How to promote your wordpress blog
- 1. How to promote yourwordpressblog. How to promote yourwordpressblog?Thismightbe the firstquestionthatmightpopinyourhead whenyoudecidedtostart a wordpressblog. There are indefinitewaystopromote yourwordpressblog,todayIwill share withyouall the cool tips and tricksto do so,You will learnhowyoucan leverage differentkindsof channelsinawebsite orblog promotation.Youwill be learningabout 1) email marketing 2) search engine optimization 3) Social media 4) LinkBuilding Andhowyou can use these channelsinorderto promote yourwordpressblog, rankyour blogand alsogenerate traffic. So,letsdive inand start thisjourney – But firstthing’sfirst In orderto answerthe questionHowtogrow yourwordpressblog? My firstanswerwill be - You shouldchoose aSEO friendlythemes Anduse the bestSEOplugins,toolsoutthere some ex are – Yoast seo,W3total cache,keywordplanner etc. Nowlet’sstart 1) Publishcrazyamazingcontent – As the all digital marketerssay’scontentisthe king,andthat’strue,youdon’shave to publishandwrite blogpost4-5 timesa weekyoucan publish1blogpostper monththat’sthe bestpractice accordingto me,But make make sure the blogpost youpublishhasto be indepth,long(minimum2000+ words) and shouldanswerthe userquery.Inmyopinionlistpost’sperformwaybetter,Soyoucantry that as well. Pro tip– use social share buttonslike clicktotweetin yourblogpost. 2) Create an email list– For start youcan scrap the emailsof yourlinkedinconnectionsthat’swhatIdid,Youcan alsobuildyour email listbyexportingyourgmail andfacebookcontacts.Andasyourblog/websitesgrowsand
- 2. generatestrafficyoucanuse toolslike subscribers,hellobarfromNeil patel oryoucan use optinforms inorder to growyour email list. 3) Email marketing– As of nowyou mighthave the initial subscriberstoyourblog,Sonow you can use email marketingtools like Aweberormailchimptostartyour email – marketingcampign,Youcan use templetsfromthese websites,use email automationandsendanotificationmailtoall yoursubscriberswheneveryou publishanewblogpostto get a headstart.Andinthisway youcan promote yourwordpressbloginno time. But hear’sa catch – Pro Tip– SendyourE-mailsat the besttime possible inordertoimprove yourCTR. Can alsouse followupautomatedmail forthose whohaven’topenedyourmail infirsttime So,these 3 pointsmightansweryourqueryabouthow to promote yourwordpressblogviaemail marketing. Withoutwastinganytime let’sdive intoournextstep. Before goingfurtherthere mightbe these questionspoppinginyourheadthat – How to gettrafficto my blogforfree?OR How to getvisitorstoyour blog? Well,thisnextstepwill answeryourthese question’s,andyouwill getresultsif youdothiscorrecty. 4) Use newsaggregatorsitestogenerate initial traffic boost – You can get greatresultsfrom thistactic butyou have to keepone thinginmind,(NOSPAM) youcannot justonlyshare your blogpostlinksonthese sites,youhave tobe smart and engage inyourcommunity earnsome karma pointsandupvotes,helpthe otherusersandbelieve me if youdothisthe rightway it’sa goldmine.The siteswhichyoucanstart of withare * Reddit * hackernews * Lobste.rs * Voat.co Andmany more. Pro Tip– (NOSPAM) (NOSPAM) (NOSPAM).
- 3. 5) QuestionandAnswersites – Quora isa wonderfulreferral trafficresource,youcanfindquestionsrelatedtoyourniche andanswer themand pointa linkbackto your website orblog.Youcan alsoexplore websiteslikeYahooAnswers and blur.it. 6) Forums – Become an active memberonyourniche relatedforums,youcanfind these bytypingthisstringin Google “Your niche”+ “forums”OR “Intitle:forum+ keyword” Create anaccount on thatforum, in the signature youcan alsoleave abacklinkpointingtoyourwebsite.Helpthe communityusersandyouwill see yourblogtrafficgrowing. Let me tell youone importantthinghere whenIwasresearchingforthe topic“How to promote your wordpressblog” one thingthatstood outwas “Social media” Social mediaplaysahuge role in a BlogPromotion – So here’sstepno- 7) Make use of Social bookmarkingsites – Beforleveragingsocial mediaplatformstopromote yourblog,Youcan make use of social bookmarking sitesinorderto acquire backlinksandblogpromotion – You can use siteslike All top Stumble upon Digg Facebook Twitter Google+ Andmuch more the listisneverending.Use these resourcestopromote yourblog. 8) Facebook – Publishyourblogpostonfacebook,make sure youmake use of FB groups,relevanthashtagsinorder for promotion.Create aFB page of your brand,blogpublishyourcontentthere,make full use of
- 4. Facebookmarketingplatforminordertoacquire more page likesandwebsitetrafficandincrease your FB page likes. Pro tip– Use Facebookads inorderto promote yourblog.But how? Firstuse engagementcampigninordertogainlikesandcommentsonyour FB postshare that post on relevantgroupsusinghashtags andafteryouhave generatedlike’s, comment andshare on that post use the same post and thistime choose campaignwebsitetrafficinFacebookadsdashboardandastold earlieruse the postonwhichyou have generated like’s,share andcomment,Asaresultyouwill gain maximumreturnoninvestment,Butmake sure youtargetthe right audience while settingupthe ads for thisyoucan use facebookaudience insightsandcheckthe pagesyourtargetaudience likesandare interestedinandtargetthose pagesandputthose pagesin the intrestsection. 9) Instagram– If you run a blogthat createsmore visual andyouuse toomany photosandinfographics(whichis obviouslythe bestpractice) Instagramisforyou.Justcreate a instabusinesspage,use relevant hashtags,youcan also use toolslike everlikerwhichhelpsyougrow yourinstagramfollowers(organic) for free. 10) linkedin – Linkedinisalsoagreat wayand there isa cool trickfor promotinga blogand increase website traffic,I will tell youhow – There isa feature inlinkedinwhichallowsyoutowrite andpublisharticleonlinkedin,whatyoucan do isstart by introducingyourblogandwrite few pointsandthenas a Pro tipyoucan write continue readingandlinkback thatarticle to your blogor website’soriginalsource. 11) Youtube – You have to admitthat Youtube iscrushingitright now and as a resultyoucan get a tonsof trafficfrom youtube, Juststartyour youtube channel uploadamazingvideosandinthe videodescriptionputalink back to yourwebsite. How to Promote yourwordpressblog? These questionwill be partiallyansweredif Idon’ttalkabout SEO, linkbuildingandorganictraffic. But howto get yourblognoticedbyGoogle? In orderto rank yourblogon Google’sSERP(searchengine resultpage ) Onpage and Off page SEO isthe keyand veryimportant,Sowithoutwastinganytime let’s dive intothe nextstep On page SEO –
- 5. 12) You can use toolslike searchconsole,screemingfrog,seositecheckupinordertofind Onpage technical issuesonyourwebsitesandresolvethemaccordinglyinordertoimprove yoursitesauthority. Some of the on site issueswhichneedstobe resolvedinordertorankyour bloghighare - 13) website indexingproblemwhichcanbe improvedby submittingsitemaponsearchconsole. 14) Robots.txtfilemaybe missing. 15) Website’sURLmustbe short and seofriendly 16) Your mainfocuskeywordof yourblogshouldbe presentinthe metatitle. PRO TIP – Start your title tagwithyourfocus keyword,anduse brackets,numbersanduse phraseslike Best,Amazing,Easy,Nowtoboost yourCTR. 17) metadescriptiontagshouldbe present. 18) Wrap your headingsandsubheadingsinH1 and H2 tags. 19) Improve yourpage loadingspeed.(Use Google’s page speedinsightorGT matrix to checkyour website’sloadingspeed) 20) Improve bounce rate withthe helpof multimediainyourcontent.(images,video’sandinfographics) 21) Use your focuskeywordinthe firstparagraphof yourblog. 22) Sprinkle LSI keywordsrelatedtoyourfocuskeywords inyourblog. 23) use ALT tag for image optimization. 24) Use internal linkstoboostpage authority. 25) Use external linksandlinkouttorelevantresources. 26) Publishlongformof contentminimum(1800 words) By, optimizingyourblog,website withthese onpage seotechniquesyoucaneasilyincrease the authorityof your wordpressblog andorganicallyrankandpromote yourwebsite/blog. NowI,amgoingto share some linkbuildingtactics(Off page Seo) whichyoucanuse to buildlinksto your wordpressblog inorderto gethigherrankingsinGoogle SERP. 27) Guestposting– Doingor submittingguestpostononsomebodyelse’sblogisone wayof accquringa backlinkand targetedtraffic.Butmake sure you publishguestpostonyourniche relatedandhighqualityblogswhich have highdomainauthority,Butbelieve me thisisdifficultthanyouthink,youhave tofollow acertain procedure indoingso.
- 6. Firstmake the listof website’swhereyouare willingtosubmityourpost. Thenread the typesof blog’sthatare publishedonthatwebsite,commentontheirblog’s,make good contact withthe bloggerandthenoutreachthat bloggerwithyourpitch. You can use these string’stofindGuestbloggingopportunity inyourniche – “Keyword”+ “write forus” “keyword”+”submitguestpost” PRO TIP – stay awayfromwebsitesthataskfor moneyforpublishingyourblog/content. Andreadthe guestpostingguidelinesfirst. 28) linkroundups – Submityourcontent/blogtothe bloggerswhorunweeklyroundupsinyourniche . You can findthese bythese strings “keyword”+“linkroundup”,“keyword”+”thisweek” 29) Brokenlinkbuilding – Thisis myall time fav linkbuildingtactic,forthisyoumightneedatool (chrome extension) checkmy links. Look outfor the brokenlink’srelatedtoyourtopicsonthe websitesyouare tryingtoget a linkfromand whenyoufindone justtell (mail) the site ownerthatyouhave finda brokenlinkontheirsite andoffer themyourwebsite contentinordertoreplace itwithyours. 30) Linksfrom.edu,.organd .govsites – As statedabove youcan use the same tactic in acquiringbacklinkfromthese sitesaswell,Justlookout for the resourcespagesonthese websitesthencheckif there isanybrokenlink,if there isyourjobis half done,justwrite similarcontentandofferthemtoreplace itwithyourcontent PRO TIP – You can use waybackmachine inorderto check the 404 content. 31) HARO Helpa reporteroutis a great resource forgettinga highqualitybacklinkforyourblogfroma high authoritysite.
- 7. 32) Use Brian dean’sSkyscrapertechnique 33) Infographicslinkbuilding(Guestographic) In orderto promote yourwordpressbloginfographicsplaysahuge role.If youpublishhighquality infographicsonyoursite youcan use embedcode inorderto gettons of backlinksfromthat infographic. 34) Google Adwords – You can investsome of yourmoneyonPPC adsand leverage thisplatformtopromote yourwordpress blog. 35) Helpthe community – Make contact’swithotherbloggersinyourniche helpthem, helptheir users,respondtothe comment’s builda strongcommunicationandeventuallyyourwordpressblogwill dowell. By, thistime Ithinkyouhave gottenfairideato How to promote yourwordpressblog? I hope thisarticle helpsyouinpromotingyourwordpressblog,Butone thingjustkeepinmindto publishgreatqualityandfreshcontentasthisisthe number(1) tactic tobring the bestout of your blog.