Are you able to attract a lot of traffic on your blog because your blog is Search Engine Optimized? Well, that is a very good thing for your blog. But do you realise what would happen if your prime source of attracting readers fails?
SEO surely is a brilliant way to generate traffic for your website. But relying on SEO alone to attract traffic can be bad idea.
We as Bloggers need relevant traffic on our blog. We need high-quality audience. Our purpose is to convert all our readers into subscribers which is only possible if you have good content and great traffic. Your SEO helps you to create brand awareness. But what if it vanishes in seconds. You might lose your traffic and hence your readers. You cannot afford to lose traffic for a small change in Google’s algorithm.
Thus, you need to know about various other ways by which you can generate subsequent traffic. To solve your problem, this week we took a look at the different ways through which we can increase the traffic without relying on SEO solely.
That is why the topic of this week’s #ShoutersChat was “Ways to generate traffic without SEO”.
In this week’s #ShoutersChat, we discussed some top ways to generate traffic other than SEO. We also discussed the traffic generated through guest posts. We also talked about the percentage of traffic that your blog generates without SEO.
Here is a recap of each question and the top answers by Shouters.
Q1. What are some top ways you use to generate traffic (apart from SEO)?
From the Shouter’s community:
A.1 my fav ways are answering relevant questions on Q&A sites like Quora and reddit.
I also use StumbleUpon and sharing latest blog post with my email subscribers.
And Most important Which no one can ignore is Social Media.#ShoutersChat— Ravi Dixit (@Staymeonline) February 10, 2018
Social Media sharing, forum posting, and writing for peoples who are seeking for your content. #shouterschat
— Bitu Rauth (@rauthbitu) February 10, 2018
A1. 🎯 Social Media
🎯 Guest Blogging
🎯 Quora
🎯 Participating in communitiesGif is cool too 👍
#ShoutersChat
— Mohd Adnan (@shoutadnan) February 10, 2018
View more answers to Q1 here
Q2. Guest Blogging & Interviews – Are these the best ways to generate traffic without SEO?
From the Shouter’s community:
A2) Guest Blogging and Interviews are definitely a good source to get traffic without SEO. They are long term strategies. You might Interview a growing Blogger now. After 5 years, he might become popular, & people will look for his old interviews & you get traffic. #ShoutersChat
— Nirmal Kumar (@nirmal_kumar_a) February 10, 2018
A2. Guest Blogging & Interviews are indeed the best ways but we cannot ignore the power of social media. Email marketing plays a major role too#ShoutersChat
— Mohd Adnan (@shoutadnan) February 10, 2018
A.2 I never tried any of these but I always wish to interview popular blogger especially Harsh Agarwal(You😀) if I get chance in future.
Guest blogging is best ways to generate traffic without SEO no doubt, I will work hard on it in 2018.#ShoutersChat— Ravi Dixit (@Staymeonline) February 10, 2018
View more answers to Q2 here
Q3.Do you think direct traffic from guest posts is better quality traffic than SEO traffic?
From the Shouter’s community:
A3. Yes because the traffic which we get from guest posts is targeted ones which is our ideal choice. Although nothing is better than getting organic traffic from SEO. But in case of traffic from guest posts the bounce rate will be on the lower side#ShoutersChat
— Mohd Adnan (@shoutadnan) February 10, 2018
A3) As per my recent Income Report, Direct Traffic is better than SEO Traffic, because of lesser bounce rate and higher pages per session. These are traffic from people, which is interested in getting to know more about you. #ShoutersChat https://t.co/falQBq5crf
— Nirmal Kumar (@nirmal_kumar_a) February 10, 2018
View more answers to Q3 here
Q4. How do you keep your visitors to your blog and keep them coming back?
From the Shouter’s community:
A4. Quality Content and serving their intent. This will make the visitors remember our brand. In the words of @randfish – make them feel what would I have done without this website. #ShoutersChat
— ClimbSERP (@ClimbSERP) February 10, 2018
A4) Email Marketing is the best solution to do it. I always try to collect emails to reach them again. Its the best way to do it. Also re-targeting ads will do wonder if you have money to spend.#ShoutersChat
— Bishnu Mahali (@itsBishnuMahali) February 10, 2018
A4) I collect visitors email addresses / allow them to subscribe for push notifications. I maintain lists for various categories. So, when I post on the same category, I will notify them. Since, the post is on similar topic, they will be interested in coming back #ShoutersChat
— Nirmal Kumar (@nirmal_kumar_a) February 10, 2018
View more answers to Q4 here
Q5. What percentage of your incoming traffic is without SEO?
From the Shouter’s community:
A5. Initially, the weight will be heavier on the non-SEO traffic side. But it will increase exponentially with passing time. Currently, my site as a 50-50 percentage. #ShoutersChat
— ClimbSERP (@ClimbSERP) February 10, 2018
A5) As of now its approx 70%, while social media is driving the 60% of it. #ShoutersChat
— Bishnu Mahali (@itsBishnuMahali) February 10, 2018
View more answers to Q5 here
Join Us Every Saturday on #ShoutersChat
That is it for this week. We’d love to see you in the next session of #ShoutersChat which takes place every Saturday at 7 PM IST.
Please take a moment to answer the questions on Twitter in the comment section below. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
great post John