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Blogging for MLM Success Part 3 of 3 – How To Get Traffic To Your Blog

January 24, 2010 |

OK, we are at part 3. In part 1 we touched on what a successful blog is, and how it works. In part 2 we discussed the specific steps to take when setting up a blog, and I gave you some specific tools for you to get started. So now you have your blog up and running, it looks impressive - now what?

I am going to use an analogy for this article. Think of the internet as the entire ocean. Directly in the middle of the ocean is your blog island. No one even knows its there. Here lies the challenge. You must to supply tools for travelers to get to your island. This is the most imperative step in blogging. Your blog could be the most organized, cleanest, and most visual blog on the internet, but if you can’t get traffic to it, all your time and expense creating it has been meaningless.

Obviously when writing a enlightening blog post, the first thing you must to do is write a specific article or post. People will overlook this part at first. Their goal is to just start writing. Yet, when writing an article, you need to make sure it is point specific and well written. Do not feel the need to be a fabulous writer by any means. You just need to have a well defined point to your post, and stay on topic. The more specific your posts are, the more traffic you will receive. This is an important point.

Let’s go back to our ocean analogy. Now some travelers have been to your island. They either left with an excellent impression, or it left none impression at all. The first pary of that equation is certainly what you want your blog to accomplish. What is the first thing a traveler will talk about when they getback? Their island experience. When reading your blog, if people like what they read, they will talk about it. This is the traffic you are striving for. To get your blog to go viral, your blog content needs to be appealing for people to notify others about it. Otherwise you are wastign your time; spending your time trying to get traffic that will never come back.

There are many ways that social media can assist your blog to go viral. The first way is with “word of mouth” advertising. People will share your blog on social media sites if they are fond of the content. It helps promote themselves and you at the same time. So make sure you have sharing buttons for at least Facebook, Twitter, and Digg below your article. Social media also allows you to create bridges to your island blog. Being active on social media platforms allows you to brand yourself and your blog to make sharing your blog simple. Having your blog link in your profile allows someone another means to learn more about you. If they like what you have to say in a social discussion forum, then they will travel over to your blog to learn more. Another way social media can help is with bookmarking sites. Posting your blog post on a bookmarking site can get your blog seen to more people than social media alone. There are many plugins that will give you this bookmarking option.

The last great way to achieve visitors to your blog is organically. In our island analogy, this is where your island is located on a world map. When people search for your island, they find it! You want the articles in your blog to be ranking high on the search engines for the greatest visibility. This is by far the best technique to get blog traffic because the work you did in the past will last in cyberspace forever without anymore work on your part. When writing an article, you need to concentrate on specific keywords that you are trying to target. Keyword research is very critical when trying to rank organically. This topic is too momentous to get into detail now, however further details will be coming in another article. Beside keyword research, another good way to help your blog be seen by the search engines is to put in a few SEO plugins, and by far the best one to date is the All In One SEO plugin.

If you adhere to these steps, and stay consistent, your blog will receive qualified traffic daily. Your visitors will like what they see and enlighten others. More people visiting your blog will increase the amount of leads you receive for your business. In turn, upping the amount of customers and distributors you bring in. It is this comprehensive circle that will help you begin blogging for MLM success.

Blogging for MLM Success-Part 1 talks about Why and How blogs work. Part 2 discusses the specific ways to setup a blog and includes a special step by step blog setup training. If you want to create massive traffic to your blog, it is critical you understand the fundamentals of blogging. If you want to learn more ways to effectively market your business online visit MLM Pay Raise right now.

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