Advice on getting traffic ranges from social networking to search engines to telling friends and family. The theory is to find something we are good at and just go with it. I’ve talked several times about using StumbleUpon, Entrecard, and SEO to help build readership.
Not everyone finds visitors the same way. Even different days can bring traffic from various sources.
What is the best source of traffic for you?
I’m interested in hearing what source works best for you and if it come naturally or if you pursue it day-in and day-out. Feel free to answer as a comment below or as a post on your blog–please leave a link in the comments so others can read.
Written: Sep 13, 2008
Tags: blogging, traffic, Web Development
andymurd
September 13, 2008 @ 3:26 pm | Reply
Social media works for me. I get big traffic spikes from Stumbleupon but they tend to read and leave but FriendFeed provides good quality traffic. I like visitors that leave comments, subscribe to RSS and contact me so quality is much more important than quantity.
Dennis Edell
September 14, 2008 @ 8:46 am | Reply
Social and EC for me. I also must really agree with Andy. Thousands of visitors are worthless if they never communicate in some way.
Scott Lackey
September 14, 2008 @ 11:02 am | Reply
Long tail Google organic searches in the advertising communications category, especially where I’m on the first page of search results. I don’t work hard on any of the other approaches…although I know I probably should. I’m looking for high quality professional responses, not sheer weight.
Margaret
September 14, 2008 @ 5:55 pm | Reply
I’m using social networking, Entrecard, commenting on articles that interest me and stumbling/digg the same.
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Analytics
September 16, 2008 @ 3:43 pm | Reply
Well Google of course, SEO followed by local directories here in South Africa, but this is because our website is a B@B as oppose to a blog.