15 guaranteed ways to bring in more readers to your website or blog.

November 18th, 2009 by Giridhar | Posted under Blogging Tips.

more visitorsBringing readers is always a challenge to any website owner. Readers are the motivation and purpose of our blog. So If no one read what we write , than that is the worst part of  blogging . Few simple tips to keep your readers engaged and bring in new readers are discussed here. If you like this post please re-tweet this.

Keyword rich domain name
If you are a niche writer then try to get a good keyword rich domain name, even if it is little long it would be a worth in getting listed in search engines.

Content is King
Even tho every one knows this because of its importance , I am force to specify this point.

Internal linking
Be creative in linking to your older posts , it will increase the reader engagement and page views

Give something free
Give something free on your website or blog , it can be a theme, plugin or a ebook. It spreads on internet fast and you will get more readers and subscribers.

Motivate readers to comment
Comments are motivation to the writer, so motivate them to motivate you.

Comment on other blogs
Commenting on popular blogs brings in a good traffic to your site, I had a great experience from problogger.net . If you are lucky enough to comment first then chances to get a huge traffic is more.

Write guest blogs
Writing guest blogs on popular blogs is proven effective to build your credibility

Write frequently
If you own a blog , write posts on a frequent intervel which will help you in getting listed in search engines.

Engage in social media networking
Social media networks like Facebook and Twitter are good means to bring in readers, spend a fixed amount of time for this daily or weekly.

Use RSS
Provide your articles on RSS feeds , there are many plugins available for this. RSS readers are increasing day by day be aware of it.

Build a community.
Put time aside to build a community around your blog which gives you a set of regular visitors.

Contests and give away’s.
Once in a while organize some interesting contests and shell out few bugs which will help you in long run.

Use attractive titles
Each of your posts should be accompanied by attractive title , it is one of the basic SEO tip.

Optimize your website
Slow websites are one reason for losing readers, optimize your website and make it fast.

Email Signatures
Refer your website or blog address where ever you can , let it be email signature , on your t-shirts , on your car , tatoo on your face :) .

Comments

4 Responses to “15 guaranteed ways to bring in more readers to your website or blog.”
  1. bobit says:

    very nice and simple

  2. sandesh says:

    I give the content the thumps up than any other thing……..

  3. Aery says:

    It would be better if you have numbered the list. Anyways, nice info to get more readers.

  4. Ravi Ahuja says:

    Great post short and simple

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