Blog Traffic Secrets – The Fastest Way To 1000 Visitors Per Day
Table of Contents
- Website Traffic Secrets Every Blogger Should Know
- A website without visitors is a very lonely place
- Twitter, Facebook, Lists
- Enhanced Video Transcript (Includes bonus tips not in Video)
- Twitter, Facebook, Top Lists
- Facebook and Facebook Fan-pages
- Michael’s Power House Of Traffic – Top Lists
- Some of My Winning Top Lists:
Website Traffic Secrets Every Blogger Should Know
Hi Everyone,
Today’s post is about that most important ingredient of Blogging Success – WEBSITE TRAFFIC.
A website without visitors is a very lonely place
I am often asked: ‘If you had to start over online, from scratch – what would you do to build up your traffic again as quickly as possible’
A very good question and one I have been giving quite a bit of thought to recently, especially as I have started to coach others in my new Blog Mastermind program.
So assuming you are starting from scratch or your funds are limited here is my Kick Start Strategy For Bloggers – both in video and an expanded transcript below.
My Kick-Start strategy can be explained in 3 words:
Twitter, Facebook, Lists
This strategy allows you to leverage your time and talents for maximum results with out having to spend a lot of money and it is my Marketing Strategy of choice for all new bloggers and even established bloggers for that matter.
I say it on the video and I will say it here again — this strategy is SIMPLE but don’t let the fact that it is simple put you off. Simple WORKS!
Of course if you have money to invest or you already have an established blog then the ‘rules’ are slightly different – but for a start-up blogger this is the way to go.
Enjoy the video and make sure to read the transcript. I have included some extra info in the transcript.
I look forward to your comments and suggestions.
very best wishes
Michael
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Enhanced Video Transcript (Includes bonus tips not in Video)
Today I want to talk to you about something really cool. It’s about how to get 1,000 visitors in a day. One of the main reasons a lot of people fail is because they don’t have traffic, and they just give up, they get fed up. I was working with one of my students today and he wanted to know what my recommended ‘FREE TRAFFIC’ Formula for new bloggers in 2010 was?
That is what this video is about and the formula is simple:
Twitter, Facebook, Top Lists
I’ll explain Twitter first:
The first main thing you have to do with Twitter is set up a profile. It may sound a bit simple and you know, “Duh,” but it’s not. You’re going to have to have a profile picture. Don’t just set up your profile, just create an account, and just start tweeting, thinking people are going to follow you. To get rapport with your audience and a quality FOLLOW (rather than an automated Follow) you need a profile pic and quality interesting tweets.
Set up your profile so you show where you live, something interesting about you.
For me that could be I live in Sussex, England, I am dyslexic, I am a Young Entrepreneur and I make 6 Figures online aged 21
So once you’ve got your profile, you want to start adding people.
There are a number of ways to do this – including automated ways (which Twitter frowns on) and of course the manual way. I will admit I have used automated methods in the past – but these days I am more selective and while I still use tools, I use them to help me manage the twitter accounts easily. (Tools for example that allow me to forward plan tweets).
When I first started I found some of the biggest names in my niche (Blogging and making money online) and I followed whoever they where following.
Now, when people see “Michael Dunlop’s just added you,” they’re going to see this really a cool guy, offering some cool stuff, and will think, “Hey, I really want to follow him.” They’ll follow me back, and they’re going to check out my site, and check out what I have to offer, and, obviously, see my regular tweets. To help manage Twitter I use software out such as Twitter Adder and Market Me Tweet. (Highly recommended you check out)
The next thing is, of course, start tweeting. So many people have Twitter accounts but for some reason, they just don’t tweet. The more you tweet, the more traffic you’re going to get. If you tweet twice a day, say you get 100 visitors each time you tweet, that’s going to be 200 visitors. If you tweet 10 times a day, you’re going to get 1,000 visitors. (Simplified – but the more you tweet and the more interaction you have with your followers and the more respect they have for you – the more traffic you will get)
A lot of people only tweet while they’re awake – but with software like Market Me Tweet you can plan to tweet 24/7. If you’re tweeting while you’re asleep, that’s a whole audience that probably don’t get your regular tweets.
Using software to Follow, Un-Follow, Tweet and mange your Twitter account saves some much time and frankly if you are serious about Twitter then you will need to invest in these inexpensive tools. My personal favorite is Market Me Tweet, the only Twitter Application that allows you to Brand, Market, and Manage, all in one!
There is also Twitter Adder which I have had great success with in the past. Both Market Me Tweet and Twitter Adder allow you to add more people, but Market Me Tweet also gives you a bunch of extra branding options.
This is Important: Make your tweets interesting, newsworthy, fun, inspiring – and naturally include links to wherever it is you want your followers to visit. Personal Fun Tweets are also OK – but remember at this stage, your goal is to get traffic to your website.
Facebook and Facebook Fan-pages
This is something that’s really starting to take off as a method of Traffic Generation. You have a popular blog – create a Fan Page for it
You want to create a fan page, telling a bit about you, and your website, and why to become a fan. Invite all your friends. When your friends join, they’re going to see that you’ve joined this group, and then think, “Oh, my friend’s joined, I’m going to join that.” And then it just sort of goes viral and spreads.
There are other ways to grow your Fan Page quicker such as this tip I learned from Joshua March of http://theiplatform.com when he spoke at Yanik Silvers Young Mogul Day. He said to find someone high profile in your niche, a bunch of them, and ask them to become a fan, because all their followers will then see them becoming a fan and a good number are likely to follow your lead.
Again – as I mentioned above this only works if what you are blogging and tweeting about is interesting, newsworthy, fun and inspiring. No big name is going to become your Fan unless they can see there is something worth being a Fan of.
Do this right and literally overnight, you’ll get hundreds and hundreds of people joining your fan page. Something really powerful you should consider doing.
The next thing is, obviously, posting messages. Like, again, with Twitter, so many people have Facebook and Twitter, they just don’t post. Constantly post. Not just your own stuff. Tweet other people’s things and Facebook other people’s things, and they’ll then do the same for you.
More Help with Fan Pages:
How to Make a Facebook Fan Page
8 Essential Apps for Your Brand’s Facebook Page
Michael’s Power House Of Traffic – Top Lists
Now the really powerful stuff starts. I shall pull my sleeves up for this one.
Top Lists, Top Lists, Top Lists!
If you have been following me you will already be familiar with some of my Top Lists (and I am including links below)
For me the list could be “Top 30 Bloggers.” or “Top 30 Richest Internet Entrepreneurs,” or “Top 30 Female Entrepreneurs.”
But lets say you are in the Food or Restaurant Niche – then the lists could be: “Top 30 Celebrity Chefs,” or “Top 30 Restaurants In London,” Or of in Golf Niche it could be “Top 30 Richest Golfers,” or if it is Celebrity Niche it could be “Top 30 Richest Latino Actors.”
The next thing you want to do is either create the list yourself or outsource it. I admit it – a lot of my lists are outsourced but when I started I of course could not afford that and did all the work myself. Lists can be quite Time Intensive (several days work some times) so I uses services such as TaskUs.com. Or you could use SitePoint.com or DigitalPoint.com to find somebody there who would go and do the work for you.
Beware – sometimes the first language of the person doing the work may not be English and you may have to do some editing – but you can be paying as little as $50 for this List Creation – so don’t expect complete perfection.
Make sure you’re clear with what you want. Give them an example. Like, “Here’s an example of who I like, they’re worth this much, I want a picture this size,” and just tell them how many of them you want. You may want 10, you may want 20. For some of my lists I ask for 500 [laughs] . You make it up, they’ll price you accordingly.
Also note that while I outsource the Research the Introduction, Title and Promotion of the list is all done by me.
Now, something I have to point out to you is the importance of using software such as Tweetmeme, which basically counts every time someone tweets it, and it also gives a button for people coming to the page to tweet it, as well. Now, this is really cool, because more people that tweet, the more people that will tweet. Because they’ll think, “Oh wow, everyone is tweeting, I should join as well.” By association, they’ll feel like they’re part of it more.
Imagine if overnight, there was were 1,000 retweets on your post and 1,000 people who retweeted had just 100 active followers then thats a potential audience of 100000 people. I have had some of the biggest stars on Twitter Re-Tweet my posts – and once I was even on Trending Topics for a few moments (which is the top ten things spoken about on Twitter at that moment) – so hopefully you see how powerful this can be.
I sometimes think it is amazing all the things I accomplished before Twitter came along, but these days with Twitter and Facebook so much more can be accomplished quicker – especially when combined with Top Lists.
Prior to Twitter my online promotion has got me interviewed by sites and newspapers around the world. I was in AOL News. I was in Yahoo! News. I was PC Mag and all these other ones, and even in some French sites and Brazilian newspapers. Looking back it was ridiculous that this teenage kid could do so much – but I did and mainly it was because of the power of Top Lists and the way I hustled traffic.
Now with Twitter and Facebook it has never been easier to become a Global Sensation.
It may seem these three strategies are really simple. That’s exactly right. It’s just the fact that so many people don’t implement it. And some of the best things in life are just that simple and great [laughs] .
So I hope you enjoyed this video and I will speak to you soon.
Below are Links to some of my Top Lists — hopefully they will inspire you to create your own Top Lists
Some of My Winning Top Lists:
50 most influential bloggers of 2009 1342 Tweets and 155 comments
20 websites that will make you a better blogger 524 Tweets and 67 comments
Top Earning Websites 557 Tweets and 160 comments
30 Richest Internet Entrepreneurs 464 Tweets and 95 comments
Top 30 Female Internet Entrepreneurs 463 Tweets and 111 comments
Top Earning Blogs 457 Tweets and 221 comments
About Michael Dunlop
I'm Michael, I created this site back in 2009 and since then it's received over a million visitors from all around the world. We offer tutorials and inspiration for online entrepreneurs wanting to achieve more.
56 comments so far… Leave a reply
Tom
Love the video Michael! You should do more of them. I have never really been into facebook fan pages, but might have to set one up to see if I can get it to work for me.
aaron darko
That guy behind the camera did an awesome job lol Was great shooting this Mike. I learnt a lot from this video. Very very valuable information for people. I think top lists is the best way to cause a splash in a niche!
S Ahsan
great video Mike...amazing content, thanks for the share. the new retire@21 looks pretty neat.. good luck mate :) cheers
adibm
Top list is the key. Always need to remember that
Mayank Patel
Excellent post and video mate! You really are an inspiration to people like me... :-) I've a lot to learn though to get my blog going, just about manages to get 150 pageviews on average :( Anyway, nice new (Retire@21) website look too!
Michael Anderson
Hi Michael, Haven't heard from you in while - now I know why. Nice video - I like the new site too. Thanks
John Paul Aguiar
I agree 1000% That Twitter is the best source for free quick traffic,, Facebook close second for me.
Leon Aldrich
Michael, Great post with the video. (tips hat). My tendency is to learn all that I can, before diving in. Thanks to your articles and advice, I'll be switching over to a hosted domain using Wordpress and a WOOTheme (and other products and services you have recommended). What I would like to see on your site that would give you an edge over what many others are doing is, when you make statements, you back them up by illustrating with who, what, when, where, how? You answer questions before they are asked because you filter your content through the looking glass of "What does the new person need to know here?" One example is when you basically state, "Host with hostgator because I do." If I hadn't already been a fan of yours from your Twitter post, you would have lost me at that point as a student and consumer. As someone willing to learn from you, I wanted to know WHY I should use hostgator over godaddy or the others? I needed specifics and not just because of a "I said so". In my case, because the information wasn't on your site for me to review, I had to troll the net looking for who could spell it out for me. Who could explain storage and bandwidth and page load times and all the other basics that would define my reason for choosing one host over another. As a consumer, I need to know the benefits of a product before I purchase it. What will hostgator do for me at what price vs. the other hosters? What will using Wordpress do for me over any other blogging/cms software? Etc. An added note, I have researched almost ALL of your recommendations this way: Wordpress, WooThemes, MarketMeTweet, and more. I spent countless hours digging around online. And though the end result is the same (your suggestions are near 100% the correct choice); I had to figure this out myself by trial and error. I would much rather of just learned it directly from your site (hint hint). Sincerely (the 46 year old 21 year old), Leon Aldrich
eorge Aldrich
Thoughtful comments Bro.
Michael Dunlop
Leon, Thanks very much for your comment, really have taken it and will do what you ask. Launching a new site for IncomeDiary in the coming weeks and it will be included, if not sooner. Michael
Manikandan
Hi Michael nice post. You really inspired me to start my own blog. Hope i can make a better blog. Take care :) Thanks/regards, Manikandan
Fazreen
Yeah, Twitter is the best source for traffic. Now I'm learning how to use facebook to gain traffic like twitter did.
Lee
What perfect timing for this post as I've just finished my 7 day IncomeDiary course and I'm all set up and ready to go! My next step is traffic, so I found this post really useful. Keep it up!
Manuel
Hi Michael, I've always loved your posts. It's actually my main 'make money online' destination; and this post's just wonderful.:)
Ed
going to do some top lists. thanks
Calvin
Hi Mike, The Top Lists are huge because it becomes industry specific and generates a lot of buzz and continues to bring traffic after Twitter and Facebook are done with. I use dominic.freelancer@gmail.com as my regular freelance writer and content provider. He does my blogs/article marketing and PR and saves me a lot of time. Thanks for the post - i've marked it as a Fav.
Michael Davies
Hey, That is one sweet video presentation! And thanks for including the transcript with this. :-) I never really gave any considerations to the "top lists". That really opened up some interesting possibilities. I'll be working through these steps starting now!! Cheers, Michael Davies
Avaksh
Hi Michale, I am big Fan of you.. you inspired me a lot.. good keep it up
Vandana
Hey Michael - Great post! Though (as a new blogger) I am still not clear about this 'Top lists' thing. How will it drive traffic to me in a huge way? Thanks!
Luke Etheridge
Michael, Michael, Michael! As always man - that was a really great post - they are all great but this one stands out like a saw thumb - Brilliant! Well done to Aaron on the camera too ;) ...skills of a young spielberg! Just been thinking about a meet up soon bud...what are your movements next weekend, you about? Skype me up when you get the chance. Thanks for a REALLY inspirational post mate...got me thinking LOADS! Luke
Michael Dunlop
Hey Luke, Sounds good, Skype me sometime and we can organize a time to meet up. Thinking of doing a monthly meet up for Internet Entrepreneurs as well. Glad you liked the video, Michael
Mark
Sweet post, that is still one thing I need to keep up in doing, participating in the social media. In addition, I never even though about creating top lists, you just gave me content ideas for the next couple of months. Thanks again Michael, keep up the good job.
Michael Dunlop
Good to hear Mark :) Top lists kill it! Let me know how they go. Michael
Jeromy
Nice job! I don't find I get a lot of traffic from facebook, perhaps I need to learn how. But I do find twitter to be pretty powerful. I find that both my traffic spikes for a short period of time and my collection of followers grows faster each time I tweet something useful (or funny). The lists is a good idea, I have certainly seen this to be pretty effective. Cheers! JeromyS
Jauhari
Excellent video.. I like it Michael
Amber
Hi Michale, Excellent video post, twitter is great traffic source for us but I am still struggling with facebook. Thanks.
Chris Peacock
Great tips Michael especially the top lists. Good to see you doing video as well. Keep it up! Thanks!
Joseph
Great tips Michael especially the top lists. Good to see you doing video as well. Keep it up! Thanks!
SalStabler
Hey, Michael, great video post, twitter is a great traffic source, but i have to say Facebook is just as good. Increase your fan page followers is the trick, also try facebook advertising. One of my favorite traffic sources has been StumbleUpon, it's been doing great, and the advertising has worked very well, give them a try.
Juan Carlos Hurtado
Michael, I am learning a lot from you! Thanks for including THE TRANSCRIPTS !!! Great idea for us who hardly understand spoken english ! From Colombia .... JUAN CARLOS
Moon Hussain
Good stuff there, Michael. Love the top lists idea. We all do the three things you mentioned but I'm not doing them effectively. Which is the key ;) Def. deserves a re-tweet.
Tammy from MarketMeTweet
Hi Michael! Great post, and thanks for the plug. I'm so glad you like MarketMeTweet and will be so excited when you get to download version 2 coming very very soon! (cough cough facebook integration)
khalid
Your video is superb, very nicely you explained the things. I use all the methods you mentioned but traffic is not increasing. what to do?
David Stillwagon
Your posts are always informative. I really like the idea of having a fan page and the lists sound pretty good too.
Micah Sewell
Dude, Thanks! I had forgotten how important tweeting was. I tweeted from two accounts and got like twenty people immediately. :o) I know that's small, but I'm just starting with this new graphic design blog. Now I need to go write some top list posts.
Nate @ Possible Cash
Thanks for the information... I'm little confused on something.
steven
Hi everyone i donot really understand the list concept.? can any body please help me how to create a list.? and how to get traffic by using list.? thank you so much Steven
Kate Kutny
Steven I can help you if you like. This is how you create a list: For example let's write a list about Hosting Sites. And we are going to do a top 10 list for Hosting Sites. It would look like this: Top 10 Hosting Sites 1 - Add Hosting Site here that you think is the best! Then talk about it's benefits. 2 - Add 2nd best Hosting Site here.... 3 - Add 3rd best Hosting Site here.... 4 - Add 4th best 5 - Add 5th best 6 - Add 6th best 7 - Add 7th best 8 - Add 8th best 9 - Add 9th best 10- Add 10th best Near each Hosting site on the top 10 you should write a short description on "why" this Hosting site is so great. Let people know the benefits and why it's better than the one below it. You could give 4 reasons why it's so great! After you are finished writing the top 10 list you should make sure to have an introduction and a conclusion. This will make your list more professional. I hope this helps you. I know it's been awhile since you posted your question, but maybe someone else will read it and it could help them as well.
Charlie Hash
Thanks for this information, Nice video.. Hope it help me..
Caleb
I kinda thought lists were played out from reading so many blogs that do them, but just like in direct advertising and mail oreder if so many are doing it then it must be profitible. The trick in using a certain technique is getting in and out before oversaturization takes effect ;)
Lester e.a.Wilson
Michael,your video was tops man. It was very very informative,especially the part to do with top list... Thanks a lot.and keep up the good work! Lester e.a.Wilson http://www.4ugood.com
Kate Kutny
The reason why it's good to write list type articles is because people LOVE them! When I see a top 10 list article I have to read it. I'm sure you have seen a top 10 that you liked and you felt the urge to read it as well. We are curious to find out what is the top. And that is what we are doing. Trying to make people curious. So creating Top 10, Top 20, Top 50 and Top 100 "fill in blank" can help you get a ton of traffic!
Praveen-Techperk
Great Post Micheal
Ajay
Great post...
Sean M Kelly
Hi Michael Some very useful insights here. I've certainly noticed a lot of people doing "Top lists" so it must be working! Carpe Diem Sean www.BeInspired-blog.com
Josh
Thank you so much for this! It really helped me, Really!
andreas
Great Video, superb tips! I guess it's all about having something interesting to say and sticking your neck out. And that's such a big step to take for many of us. Keep up the good content! Cheers, Andreas
edward
Hello, I join your short course just yesterday and I am hoping to learn from you Michael. Thanks in advance.
Wayne Lambert
Top lists always attracts a lot of attention. It's a common blog post type on places like Digg and Mashable.
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Jeff Anderson
Michael, What a simple but great idea, thanks so much for sharing! The rest of your site is loaded with great info as well, so thanks for all of the education. Jeff
Guts N Glam
I really like your posts... They are all so informative. Subscribing here is not a mistake... Keep it coming, Mike! you rock!
Josh
Twitter & RTs can be very difficult to stimulate when you're working with something very niche. My specialism is email marketing but because some of my tweets/posts are very specialist rather than just 'My Top 10 ways to increase deliverability' I find it hard to propagate through.
Martyn Hall
Great Post learned a huge amount from this and will be using it as one of my strategies in the very near future.
joine jukas
wow.great post.i will try your tips..thx a lot
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