
Sex in the Title and 6 other Simple ways to Generate Traffic
Lately I’ve been more of a traffic magnet. I’ve read all the “How to get all the traffic you want in 7 seconds blah, blah, blah” articles out there and I’ve tested quite a few theories, these 7 worked best.
1) How To’s
It’s hard to go wrong with a useful ‘How To’ post.
Recently I re-published a Masking How To post and within seconds had hundreds of people on my site. The funny thing is, the tutorial is on PhotoShop E6 – is that still around?
2) Controversy
I don’t think there is a more aggressive traffic strategy than a good ‘Mom on Mom Controversy‘.
Tell people that Mommy blogs suck or that they are unoriginal – that will keep people coming back to make sure they haven‘t been out commented.
Or pick any hot topic, Equality, the Presidential Campaign, you don’t feel we should save the puppies. It brings people, it gets them to post comments and it drives up your PR.
3) Celebrity name in the title
Remember when the Apple Guy died – if you had a post entitled ‘Steve Jobs’ – you were seeing heavy traffic.
Pick any celebrity in trouble: addict, transsexual, someone shaving their head, if it’s in Googles Hot Topics, it will get you traffic.
4) Sex in the title
This just pretty much goes without saying. Sex is …. it’s a traffic magnet.
5) Stupid Luck
I’m always shocked at what gets traffic.
This title “How to get Glue Off Glass, Plastic, Wood …….. (organic)” instantly got me 600 visitors. 600! Instantly! How stupid! Who cares? Is glue so difficult to get off Glass that it causes a visiting frenzy?
6) Pinterest
Same post as above, had this image: This Pinterest image [ http://pinterest.com/pin/166422148700357002/ ]
I posted it to Pinterest, I think that was the cause of half the 600 instant visits.
7) Triberr
My reach on Triberr is nearly A MILLION!
I don’t care how good you are, what kind of following you have, or what you’re pushing, Triberr sends traffic to your site no matter what you write.
I have around 2500 followers on Twitter, but with Triberr nearly a million people see everything I write. A Million!
There you have it – 7 strategies for building traffic, use them wisely.
But you gotta agree that the pinterest image is hilarious. Though I never thought to google how to get glue off glass…seems simple enough to me!
Great tips! I always find controversial or funny titles get more traffic… I mean, if you’re going to write about the time you fell off a cliff and survived, don’t title “My trip to (insert somehwere dull…with cliffs) x
The “How To” posts that I have posted on my blog are still the top read posts, even when they are quite old, it also helps with the topic of your “How to” mine are Twitter based and they are just doing so well.
Well. My titles definitely need some rethinking and strategy…How about this: ” Sexy Hunger Games Actress feeds starving Angeline Jolie Glue on Glass” for my mothers day post?? Thanks for the great advice…I will experiment and see how my numbers do. LOVE IT!!
Great tips, I haven’t tried any of them yet. But I am gonna LOL!! Love what Jenny wrote… Up for dares Jenny? : )
I came across your blog from ….. drum roll please….
Tribber !!
Sent you an email too 🙂
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