3 Tips- How to Drive Traffic to Your Blog using Social Media ? Erica ...

This is one area that many people tend to struggle with when building an online business?traffic. Traffic is key to building a business online. There are many ways to drive traffic to your blog, but today I will focus on using social media.

Social media is a gold mine for your blog if utilized in the proper way. Avoid the trap of spending a great deal of time and money perfecting a blog that looks awesome, but doesn?t get seen by the people who are looking for what you have. So many bloggers waste energy producing great content, but fail to get noticed.

Some of the plainest blogs out in cyberspace are the ones that get loads of consistent traffic, because they understand how to get their content all over the internet. Every strategy that I will share with you here today is free. You will want to pay close attention to what I am about to say, because you can accomplish laser targeted traffic for free.

Here are 3 easy strategies to get exposure for your blog.

Tip #1

You should have at least one profile on each of the major social media sites such as ?Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn at the very least. There is a very easy way to link your blog to your social media profiles so that every time you create a new blog post it will automatically be sent to your social media profiles. Networked Blogs will connect your blog to your Facebook profile, while Twitterfeed will link your blog to your Twitter profile. Your LinkedIn account enables you to link your blog to your profile as well.

Tip #2

Comment on high profile blogs within your niche or similar niches, because most bloggers have a feature on their blog that will list your blog?s URL with your comment. Just make certain that you are leaving valuable and engaging comments that add to the conversation. You can also guest post on other related blogs.

Tip #3

Join groups on social media sites.? Joining groups on these social platforms will further extend your reach, but just be certain to join relevant groups as it relates to your content. Start creating relationships with people on the social sites.? Participate and add value.? Comment on people?s photos.? Be active and people will respond to you.? Share links of valuable information from your blog post.? Be helpful by answering questions and solving problems.

These are just a few free strategies that you can start implementing today that will increase your blog?s exposure, which leads to more traffic.

Additionally, if you are giving valuable content, tips and training on the front end you are grooming your visitors to not only return, subscribe and engage, but they will be more likely to follow what you are up to and convert to sales and more.

To your success,

Erica Mathews is an online marketing consultant and social media trainer. She is the owner of a consultant company that helps small business owners and entrepreneurs develop a marketing strategy to increase their online visibility, generate leads, and to build leveraged -residual income streams.

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