Where Does Everybody Get Their Traffic From?

I am sure that any new blogger is going to be asking that question right after they check their stats for the first time. One of the biggest sources of traffic that I have found is Entrecard. I don't like the high bounce rate that goes with the traffic from Entrecard buy you could easily go from 1 or 2 visits a day to averaging two or three hundred visits a day; that is if you have the time.

If it is quality traffic you are looking for than you should be trying blog directories. There are hundreds of people on blog directories just looking for quality blogs to read. There are also a lot of different social bookmarks that you can use to help drive traffic to your blog. But the best method for driving traffic to you blog is word of mouth advertising.

Word of mouth advertising is one of the most effective forms of advertising for your blog. I have had more people visit my blog just because I told them I can make money from blogging than people from some social bookmarking websites. Here's a tip for you, if you want to start spreading the word about your blog, go out and get some business cards with you URL on it. Give your card to random people you meet throughout the day. Chances are that you will get some quality traffic from it as well as the possibility of loyal readers.

You can't go wrong with blog directories though. One thing you have to remember about blogging is that 95% of your traffic comes from other bloggers just looking for something to read or to bring you back to their blog. As a blogger you will need to visit other blogs, not just for layout ideas but to leave a comment for others to read and hopefully bring traffic back to your pages. One of the good things about leaving comments is that you can leave a link to your blog which helps with Google's PR (Page Rank). I will get into some of the factors that affect your PR in future posts, but there are a lot of factors that determine your PR and a lot of factors that get your PR dropped. Anyway I've gone on long enough, till next time, Peace out!