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101 Ways to Jumpstart Your Traffic


08.27.07 Posted in How To, Noteworthy, Top Lists by jdmacor

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

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?



11 Responses to “101 Ways to Jumpstart Your Traffic”

  1. [...] 101 Ways to Jumpstart Your Traffic » This Summary is from an article posted at J David Macor.com on Monday, August 27, 2007 This [...]

  2. Great Post, thx for this ! ;)

  3. Navdeep says:

    super cool and nice list.

  4. Bontb says:

    David,

    What is this university update , I block them each time lol. They try to rss my feeds as well.

    Btw cool tips tho. Would you mind if I copy and paste them and write about your blog?

  5. Revada says:

    lol – “Write anything negative about Microsoft”. Nice post, I’ll have to write a few of these down for later (or maybe print it out would be easier):)

  6. Milk says:

    Great Post, thx for this !

  7. Great List, however did you really do all those things? If you did how much did your traffic increase.

  8. used tires says:

    Great list, I can certainly say that I have personally used a few of these technique with great success!

    Till then,

    Jean

  9. Wow these are all very good tips. By following all of these tips, it would be tough not to build up a large stream of traffic. Of course it is not very practical to do all of these things. Instead you should gradually try a new strategy every week or two. In time you will see which strategies work best for you.

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