Blogging, Business

Top Places I Use to Get Website Traffic and Backlinks

The first blog I built (from 2008-2018) I was able to get 1M+ page views per month.

The second blog I built I went from 0-30K Page views per month.

The third blog I built I took it from 10k-50K page views per month.

And finally, the blog I’m building now, I went from 0-500K page views per month! I’m currently plateaued at 300K, but determined to not only return it to 500K, but get it up to 1M before I sell the current one.

The best part about increasing page views is increasing ad revenue! I took my current blog from an $0 to a net profit of $100K per year with Raptive !

Here’s a few of the strategies I used to get backlinks and where the traffic is coming from:

  1. Pinterest– I started posting 3 pins per day to my main blog. I also started writing posts for Pinterest, rather than Google.
  2. Instagram– I started linking to an article from my stories 1 time per day.
  3. Facebook– I added SmarterQueue so I could have 5-6 articles go out per day on a consistent basis. Smarter queue is so easy to use, and worth every penny to me!
  4. Twitter– I posted to twitter each time I published a new post.
  5. LinkedIn– I started adding links from Linkedin on a regular schedule- and engaging there.
  6. Guest posting. I haven’t done this in awhile, but it was part of my strategy in the beginning.
  7. Podcast guest– There are so many reasons to become a podcast guest. One, for the backlinks, and two, to reach new audiences! There’s always an uptick in traffic after I participate in someone’s podcast.
  8. Google– Yes, I still get a majority of clicks from google. But I optimize this both for the serps and for google images
  9. Email newsletter- I built out my welcome series to draw people back to the blog and I send 2-3 emails per week.
  10. Improved navigation I remember the epiphany that if I could get HALF of the people that visit my blog to click on one more article, I’ll grow my traffic overnight! So, I constantly analyze the UX of my site and look for opportunities for people to go down a rabbit hole and click, click, and click again.
  11. Reddit: I rarely share links on Reddit, but my profile is linked, and when I engage in communities, People do look at my profile and click on my site.
  12. MSN publishers program. This not only pays you money, but you can get lot’s of links (and lots of clicks) to your site!
  13. YouTube-Under every YouTube video I link to SOMETHING on my blog. If it’s extremely related, I’ll also mention it inside the video.
  14. Flipboard– I set up flipboard several years ago to just push an RSS feed out. To this day, every time I publish a new post, flipboard picks it up and puts it on the magazines on my profile.
  15. Press Releases– I spent a year sending out 4 press releases. You can usually have one link in each press release article, and it gets syndicated to publications in mass, which is good for traffic and backlinks.
  16. Directories– When you get your personal training certification, you can be added to the ACE Personal trainers directory. I got certified as a Psychology of Eating specialist, and they also had a directory! I certified to be a personal chef, and they also had a directory! Getting these backlinks can be significant for traffic.
  17. TV appearances– If I’m invited to do a local news segment, I’ll always make sure my blog name is mentioned and I get a link to my blog from their website. This has worked well for our local NBC and ABC affiliate stations. Spend 5 minutes on a segment, get a link for life!
  18. Profile links for all personal social accounts: Facebook, tiktok, twitter, Youtube, instagram, etc. Once, I was engaging with a girl in a Facebook group. She was talking about her blog. Naturally, I clicked her personal profile to find out what her blog was, and she didn’t have it mentioned or linked anywhere! It’s such a missed opportunity. And, if you’re embarrassed by your website or content, you probably should change to a niche you’re not embarrassed about.

This will be a dynamic post, and I’ll continue to add more stats and new traffic sources as I use them.