Do you want to increase your #WordPress website traffic?
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Before you Start: Set Up Push Notifications for Your Site
Website push notifications help you stay in touch with your visitors after they leave your website, so you can bring them back. This is a Top 5 traffic source on WPBeginner.
We use a tool called @PushEngage
Website push notifications help you stay in touch with your visitors after they leave your website, so you can bring them back. This is a Top 5 traffic source on WPBeginner.
We use a tool called @PushEngage
1. Create Audience Profiles to Understand Your Users
Before you start creating content for your blog, it’s important to spend a little time understanding your target audience and what they are looking for 👥
Learn more here ➡️ optinmonster.com/how-to-create-…
Before you start creating content for your blog, it’s important to spend a little time understanding your target audience and what they are looking for 👥
Learn more here ➡️ optinmonster.com/how-to-create-…
2. Do Keyword Research
Keyword research is a technique used by content creators and #SEO experts. It helps you discover specific words and sentences that users type into #Google and other search engines to find the content they are looking for ⬇️
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Keyword research is a technique used by content creators and #SEO experts. It helps you discover specific words and sentences that users type into #Google and other search engines to find the content they are looking for ⬇️
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3. Make an Editorial Calendar 🗓
Remember, no large blog was built in a day!
It takes time and consistent effort to create a successful blog. Creating an editorial calendar will help you create and stick to the plan ⬇️
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Remember, no large blog was built in a day!
It takes time and consistent effort to create a successful blog. Creating an editorial calendar will help you create and stick to the plan ⬇️
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4. Create Comprehensive & Useful Content
For a blog, a quality piece of content is usually a comprehensive article on a specific topic that covers all the details. This makes it extremely helpful for users!
These comprehensive articles are known as ‘pillar articles’ 🖥
For a blog, a quality piece of content is usually a comprehensive article on a specific topic that covers all the details. This makes it extremely helpful for users!
These comprehensive articles are known as ‘pillar articles’ 🖥
5. Make Your Content Readable
Use strategies to make sure your content is easy to read!
A good place to start is to present your article in bite-size sentences using a friendly tone & lots of visuals. Check your readability score, improve typography, use a grammar checker, etc.
Use strategies to make sure your content is easy to read!
A good place to start is to present your article in bite-size sentences using a friendly tone & lots of visuals. Check your readability score, improve typography, use a grammar checker, etc.
6. Learn and Apply #SEO Basics
Anyone can do SEO for their own websites without hiring an expert! There are plenty of SEO tools & plugins, free advice, and step-by-step tutorials available that you can use 📈
We recommend using @aioseopack!
wpbeginner.com/wordpress-seo/
Anyone can do SEO for their own websites without hiring an expert! There are plenty of SEO tools & plugins, free advice, and step-by-step tutorials available that you can use 📈
We recommend using @aioseopack!
wpbeginner.com/wordpress-seo/
7. Learn to Write Great Headlines
Learn how to write better titles for your blog posts that capture user attention & get more clicks 📈
Use power words, CTAs, and headline analyzers!
optinmonster.com/700-power-word…
wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to…
Learn how to write better titles for your blog posts that capture user attention & get more clicks 📈
Use power words, CTAs, and headline analyzers!
optinmonster.com/700-power-word…
wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to…
8. Make Internal Linking a Routine Task
Internal links help Google understand the context & relationship between different articles on your website 🔗
It then uses this information as ranking signals 📈
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Internal links help Google understand the context & relationship between different articles on your website 🔗
It then uses this information as ranking signals 📈
wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-…
9. Start Generating More Backlinks 🔗
A backlink is an incoming link to your content from an external website. Backlinks are one of the most influential signals in Google’s rankings!
Learn more about them here ⬇️
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A backlink is an incoming link to your content from an external website. Backlinks are one of the most influential signals in Google’s rankings!
Learn more about them here ⬇️
wpbeginner.com/glossary/backl…
10. Add Images, Charts, Infographics to Create Visually Attractive Content
Visual elements are important! Adding images and charts to your articles makes them more readable.
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Visual elements are important! Adding images and charts to your articles makes them more readable.
wpbeginner.com/showcase/tools…
11. Add Videos to Your Articles
Videos are the most successful form of content on the internet. Adding videos to your articles in #WordPress is super easy. However, you should never upload videos to WordPress because it is not optimized to stream videos.
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Videos are the most successful form of content on the internet. Adding videos to your articles in #WordPress is super easy. However, you should never upload videos to WordPress because it is not optimized to stream videos.
wpbeginner.com/beginners-guid…
12. Utilize User-Generated Content
User-generated content helps you bring more traffic to your website because it gives users multiple opportunities to participate and get involved 🖥
Learn more about this kind of content here ⬇️
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User-generated content helps you bring more traffic to your website because it gives users multiple opportunities to participate and get involved 🖥
Learn more about this kind of content here ⬇️
wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/h…
13. Keep Your Website Design Clean & Clutter-Free
Bad design stops your users from spending more time on your blog which decreases your pageviews 📉
Whereas a good design helps them discover more content, explore different sections, & spend more time!
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Bad design stops your users from spending more time on your blog which decreases your pageviews 📉
Whereas a good design helps them discover more content, explore different sections, & spend more time!
wpbeginner.com/showcase/37-si…
14. Optimize Website Speed to Load Your Pages Faster
Search engines like #Google consider site speed & page load time as one of the important ranking factors.
To make sure that your website loads fast, you need to optimize your #WordPress performance ⬇️
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Search engines like #Google consider site speed & page load time as one of the important ranking factors.
To make sure that your website loads fast, you need to optimize your #WordPress performance ⬇️
wpbeginner.com/wordpress-perf…
15. Start Your Email List RIGHT AWAY!
The best thing about your email list is that you own it. No one can limit your reach, & you get direct access to your user’s inboxes 📧
Email marketing is the most cost-efficient & highly effective marketing tool 📈
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The best thing about your email list is that you own it. No one can limit your reach, & you get direct access to your user’s inboxes 📧
Email marketing is the most cost-efficient & highly effective marketing tool 📈
wpbeginner.com/beginners-guid…
16. Automatically Share Your Blog Posts
This is where @automatorplugin comes in. It is a plugin that allows you to create automated workflows in #WordPress.
Learn more here ⬇️
wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to…
This is where @automatorplugin comes in. It is a plugin that allows you to create automated workflows in #WordPress.
Learn more here ⬇️
wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to…
17. Regularly Share Your Old Articles on Social Media
Automatically share your old content at regular intervals throughout the day!
This will help you get more traffic from social media by increasing your visibility and keeping your profiles more active 📈
Automatically share your old content at regular intervals throughout the day!
This will help you get more traffic from social media by increasing your visibility and keeping your profiles more active 📈
18. Explore Other Social Networks
Depending on your blog’s topics you may have more success on a certain social platform than on others.
We recommend that you try spending more time on all social networks to figure out the right one for your business/you 👥
Depending on your blog’s topics you may have more success on a certain social platform than on others.
We recommend that you try spending more time on all social networks to figure out the right one for your business/you 👥
19. Participate in Online Communities
Online communities are a great source of traffic because they already have engaged users interested in the topics that you are discussing on your blog!
Spend time building your reputation, answering questions, joining discussions, etc.
Online communities are a great source of traffic because they already have engaged users interested in the topics that you are discussing on your blog!
Spend time building your reputation, answering questions, joining discussions, etc.
20. Make Your Own Online Groups
You can use free platforms like Facebook or LinkedIn & invite your users to join in. As your community grows, so will your influence 📈
Active participants in your group will proactively promote your blog on their own social media profiles!
You can use free platforms like Facebook or LinkedIn & invite your users to join in. As your community grows, so will your influence 📈
Active participants in your group will proactively promote your blog on their own social media profiles!
21. Participate in Q&A Sites
Question & Answer sites are one of the biggest communities on the internet!
The advantage of answering questions on these platforms is that your answer will remain live for a very long time so it can become a regular source of traffic to your blog.
Question & Answer sites are one of the biggest communities on the internet!
The advantage of answering questions on these platforms is that your answer will remain live for a very long time so it can become a regular source of traffic to your blog.
22. Find and Engage with Influencers on Social Media
Influencers can help you promote your blog and can significantly boost your website traffic ⬇️
wpbeginner.com/plugins/best-s…
Influencers can help you promote your blog and can significantly boost your website traffic ⬇️
wpbeginner.com/plugins/best-s…
23. Use Social Proof to Get More Traffic
Use social proof on your website, on your social media profiles, in your tweets, and in emails to promote your blog.
Check here some of the best tools ⬇️
wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-…
Use social proof on your website, on your social media profiles, in your tweets, and in emails to promote your blog.
Check here some of the best tools ⬇️
wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-…
24. Monitor Social Media
Set up alerts to monitor keywords on social media & then jump into conversations with a link back to a relevant article on your website 🔗
You can also monitor social media websites for your brand name, links, and conversations!
wpbeginner.com/showcase/21-be…
Set up alerts to monitor keywords on social media & then jump into conversations with a link back to a relevant article on your website 🔗
You can also monitor social media websites for your brand name, links, and conversations!
wpbeginner.com/showcase/21-be…
25. Track Your Website’s Keyword Rankings
Track how well each piece of content is performing. Furthermore, which keywords is it ranking for?
You can do this with a tool called Google Search Console. It’s a free tool provided by #Google!
wpbeginner.com/beginners-guid…
Track how well each piece of content is performing. Furthermore, which keywords is it ranking for?
You can do this with a tool called Google Search Console. It’s a free tool provided by #Google!
wpbeginner.com/beginners-guid…
26. Track Your Website Traffic & User Engagement
Know where your users are coming from & what they do when they are on your site 👥
Without this data, you cannot evaluate your strategy or plan your next moves ❌
This is where Google Analytics comes in!
wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/h…
Know where your users are coming from & what they do when they are on your site 👥
Without this data, you cannot evaluate your strategy or plan your next moves ❌
This is where Google Analytics comes in!
wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/h…
27. Continue Learning Online Marketing and SEO
These tips will help you increase your blog traffic and continue getting more subscribers 📈
However, as your blog grows, you need to learn more ways to grow your business! 😄
These tips will help you increase your blog traffic and continue getting more subscribers 📈
However, as your blog grows, you need to learn more ways to grow your business! 😄
Our How to Increase Your Blog Traffic Twitter Space is over. Thank you to all of those who joined us in this conversation!
Let us know your thoughts and what you would like to see next 😄 #AskWPB
In case you missed it, there's a link to the recording at the top of the thread.
Let us know your thoughts and what you would like to see next 😄 #AskWPB
In case you missed it, there's a link to the recording at the top of the thread.
You might also want to check out this ULTIMATE guide on increasing traffic, with detailed instructions and extra links ⬇️
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The largest and fastest-growing #WordPress group for non-techies and beginners on Facebook, with over 86k members 👥
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