October 26th, 2009
There are many factors that make blogs much better than normal WebPages including the speed at which blogs are indexed, ability to submit to blog directories & normal directories, pings and track backs. All these little things can help drive more traffic to blogs. Here are 15 popular techniques you can use:
1.) Create at least four keyword posts per day. Most of the top blogs such as Boing Boing, Daily Kos, and Instapundit (with literally tens of thousands of visitors per day) publish an average of 30 small 100-150 word posts per day according to “Secrets of the A-list Bloggers: Lots of Short Posts” by TNL.net
2.) Submit to My Yahoo! When you submit your own RSS to My Yahoo it is indexed by Yahoo.
3.) Submit to Google’s Reader. When you submit your own blog RSS to Google’s Reader the Google Blog Search will index your site.
4.) Add a relevant link directory to your blog and trade links like a demon possessed! Although it may take more time than simply submitting to a search engine one time, this method is perhaps the best way to drive traffic to your site. Use software such as Zeus to speed up the link trading process.
5.) Use ping sites like ping-o-matic. Ping your site every time you add a new post.
6.) Submit your blog to traditional search engines such as AltaVista, and MSN.
7.) Submit your blog to traditional directories such as DMOZ. Directories (particularly DMOZ) increase relevance with Google. DMOZ is very picky, but what do you have to lose by trying?
8.) Submit to as many RSS Directories and Search Engines as possible. This is a simple but repetitive process that can be done with software such as RSS SUBMIT.
9.) Comment on other blogs. Do not just leave short, lazy comments like “I agree.” Leave well thought out replies that will force readers to wonder “who wrote this?”
10.) Use track backs. If there is a blog that you refer to or quote and it is highly relevant to your subject, leave a track back. It increases your link popularity and may even score a few interested readers from the linked site.
11.) Go offline. Use newspaper ads, public bulletin boards, business cards, even stickers to let as many people as possible know your blog exists.
12.) Ad a link to your blog in your e-mail signature block.
13.) Use Groups (Usenet). Find a relevant group on Google groups, Yahoo groups, MSN groups or any of the thousands of other FREE group services and find like minded people and talk with them. Make sure your use your blog URL like it is your name.
14.) Use Forums. Forums are one of the best places to go for advice. Go to forums and find problems to solve. Make sure you leave your blog name, but be tactful about it; some forums get annoyed with those who selfishly drop a few links to their own site and leave.
15.) Tag your website. Tagging is a new idea that has erupted across the web. Sites like Del.icio.us, Technorati and many others have a social feature that allows you to place your article under keywords or “tags” that everyone interested in that tag can see.
Although these are some of the most popular ways to drive traffic to your blog, do not limit your self to tips and lists. Use your imagination and you will come up with thousands of ways to drive traffic to your blog!
May 5th, 2009
Everybody wants to build a membership site.
Why not? It offers great income potential, building yourself a business that earns recurring fees.
And as WordPress becomes the preferred content management system and blogging platform, many want to use it and build a membership site on top.
Generally, when you are building a membership site, it needs to be able to do three things.
- Manage content – that is what WordPress is for
- Manage members
- Manage payments
Basically, there are two different ways to do it. WordPress comes with its own members database, allowing visitors to register to WordPress. And with that feature, you have the option of either managing members using the WordPress database or using external database.
Using the WordPress database, you would have to resort WordPress membership plugins. These plugins should also be able to integrate with payment solutions like Paypal or 2CheckOut. Some that appeared out of this demand are:
- WP-member.com
- SUMAPlugin.com
- Member.wpWishList.com
- MemberWing.com
And the other option is using an external solution. The external solution will manage members using its own database. But it will also integrate with WordPress telling which user is allowed or not on certain pages. This is also known as membership site solutions.
Some membership site solutions that you can check out for WordPress are like:
- aMember.com
- OpenCrypt.com
I think it depends on what you are comfortable with, and what you want to accomplish in the end. But of course all these are the technical aspect of membership sites.
The most important thing is about filling it up with paying members.
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May 5th, 2009
If you are all geared up to launch a site but are unsure which format would suit you best since there are so many systems to choose from, then you could try using a WordPress host. WordPress is not only utilized as a blogging community for which it is widely known, but it can have many uses too. WordPress can be fine-tuned to create web sites or Content Management System (CMS), which has more than a few inbuilt advantages:
Creating a WordPress site is simple, especially if you have fantastico in your website’s cpanel with a few mouse clicks you’ll have your WordPress site online. Manual set up of your WordPress website can be done easily if you do not have fantastico website hosting installed. This takes little more time but if you simply follow the instructions you should all set in no time. If you are uncomfortable with either of those options you can always pay someone to do it for you. It won’t be pricey to have it done for you as it doesn’t take a long time for someone who has set-up a WordPress website before.
Remodelling a website designed by someone else can be painstaking and costly for the site owner as you have to source and pay a web designer, wait for them to get back to you and finally get the job done. Using a system like WordPress is much more intuitive and simpler to come to terms with. All WordPress web site updates can be applied in real time as you can amend your own website quickly appose to waiting for the Webmaster to get back to you.
Another benefit of using WordPress, people can instantly access your RSS Feeds, when you make a web site using WordPress. Your readers will be able to sign-up to the Really Simple Syndication feed and receive updates regarding any new content that you might add. This is a good way to pull meaningful readers to your blog.
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