10 Ways To Get More Eyeballs On Your Posts

10 WAYS TO GET MORE EYEBALLS ON YOUR POSTS POST GOOD CONTENT NO 1 FREQUENTLY The number one reason people will return to your site often and the number one reason why they may never come back again has to do with how frequently you post new content and whether or not what you write is useful, funny or just plain worth reading. Original content is the best because it's stuff people can't easily find elsewhere. MAKE YOUR POSTS No SHAREABLE Just because you post new content, it doesn't mean it's shareable content. Shareable content is easy to share and share worthy. Shareable content has an eye-catching title that is relatively short, it's easy to read, and it's juicy (right now infographics and videos are juicy, so maybe include one of those). It also has fun high quality images, and most importantly, it engages and inspires your readers and makes them feel connected. Shareable content is the most valuable content on the web, and it's what you see circulating all over Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest and LinkedIn because people are sharing it. No USE TOOLS FOR CONTENT 3. CURATION Content curation tools have become very popular in the past few years, and if used correctly, they can bring a lot of visitors to your posts. There are several old idea very good, free content curation sites available. Content curation allows you to find the best content on a topics you like and put your own spin on it (and maybe you'd even include a link to a related post you wrote about on the same topic). You would then share it with others who have the same interests. new perspective This works especially well when you want to continue to spread an old post that is still relevant. Take a little time to develop your own content curation plan and you'll definitely notice an increase in pageviews as a result. Pinterest is probably one of the most popular content curation tools. You see something you like online, you add a sentence from your own per- spective, and you pass it on to people with the same interests who follow that pinboard. Now imagine being able to do that same thing with text (posts and links) instead of images. That is what content curation is all about. Using the content curation tools available on the web will open new doors to new readers who you may not have been able to reach before. new idea ACCEPT GUEST No WRITERS 4 handshake Accepting guest writers on your blog is such wonderful thing from so many different perspectives, including bringing more eyeballs to your own posts. Guest writers can breathe fresh air into a blog and offer a new point of view. Each time they publish an article on your blog, they will of course want to share that content with their own social media audience since it's an exciting thing, and it will promote them. Each time that happens, it bring new readers to your blog. Those are readers you may have never been able to reach before. If they like what they see, they will be back for more. SEO No 5 SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION SEO doesn't have to be a big obstacle to overcome. Yes, it's time consuming to learn. Yes, it can add an extra 10 minutes to each post. Every bit of that effort will be worth it though because it will make a huge difference in your pageviews. This is definitely not a detail you want to overlook. Being on the first page of Google is like having the busiest store in the mall. You want to be there. Research it until talking about it is second nature. Put everything you learn into practice and experiment until you find what works for you. You will notice a huge increase in your pageviews. No EDIT & PROOFREAD EVERY WORD 9. BEFORE IT'S PUBLISHED It's very important that you proofread your final article when you are finished writing it. Make any necessary edits before it's published. Be sure to check that all your facts are correct, check your spelling/grammar, and ask yourself if the overall article is easy to understand. You don't want to miss out on any attention your article might receive just because your readers couldn't understand what you were trying to convey. Be sure you proofreed every every word in a sentence LINK BUILDING No (BUT NOT THE WAY YOU THINK) I am not a fan of just linking for the sake of linking. On our blog, if there is a link, it is there for a reason. We don't exchange links or add irrelevant links. There are two types of links that can really help you with pageviews though. First, if you are using a "related post" plugin, look at the clicks in your analytics. They are most likely low. For whatever reason, those tend to perform poorly for a lot of people. However, by somehow working a related post into the text of your article and linking it there or by even putting a list of popular posts with links in your sidebar, you will most likely notice a nice increase in pageviews. You will be basically inviting the reader to hang out and check out a few more posts before leaving. This kind of interlinking can be very effective. Don't do it too much though, you don't want to look like a spammer. Secondly, when other sites link to you, they have the potential to increase your pageviews (some links will increase your SEO also). The best way to get more high quality, popular sites to link to you isn't by begging them to do it. The best way is by creating high quality original content that they will naturally want to link to. You can learn more about this on http://www.bitrebels.com/social/simple-guide-to-link-value/ No EMAIL MARKETING THE RIGHT WAY I know the first thing you think of when you hear the words "email marketing" is spam. Not all email marketing is spam, and unfortunately the spammers kind of ruin it for everyone else. Regardless of that, email marketing is currently the most effective form of online advertising. (source: Email Marketing Reports http://www.email-marketing-reports.com/basics/why.htm). You don't have to send out mass emails to strangers to bring more pageviews from an email campaign. You can simply email 50 friends or colleagues and ask them to give their opinion and leave a comment. Let them know you will do the same for them. Invite them to forward your post to anyone else who might find it useful. That kind of reciprocity goes a long way for building rapport and readers. BREAK UP A O LONG POST No If you have a lot to say about any one given topic, dividing up your post into 2 or 3 separate posts can create a real boost for pageviews when compared to the pageviews of one really long post. Once they've all published, be sure to interlink them all together so no matter which one someone stumbles upon, they can easily find the others. Also, when breaking up your post, try to make each individual post stand on its own. In other words, if someone just reads one post in the series, is it still useful and does it still make sense? If so, you've created a series, which can be very effective for pageviews. USE SOCIAL MEDIA No OCREATIVELY 10 Everyone knows it's important to use social media when you want to get the word out about your new post, but if you only have a few hundred friends and followers on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and Google+, you may not be noticing much of a pageview increase when you compare it to all the work it takes to maintain these accounts. However, there are some things you can do to make your time on social media more effective. Take Twitter for example. In my opinion, you need a few thousand Twitter followers before you will be able to get enough reach to strike gold on Twitter. As you work towards that, one thing you can do is set up a reciprocity group of close-knit friends or colleagues. If you all agree to share each other's content (if it's appropriate for your stream), you can easily extend your reach into the thousands instantly. If you carefully choose who you partner with, you can ensure that the content you are asked to share will always be high quality. This can really turn out to be a win-win for everyone involved. Also, you obviously want your Facebook like button, Twitter follow button (and others) to be posted in a very obvious place on your blog. I still see so many blogs with this information tucked at the very bottom, in small print, in a place that is hard to find. presented by BIT REBELS developed by NOWSOURCING www.bitrebels.com 10 WAYS TO GET MORE EYEBALLS ON YOUR POSTS POST GOOD CONTENT NO 1 FREQUENTLY The number one reason people will return to your site often and the number one reason why they may never come back again has to do with how frequently you post new content and whether or not what you write is useful, funny or just plain worth reading. Original content is the best because it's stuff people can't easily find elsewhere. MAKE YOUR POSTS No SHAREABLE Just because you post new content, it doesn't mean it's shareable content. Shareable content is easy to share and share worthy. Shareable content has an eye-catching title that is relatively short, it's easy to read, and it's juicy (right now infographics and videos are juicy, so maybe include one of those). It also has fun high quality images, and most importantly, it engages and inspires your readers and makes them feel connected. Shareable content is the most valuable content on the web, and it's what you see circulating all over Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pinterest and LinkedIn because people are sharing it. No USE TOOLS FOR CONTENT 3. CURATION Content curation tools have become very popular in the past few years, and if used correctly, they can bring a lot of visitors to your posts. There are several old idea very good, free content curation sites available. Content curation allows you to find the best content on a topics you like and put your own spin on it (and maybe you'd even include a link to a related post you wrote about on the same topic). You would then share it with others who have the same interests. new perspective This works especially well when you want to continue to spread an old post that is still relevant. Take a little time to develop your own content curation plan and you'll definitely notice an increase in pageviews as a result. Pinterest is probably one of the most popular content curation tools. You see something you like online, you add a sentence from your own per- spective, and you pass it on to people with the same interests who follow that pinboard. Now imagine being able to do that same thing with text (posts and links) instead of images. That is what content curation is all about. Using the content curation tools available on the web will open new doors to new readers who you may not have been able to reach before. new idea ACCEPT GUEST No WRITERS 4 handshake Accepting guest writers on your blog is such wonderful thing from so many different perspectives, including bringing more eyeballs to your own posts. Guest writers can breathe fresh air into a blog and offer a new point of view. Each time they publish an article on your blog, they will of course want to share that content with their own social media audience since it's an exciting thing, and it will promote them. Each time that happens, it bring new readers to your blog. Those are readers you may have never been able to reach before. If they like what they see, they will be back for more. SEO No 5 SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION SEO doesn't have to be a big obstacle to overcome. Yes, it's time consuming to learn. Yes, it can add an extra 10 minutes to each post. Every bit of that effort will be worth it though because it will make a huge difference in your pageviews. This is definitely not a detail you want to overlook. Being on the first page of Google is like having the busiest store in the mall. You want to be there. Research it until talking about it is second nature. Put everything you learn into practice and experiment until you find what works for you. You will notice a huge increase in your pageviews. No EDIT & PROOFREAD EVERY WORD 9. BEFORE IT'S PUBLISHED It's very important that you proofread your final article when you are finished writing it. Make any necessary edits before it's published. Be sure to check that all your facts are correct, check your spelling/grammar, and ask yourself if the overall article is easy to understand. You don't want to miss out on any attention your article might receive just because your readers couldn't understand what you were trying to convey. Be sure you proofreed every every word in a sentence LINK BUILDING No (BUT NOT THE WAY YOU THINK) I am not a fan of just linking for the sake of linking. On our blog, if there is a link, it is there for a reason. We don't exchange links or add irrelevant links. There are two types of links that can really help you with pageviews though. First, if you are using a "related post" plugin, look at the clicks in your analytics. They are most likely low. For whatever reason, those tend to perform poorly for a lot of people. However, by somehow working a related post into the text of your article and linking it there or by even putting a list of popular posts with links in your sidebar, you will most likely notice a nice increase in pageviews. You will be basically inviting the reader to hang out and check out a few more posts before leaving. This kind of interlinking can be very effective. Don't do it too much though, you don't want to look like a spammer. Secondly, when other sites link to you, they have the potential to increase your pageviews (some links will increase your SEO also). The best way to get more high quality, popular sites to link to you isn't by begging them to do it. The best way is by creating high quality original content that they will naturally want to link to. You can learn more about this on http://www.bitrebels.com/social/simple-guide-to-link-value/ No EMAIL MARKETING THE RIGHT WAY I know the first thing you think of when you hear the words "email marketing" is spam. Not all email marketing is spam, and unfortunately the spammers kind of ruin it for everyone else. Regardless of that, email marketing is currently the most effective form of online advertising. (source: Email Marketing Reports http://www.email-marketing-reports.com/basics/why.htm). You don't have to send out mass emails to strangers to bring more pageviews from an email campaign. You can simply email 50 friends or colleagues and ask them to give their opinion and leave a comment. Let them know you will do the same for them. Invite them to forward your post to anyone else who might find it useful. That kind of reciprocity goes a long way for building rapport and readers. BREAK UP A O LONG POST No If you have a lot to say about any one given topic, dividing up your post into 2 or 3 separate posts can create a real boost for pageviews when compared to the pageviews of one really long post. Once they've all published, be sure to interlink them all together so no matter which one someone stumbles upon, they can easily find the others. Also, when breaking up your post, try to make each individual post stand on its own. In other words, if someone just reads one post in the series, is it still useful and does it still make sense? If so, you've created a series, which can be very effective for pageviews. USE SOCIAL MEDIA No OCREATIVELY 10 Everyone knows it's important to use social media when you want to get the word out about your new post, but if you only have a few hundred friends and followers on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and Google+, you may not be noticing much of a pageview increase when you compare it to all the work it takes to maintain these accounts. However, there are some things you can do to make your time on social media more effective. Take Twitter for example. In my opinion, you need a few thousand Twitter followers before you will be able to get enough reach to strike gold on Twitter. As you work towards that, one thing you can do is set up a reciprocity group of close-knit friends or colleagues. If you all agree to share each other's content (if it's appropriate for your stream), you can easily extend your reach into the thousands instantly. If you carefully choose who you partner with, you can ensure that the content you are asked to share will always be high quality. This can really turn out to be a win-win for everyone involved. Also, you obviously want your Facebook like button, Twitter follow button (and others) to be posted in a very obvious place on your blog. I still see so many blogs with this information tucked at the very bottom, in small print, in a place that is hard to find. presented by BIT REBELS developed by NOWSOURCING www.bitrebels.com