Comments on: Human powered blog traffic

By: Jim Connolly

Jim Connolly — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:00:15 +0000

You make a number of great points Rob.

Consistency is really important. When I think of blogs I have stopped reading, they are usually blogs that were inconsistent. I find that happens a LOT with blogs that use guest bloggers just to get ’something’ out there.

Thanks for the feedback sir!

By: Jim Connolly

Jim Connolly — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:55:59 +0000

There’s a great old saying, which tells us; “success leaves clues.” When almost all (if not all) of the most successful blogs are using non-seo tactics, it suggests this is worth exploring.

Commenting on blogs has a number of benefits. Nice share Corey.

By: Rob Mangiafico

Rob Mangiafico — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:28:34 +0000

As everyone likes to say “Content is king”. However, as you stated, that content must be interesting to the niche your blogging to, and more importantly, it must be of the right frequency and length to get people to subscribe or visit on a regular basis. Find out what your followers want to read, and then deliver it on a consistent basis.

Responding to comments from readers is also very important. I’m amazed that some really good blogs that get comments that ask questions are not responded to by the blog writer. It always leave me thinking “is this blogger just yelling in the wind”? Respond, add commentary, and your blog can come alive.

And don’t be afraid to tell other bloggers in your industry about one or two of your better posts that they may like. I’ve found doing an “@twitter_name” to a few twitter users in your niche saying they may be interested in a blog post you made can work wonders for publicity and Re-tweets.

Rob – LexiConn

By: Corey Freeman

Corey Freeman — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:13:22 +0000

I comment on blogs, mostly. Not small “nice post” link-building comments but actual paragraphs that generate discussion (hopefully in a positive way, haha). I also email other bloggers who are talking about my topic or who just have really cool blogs and build connections. Finally, I always get reviews of my website from various forums.

Honestly the concept of SEO used to scare me, haha. I think it’s just because it’s an acronym.