Last time, we discussed setting up a blog and getting content into it. We also talked a bit about getting search engine traffic to your blog. This time, let's discuss other ways, which may be more immediate, for getting traffic to your blog. This, in turn, will send traffic for your squeeze page, too.
Organic traffic, or traffic that comes from search engines is great, but it may not start quite as fast as you want it to. So, there are many other options. Take search engines intended solely for blogs, for instance. Technorati.com is one of the oldest. Go there and "claim" your blog right now, if you haven't already. That will get your blog indexed and ranked, and it's social. People can favor your blog, and the more readers you get, the higher your blog will rank. The higher the ranking, the more visitors you'll see coming to your blog, and so on. It'starget="_New" like a snowball effect. There are other blog searches that aren't interactive, like IceRocket.com and Blogsearch.Google.com, and they're just as valuable. Be sure to get your blog entered into as many of these specialized search engines as possible.
Other interactive sites, like MySpace and YouTube, are all the rage right now. They're part of the whole Web 2.0 scenario that's been around a couple of years but is really just starting to heat up. Plenty of other Web 2.0 sites are available to join, and they'll provide instant results:
StumbleUpon: This social bookmarking site works on the tag and favor principal. Each time you make a post to your blog, "StumbleUpon" it, which is like giving yourself a vote. If other people enjoy your posts, they'll StumbleUpon them, too, and your traffic will grow.
Spicy Page: This site is more like MySpace in that you collect "friends," who will no doubt vote on your blog. But the cool thing about SpicyPage is that you can also include your websites, so you'll have both your blog and your list building page bringing in traffic from there. Be sure to upload your sites to this one ASAP.
Digg: The Digg community was created to provide links and reviews to news stories as they happen. You can see exactly what's being "dugg" and "buried" if you go to their "Digg Spy" feature, which is pretty cool. Just be sure that the entries you add to Digg are good articles, not photos or videos so much. Just be sure that whatever you Digg is quality information. The last thing you want is for your blog to be "buried."
Web 2.0 sites are proliferating by the minute. Other names include Blue Dot, Ma.gnolia, and Markaboo, but there are hundreds. Sign up for as many as you can and mark your posts in as many as you can every day. You'll be amazed at the traffic you'll get from these services.
Another Web 2.0 way to get traffic is:
Wikipedia: This user-written online encyclopedia can be a great source of traffic. But be sure that you've provided quality content on the topic in order for your listing to be accepted. For instance, I have an ADHD blog, and we added the link to it at the end of several different attention deficit entries. We get lots of traffic from all of them. Just be sure to follow the editorial guidelines when posting, or your link will be erased by the editors.
Each of these sources is a good way to get traffic, but if you blog and favor in several sites every time you make a post, you'll really be amazed at the amount traffic you get. Don't overlook this. Web 2.0 isn't going away anytime soon, and you'll be missing a valuable resource if you do. For more sites like these go to http://www.go2web20.net/ .
Next time, let's discuss writing articles to get traffic to your list building pages.
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