How I've reached 500+ monthly visitors to my blog and how to increase your blog traffic
If you’ve started a money-making blog, you might be frustrated when you start trying to increase your blog’s traffic.
Recently, I hit a big milestone for my money-making blog: I reached over 500 monthly visitors.
Since I know it can be difficult for a new blogger to acquire traffic, I’m offering 5 tips on how I was able to increase my blog traffic from 0 to 500 visitors a month.
CREATE: How to make a clear and cohesive digital presence for your small business
I’ve always been encouraged by professors to have a digital presence. When I was attending and starting my classes at the University of Missouri, I was constantly told about the importance of having a presence on various social media and web platforms. It wasn’t enough to have experience. My experience needed to be broadcasted and promoted well for my peers and supervisors to take notice.
(Work)Book Review: CREATE
Over the last few weeks of the year, I've been reading and working through much of Meera Kothand's CREATE. It's been much easier to determine who my target audience is, my marketing strategies towards my target audience, and goals that I'm hoping to achieve for and through my business start-up.
Should you participate in share-for-share posts in Facebook to gain traffic for your blog?
Share-for-share Facebook posts helped me a lot when I first started out and needed guidance as I learned how to start my blog. After a month or two and working through CREATE An Intensive Biz Playbook & Planner: Scale Your Online Business, Create Explosive Growth and Build a Brand You Crave, I was able to rely on my own marketing strategies to make my blog visible and marketable for my target audience.
Soft skills are highly desired in today’s professional industries.
Many work environments look for hard and technically learned skill sets but soft skills tend to hold more power over positions. It’s important to know hard skills, like Adobe Creative Suite or book-keeping software, but your soft skills show how you work with others, whether that be a client or a coworker.