J David Macor

I have been working like crazy this summer to boost the traffic to this website. And it has been paying off. To accomplish this, I did a lot of reading at a ton of different websites about ways to get the traffic to flow. So to that end, I decided to share a few of these tips with you. And by a few, I mean 101! Now, I am not going to tack on the usual “year” to this list; these are timeless, buddy! So I hope that you find this to be an interesting read and that it helps to jumpstart your own stats.

101 Ways to Increase your Traffic

1. Write a “How to” post
2. Sign up for blog directories
3. Write Surefire Headlines
4. Promote you articles on Pownce
5. Answer every comment
6. Write a controversial post
7. Burn your feed
8. Participate in Blog Carnivals
9. Start your own Carnival
10. Post frequently
11. Link generously
12. Make your RSS feed prominent
13. Offer an E-Book
14. Start a complimentary podcast
15. Ask a question in you posts
16. Write a list post
17. Add a picture of yourself
18. Ask around to be a guest blogger
19. Post in forums
20. Buy a few Text Link Ads
21. Write about current events
22. Open your posts with a bang
23. Be witty in your posts
24. Write about celebrities
25. Sign up for every social network
26. Challenge other bloggers in a post
27. Ask for Diggs, etc.; just don’t be a jerk
28. Interview a fellow blogger
29. Write a series of posts
30. Add a list of related posts to your articles
31. Promote a contest
32. Offer subscriptions to comments
33. Find and encourage new bloggers; they will pay you back in links
34. Start a buzzword; like list-errific!
35. Start a Squidoo Lens
36. Read and re-read your posts for errors; then read it again…
37. Have a page of your most popular posts
38. Write about something that appeals to freakishly obsessed people
39. Claim your blog at Technorati
40. Break news in your niche
41. Optimize your site for search engines
42. Write a post about how to use feed readers
43. Offer a newsletter
44. Do some original research
45. Comment on a bazillion other blogs
46. Volunteer your services to other bloggers
47. Attend real world blogging events
48. Create a sitemap
49. Creat a community for your readers
50. Make a video and brand it with your blog’s address
51. Use at least one picture in every post
52. Answer questions on Yahoo Answers
53. Write in a new niche, then invite others to join; you will be the top expert
54. Tag all of your posts
55. Offer prizes for subscribing to your feed
56. Pay for a nice, unique theme
57. Write with long tail keywords in mind
58. Put out a press release
59. Start a forum for your niche
60. Link to your own posts
61. Hop aboard link trains
62. Have a search box that is easy to find
63. Put keywords in headings (h1, h2, etc.)
64. Create a page of tools for your readers
65. Offer link exchanges
66. Post relevant quizzes or surveys
67. Rant about some crappy service or product
68. Give away or sell branded swag
69. Rave about some crappy service or product
70. Draw and scan a stick figure cartoon (stumblers love that stuff)
71. Publish some home brewed statistics
72. Make a Google Group
73. Create a Adobe Flash game
74. Create a network of blogs in different niches, then link them together
75. Offer translations of your posts
76. Make a sweet Favicon
77. Be sure that your pages are valid
78. Think about anchor text when linking
79. Write anything positive about Apple
80. Write anything negative about Microsoft
81. Don’t write about Linux…
82. Make your own Chiclets
83. Give away stock images with a wee watermark of your URL
84. Start a Google AdWords campaign
85. Be very opinionated
86. Buy your own domain; you can afford 10 bucks a year…
87. Get some quality hosting
88. Tag your images too
89. Use Stumbleupon; it’s my personal fave
90. Create a Sidenotes section to post contests and other useless things
91. Write a few pillar articles
92. Remove your ads, then slowly reintroduce them
93. Create your own directory a la Yahoo
94. Make it so every post can be scanned
95. Create a WordPress theme
96. Create a WordPress plugin
97. Come up with some kind of award for others
98. Make some sort of illusion
99. Submit your beautiful site to CSS galleries
100. Use WordPress…
101. Find and discuss memes

Whew… that was exhausting. OK, so what did I miss?