Question
> How do you get traffic to a blog when it is in a difficult “niche” as internet marketing . do you try and use keywords , commenting,or article writting.
Answer
My answers to this relatively simple question has several parts and so I’m dedicating a post to answering this question.
80/20 Rule
There are a lot of websites about Internet marketing. There are tons of them!
But the sad truth is that most of them are crap. They don’t provide valuable information to the reader. They are a glorified sales pages only looking to make a quick buck before you leave the site and never return.
I’m guessing at least 80% of the sites out there in the Internet marketing niche are like this.
The other 20% of sites are just the opposite. They provide valuable information to their visitors, answer their questions, and give visitors a reason to come back.
And here’s the best part: This 20% gets almost all of the traffic!
So if you want to get traffic the first thing you need to do is offer value to your readers and your visitors.
Do that one simple thing and you will be better than 80% of the sites out there.
I covered this topic little bit further here:
http://nickstraffictricks.com/1203_your-biggest-traffic-mistake/
Consider picking a segment
I also suggest you pick a specific sub niche within Internet marketing. For example I picked “How to get traffic” as my sub niche within the Internet marketing realm.
Other sub niches include:
- How to make money with Google adsense
- How to use social media to build your business
- How to use Twitter effectively
- How to write sales copy
- How to build joint ventures
Start with the basics
Once you have a killer website with great content is time to move on to some traffic strategies.
First you want to start with keyword research, search engine optimization, and back link building.
I believe that for the most niches these are the cornerstone of traffic.
I have a post that covers a variety of different ways to get links to your site:
http://nickstraffictricks.com/331_day-5-how-to-create-incoming-links/
Building a list
Building an e-mail list is another great way to interact with visitors and get lots of traffic.
It would be a shame if you worked really hard to get traffic to your website only to how to leave and never return.
Every time I e-mail my list with a link to a new blog post I get lots of traffic.
I also get great ideas on how to improve the content of my site and cater to the needs of my readers.
Use Twitter and other social media
Twitter and stumbled on or also good ways to get traffic to your website. But this only works if you post quality stuff.
Every time I tweet about a new blog post I get traffic within seconds to my blog. Make sure you use this.
Others suggested reading
Submit Your RSS Feeds to RSS Directories
http://nickstraffictricks.com/981_submit-your-rss-feeds-to-rss-directories/
Advanced Article Marketing
http://nickstraffictricks.com/1132_advanced-article-marketing/
5 reasons your website is not getting any traffic
http://nickstraffictricks.com/1064_5-reasons-your-website-is-not-getting-any-traffic/
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Great post and I am thanking you for giving me an idea about the “niche”. I should print this out and maybe share top my friends.