In my last post, I introduced the subject of sticky blog traffic, i.e. traffic that sticks after it has visited your blog. In this post, I will look at the best sources for gaining sticky blog traffic, the holy grail of building your blog traffic.

In my opinion, there are not too many ways to get sticky blog traffic, but once you achieve these you’ll be well on your way to blogging success. Here are the best ways to get sticky blog traffic to your blog:

 

Search Engine Traffic

Getting search engine traffic to your blog is the number one way to gain a repeat audience. If someone is looking for information within your niche and they find you through the search engines, you have a fantastic opportunity to convert that reader into a repeat visitor. By providing great information within a certain topic for your potential readers, you can ‘showcase’ your ability to engage your readers while at the same time answer their original question.

This highlights the importance of on-page SEO for each of your blog posts, i.e. making sure your keywords for a particular post are relevant and optimally placed. You want your potential audience to find you in the search engines for the phrase your post is tailored for. In this way, you can be sure that your post will be relevant to your readers.

Blog Commenting

Commenting on other blogs can also be a good way to gain a relevant and recurring audience for your own blog. By commenting on other blogs which compliment your own, you have a chance to ‘tap in’ to that particular blogs audience. If someone clicks through to your blog via a comment you left on another blog, there’s a good chance that they are interested in your blog niche.

By leaving thoughtful comments which expand on the original authors article, you’ll have a better chance of his / her readers clicking on the link to your own blog. If I’m reading comments on other blogs, I’m more likely to click on their link back to their own blog if I find the comment informative / interesting / controversial, or all three!

Forum Traffic

I spoke about this method in one of my previous posts. Joining a forum which is relevant to your niche, and participating on a regular basis, can bring a steady flow of sticky traffic to your blog.

The same rule applies here as commenting on other blogs, i.e. be helpful, informative, make your forum posts fun to read and be controversial now and again! This will ensure that you’ll get click-throughs to your own blog through your signature link. And the people who click through will already be interested in your blogs niche, which increases the chances of gaining repeat visitors.

 

The three methods outlined above are the best sources for gaining long-term, relevant, sticky blog traffic to your own blog.

These three all have one thing in common: whenever potential sticky blog traffic arrives at your blog through these sources, you can pretty much guarantee that they are already interested in your niche. All you have to do to convince them to return in future is to provide great content. Simple!!

Related blog post(s):

Sticky Blog Traffic - An Introduction
The Worst Sources For Sticky Blog Traffic

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