Archive for the 'External Blog Traffic Tips' Category

The Best Article Directories To Use

So what are the best article directories to use for your article submissions?  Im my previous blog post on article directories (Article Directories - Quality Over Quantity?), I put forward the theory that it is better to submit your articles to a handful of popular article directories, as opposed to dozens and dozens of directories, regardless of [...]

Article Directories - Quality Over Quantity?

In one of my previous posts on article marketing, I provided a list of article directories where you could submit your articles. Over the last few weeks, I have refined the list of article directories which I use. I now use the following article directories (each link opens in a new window):
Article Nexus
Article Dashboard
Article Cube
Ezine [...]

Commenting On Other Blogs

Commenting on other blogs and websites can bring enormous benefits to your blog if done in the correct manner. Benefits of blog commenting include:
- Increasing your blog presence;
- Raising your awareness of different subjects, and;
- Creating valuable backlinks to your blog.
By commenting on other blogs, you are making both the blog owner and his / [...]

Google Alerts - Stay Tuned To Your Niche

In my previous post on creating a blog network, one of my readers left a comment about how he stays in tune with his niche by using Google Alerts. I hadn’t heard of using Google Alerts before this, but I have looked into it and it seems to be a great way to keep up [...]

Writing Articles For Blog Traffic - Update

In my previous post on article writing, I said that by writing articles and submitting them to the various article directories, you stand to gain:
- Valuable backlinks to your blog, and;
- Free exposure for your blog.
At the time of writing, I have submitted five different articles to ten different popular article directories. Once they have [...]

Creating A Blog Network - Multi-Blogging!

Keeping your blog up to date by regularly publishing new posts is a fairly time-consuming process. So I’ve been amazed (and hugely impressed) by reading about different bloggers who maintain more than one blog, from 2 or 3 blogs up to 7 or 8 blogs, or more! Wow! I mean, I tip my hat to [...]

Blogging Forums - Get Yourself Known!

With the best will in the world, it’s going to be a long, hard journey to get your blog noticed on the internet if no-one knows it exists!
I’ve talked about different methods of getting traffic to your blog by way of things like pinging your blog, using plugboards, writing articles etc etc, and another means [...]

Pinging Your Blog

There’s a lot to be said for pinging your blog. But first, what do I mean when I say ping your blog? Well, imagine there was a quick and easy way to inform dozens of different websites that you’ve created a new post? That would be a good way to bring attention to your blog, [...]

Article #1 - An Introduction To Plugboards

The use of plugboards to promote your blog is a relatively new means of advertising, but one which has gained a lot of momentum over the past few months.
So what is a plugboard and how does it work? A plugboard is a widget which you can paste into your blog via a script. Visitors to [...]

Writing Articles For Maximum Blog Exposure

A great way to generate traffic to your blog is by writing articles and submitting them to the many article directories online. For example, I have just written an article (around 750 words) on the subject of plugboards, and am currently in the process of signing up with a few article directories in order to [...]