Top 20 ways to get huge traffic for your site.

This article will help you a lot to drive huge traffic to your site. So I collect this article for my community members. I thank to the author, Penny C. Sansevieri, CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc., is a book marketing and media relations expert whose company has developed some of the most cutting-edge book marketing campaigns. Please read this article very carefully and follow this tips. This will help to earn money from blogging by getting huge visitors.


1) Write articles: believe it or not this is an incredible tool for driving traffic. Well-written, relevant articles can net quite a bit of activity to your web site. Don't forget to add your URL in your byline. Articles should be 500 to 2,000 words in length. You can send articles to sites like: Article City, GoArticles, Submit Your Articles and Ezine Articles.

2) Social bookmark *everything* - and I do mean everything - you can bookmark each page of your site and each blog entry you post. While this might seem tedious, it's worth it. You'll see a strong increase in traffic if you social bookmark each page on your site and each of your blog entries.

3) List yourself in the best directories – you'll have to pay for this but since most people don't do this (since everyone's looking for a freebie) you could really enhance your traffic by getting a listing: dir dot yahoo dot com, business dot org, botw dot org.

4) Get yourself listed at: DMOZ dot org – it's not easy to get listed there, but worth the effort.

5) Review: if you can review hot new products or books within your market, head on over to Amazon and start positioning yourself as an expert. In order to do this effectively you'll want to create an Amazon profile and make sure and sign each review with a reference to your URL (your web site). You can also go to Epinions and Revoo to review products as well.

6) Offer a freebie on Craig's List: you'll be amazed at how much traffic you get from a single Craig's List ad. The key here is to send people to a page on your site and make sure they have to sign up for something (like your email newsletter) before they can grab their freebie. That way you're not just getting traffic, you're also building your list.

7) Create a "recommended by" list on your Delicious page – you can do this by logging on and creating an account and there and then tagging articles, blogs and other content you think is important to your readership. Then offer this page as a resource site. You can add a link to this page in your email signature line or on your web site.

8) And speaking of your email signature line... do you have one? If you don't, create one. Believe it or not, people do follow these links. You'll be amazed how many folks read email signature lines. I have one and change it several times a year, depending on what we're doing or promoting or what books I have coming out.

9) Lend a helping hand: you can be an answer person at Yahoo Answers – you don't have to spend hours on there, but maybe a few minutes a week. Make sure and include a link back to your site following your answers.

10) Set up a social networking site using Facebook, LinkedIn, or Squidoo. It's free and easy to do, just don't forget the all-important link back to your site!

11) Make sure your blog has an RSS feed so if you capture a reader you don't lose them if they forget to bookmark your site or blog.

12) Join relevant groups at Yahoo groups. You'll find everything from groups on growing your small business, writing books, finding your passion, even underwater basket weaving. I dare you to find one that isn't right for what you're promoting. When you do find the right group, join and participate as you can!

13) Podcasting is another great way to drive traffic. Start a podcast by going to Audio Acrobat. There are other programs you can use, but I love Audio Acrobat. You can record the podcast over the phone quickly and easily and then hit the "send" button on your computer once it's recorded and the system will syndicate it to 27 podcast directories including iTunes. It's a great way to let people know about you and your web site!

14) Start a blog and then once you do, start commenting on other people's blogs, linking to them from your site or adding them to your blogroll.

15) Inbound links: don't squander your time (or a perfectly good link) on smaller low-traffic sites. Instead spend your time going after high traffic, high quality sites. Good sites should have a PR (page ranking) of 4-6 depending on the market. You can find out what a site's page ranking is by downloading the Google toolbar which comes with a PR feature built in.

16) Start an email newsletter: while it may not seem like a newsletter that you email can drive traffic to your site you'd be surprised at the effectiveness of this type of promotion. If your newsletter (like your articles) is interesting and relevant to your audience, you'll find that it has a huge pass-through factor, meaning that it is passed from one email subscriber to another. Also, if you have an email newsletter you should never, ever go to a single event without your handy signup sheet. Yes, you can even use offline events to drive traffic to your web site.

17) And speaking of offline efforts: if you're ever quoted in a magazine or other publication, make sure and mention your URL as it's appropriate to the topic. Don't be too pushy about this, but do not forget to tell folks you have a web site that may be a great resource for the topic of your interview.

18) If you have products to sell, why not get a store on eBay? This site gets a tremendous amount of traffic and on your sales page you're allowed to list your URL. It's another great way to get an inbound link and a way for people to find you.

19) Load a video on YouTube and 57 other video sites (the rest listed on my Red Hot Internet Publicity blog).

20) While this isn't a tip per se, it's still important. If you're going to go through all the trouble of getting traffic to your site, make sure your site is converting this traffic into something. Get folks to sign up for something, your newsletter, the RSS feed on your blog. Whatever it is, getting their email address will help you remarket to them when the time is right. Studies show that visitors landing on a site often don't buy the first time. That's ok! You want to get them into your marketing funnel so you can market to them again and again – not in a way that's obtrusive, offensive or downright annoying, but in a way that is helping them with their own mission.

New year-2008, Tips and tricks for Bloggers

Here's a basic tip that you can implement on yourblog today that will have an immediate positive impact on your traffic:

Include Photos.

Yep, it's that easy. A photograph or pictureenhances a blog post and I have no doubt that in most cases if you did a basic A/B test of the exact same blog article with and without a photograph, the article with the image will generate a better response.

It should be obvious to you why photos and pictures enhance a blog since I expect you enjoy images too. Words are good but pictures tell a thousand stories they say, so whenever possible use the power of words and pictures together.

Let's look at some of the ways you can integrate photography into your blog.

SMALL BUSINESS BLOGGING

I'll start off with what I know best - small business blogging. If your blog is designed to sell you (your services or your profile, etc) then adding a photograph of yourself is a must.

One of the most effective credibility building tools is to include a photo of you with someone famous in your industry or just someone famous in general. Get yourself a happy-snap with a high profile entrepreneur like Richard Branson or Donald Trump and you have a fantastic tool for building a reputation in business circles.

The logic behind this is obvious - if you are socialising with experts in your industry then you, by association, are perceived as an expert too.

Even if you don't have any celebrity snapshots to include on your blog, be sure to at least include a photo of yourself (or several). Blogging is about personality and it's important your readers can identify with you. A headshot on your blog
helps foster a natural rapport with your audience and projects an image of trustworthiness and friendliness.

Obviously you should use a photo with a smile and an approachable and friendly look if you want positive outcomes. It doesn't matter how old or freaky looking you think you are - just smile and people will like you :-) There's no room for being
shy if you want to be famous in the blogosphere.

Tips for Marketing Your Blog, earning maximum revenue.

Blog marketing is a easy task now a days for its huge platform in the web industry.

With so many blogs being created every day, it’s a mystery to many bloggers how to make their blog stand out. There are many types of blogs or purposes for blogs and a certain number of tactics are applicable to just about all of them.

Some companies choose to hire a blog consultant, but others like to try things internally. For those “DIY” companies and individuals interested in practical tips for marketing and optimizing a business blog, try out the following list of blog marketing and optimization tips:

# Decide on a stand alone domain name www.myblog.com or directory of existing site www.mysite.com/blog. Sub domain is also an option blog.mysite.com. Avoid hosted services that do not allow you to use your own domain name!
# Obtain and install customizable blog software - WordPress and Moveable Type are my favorites.
# Customize blog look and feel templates - aka design.
# Research keywords and develop a glossary - Keyword Discovery, WordTracker, SitePoint, SEOBook Keyword Research.
# Optimize the blog:
>Template optimization - RSS subscription options, social bookmark links, HTML code, Unique title tags, URLs, Sitemap
>Add helper plugins specific to WordPress or MT
>Create keyword rich categories (reference your keyword glossary)

# Enable automatic trackback and ping functionality.
# Create Feedburner Pro account and enable feed tracking.
# Setup a Google account for Sitemap, validate and prep for future submission.
# Identify authoritative blogs, web sites and hubs for outbound resource links and blogroll.
# Format archived posts, related posts.
# Enable statistics for tracking - Google Analytics, ClickTracks.
# Submit RSS feed and Blog URL to prominent RSS and Blog directories / search engines.
# Engage in an ongoing link building campaign.
# If podcast or video content are available, submit to Podcast and Vlog directories.
# Submit blog url to paid directories with categories for blogs - Yahoo, BOTW, bCentral, WOW, JoeAnt.
# Optimize and distribute a press release announcing blog.
# Request feedback or reviews of your blog in relevant forums, discussion threads.
# If you have a resourceful post that will help others, point to it.
# Research and comment on relevant industry related blogs and blogs with significant centers of influence.
# Post regularly. If it’s a news oriented blog, 3-5 times per day. If it’s an authoritative blog, 3-5 times per week, but each post must be unique and high value.
# Monitor inbound links, traffic, comments and mentions of your blog - Google Alerts, Technorati, Blogpulse, Yahoo News, Ask Blogs and Feeds.
# Always respond to comments on your blog and when you detect a mention of your blog on another blog, thank that blogger in the comments of the post.
# Make contact with related bloggers on AND offline if possible.
# When making blog posts always cite the source with a link and don’t be afraid to mention popular bloggers by name. Use keywords in the blog post title, in the body of the post and use anchor text when you link to previous posts you’ve made.
# Use social networking services, forums and discussion threads to connect with other bloggers. If they like your stuff, they will link to you.
# Remember when web sites were a new concept and the sage advice to print your web address everywhere you print your phone number? The same advice applies for your blog.
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# If your blog’s goal is to promote you as an authority, interview other prominent bloggers in your industry. Your own credibility will improve by association.
# Build out your online networks through services such as MyBlogLog, Twitter and Facebook and leverage them to promote particularly useful content on your blog.
# Once your blog has 1000 or more subscribers, show your Feedburner badge
Host images with Flickr making sure to include an anchor text link in the image description back to the post where the image is used.
# Use your blog to gain press/media credentials at relevant industry conferences and use the event to create content, connections and increase your knowledge.


You can follow the above tips for your blog promotion as well as blog marketing to get maximum revenue. So it is very important for you to maintain your blog and get these tips.

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Humsurfer,great blog promotion site in India

Last One year I found many blog promotion sites but Humsurfer is one of the most attractive and easiest site which I have ever seen. Many thaks for the owners of this site.

Here I publish some information about Humsurfer.com

About Humsurfer

What is Humsurfer?

Humsurfer is an Indian community news site that gives editorial controls to the people who use it.

Humsurfer does not host any content on the site. All humsurfer stories are short descriptions which point to the original content elsewhere on the web. Bloggers and other users use humsurfer as a platform to reach out to fellow Indians. They do it by posting their original story link or commenting on the posted stories.

Humsurfers rate the posted stories by stamping on them.

What are Stamps? How does it help to promote stories and/or submissions to homepage?

You give the "stamp" of approval for the postings you like. The number of stamps received by the submission gives an indication of "hotness" of the story. All of the content on Humsurfer is from users who are rewarded for good submissions by their peers. So, if you like a story, help stamp it and help others get the story.Hot stories are always on the home page.

Remember the following:

Hot displays the latest hot news.
New displays you the latest news
Browse displays the all time best news.

What type of stories can I submit?

Almost anything on the Internet can be submitted. We want Humsurfer to be the source for everything that's new on the web that interests we Indians: provided it can be linked, it can be submitted and work-safe.

How to get my submissions noticed?

You must have a catching title for your submission to bring your peers to the site and then a summary, a meaningful description attracting user's interest.

How to rate comments submitted by users?

Click Up for the comments you like and you can click down for the comments you dislike. By clicking down a comment you can cause the comment to be hidden.

How do you determine stamps of stories submitted?

Each time you promote by stamping story, it brings closer to the homepage. On the other hand, demoting by not stamping a story pushes it further down into void. A story's stamps indicates the number of users who liked it.

How are "Humsurfers" ranked?

When a particular item is promoted by stamping the user who posted is recognized; this is part of editorial karma sorting system.

In the same way that popular submissions are stamped to the top, the individuals who post them get increases in karma e.g. mantra (100) – user mantra has 100 karma. Every Humsurfer affects one another's karma in the same way, irrespective of his/her karma. This Karma system delivers the public with the information they sought and/or demand while also recognizing those who made submissions.

How do I accumulate karma?

The Formula is to make good submissions continuously and constantly and this considered the easiest and most effective way. Submissions will be popular if those are wanted and read by other people. In other words, those Humsurfers who best understand and foresee what people want to be reading and will apparently be the best rewarded.

Why Do I try to accumulate karma?

If you don't already know, its worth reading Karma's definition

Karma in Humsurfer is established in such a way that you will be rated among your fellow Humsurfers in order to obtain the distinctive rights.

Can anyone submit?

You can submit if you are registered. Submissions are the nerve center activity of Humsurfer system; it works at its best when people contribute submissions to it. Your Karma increases when making contributions supposed to be valuable by your fellow Humsurfers and will subsequently heighten your rank.

When Humsurfers click on the my submitted story title, they are directed to story content page, but the browser URL still points to humsurfer. Does that mean humsurfer hosts my blog content ?

No. As a policy, Humsurfer does not host any content. When Humsurfers click on your story title, they are actually directed to your blog/site URL. You can verify this by using tools like Google Analytics . The top frame bar is added for the ease of Humsurfers to navigate other related stories posted on Humsurfer.

A Top Frame bar is being appeared whenever I click on HumSurfer story titles. Why?

When Humsurfers click on the story title, they are directed to the site hosting the content. The top frame bar is retained for the ease of Humsurfers to navigate other related stories posted on Humsurfer.

Who made Humsurfer?

You have made it, if you've participated in Humsurfer. As a side note, this site is brought to you by MB9.

What new features are planned to be implemented? How can I get involved in this process?

The Humsurfer team responds to the needs of the community as best as we can. Do not hesitate to make suggestions as we're always looking for more ideas.


The above FAQs are originated in humsurfer.com

Clik here to join here. Dont waste time, just join and start to post here and promote your blog.

The alexa ranking increases after merging Mybloglog with yahoo

MyBlogLog is now a part of the Yahoo! family.

Yes, My dear friends and followers

Mybloglog, a large community of bloggers now the part of Yahoo.

When You sign in Mybloglog, It shows-

Use your Yahoo! ID to sign in to MyBlogLog directly.
If you don't have a Yahoo! ID, it's free and easy to sign up.


Haven't linked your MyBlogLog account yet?
No problem. Sign in with your Yahoo! ID to get started. Linking is super easy and you can keep your MyBlogLog screen name.

The another news is that after the part of Yahoo, Mybloglog user increases and they visit and sign in because it is easy to sign in Mybloglog as before.

As a result more people gather here to learn about Mybloglog. The Alexa ranking is now up within a week. Now the ranking is-471. I think, It will soon increase more and more because the yahoo users are now interest to join here for blog marketing and blog promotion.

My previous post-Mybloglog merges with Yahoo