These five ways to increase traffic to your website or blog are from ”copywriting queen” Michelle Salater. These are her tried-and-true tips for increasing your blog or website’s popularity.

Before her tips, a quip:

“You can’t take something off the Internet – it’s like taking pee out of a pool.” – unknown

Remember that whatever you post on the internet is practically undeletable – so watch your words, fellow scribes!  Okay, let’s jump into Salater’s ways to increase traffic to your website…and, to learn how to earn more money blogging, click on Turn Your Words Into Traffic: Finally! The Secret to Non-Stop Targeted Website Traffic by Jim Edwards and Dallas Edwards.

5 Ways to Increase Traffic to Your Website or Blog

Increasing targeted traffic to your website or blog can cost a small fortune – but it doesn’t have to if you know the right tips, tools, and strategies! 

1. Post comments on blogs, forums, and discussion boards related to your target market. To increase traffic to your website or blog, join a discussion board forum related to your industry. Post comments, get consumer feedback, and learn new industry information. Posting relevant and helpful comments can increase your credibility and increase your exposure. After every comment, include a link to your blog or website.

2. Use social bookmarks to increase traffic. Bookmarking your online articles and website on a site, such as Digg, under specific categories allows you to reach out to your target market. It permits you to share your web content with others and allows them to vote on its content. If it becomes popular among viewers, it will be voted to the front page of the bookmarking site and be viewed by thousands of potential clients.

3. Use RSS feeds and email lists – they allow you to reach subscribers interested in what your company has to offer. RSS feed and emails are similar since they’re both sent to subscribers, providing them with updated information. RSS feed makes it easy for subscribers to be alerted immediately and allows them to click on the link to your website. Using these combined marketing strategies will increase your client base and increase traffic to your website or blog.

4. Exchange links with others to increase targeted traffic. If your link can be found on a handful of websites or blogs – especially popular ones – it can dramatically increase the number of clients visiting your website or blog. Also, consider guest blogging on other sites, or inviting guest bloggers to write posts for you.

5. Use online article directories – they allow you to place niche-oriented articles into specific categories. Your target audience is more likely to be searching for articles in a specific category. For example, if your freelancing company writes an article for ezinearticles.com and submits it under the freelancing category, you’ll receive viewers who are specifically searching for freelancing articles. This will eliminate viewers who are not in your specific target market.

What are your thoughts on Salater’s ways to increase traffic to your website or blog?  And for more traffic tips, read 5 Tips for Increasing Your Blog Readership by Susan Johnston.

Michelle Salater recently crowned herself The Web Copy Writing Queen.

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