Can you point out the problem faced by most of Newbie Bloggers?
Ya, it’s about getting traffic.
Most beginner bloggers struggle with traffic. And few of them quit because they don’t get the results.
You need to remember one thing,
At starting days Search Engines not gonna help you. You not gonna rank on the first page of Google from day one. SEO takes some time to kick in.
If you are thinking about how much time I need to wait?
I would say at least 6 months.
How I gonna survive till then?
That’s pretty simple:
You need to Promote your content.
Content Promotion is as important as creating quality content. If you are creating quality content but there is no one to read then you are wasting your time and energy.
You need to focus more on promoting your content.
I don’t know, You have heard about The Pareto principle (80/20 rule) or not.
But I know that you need to follow that.
It states that 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.
Here it means,
You need to focus 20% on content creation and 80% on its promotion.
So start promoting your content on Social media right now.
Social media not just only increase your traffic but also gave a signal to search engines that people are liking your content.
As a result, you will see some increase in your keywords ranking.
So I have compiled a list of 28 places where you can promote the blog and increase traffic.
Don’t forget to share this post.
1. Alltop:
Alltop is a popular content aggregator site. It shows top stories related to blogging, tech, photography etc on their homepage.
2. Blokube:
Blokube is a site designed by bloggers for bloggers. You can submit your post here and share it with other fellow bloggers and make more interactions.
3. Bizsugar:
Bizsugar is a community of small business owners and entrepreneurs. You can share your blog posts, business news, and tips.
4. BlogEngage:
Blog engage in another blogging community and social network of bloggers where you can share your blog post.
Your blog posts are reviewed and then published on the main page.
5. Blogadda:
Blogadda is an Indian blog directory or community. Blogadda runs many contests.
They also run events named Tangy Tuesday and Spicy Saturday where the best blog post gets published.
6. Bloglovin:
Bloglovin is also a community that grabs your post from four RSS feeds. After creating an account on Bloglovin you can follow other bloggers and read their posts. And your post also gets visible to your followers.
7. Commentluv Enabled Blogs:
Commentluv enabled blog to allow you to leave the link to your latest post. In this way, you can promote blog posts and you will also get the backlink.
8. Do Splash:
You can share your blog post on Do Splash have an upvote and downvote system to judge your blog post.
9. Email List:
You can send a direct Email to the persons who have signed up for your newsletter.
Since they have signed up for your newsletter then there are more chances that they will take interest in your new post.
10. Facebook:
Facebook is the largest social media platform and it is the No. 1 traffic source for my blog.
You can share your blog post on your timeline and you can also create pages and groups and publish your post there.
You can also join groups related to your niche.
11. Flipboard:
Flipboard is another content aggregation site. It shows the latest news, stories, etc. It is like your personal magazine.
You can create boards and submit your articles.
12. Google+:
You can connect with passionate people on Google+. To share your blog post you can join many communities and share your blog post with them.
13. Inbound.org:
Inbound.org is a community of marketers. You can find and publish marketing articles at Inbound.org.
14. Indiblogger:
Indiblogger is a community or social network of Indian bloggers. You can join Indiblogger and you can promote your blog.
15. Instagram:
Instagram is generally used to share Photos and videos. You can create a large follower base on Instagram.
But the problem is you can’t post the link. You can place only one link that is in your bio.
You can make use of good images with proper hashtags to increase your follower.
16. Klinkk:
Klinkk is another blogging community where you can submit your blog post. It has an upvote and downvote system.
If your post is good enough to get upvotes then it will get a position on the first page and it will drive traffic to your blog.
17. LinkedIn:
You can share your latest post on your timeline or you can join LinkedIn groups and share your post there.
18. Medium.com:
Medium is an online publishing platform where you can share your stories.
19. Pinterest:
Pinterest is the No. 1 source of traffic for many Bloggers. You have to create beautiful pins and pin it on pinboards. Free online tools like Canva and Piktochart can be used to create beautiful pins.
You can also use automation tools like Tailwind.
You can join any group of Pin Groupie to drive traffic to your blog.
20. Quora:
Quora is a questioning and answering site. You can ask questions from other members.
If you have knowledge of some topic then you can write answers and you can also drop the link to your blog post for the detailed answer.
21. Reddit:
Reddit is a community that can boost your traffic. It contains many categories which are known as Subreddits e.g. Science, Blogs, News, Music, etc.
But they hate spammers. They have very strict rules. You should read all the rules before posting on Reddit.
22. SlideShare:
Slideshare is a platform where you can share the presentation.
You can create the presentation of your blog post and share it on Slideshare.
Slide share is very popular and it has a large user base.
23. MIX:
Mix can be used to discover new things. When you signup for Mix you have to choose 10 things of your interest. And topics related to these 10 categories are shown to you.
Also, You can submit your pages to it and the user can find it according to the categories you have chosen.
24. Scoop.it:
You can also share your article in Scoop.it.
25. Twitter:
Twitter is another social media platform. You can also share your blog post there.
26. Tumblr:
Tumblr is a social media site where you can submit your images and blog post.
27. Yahoo Answer:
Yahoo Answer is another questioning and answering site similar to Quora.
28. Youtube:
Youtube is a video-sharing website. You can upload the video for free on Youtube and you can promote your blog.
You can also add your blog link to the description of your video.
If you have any suggestions then you can drop a comment below. And if you found this post useful then share it with others.