The Blog Topic That Will Get You A Windfall Of Free Traffic
There are too many techniques for getting blog traffic… but here is one you can start using right away. I picked it because it seems to be one of the least common (or least obvious I should say) in getting costless traffic to your blog.
Write About Present Day Events And News!
This includes writing about the days of the year. A great example is Dr. Joe Vitale’s blog post on Valentines Day. He wrote a simple blog post on 15 things people could do if they’re alone on Valentine’s Day. On February 14th, it generated well over 20,000 visitors to his blog.
That’s no joke.
But the key was also submitting that blog post in all the right places. Most people mistakenly submit their posts to any and every social bookmarking site they can find, such as Digg.com, Reddit.com, StumbleUpon.com, etc. However, some bookmarking sites are going to be more effective for your blog topic than others.
Check with Alexa.com, and find the bookmarking sites are ranked in the top 30. Then figure out the trend on those sites. Are most of the articles, blog posts, and news pieces being shared carry a common theme? For example, Technorati.com is mostly content based on technology, whereas Digg.com is about fun stories and top 10 lists that catch people’s attention.
A great strategy is to pull out your calendar and circle all of the dates that are holidays, special occasions, and the beginning of new seasons. Sporting events, famous birthdays, and historical events can work very well. If you do this, it will be very difficult for you to run out of topics to write about that catch people’s attention.
Also, pay attention to the news and events. These things are always in the forefront of people’s minds so write about them.
Of course, creativity is going to be vital here. You must tie the news topic into your product or service somehow. There are many ways to do this, and you can use lots of techniques to give your blog article’s effectiveness a huge boost.
To learn more on how to do it exactly, check out the bonus interview Dr. Joe Vitale did with David Ledoux in the Hypnotic Marketing 2.0 package.
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