Comments on: 10 Simple Tips To Get 250,000 Page Views Per Month

By: Tying The Knott

Tying The Knott — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 03:50:07 +0000

Twitter is just like any social networking / social media websites… it’s what you make of it. If you are attracting followers within your niche based on your tweets, then you have to be doing something right, and certainly people see your tweets before deciding to follow you, and if this is the case why would they not occasionally click links to your blogs / pages / content if it’s something that gets their interest?

I just recently started a new website with a particular niche and much of it is content / article / blog driven, and after incorporating a new twitter account just for this website within two months I have already gained more than a thousand followers and according to my analytics and website reports, on average 27% of my traffic is coming in from twitter…

So, I think as long as you are using twitter effectively and keeping those you follow, those who follow you, and the content you tweet is precisely relevant to your niche, why wouldn’t it work??

By: Valeria

Valeria — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:59:00 +0000

Great advice – a good way to link your blogposts to facebook is by using the Networkedblogs app. I do this, and it automatically updates my facebook page whenever I post on the blog, and most of our fans read the blog via facebook.

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 03:34:05 +0000

I just started trying to get traffic to my blog and am using many of the tips outlined in your article. This has been very helpful.
I ended up doing both twitter and facebook and am actuallly getting more leads with twitter, so I believe that it really does depend on your target market. Thanks for a great article.

By: Leon

Leon — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:53:13 +0000

I think this is one of your best guest posts that you have had in weeks. Reading it I felt honesty speaking to me through every word. Thank you for the Twitter bit. Now I can do what I enjoy doing without feling guilty about not following every bit of Twitter. I always believed in the old school methods, and it gives me great results. Five Star Post 🙂

By: mark readal

mark readal — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:05:09 +0000

Thanks for the article and the tips, which were easy to digest. I just had to scroll down and to get the main idea delivered.

I strongly believe in points one, four, five, six and eight. Design is important for pro blogs, but writing valuable content is the basis at all.

I guess people have different experiences with Twitter and the amount of traffic they get from this site. But, I agree Facebook is definitely a key platform to promote your blog. As usual, building a community is the biggest challenge, but time is your friend. Cheers Mark

By: Maria Pavel

Maria Pavel — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:15:58 +0000

Great point, I sustain it. Also traffic exchange websites (though – Black Hat – still effectfull) can make a difference. Those were great advices I saw in the post, in the name of everyone – thank you very much for sharing them, I’ll start using them. I also recommend the use of newsletters, you haven’t mentioned them, they’re also a great way of getting age views (kind of easy). Congratulations for writing such a perfect guide. Best regards, Maria.

By: Toby

Toby — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:04:27 +0000

Terrific post with some real world advice based on experience, many thanks I’m going to take much of it on board and improve my blogs performance

By: Abhishek

Abhishek — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:42:53 +0000

Did you get the figure of 250,000 from Analog or Google Analytics??
If it is Analog, then definitely, the unique visit is quite less

By: Rammesh Perumal

Rammesh Perumal — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:10:48 +0000

Very informative post Niall, many marketers looking for quick fix for traffic but it always needed dedication and great amount of effort to success. Your tips will greatly help those struggling for traffic provided they work for it. Great post Niall, thanks for sharing. I get some ideas from you to improve my site today.

By: Ari

Ari — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:46:45 +0000

Great post, 250,000 pageviews is really huge, wew!
I agree with No.4

By: HP van Duuren

HP van Duuren — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:23:21 +0000

Thanks for your Post,

Simple Tip Nr. 9 about building a passionate community is something that is that you can begin to Experience on my Blog(s) when you visit, because just recently I installed a
>> Recent Comments – widget, so if you want to

‘See Your Name In Lights…….,’

This is your Chance!’ 🙂

Because when you place a Comment your name will automatically
appear, So if you happen to have a Passion for Technology and have Super-Electronic-Gadgets-Know-How this
is your Chance for Fame!

All the Best,
To your Happy – Blogging – Inspiration,
HP

By: Reg Scheepers

Reg Scheepers — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 09:59:34 +0000

Isn’t email the oldest one on the list? The thing I don’t like about RSS is, in my experience it seems harder to accurately track subscriber. Certainly you can’t directly engage them if you should one day want to. I recently added email subscription to my blog. I think some people will prefer email to RSS. Not everyone knows how RSS works or what it does, especially non-tech-savvy folks.

Just M humble O.

By: Vivek Parmar

Vivek Parmar — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:19:13 +0000

Great post with some unique advice. Guest posting + unique design + proper SEO work + keyword research + Title of the post + effective utilization of social media will being a quite good amount of traffic on your blog and do not forget that Unique content will help you a lot in achieving everything

By: Lisa @ Grandma's Briefs

Lisa @ Grandma's Briefs — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:27:28 +0000

I’m so glad to hear your thoughts on Twitter. I regularly feel like a big ol’ loser when it comes to Twitter because I don’t get the traffic from it that others say they do. Now I don’t feel so bad. 🙂

I’m also glad to hear that the old-school ideas still work, like great content, posting often and guest posting. Now I just need to get up to par on the guest posting.

Great article. Thanks!

By: Tom Pick

Tom Pick — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:51:11 +0000

Great post Niall – I wholeheartedly agree with every point except #3 (and #2, to a lesser extent). Not saying you’re wrong, it just depends on where and how people build their most productive social networks. I consistently get 5% to 10% of my total traffic from Twitter, while Facebook barely registers.

But then again, I have an active, targeted professional following on Twitter, while most of my Facebook activity is friends and family.

Either one (or other networks) can work, it just depends on focus.

By: Carol Tice

Carol Tice — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:37:32 +0000

I think every site is different in terms of how social media works for them. I certainly get a lot more than 1% of my traffic through Twitter!

But I love that you mentioned getting social in the real world…don’t know how many times I’ve brought this up to the writers I mentor. Leave your computer. Meet live humans. They give you jobs, not computers!

By: BlogTipss

BlogTipss — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:34:45 +0000

Great Post Niall.
i thought this was a really great post to read. i’ll check back for new posts by you!

By: NK Smith

NK Smith — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:31:13 +0000

Nice to see that RSS readers are appreciated 🙂 I’ve always wondered why services like Google Reader aren’t more popular… RSS is the internet equivalent of TiVo for me.

By: Carolee a.ka. Blogging Biz Mom

Carolee a.ka. Blogging Biz Mom — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:17:29 +0000

This is pretty much what I always advise my readers and clients, as well as my radio show audience.

You have to want to help people (really, not faking it) , post a catchy title and a blog link on facebook whenever you publish a new post (integrate it with twitter…you never know), always be learning, and keep in touch with reality 🙂

By: Lucy Thorpe

Lucy Thorpe — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:39:56 +0000

I checked out your site because I am sceptical about the “Facebook works better than Twitter” thing. But I see that you really have made it very simple to share on Facebook and I love the way your blog is at the centre of your website.
The design is very appealing and stylish – so much so that I have become a subscriber so I hope you will treat me as well as you suggest!
All the best,
Lucy

By: Moise Levi

Moise Levi — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:41:25 +0000

I guess it depends what your blog is all about ; Been blogging for years about finance/trading ….. Most traders today keep up via Twitter with their $ sign prior to a ticker symbol.
Now some Hedge Funds are using Twitter to track the “buzz” in certain stocks

Twitter has been a great help

By: Justin Germino

Justin Germino — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:26:27 +0000

I find Twitter only brings about 1% of my site traffic as well, though Facebook brings less traffic than Twitter for me.

By: tushar

tushar — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:26:15 +0000

dude awesome…
i completely agree with the point that forget TWITTER.
i think it has been one of the most hyped and over rated traffic method which works for only few people

By: Jay Mcleod

Jay Mcleod — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:08:49 +0000

I agree that #9 is the hardest to do, but if you constantly provide great content on the social networks and follow those who have great content, their followers will start to pick your content up as well.

By: Find All Answers

Find All Answers — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:26:26 +0000

Very informative indeed. And the thing with Facebook and Twitter is just so true. I get great amount of traffic from Facebook but in spite of all the tweets and retweets by the readers, the traffic I get from Twitter is very low.

Jane.

By: Paul Strikwerda

Paul Strikwerda — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:23:17 +0000

Excellent article, Niall! I immediately added a facebook like-button to my blog.

In line with your recommendations, I wanted to stress the importance of social proof. Right now, most of my readers are either regulars, or they find me thanks to teasers on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

As soon as I added a “Popular Post” list to the side bar, my readership started growing.

I also strive to broaden my reader base by asking this question:

What larger group are my readers a part of?

Then I target that group.

For instance -initially, my blog was all about voice-overs because I’m a voice-over professional. Voice-overs are freelancers and that’s why I started writing posts that would appeal to other independent contractors.

The trick is to offer specific information that appeals to a wide audience, with a strong personal touch.

By: Bash Bosh

Bash Bosh — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:21:40 +0000

A very good post Niall. I especially like the part with Twitter traffic. Facebook is way more effective and may get you a lot more quality traffic that Twitter.

By: Sujith

Sujith — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:58:50 +0000

Very Good article. I am also supporting your views on Twitter.

By: Octave Shaper

Octave Shaper — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:56:38 +0000

I do not necessarily agree with the Twitter clause. From my experience and depending on the “type” of business I’ve noticed that one can get more coverage / attention and referrers from Twitter than on Facebook. I think one must first understand what is the market and where are his clients. Not everyone is a fan of Facebook as much as not everyone is a fan of Twitter.

I presume trying to use them both helps in getting the best of both worlds.

By: Togrul

Togrul — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:03:05 +0000

Simple and to the point!

Great tips to follow.

Thanks for sharing,

Togrul

By: Web Marketing Tips

Web Marketing Tips — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:37:22 +0000

In reply to Ajith Edassery. well this is zll about marketing. And now a days this is auite common.

By: Web Marketing Tips

Web Marketing Tips — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:34:51 +0000

i must say that titke’of this is really killing one.

By: Ajith Edassery

Ajith Edassery — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:15:04 +0000

I liked (3) – I hate the way people misuse twitter with numerous links to own blog (sometimes the same tweet/old tweet reoccurs in a few days time. I doubt if it works.