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Ever since blogging
existed, driving traffic
has been a hot topic in
the blogosphere. If
you’re like me you’re
probably tired of reading
those blog posts that
explain different traffic
generation methods and
promises overnight
success that would never
come.
In this post, I would like
to show you some
proven traffic generation
methods that you might
not have heard about till
now.
Below you’ll find different
successful case studies of
traffic generation and
the lessons you can learn
from each case study.
1. Drive traffic
from SlideShare
If you’re not living under
the rock, you may know
what SlideShare is all
about. It is a website that
allows you to upload and
share PowerPoint
presentations online.
However, did you know
that SlideShare can also
be one of the best
sources to drive
an insane amount of
traffic to your blog?
Bloggers like Mauro
D’Andrea and Ana
Hoffman have been
generating massive
traffic to their blogs. By
creating just 9
presentations in 30 days,
Ana Hoffman has turned
SlideShare as her second
largest referral traffic
source .
If you can learn from her
success, you can
implement the lessons on
your traffic acquisition
strategy.
Before jumping in to
create your first slide,
below are a few things
you’ll need to know as a
prerequisite.
In order to drive
huge traffic from
your slides,
obviously, you will
need to get more
views for your
presentation on
SlideShare.
According to Ana
Hoffman, you’ll
need to get about
900-1100 views
for your slides to be
featured in the
featured box and
1200-1500 views to
be featured as the
Top Presentation of
the Day.
The best time to
upload your
presentation is
between 11 pm
and 2 am EST.
Step by step guide to
driving traffic from
SlideShare
Step 1- Create a
SlideShare presentation
Create a SlideShare
presentation based on
your blog posts. For
example, if you’re writing
a blog post about ‘10
weight loss tips’, you can
create a Slideshare on
the same topic.
There are many ways to
create a presentation.
Let’s look at a few of
them.
Create it by your
own : Creating a
presentation isn’t
a rocket science. If
you’re on PC use
PowerPoint; if you’re
on Mac use Keynote
to create a
presentation.
Alternatively, you
may try using free
software like
OpenOffice.org to
create it.
Download a
PowerPoint
template : Instead
of creating a
Powerpoint template
from scratch, you
may download a
PowerPoint template
online and start
customizing it on
your own. By this
way, you can make
sure that your
presentation is good
looking.
Hire an expert–
Hire an expert
designer from
Fiverr.com to
create a
presentation for you.
Step 2- Choose the right
images
Make sure you’re using
beautiful images in your
presentation. If you’re
not sure how to find free
images for your
presentation, read my
article on how to find
and use a creative
commons licensed image
using Google .
Step 3- Embed links/call
to actions and publish it
The best thing about
SlideShare presentation
is that you can embed
links and even call-to-
action buttons into your
presentation. When all
are set, you can move
ahead and publish your
first presentation. Once it
is live, start promoting
your presentation on
social media and other
channels.
2. Driving traffic
from
StumbleUpon
When I tell someone that
StumbleUpon has the
potential to drive massive
traffic , I’ll often get
asked- do people still use
StumbleUpon? Is
StumbleUpon still capable
of driving traffic to your
blog as in the early days?
The answer is yes. Some
of my recent posts have
attracted hundreds of
stumbles from SU.
In fact, various studies
show that SU can provide
3 times more traffic than
Reddit and is capable of
driving more traffic than
Google+ and LinkedIn
combined.
Without taking a lot of
efforts, how can you still
drive traffic to your blogs
using StumbleUpon?
By spending a few bucks
on advertising.
Now you might be
asking- is it worth
spending money for
advertising on SU to
drive traffic?
Let’s look at this way-
would you rather test the
so-called recommended
tricks on StumbleUpon,
only to end up with
disappointment down
the track or spend a few
bucks and multiple the
traffic to your blog?
When done right
advertising can open a
steady stream of reliable
traffic from StumbleUpon
to your blog.
What kind of content
works on StumbleUpon?
People visit SU to
discover all types of
content. However, not all
types of content can
drive an enormous
amount of traffic to your
blog. Below are a few
types of sure-fire content
on SU.
Epic tutorials
Entertaining
videos
List posts
Beautiful images
and infographics
Driving traffic from SU-
step by step guide
Step 1- Create the
content to promote (blog
posts, video,
infographics)
Now you know what
types of content works
well on SU. Before
jumping in to create
content and promoting it
by advertising, it is
always better to conduct
a demographic research
on SU interest groups.
Look at the stats, learn
what the hot topics are
and build content that is
optimized for SU sharing.
You can also try creating
a customized landing
page specifically for
StumbleUpon audience
and start driving traffic
to it. If you’re on
WordPress, simply install
a landing page plugin
and start creating a
StumbleUpon optimized
landing page on your
website.
Step 2- Spend a few
bucks to promote your
content
Once the content is
created, it is the time to
promote it through
advertising.
Step 3- Evaluate your
advertising campaign
The goal of the campaign
is to drive earned visits
not the paid visit. If the
campaign doesn’t work
well to drive traffic
organically, you’ll need to
check why it doesn’t
produce the results that
you were looking for.
Rinse your strategy and
repeat it.
3. Drive traffic
from Facebook
using Retargeted
pixels
If you’ve been promoting
your blog posts using a
Facebook page for a
while, you might have
noticed the decline in the
reach of Facebook posts.
There can be many
reasons for the fall.
Whatever the reason
maybe, undoubtedly,
now it becomes harder
to improve the reach for
free because there’s
more competition in the
News Feed than ever.
As a sure-fire method
you can use advertising
to improve the overall
reach of your Facebook
page. Again, it is always
better to spend a few
bucks to increase the
reach than letting your
Facebook traffic die by
testing all sorts of tricks
that won’t help.
What kind of content
works on Facebook?
When it comes to sharing
posts on Facebook, a
general rule of thumb is
to make your posts stand
out in News Feed, so it
grabs the attention of
the users easily. Like any
other social network, rich
media like photos and
videos get more
attention on Facebook
than any other types of
content.
However, if you’re
looking to build traffic to
your blog posts, you’ll
need to focus on sharing
links and constantly
reviewing the
performance using Page
Insights.
Increasing the reach and
driving traffic from
Facebook
Facebook offers different
types of advertising
options .
Since our goal is to drive
more traffic to your blog
and ultimately increase
the reach, you can try
boosting your posts,
which is also the easiest
way of advertising on
Facebook.
All you need to do is to
click on the Boost Post
option in the lower right
corner of your post. You’ll
be asked to choose from
advertising to ‘people
who liked your Page and
their friends’ or ‘people
you choose through
targeting’.
You can choose the
second option and set up
a retargeting pixel on
your blog , which allows
you to target the
audience on Facebook
who has previously
visited your blog.
Which one is your
favorite traffic
generation method?
Share your thoughts with
us in the comments
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