider sites like Triberr and TribePro to get viral syndication of your content.
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57. Have a facebook fan page for your blog: If you blog is separate from your personal brand you may want to consider creating a separate fan page 58. Promote your blog on your local television station. 59. Advertise your blog on your local radio station. 60. Advertise your blog on your local newspaper or magazine. 61. Always use tags in your posts: Make sure you put in keyword rich tags, put in your main keyword, and any related keywords. Also include your name and company name as a tag so that you and or your company pops up when people start searching for you. 62. Get listed in DMOZ: This is an open directory site that is well respected by Google. Getting your blog listed can improve your rankings in Google and other search engines overnight, thereby leading to more traffic. 63. Advertise your site with various online yellow pages. 64. Write a post featuring the top influencers in your niche: Write a top 5 affiliate marketing blogs or a smartest social media marketers post. You始ll be surprised at how this can attract their attention. They might retweet the post and you will get some traffic. 65. Be the first to cover breaking news: If there is something big going on in your industry. Jump on it. If you can be a source of up to date stories big blogs like techcrunch will cover it later and link to you as the source. 66. Contribute your expertise to sites like yahoo answers: Answer questions on yahoo answers and use your blog or a specific blog post as the source or reference. 67. Write magnetic headlines: What good is it to create awesome content if you can始t get people to click on your post. Draw traffic on with a killer headline. 68. Create a Q&A post of top bloggers or experts:
Contact 10-15 bloggers and ask them a question about a common challenge in the industry. For example: What would you do if you had to start a blog all over again. Ask the same questions, compile all their answers into a post and ask them to share it with their readers. 69. Conduct in-depth interviews the top bloggers in your niche: Record an interview with an industry leader and ask the people you interview to share the link to the audio. You can also get the audio transcribed and create a blog post from it. 70. Write posts in relation to celebrities: Example: 9 Words of Wisdom From Sir Richard Branson on Building a Business 71. Capitalize on Amazon reviews: Review products related to your niche on Amazon and then link to your blog in your review. 72. Submit to Digg: While Digg is not as powerful as it once was it is still a good way to generate traffic. Look at the popular posts on Digg and create posts that are similar. 73. Do a blog comparing top services, products or business opportunities in your niche. 74. Review popular blogs and websites related to your niche on Alexa and try to link back to your site in the review. 75. Add a discussion forum to your blog. 76. Make sure you have a visible RSS feed button: Make sure your readers subscribe to your feed, this will bring about more repeat visitors (which is worth more than one-time visits). 77. Leverage social media: Use social media to network and build your influence through engaging and connecting with like-minded people. Create accounts on every social networking site and post a link to your latest article everyday (this alone will get you hundreds of views to your articles daily and more backlinks to increase your search engine rankings). You can automate this with submission tools like Onlywire. 78. Join a mastermind:
Sometimes you have to buy your influence. Join a mastermind and align yourself with successful people in the industry. 79. Proofread your blog content before publishing: Itʼs important to create a clean, professional site for your visitors and one critical step is making sure your blog content reads well. People wonʼt link to unprofessional articles. Here is a checklist of steps you should take before you hit publish. 80. Create an affiliate program: If youʼve created an information product, one of the best ways to skyrocket sales and drive traffic to your blog and product pages is to develop an affiliate program. 81. Partner with a non-profit organization or charity and give them a link to your blog: Not only will this promote your site youʼll be aligning yourself with a great cause. Hereʼs the charity I support – World Education Foundation. 82. Build a very useful tool, software or application: This will not only make you money but it will lead to more people linking to your website too. 83. Host regular webinars: Webinars are a great way to attract traffic. Make sure you promote your event through social media channels and partner with other industry leaders to leverage their audience as well. 84. Open up your site to guest bloggers: Try to have guest posters on your blog – Some of my high traffic posts are from guest authors. 85. Host local meetups and workshops: Building a local following can translate to huge influxes of traffic to your blog if you are able to direct them there for additional resources. 86. Do free blogging seminars and clinics: Partner with other experts in your area and work together to invite people, using the free seminar as an opportunity to advertise your blog. 87. Embed your blog videos for hundreds of extra views:
There are lots of sites that allow you to embed your videos for further promotion. One of the coolest sites is WonderHowTo.com. If you have a “How To” video on YouTube, Viddler, MetaCafe, or any video site that gives you an embed code, then you can post it to WonderHowTo and get hundreds of extra views on your video. Some other sites where you can embed your video to include: • http://www.flixya.com • http://www.spike.com • http://www.instructables.com • http://www.myspace.com • http://www.magnify.net/sites/categories • http://www.myvidster.com (Social Bookmarking for Videos) • http://www.infectiousvideos.com/ • http://www.videosift.com • http://www.tagged.com • http://www.wonderhowto.com • http://www.nowpublic.com • http://www.vodpod.com 89. Create a wordpress plugin: What better way to drive traffic to your site than to have thousands of people downloading your awesome wordpress plugin. 90. Place Banner Ads: Banner advertising is used as a highly cost effective method for driving targeted traffic to your blog, product and services. Banners allow you to display your ad over a period of time, increasing the chances that a prospect will see your ad and remember it. 91. Use Mobile Ads: Mobile marketing is an emerging trend that is giving online marketers a new opportunity to cash in on. Not only can you market your business, product or services using mobile marketing strategies, you can sell information and drive traffic right from a smartphone. 92. Get creative with Ad Swaps: Ad swapping is another excellent method you can use to gain traffic to your website, or more commonly used to gain subscribers to your list, which in turn gives you more traffic. If this is done correctly it is a very simple and effective method of traffic building. 93. Buy Solo Ads: Solo ads are a quick and effective way to get visitors to your website. Solo Ads allow you to send a solo email to someone ELSEʼS subscriber list. Meaning that you are able to get your squeeze page in front of thousands of people for just a couple hundred bucks.
94. Create a blog challenge 95. Create a survey: Run a poll or survey about a popular subject and publish the result out for the public to see – this will lead to backlinks and traffic. 96. Newsletter Syndication: If you are not quite ready to jump into the game of paid advertising you can essentially get solo ads for FREE by submitting an article to be published in their newsletter. Think of it as guest posting for email lists instead of blogs. 97. Repurpose Your Blog Content: Content repurposing allows you to take one piece of content and use it across multiple online marketing channels to drive more traffic with less work. Click here to get a list of 30+ ways to repurpose your content to find targeted buyers and drive sales. 98. Link, link, link: Show the love to other industry leaders by creating posts that link to 10-15 at a time. If you do this consistently you will begin to get more inbound links and more traffic. 99. Always do keyword research before you write your posts: Many people are missing a lot of search engine traffic because of this. Keywords are crucial to getting your content found online….to a certain point! There is a huge difference between just overloading your website with tons of keywords and providing valuable content your readers can actually use. What I mean is that there must be a balance between strategic keyword placement that gets you to the top of the search engines and valuable content that keeps your visitors connected and coming back for more. 100. Use a Sitemap: To increase the links within your site create a sitemap. A ʻsitemapʼ is basically a page in your website that has links to every single page on your website. If you are running a WordPress blog, using a plugin such a Google XML Sitemaps will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo and Ask.com to better index your blog. With such a sitemap, itʼs much easier for the crawlers to see the complete structure of your site and retrieve it more efficiently. The plugin supports all kinds of WordPress generated pages as well as custom URLs. Additionally it notifies all major search engines every time you create a post about the new content.
101. Thank You Traffic: Take the time to thank your visitors, thank your email lists, thank your customers and followers. When you thank those that help you and show your appreciation to those who contribute to your success, it will help you solidify relationships and partnerships that continue to have an impact on your business in a positive way. BONUS TIPS to Drive more Unstoppable Traffic to Your Blog 1. The only way to get more traffic is to do everything in this post. Read it, do it, share it!
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