20 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog

There are several ways to drive traffic to your blog. Obviously, the best way is good ol fashioned TIME. But there are lots of things you can do to speed up the process.

1. Keyword Rich Content
2. Incoming links
3. Sitemap
4. Related articles plugin
5. Keyword rich permalink structure
6. Meta tags, alt tags and title tags
7. Technorati tags
8. Relevant category titles
9. Only 2 or 3 articles per page
10. 200-400 words per article
11. Bold keywords, break up long articles, bullets
12. Ping list
13. Submit your blog
14. Write often and regularly
15. Use message boards and blogs in your niche to promote your link
16. Article submission sites
17. Hot keywords and search terms for your niche
18. Have an opt-in newsletter
19. Have a links page
20. Time

This is just a nutshell on how to drive more traffic to your blog. I will cover these in detail over the next few weeks. If you have any other ideas to drive traffic to your blog, please post in the comments.

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