First Month Blogging Traffic

If you would like to gain more traffic to your new blog and do not have any clue where to start, you may want to consider reading this article. I am going to show you what you need to do to receive a couple of thousand hits in your first month of blogging without spending a dime.

Before I begin I want to tell you that I am incredibly passionate about anything I decide to write about. This motivates me to work hard, yet at the same point, it does not feel like work at all since I am doing what I enjoy. Whatever you blog about, it should be something you cannot wait to speak to people about each and every day because essentially as a blogger you are creating one part of a dialogue, active communication on a topic you believe you can help others with.

The fastest way to build a successful blog

So if you feel comfortable that you have a niche that you are truly passionate about here is how you can get thousands of hits in your first month of blogging:

Search for the Competition – No matter which niche you are in you aree going to have competition. There will be other bloggers writing similar content as you, but you need to be aware of who is doing this so that you can understand why people read these blogs. Ask yourself what you can do better and how you can provide more value to the readers of these blogs. You win online by providing better, more useful, information. The only thing the competition does not have are your experiences and your unique voice. Use that to your advantage by showing your readers your true self, not just another generic anonymous blog.
Discover common patterns of the most successful blogs in the niche – I found that most successful film review blogs in my niche wrote at least one post a day and were actively replying to comments and guest posting on other blogs. This helped me decide what actions were best for creating success. What are the top bloggers in your niche doing?
Write 20 high quality articles – Start writing about the things you enjoy. Write, write, write, edit, edit, edit, and actively seek feedback on your writing. Write at least 20 quality articles to give yourself a base before you go out and introduce yourself to other bloggers.
Once your site has a base of about 20 articles, go out and market it – By marketing I mean comment, guest post, and email other bloggers. Make everything you do about helping others, not just helping yourself.
Make friends – Blogging is all about networking. Therefore, treat your competition as friends. It sounds a bit weird, but each niche has groups that collaborate together around a common theme. Email and comment back and forth with these niche bloggers so that you become recognized in the group. If you have powerful friends with high traffic sites, they will most likely link to you in the future which will bring you a ton of high quality, relevant traffic. Remember that it takes the average person about 8 impressions before they will remember you. If you feel like you are over-marketing your site – you are not.
Keep posting quality content – Post at least once a day and post things that matter to your readers. You readers do not want to hear about your crappy day at work or what you ate for dinner. (That´s what Twitter and Facebook are for!) When you write, address your audience and ask them questions. Provide relevant links in the article and even links to related blogs in your niche so they see the trackbacks and are reminded of you again.
Guest Post – This will probably be the biggest factor in your early success. Try to guest post on 5 – 10 blogs with Alexa ratings over 500,000 – this is one of the best ways to gain a lot of traffic early on. If you take nothing else away from this article, realize that guest posting is the best way to secure a high ranking backlink and gain a ton of exposure for your blog.
Repeat – In the end all you really need to know is that writing good content, addressing your readers, marketing it via commenting and guest posting, and being passionate about your subject will pull you through and build you traffic. Keep writing good content, keep commenting, and keep guest posting.

When you are starting do not even think about the money. I am still not making any money from my blog, but that is not the point when you are just getting started. When you are starting you need to build traffic, then after you have traffic you will simply have to decide the best way to make money from that traffic (that is the easy part). Do not get ahead of yourself by barraging your small amount of visitors with a ton of ads. If you do that you will only have a harder time growing trust with your readers and and growing your site.

If you want a successful blog, especially early on, it is going to take a lot of work. However, picking a topic you love to write about will make it seem like you are hardly working at all. Create value for your readers, follow the advice above, and you too can have 1000s of hits in your first full month of blogging.

Good luck!