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How to Increase Website Traffic by 573% in 7 Months

September 01, 2019

Ever wished that you could increase website traffic by 100%? What do you think needs to happen for you to achieve this goal?

As a part-time blogger, you probably have less time available to make a blog promotion strategy.

Tell me if any of these options sound slightly familiar or if you can relate to them at all.

You have spent countless hours watching YouTube videos from many well-meaning 'traffic experts' who would give you lots of free secrets.

Searching Google for answers to several of your questions has become your second favourite activity every week.

Your hard-drive is crammed with 1,000s of freebies, checklists and cheat sheets. These freebies promised to help you become more efficient and productive.

The truth is many bloggers struggle just like you because there is so much information available for free.

In this post, I am going to give you 11 key things I did to increase my website traffic by over 500% in just 7 months.

Disclosure: Please note that this post may contain affiliate links. This means that if you buy one of my recommended products I get paid a commission for sharing the link at no additional cost to you.  I only recommend products that I have tried myself and have experienced success.

Why Website Traffic Is Important?

For many bloggers and small business owners selling their products and/or services online is vital to their success.

In order to get sales, they need leads. These leads will eventually convert into buyers at some stage during the buying cycle.

To get leads they first need to have potential buyers in the form of readers to come to their website or blog.

However, the biggest skill is knowing what needs to happen to attract readers or potential buyers to their website.

At this point, you are probably wondering how you can develop this skill. You want to really understand where and how to find potential customers.

Readers and website traffic are one and the same. So, if you want to increase your website traffic here are a few things that will help.

1. Get Really Clear On Your Ideal Client

One of the first things that you need to do if you want to attract your perfect potential client is to know them really well.

Do you know who your potential client is? If your answer to this question is everyone then you really need to dig deeper.

Here is an example of a list of things you need to know about your ideal client in detail.

* Age* Gender* Where do they live? (country, city)* Do they live in a house or an apartment?* What are their daily, weekly, monthly or annual challenges?* Outline their biggest needs?* The kind of problems they are trying to solve personally, financially* Their deepest desires and dreams for them and their family, what are they?* In terms of their biggest fears, what are they? (not spiders, emotional ones)* The stuff that annoys them, what are they?* Where do they spend the most time online?* List the kind of items they spend their money on when they get paid?* What type of podcasts do they listen to?* Which software and/or apps do they use?

If you have a good handle on these items then you can move on to the next step on how to increase website traffic or even increase readers to your blog.

2. Write on Popular Blog Topics

If you have chosen to use content marketing as a way to get the word out about your blog or business t...