55 Easy Ways to get Traffic to a Brand New Blog
Is there anything worse than hitting Publish on a well-thought out, and well-written and borderline genius blog post…only to hear crickets? Don’t worry, you are not alone. All new bloggers experience the humbling moment of having zero traffic to their site. The good news is that there are lots of ways to drive traffic to your blog, even if it’s brand new!
If you’ve read this post than you know that I ascribe to the 80/20 rule which is to spend 20% of my time writing a blog post and 80% of my time promoting it. Below you will find 55 ways to promote your content and drive traffic to your website.
Facebook:
1. Tell your friends & family about your new blog in a status from your personal Facebook page
2. Add a link to your website from your personal Facebook profile
3. Set up a Facebook page for your Blog
4. Ask your friends & family to share your blog post on their FB page
5. Run Facebook Ads
6. Join a blog sharing FB group (Likes this one or this one)
7. Start a Facebook group for your niche & post your latest blog posts in the group
Twitter:
8. Tweet about your new blog
9. Ask your friends to RT your tweet
10. Run Twitter ads
LinkedIn:
11. Add a link to your blog in your LinkedIn Profile
12. Share your new blog posts as status updates on LinkedIn
13. Join relevant LinkedIn groups & post links to your content when appropriate
Pinterest:
14. Pin your blog post on Pinterest
15. Join Group boards & Pin your blog posts on the group boards
16. Set up Pinterest Ads
Instagram:
17. Share your blog post on Instagram
18. Use hashtags on Instagram to find your ideal audience
19. Run Instagram Ads
Google
20. Submit your blog to Google
21. Set up a Google+ page & link to your blog
22. Run Google Ads
Email:
23. Put a link in your email signature
24. Send an email to your contact list announcing your new blog
25. Put a newsletter sign up on your blog & send latest blog posts to your subscribers
Other blogs:
26. Leave comments on similar blogs with a link to your website
27. Email bloggers who have written similar blog posts and ask them to share it with their audience
28. Participate in Link Carnivals and Linky Parties
29. Trade links with some of your blogger friends
30. Set up a BlogLovin account
31. Offer to write guest posts for other blogs and include a link to your blog in the author byline
32. Trade banner ads with other bloggers
33. Interview influencers in your niche & ask them to share the interview with their audience
Forums & Other Sites:
34. Post a link to your blog post in an appropriate sub-reddit
35. Answer a relevant question on Quora and link back to your blog post
36. Find relevant forums and set up a profile with a link to your blog
37. Answer questions & participate in the community leaving links to your blog posts when appropriate
38. Upload a video to YouTube announcing your new blog & include a link to the blog in your description
39. Stumble your blog on StumbleUpon
40. Ask your friends to Stumble your page on Stumbleupon
41. Use CoPromote to promote your blog post
42. Use Viral Content Buzz to get people to share your posts
43. Buy a Fiverr gig to drive traffic to your website
44. Share your posts on Triberr
Online Directories:
45. Submit your blog to DMOZ
46. Submit your blog to a relevant AllTop topic
47. List your blog in online blog directories
Offline Promotion:
48. Create business cards & add your URL to the business card
49. Attend Blogger conferences & pass out your business card
50. Attend local tweetups & business meetups
Press:
51. Submit a Press Release about your new blog and distribute it on Free press release sites
52. Sign up for HARO and submit your blog & expertise when relevant
53. Contact local tv news states and offer to be a content expert for your niche
54. Reach out to local newspaper reporters & offer to a resource in your niche
And lastly….
55. Link to this post from your blog & it will show up as a trackback in the comment section of this blog. Anyone who reads this post will see a link to your site in the comments section!
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Great info!!!
Thanks for sharing all of these tips! I was surprised to see some that I hadn’t heard of before!
Kari
http://www.sweetteasweetie.com
This is an awesome list! I’ve always stopped at the social media side this is a great list to go beyond that
These are some great tips! There a few I hadn’t heard of that I will have to try out. Thanks for sharing!
love it so much I’m also pinning this! you’ve shared some great resources that I want to check them out for my blog. Thanks!
These are great tips, and even though we aren’t new, I will be using some of these! Thanks!
I’ve only been blogging for about 5 months and wish I’d had these tips right from the start. There are still many that I will use! Thanks for sharing!
Some really great tips for a new blogger. Thanks for sharing 🙂
These are all great ideas.
I didn’t know about a few of these so I will definitely be checking the out.
xoxo, Jenny
There are a lot of great ideas on this list that I have not thought of. I will look into contacting my local new station
Lots of great ideas here! Promoting is so important!
Thanks for the great tips. As a new blogger. I’m learning new things everyday.
http://www.oohanissa.com
I am so excited to try these. A lot of them I haven’t thought about before, so this will be a good learning experience for me 🙂
Thanks girl!
I’d never thought of some of these. Good list.
Great list! There are many on the list that I haven’t thought to use for my site http://www.workingmomsbalance.com
Wow this is a great comprehensive list. I would have never thought of some of these.
Loved it, great information!!
Thank you for this detailed list. My blog is only a month old with little traffic so Im always looking for new venues bring attention to my blog.
Great tips, even for well established blogs. I know there’s a few I’m going to start doing for that extra reach 😀
Yes, this is great! Sharing.
Any specific tips on how to start up a YouTube channel?
These are great tips no matter how old your blog is. I read another one of your posts and I’m really impressed with the amount of traffic you’re getting. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.
Great info!!!! Very very helpful and will be using a lot of it and will refer back to it!!!! Thanks girl you’re the best!!!
http://www.mommyatlast.com
Valarie Leonard
Goodness… For a new blogger there was a ton of stuff I just learned in this one post! I’m exhausted! LOL. But I thank you for compiling this list and I am definitely putting some of them to use.
great tips!!! can’t wait to utilize these
Thank you so much! This was very helpful 🙂
thanks so much for sharing!! LOVE these tips!
Simply Shaunacey
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Love this list! Thanks for the info!
I just started my blog in january. All of these tips are great! I just ordered business cards and I plan on working on the rest. Thank you!
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Great tips!
-Meg
http://www.smalltownsisters.blogspot.com
This is such great information! I’m intrigued by #43, the Fiverr gig. I’ve only been blogging for a month, but definitely don’t have any real traffic yet. Wondering if this is something that’s worth doing right off the bat? Thanks for sharing such a comprehensive list!
Great article! definitely going to apply it at my blog https://mrprogressive.wordpress.com/
Thank you SO much. You compiled an enormous amount of USEFUL information and links!
http://ourmellowlife.blogspot.com/p/welcome-page.html
This list contains a lot of out-of-the-box ways to promote a blog/blog post. I had never thought about the offline modes of promotion. At the moment, FB groups, Twitter and Pinterest are working for me. Thinking of trying out Triberr and see how it works.
You list gives me a lot of options to try out next.
Thank you so much for the info!
I have already put some of your tips to use!
Awesome! Let me know how they work out for you!
Thank you for the great information. I am just starting out so this is all coming in handy. I just spent an hour updating and adding links to all my pages.
Awesome Crystal! I’m gonna send you an invite to our Naptime Nation FB Group 🙂
Hi Chrystie,
Thanks for sharing this awesome information 🙂
cheers
najla (@c4cooking)
So glad I’ve found you!
Thanks for the tips and for allowing us to share our blogs! You’re awesome!
http://www.myincomejourney.com
Love this list! There are so many things that I haven’t seen on other lists! Glad to finally read something different!
Thanks for the great tips! I also use YouTube and it drives a lot of traffic to my site. And vice versa. My site drives a lot of traffic to YouTube.
Found your blog via Pinterest and love this ideas! So many ideasI haven’t saw on other posts like this, so I’ll definitely have to try out some of those on the list!
~Kelsea
ideascameraaction.blogspot.com
Awesome! Happy you found me too 🙂
Definitely! Your tips for Pinterest and Facebook helped me get the ball rolling, so thank you so much!
Great information I never even know about. I just started my mommy blog at the beginning got the year.
http://www.ShesCataleyasMommy.wordpress.com
IG: @ShesCataleyasMommy
This is a great list. I’ve only focused on the social media aspect, so I will be implementing some of the other ideas. Hopefully with great results!
So many great ideas! I’m just starting a branding business so it’s great to find a compiled list with so many solid ideas.
Wow! Those are awesome ideas. No longer am I limited to just social media. Some of these I hadn’t heard of or thought of. Definitely appreciative of advice. Wow! I’m A Mama! will be for the better because of it! Now I really need to know how to get my almost 6 month old back to taking daytime naps so I can work.
I’m doing some of these things, but not all of them. Thanks for the tips!
Great tips! Can’t wait to get started!
This article has so many wonderful tips and tricks! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for sharing these suggestions!
Of course! Happy to share 🙂
Thanks for all the hints! http://www.momeplanner.com
What an amazing post! This list is just what I needed as I’m about to hit the publish button on my blog! Can’t wait to get it started now!!!
http://Www.crazyashale.com
Good Luck!
Thanks for the tips !
http://www.theexultantpheonix.wordpress.com
Thanks for the great info!! Really, really helpful.
http://WWW.NWseasoning.com
Thanks for the tips! Getting started is tricky.
I never would’ve thought of half these ideas. Brilliant! Thanks for the info!
Found you through Pinterest. Wow, that is a comprehensive list! I do maybe 10 of those things. Obviously, I could do a few more!
Thank you!
http://www.monosenlacasa.com
Thank you for the extensive list! Being newer, I feel like I’m not ready to show people I know yet but these other items will definitely give me other ways to get exposure for sure! I’ve pinned it to review often!
Thank you for the great ideas. There were a lot on here that I hadn’t heard of before. I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge with other bloggers. 🙂
Thank you for the help! As a new blogger, any help is greatly appreciated and I am soaking it all in. 🙂
http://www.thetruemama.com
Thanks for sharing. Great insight and I love it.
Thank you for this useful information. I just began blogging about Motherhood + Pregnancy + Lifestyle and I’ve been reading all over the internet for useful information to help me drive traffic to my site. This article sums it all up. Thanks so much!
IG: @mommymornings
http://www.mommymornings.com
Thanks for Sharing. I love it and there are some ways I never thought could be used to bring traffic.
Thank you for posting. These are great ideas!
Thank you. This is a great post! So many ideas!
I have saved this to my favorites so that I can keep coming back to it for ideas.
I really enjoyed reading your post! Lots of great information and rather easy to accomplish, thank you for offering some of us newbies a back link which is very kind of you.
Thanks so much for this great list of things to do Chrystie. I’m super new to blogging, as in I’m still editing my about page, lol, so this article is just what I need to know from the start!
Thank you!! I love your tipps!!
I’m so glad I found your blog! I will definitely try these!
Brandi
http://shortsassyandclassy.com
The 80/20 rule is so true. Most of your time will spent promoting the wonderful ideas that you are imparting to the world! This is a good list which shows that so much valuable traffic can be got from free methods but it does require focus to carry out these tasks on a regular basis.
Thanks, good list. I’m book marketing it.
thanks for this useful information.
Thanks for sharing! So many ideas i haven’t thought of! My blog is about to turn one!!
I love this post. It is far more in-depth than most posts that offer ideas for getting more traffic and more practical as well. I greatly appreciate that!
http://staceylynnwells.com
Thank you for the great information! I just started a soccer blog and hope to grow!
A ton of great tips!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Generating traffic from free sources needs a lot of works and patience. Creating quality content is one of the very first steps of getting things started. Promote posts actively on Social Networking sites helps to get quality visitors. Guest Posting and blog commenting is one of my best ways to drive traffic to my blog. Thanks for this detailed post.
Hey! Love this post. I do not think you have missed out a single awesome option to drive blog traffic. Covered them all! I never even heard of the Press option before from anyone. Thank you! I cannot wait to start implementing these using your list as a checklist 🙂
Thank you for this information! I just used several of them 🙂