How to get more traffic in blog.

Top blogger suggestion how to get more traffic in blog.

1.Get ideas from your audience

 Dave Larson, founder of @tweetsmarter  

Create blog posts that answer the most interesting questions from people you engage with on social media.

2. Understand your audience

Brian Clark, founder and CEO, Copyblogger

Understand your audience better than they understand themselves. It takes a lot of upfront research, and often means being a member of the very tribe you’re trying to lead – but it pays off.

3. Write for yourself first

Adii Pienaar, founder of PublicBeta

Write for yourself first & foremost. Ignore the fact that anyone else will read what you write; just focus on your thoughts, ideas, opinions and figure out how to put those into words. Write it and they will come.

4. Build your email list

Kristi Hines, freelance writer and professional blogger

Start building your email list from day one. Even if you don’t plan on selling anything, having an email list allows you to promote your new content to your audience directly without worrying about search rankings, Facebook EdgeRank, or other online roadblocks in communications.

5. Love your existing readers

Darren Rowse, founder of ProBlogger

Love the readers you already have. A lot of bloggers get quite obsessed with finding new readers – to the point that they ignore the ones they already have. Yes – do try to find new readers but spend time each day showing your current readers that you value them too and you’ll find that they will help you grow your blog.

6. Focus on building an amazing call-to-action

Nate Kontny, founder of Draft

Don’t rely on people to do the work to find your Twitter account. Don’t rely on them to do the work to find your details in a sidebar. People are blind to sidebars. Thanks banner ads!

Finish your blog post with some kind of call to action to signup for an email list or follow you on Twitter. When I started doing this, I immediately increased my Twitter followers by 335% in the first 7 days.

7. Give stuff away

Jeff Bullas, blogger and author of Blogging the Smart Way

Give away free content that adds value to people’s lives “until it hurts” and they will love you and become loyal fans.

8. Be consistent

Neil Patel, founder of KISSmetrics

Consistency is one of the most important things that bloggers tend to forget. It’s much easier to lose your traffic than it is to build it up, so make sure you consistently blog.

9. Give away your knowledge

Jay Baer, author of Youtility

Don’t be afraid to showcase what you know. Too many bloggers hold back the good stuff out of fear of giving away the “secret sauce.” There is no secret sauce in a world where everyone has high speed Internet access at all times. Today, you want to give away information snacks to sell knowledge meals.

10. Be true to your voice

Chris Pirillo, founder and CEO, LockerGnome

Stay true to yourself and your voice. People don’t care to follow sites so much as they care to follow people.

11. Give it time – This is why

Rand Fishkin, CEO of Moz

Plan to invest in blogging for a long time before you see a return. The web is a big, noisy place and unless you’re willing to invest more over a greater period of time than others, you’ll find success nearly impossible. If you’re seeking short-term ROI, or a quick path to recognition, blogging is the wrong path. But if you can stick it out for years without results and constantly learn, iterate, and improve, you can achieve something remarkable.

12. Give your email list priority

James Clear, entrepreneur, weightlifter and travel photographer

If you’re blogging to create a business, a movement, or to support a cause, then you need to build an email list. It’s not an option. I don’t even consider my blog to be my community, my email list is my community. Caring about these people, writing for them, and delivering value to them should be your number one goal.

13. Write catchy headlines

Dave Kerpen, author and CEO of Likeable Local

No matter how great your content is, it won’t matter unless you have an amazing headline. People have a split second to decide if they should click on your post, and your headline will make them decide. The headline is also essential in making it easy and desirable for people to share your post. Keep your headlines SPUB: simple, powerful, useful and bold.

14. Be Yourself

Aaron Lee, social media manager, entrepreneur and blogger

There isn’t one specific set of rules to be successful in blogging. When I started blogging, I had the opportunity to learn from experienced and successful bloggers in the industry. One of the best lessons I’ve learned from them is to simply be me. I didn’t have to be too “professional” or use “big words” to impress others. I had to simply be me.

15. Keep it short

Derek Sivers, founder of Wood Egg

Biggest lesson I learned in my past year of blogging. Keep it in the 1–2 minutes read-time length.

16. Make it worth referencing – here is how:

Gregory Ciotti, marketing strategist at Help Scout

One thing I always try to keep in mind before publishing a post is would anyone want to “cite” this for any reason? Just like interesting research is great because it leaves you with a fascinating finding or an idea, I like for my posts to be the same. That doesn’t mean relying on research, but simply making sure each post has an original lesson or actionable item, making it “citable” on the web.