Thursday, January 31, 2008

Driving Traffic to Blogs and Homepages

SEOmoz Blog has a worthwhile read titled 10 Remarkably Effective Strategies for Driving Traffic which explores the following methods of traffic generation:

10 – Targeting Unmonetized Searches

9 – Creating Controversy

8 – Maps & Mashups

7 – Event Coverage

6 – Top Ten Lists

5 – Online Tools

4 – Graphic & Web Design

3 – Leveraging Social Networks

2 – Blogging & Blog Comments

1 – Reporting Remarkable News

0 – Offering Something Incredible

All good common sense tips. randfish gives the ingredients, process, results and examples of each in his article. h

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Blogging

I talk with clients about adding weblogs to their online mix and I'm used to roll out the usual list of benefits, including

  1. establishing a dialog with customers,
  2. offering up a 24×7 focus group,
  3. garnering feedback on potential product plans,
  4. and even featuring specific products or services to a dedicated subset of your community.

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