5 Blogging Ideas that Bring Non-Paid Traffic to Your Blog

Posted: 12 Apr 2016 09:13 PM PDT

For anyone that owns and operates a blog, they will be familiar with the frustrations of getting web traffic to their site. There are several paid options available on the market, but how much better would you feel if you could get the traffic for free? You might think it is a myth, but it is actually easier than you think. If you are looking for some inspirational tips, then Check out Online Marketing Gurus who have provided the following tips to aspiring bloggers.

Encourage people to share your content on social media.

When people visit your website and view the content, you want them to share the content across their social networks. The more shares your content receives, the more traffic your site will earn. Leverage social sharing apps like SumoMe that provide floating bars and pop-ups that will incentivise people to share your content.

Share your web content in relevant web forums.

Have you checked any forum threads to see if there are any hot discussion topics that are related to your web content? You can conduct searches on sites like Boardreader.com to find relevant discussion threads and then add your contribution to the conversation.

Create an expert roundup.

One of the best ways to start building your audience is to tap into the audiences of others. One way to achieve this is by featuring experts that have large audiences and incentivising them to share the published content with their audience. Some features from experts could send hundreds or thousands of visitors to your content, resulting in new subscribers and customers for your business.

To engage this strategy, compile a list of the major influencers in your industry and collect data about their audience size and engagement. You can use tools like BuzzSumo to find influencers that share the content and you can keep a record of their contacts in tools like Buzzstream. Reach out to them with an email pitch. For example:

Hi,
I'm (name) from (website). I'm currently creating an expert roundup on (topic) and I wanted to ask you if you would be happy to provide a point of view.
If you are happy to, could you let me know and I will forward you the question.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
(Name)

Guest blogging.

Guest blogging is a great way to increase web traffic to your website if you apply the strategy well. Many webmasters struggle with this strategy because:

-They don't get featured on a relevant website in their niche.
-The website doesn't receive a high volume of web traffic.

To maximise your chance of success with guest blogging:

-Compile a database of high authoritative niche sites that is relevant to your niche.
-Collect the contribution details for the website.
-Reach out to the editors and suggest the type of content that you would like to contribute to their website.
-Ensure that you publish a post that resonates with their target audience.

Develop amazing content.

It is no secret that amazing content serves as the catalyst for bringing traffic to a blog. You need to create content that will blow your readers minds! People are looking for information that will add value. There are several different content types that can be leveraged such as:

-Long list posts, such as top tips.
-Case studies
-How to guides and tutorials
-Collaboration posts
-Curated posts
-Reports

Just remember that you cannot cheat your readers. Make sure that your content always delivers value.

You want your blog to have a magnetic appeal. The content that you produce will create the opportunity for exposure and the promotional methods that you use such as social networks will earn your blog awareness and inbound traffic. Try using the methods provided to improve your blogging success today.

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ProBlogger: Welcome to the Newly Redesigned ProBlogger Blog

Welcome to the Newly Redesigned ProBlogger Blog

Posted: 12 Apr 2016 10:30 PM PDT

ProBlogger site design before and after

Welcome to the newly redesigned ProBlogger!

If you're a regular reader of ProBlogger the changes to the site will be pretty obvious, but I wanted to take a few moments to describe some of what's changed, the story behind the changes, and reveal a little of our next steps (there's a lot more to come).

ProBlogger started as a fairly personal blog about my journey to make a living from blogging back in 2004, and since that time it's grown far beyond even my wildest expectations.

Since 2004 we've published almost 8000 blog posts, but have grown ProBlogger to include an annual event, a podcast, a book, a series of eBooks, and a Job Board.

While a first-time visitor to ProBlogger might think that this just happened, longer term readers will know that this growth has been a real evolution. As a result, ProBlogger has become something of a challenge to manage with the brand being spread across multiple domains, having multiple designs, and numerous WordPress installations (as well as some custom designed backends).

Of course on top of that is an array of Facebook pages, groups, events and other social media accounts!

I often describe ProBlogger as being like a home that has had extensions put on it rather than an architecturally designed home.

The dream has always been for a purpose built design but as the years have gone on this has become a more and more challenging task.

Step 1 of a New ProBlogger

This redesign is the first of numerous steps towards pulling the many aspects of ProBlogger together to be a more cohesively designed home for everything.

We decided to start with the biggest part of ProBlogger (the blog) and so largely what you're seeing today is just changes on that part of ProBlogger, but you will also see a new look that will be extended out across the other parts of ProBlogger in the coming months.

Portals: To Help You Find the Help You Need Fast

You'll also notice that we've introduced some changes to the way that you navigate ProBlogger with what we're calling our 'portals' of information on some of the key areas that our readers come to the site looking for help on.

There are now portals to help you:

ProBlogger Portal Pages

On each of these portals you'll find a video introduction to the topic from me, some suggested reading, recommended resources, and our latest content from the blog and podcast.

New to ProBlogger? Start Here

There are a few new pages on the site also including a new Start Here page.

These portals will continue to evolve and we may add more once we see how they're being used by readers.

More Changes to Come

In the coming months more changes will follow this new blog design rollout.

Our next tasks will include:

a complete redesign and overhaul of the back end and features of the ProBlogger Job Board
moving all of our web properties onto the one domain at ProBlogger.com (the podcast is already there)
redesign of our podcast and events sections (to reflect our new colours and design)

We're also working on some new content strategies for ProBlogger. In the lead up to our event in September we'll be introducing you to a number of subject matter experts who will become regular contributors to the blog and podcast – each with their own field of expertise. You'll see less one-off guest posts, and more from this small and carefully selected team.

We're also working hard on some new resources to help you lift your blogging to the next level. Stay tuned.

Find a Bug? Help Us Improve

Lastly – we’d love your help in bug testing our new design. As you’d expect with a blog with almost 8000 posts there is a lot to test and we’d love your help! Please let us know here if there’s something that looks broken with as much information on where you see it and what it looks like to you.

Thanks!

PS: A huge shout out to my team. Mario who coordinated the design, Laney and Grove who helped dream up the changes and have implemented so much and Stacey for all her work on our content strategy! Well done!!!

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