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4 Ways to Promote a Blog For Increased Traffic

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So you have a blog, with a great Page Rank, lots of content, but no traffic. What  exactly can you do!

Having plenty of your own unique writing on a blog and building its Google Page Rank are good starting points, but neither actually guarantees that you will get a lot of traffic. You might have an impressive Page Rank that advertisers will pay a fortune to get a share of, but if used improperly, you might still not be getting traffic.

So, if you are struggling, take a look at these points to make sure that you are getting more traffic.

Research popular keywords
You can write all day long and build dozens of links to those posts for as long as you like, but if you are writing posts that do not cover well researched terms then you are limiting your search engine visitors to long search terms that just happen to crop up in your writing.

Instead, use tools such as Google’s Keyword Selector Tool to uncover keyword phrases that are relevant to your blog. Then build these keywords into the titles of your future posts and work the link building of your blog around these same terms. It is a two pronged approach – write content around the keyword and build links around them as well.

Guest blog!
By writing some high quality content, again keyword researched, and then offering it up to other bloggers as guest posts on their high traffic blogs, you might be able to get a share of their traffic. If your writing is good then a portion of the readers on that blog might click on the links in your biography and visit your own blog. The same does happen with the better article directories as well/

Get commenting
Placing comments on other peoples’ blogs is a good way of increasing blog traffic, when it is done correctly. Look around for blogs that are related to your blog theme, that have high traffic levels and are written to often. Then read their latest posts and if you have something to add to the post leave a comment.

But, make sure that the comment adds to the writing. Comments such as ‘Nice post, excellent writing.’ might be flattering, but do not add to the post and are likely to be deleted. But comments giving a different view or telling a story that adds to the post are likely to be approved. Once the comment is approved other bloggers might notice your comment and a lot of them, if they find your comment interesting, might call into your own blog.

Go to forums
Posting comments on forums can also be a good way to traffic. Either general forums where you are just chatting, or better still in support forums. Especially in support forums, you do not even need to keep name dropping your blog. Just make sure that you are showing your picture against each post and that your profile links to your website and this way I find that a lot of new visitors find their way to my blogs.

That is a few simple tips to promote a blog for increased traffic, I hope you find them useful!

Article Author – Keith Lunt

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Choosing an Effective Domain Name

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If you’re going to be in business, you are going to need to own your own domain name. Domain registration is so important. Here’s a collection of simple tips and advice to help you make smart domain name choices.

It use to be that having your own domain name added to the professionalism and legitimacy of your organization, branded you as a real business person, and made a great first impression. Nowadays nobody notices your domain name, unless you don’t happen to have one.

It always surprises me when I go to a networking event and someone gives me a business card with topsalesmantom@yahoo.com as their email address. This person might be very important. They might be a visionary leader and teacher. They might be a great business person, a generous philanthropist, and own a private island in the Caribbean. It doesn’t matter because the first impression I have of them is: “Amateur”.

A web site and an email address to match are the bare essentials for making a decent impression on someone new.

Domain Name Guidelines

So let’s get a domain name that will properly represent you. Here is what I recommend:

#1) Key words

Start with the key words your business revolves around. These key words are the words people will use to find your site or describe what your business will do for them. For example, “cleardebtnow.com” is taken, but try adding other key words in there and see what you can come up with:

Cleardebttoday.com
ClearyourdebtToday.com
StopForeclosureToday.com
ClearyourDebtToday.com

Using your list of key words will make your domain name descriptive. It’s a good thing if people can take one look at your domain name and know what your web site is about.

Using your key words will also make your domain name search engine friendly. Type some of your key words into the Google Keyword Tool to see how many people are searching those key words each month. I just purchased IncreaseMyWebsiteTraffic.com for use in marketing this web site. Type “increase web traffic” in the Google Keyword Tool and see how many people search for those key words each month. Between the phrases “increase web traffic”, “increase website traffic”, and “increase web site traffic” there are 40,000 searches for these terms a month. I’m getting me a piece of that action.

#2) Short and Simple

Keep your domain name as short and simple as possible. The shorter it is the easier it is to remember, type into a browser, and pass along to others. Many domain names are getting longer because the short and simple ones are largely taken.

I’ve taken to getting longer names (InternetListMarketingForBusiness.com) and then getting the acronym (ILMFB.com). Longer, more descriptive domain names are great for search engines and marketing online (after all, if you see the web address in an ad it doesn’t matter how long it is–you just click it and you’re there) and acronyms are what I use for offline marketing and email addresses (anyplace where people have to type something).

Try not to resort to strange spellings. You see these things a lot (EIT4U.com instead of EasyInternetTipsForYou.com). For the most part they are difficult to remember and when you say them out loud people never write them down correctly. InternetMarketingForBusinessOwners.com still works better than netmkting4bizonrs.com or something like that.

#3) .COM

Register a .com domain name. You can register a .net/.biz/.org etc… name if the .com is taken, but when people type in your web address they’ll either accidentally or purposely type in .com (accidentally because people type in .com out of habit, or purposely because people are curious what is there–either way you’re losing traffic to someone else’s site). The most popular site for this internationally seems to be Go.Daddy.com

#4) Register Many Names

Register multiple domain names. If you find a domain name that suits you then grab it. They’re inexpensive and you don’t want someone else getting it before you do. When someone else gets it first–that’s when it gets expensive.

Just ask a friend of mine. He found a domain name he really liked, started forming a marketing plan around the name and even named the company after the domain name, and a month later went to purchase it and it was taken. He had to negotiate with the new owner and ended up paying $1,500 for it. You don’t have to register .COM sites. Search engines also like .NET and .INFO.

I own dozens of domain names for many different purposes. If a domain name strikes my fancy, I go and get it. Some of them I haven’t ended up using, but for $10/year I’m not complaining.

#5) Affiliates and Network Marketers

If you’re an affiliate/network marketer of a company I’ve got some special directions on finding domain names and building your own site. Guidance on how to do this can be found on this site.

A video guide on registering, hosting and setting up money making blogs can be found here.

Conclusion

If you can come up with something simple and descriptive with a .com after it, you’ve got a winner. Put some time into this process. I’ve told you in previous tutorials to just grab a domain name so you can get started. That’s fine for getting started, but once you’ve solidified your business vision, figured out your key words, and know how you’re going to advertise your site, domain names that supports these activities becomes very important.

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