How To Increase Blog Traffic – Learn From 16 Experts

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“How to increase blog traffic?” – This is the question that keeps every blogger awake at night. While getting traffic is one of the biggest hurdles online, we can learn a lot from leading experts in the internet marketing field. So, in this blog post, I am going to list out the methods used by the big names in this field.

So, without wasting any more time, let’s get straight into business.

I have listed down some interesting methods (not in any particular order) used by several famous internet marketers to get traffic to their website.

How Do Serious Internet Marketers Boost Blog Traffic?

1. Neil Patel

Well-known not only to experts, but also to newbies in the field of blogging and internet marketing, Neil Patel is one of the top ten marketers in the world, according to Forbes.

He posts insightful articles, interesting podcasts and helpful videos regularly. I recently watched his video in which he reveals his secret tips to get 37,000 views to every blog post he posts. He also claims that if you follow all the steps he mentions in the video, you can get at least a 1000 visitors to every blog post you post.

He has a lot of success by mailing people to whom he has linked out to, and informing them that he has linked out to them. Once he does that, most people (almost everyone) share his blog post in their social channel, thereby increasing his traffic and brand recognition. In his video below, he goes into detail on this method, as well as some other methods.

You can watch his video below:

Here is a link to Neil Patel’s channel in Youtube – Neil Patel’s Youtube channel.

2. Greg Kononenko

Greg Konenenko is the owner of the blog called The Caffeinated blogger. The primary focus of his blog is traffic. In this video, Greg talks about a method called ‘The Reverse Pitch method’, using which he started getting 4,000 – 6,000 visitors every day to his new blog from Google, in a matter of 6 months. Long story short, Greg sends emails to several people before writing an article asking for tips to write an article. Once they reply, he links out to these people and they in turn link out to him and share his blog post in their social channels.

Watch the video below where Greg explains everything in detail.

Here is a link to Greg Kononenko’s channel in Youtube – Greg Kononenko’s Youtube channel.

3. Brian Dean

Brian Dean is the owner of Backlinko. His website has got a ton of useful articles on how to get traffic. But, the highlight today is the video he released recently, that showcases 9 of his favorite and advanced traffic-building strategies. These are the strategies he uses, to get over 180,000 visitors to his website.

My favorite tips are to use Click-to-tweet links and produce viral content. If you’re asking “Is there a formula to create viral posts?”, I am sorry to say there isn’t. But in this video he also reveals the common properties of viral content, and which kind of content gets the most number of shares. Finally, he also explains one under-rated method that can get you a decent amount of traffic if you’re new to internet marketing.

You can watch it all in his video below:

Here is a link to Brian Dean’s channel in Youtube – Brian Dean’s Youtube channel.

4. Pat Flynn

Pat Flynn is the owner of the blog called $mart Passive Income. In his blog, he lists out several methods for people to make money online. He has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes and Inc.

In this video, he explains a method called ‘N.U.T.S’ to get instant traffic to your website. This is also the same strategy he uses for himself. The best part of this strategy is that, it also serves as a strategy to create unique content.

You can watch it all in his video below:

Here is a link to Pat Flynn’s channel in Youtube – Pat Flynn’s Youtube channel

5. Robert Mening

Robert Mening is the owner of websitesetup.org. In this blog post, he lists down several methods he used to build his traffic 1.3 million users/month. Even though this blog post is pretty old (It was written in 2016 and at the time of writing, he had 560,000 users/month), the strategies he mentions are still relevant today and I would implement all of these it if I had more time in my hand.

Two of his tips really changed my attitude towards getting traffic:

Always diversify your traffic so that you get new audiences from every platform. Till now, I always wanted to stay in just one platform. I now understand that it is a wrong mentality. Of course, you’ve to master one platform before moving on to another.
Tips on using Reddit to drive traffic.

You can read his blog post here.

6. Jon Morrow

Jon Morrow is the owner of SmartBlogger. His website gets 445,000 visitors every month. I like his blog posts, because they’re always harsh and direct but he gives his honest opinions in his blog posts. I particularly like these two blog posts. The first blog post tells you what you should do to get traffic as a newbie blogger and the second blog post tells you what you should not be doing as a newbie blogger to get traffic.

You can read his two blog posts below:

7. Weekhack

Even though Weekhack doesn’t get a lot of traffic to boast about, their blog post that outlines their different strategies to make money online, is a real gem. My favorite part is where they explain how to get traffic from Triberr and Quupromote. There are also some other techniques that you might have never heard before.

Go read their blog post here:

How to Get 1,000 People to Read Your Next Blog Post

8. Michael Pozdnev

Michael Pozdnev is the owner of the blog called I wanna be a blogger. His blog may not get that much traffic, but the technique he outlines in his blog post gets him a lot of shares, traffic and comments to every single one of his blog posts. The strategy he outlines is not easy, but like everything in blogging, your efforts will add up over time.

Go read his blog post here:

1 Simple Blogger Outreach Case Study, or How to Find Blogging Friends

9. Ryan Robinson

Ryan Robinson is the owner of the blog called Ryrob. As of October 2018, his blog has 300,000 monthly visitors. In his blog post, he shares 32 ways to drive traffic. These techniques are not written in detail. However, there are some new techniques that you can learn in this blog post.
He has tested all these strategies and vouches for these strategies. He also mentions that you have to pick a few strategies at a time, instead of trying to implement all of these at the same time and find the perfect mix for your business. I recommend reading his techniques on Publishing Quote Round-ups (No. 6) and Launch a Creative Side Project (No.28).

Go read his blog post here:

32 Best Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Website (Increase Blog Traffic) in 2019

10. Crazy Egg

Crazy Egg is an online tool that helps you record your users’ activity on your website. You can then view these recordings to understand how your users interact with your content. In this blog post, they describe how to use Reddit to drive traffic to your website.

Go read his blog post here:

The Crazy Egg Guide to Reddit Content Marketing

11. Ross Hudgens

Ross Hudgens is the owner of the website called Siege Media. He is a specialist in content marketing and helps startups improve their visibility. He is also a frequent speaker in marketing conferences.

In this blog post, he outlines the strategy he used to build the traffic of three of his clients’ websites to more than 500,000 visitor/month through SEO. This strategy can help you get more search traffic from the search engines. At the same time, it will also help you gain a lot of contacts, links and shares leading to more traffic. It is a long-term strategy that needs a lot of planning and patience.

Go read his blog post here:

How to Increase Website Traffic by 250,000+ Monthly Visits

Go watch his video here:

Wondering how to write for SEO without annoying your readers? My blog post will teach you exactly how to do that. – How to easily conquer SEO and your readers’ loyalty at the same time?

12. Oberlo

Oberlo is a marketplace that makes it easy to find products to sell in your website. They have a wide collection of items ranging from toys to electronics. In this blog post, they explain how to optimize your blog posts for Google’s featured snippets and get free traffic from Google. If you are willing to be patient to get traffic, this method could be suitable for you.

Go read their blog post here:

How to Boost Traffic by Optimizing for Google’s Featured Snippets

13. Tim Soulo

Tim Soulo is the owner of the blog called Bloggerjet. He posts blog posts very rarely, may be once a month or even less. But, his blog posts always get a ton of shares and comments. He is the head of marketing at Ahrefs. His blog posts are very detailed and provide great insights. In this blog post, he explains three simple methods to connect with influencers in your niche and ask them for shares or links a.k.a blogger outreach.

Go read his blog post here:

3 Easy Outreach Hacks To Make Influential People Notice You

If you’re interested in reading about how to write a pretty good blog post that can go viral, here is a blog post from Tim Soulo that might interest you – The Guide To Strategic Writing: How to Get Traffic, Subscribers & Sales With Your Articles.

14. OptinMonster

Optinmonster is an online tool for collecting Email addresses on your blog. Their blog posts are focused mostly on traffic, lead generation and conversion optimization. In this blog post, Optinmonster lays down 8 SEO tips from experts. If you’re thinking “Oh, come on… I don’t want to read another 8 useless SEO tips. I am a new blogger, and can’t outrank other companies”, Oh boy… You’re so wrong.

Go read their blog post here:

24 Expert SEO Tips & Advice to Boost Your Traffic in 2019

15. Sarah

Sarah is the owner of the blog called Unsettle. She helps people quit their jobs and set up an online business. In her guest post on Smartblogger, she explains how you can use Facebook groups to drive traffic to your website.

Read her blog post here:

How to Use Facebook Groups to Get More Traffic and Traction for Your Blog

16. Ezoic

Ezoic is a tool that helps publishers increase their ad revenues by testing various ad placements. They regularly update their blog and write some insightful blog posts every time. This blog post lists and explains some uncommon ways to promote your blog posts and get traffic to your blog. It goes into detail on getting traffic from Quora, Reddit, LinkedIn and Flipboard.

Go read their blog post here:

Where To Share Content To Get Traffic In 2019

Bonus tips

1. Simple steps to build traffic to your website using Quora.

2. Simple steps to build traffic to your website using Pinterest.

If this list helped you, check out a similar blog post – 15 Marketing Blogs to Follow

How to increase blog traffic? – The Summary

After reading these blog posts and watching these videos, I learned the following:

Blogger Outreach is the best way to get traffic in 2019.
Tip: Write round-up blog posts.
How?: Choose a burning question in your niche. Ask experts in your niche their views. Publish everything as a blog post. Share the link with the experts so that they can share in their social media profiles or link back to that blog post.
SEO is too difficult. If you still want to do it, the Skyscraper technique is pretty much the only way (No.11 in the list).
Social Media is not dead. You have to use it the right way.
Tip: Don’t view social media as a traffic tool, but a medium to connect with people.
How?: Focus on providing value. Genuinely try to help people out in your niche, with your experience. Lead them to your website if they need more information. You can also use Sarah’s strategy to get exceptional results (No.15 in the list above).
Use unconventional methods to get more traffic – Quora, Medium, Reddit and Flipboard. It is not easy, takes time. But, in the end, it will be worth it.

So, these are the ways in which experts get loads of traffic to their website. What methods do you use to get traffic to your website? Mention it in the comments below.

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