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10 Tactics To Get A Spike In Traffic

January 16, 2014 by Marc Guberti 5 Comments

More people than ever are trying to get the big spike in traffic. The spike in traffic will result in a few days of a dramatic increase in traffic. Then, those numbers decline, but the average daily visits is greater than it was before the spike in traffic. At the end of 2013, my average traffic for a day was about 150 views. Four days after Christmas, I got over 400 views. When the New Year came, my traffic settled down to over 250 views a day.

The number of daily views my blog got doubled within days, and in order to experience similar results, you need to implement these 5 tactics to get that spike in traffic that will allow more people to know about your blog.

Have a big following on your social networks. My Twitter and Pinterest accounts were the biggest contributors towards my blog’s spike in traffic. On the day my blog got oer 400 views, Twitter referred over 150 people to my blog and Pinterest referred over 50 people to my blog.
Frequently post on social networks. I tweet every hour and pin every day. My traffic from Pinterest always increases when I pin my blog posts. My traffic from Twitter always increases at the start of every hour because that’s when I send out a tweet.
A few days before you want to spike, don’t talk about your blog that much on your social networks. On Christmas Day, I sent out tweets for half of the day about Christmas facts, music, and more. For the other half of the day, I tweeted out my blog posts. I got only 67 views that day which is below my average.
Days after, make sure all of your updates are about your blog. When you do this, you will experience better results when you put your best content forward. Since you weren’t talking about your blog as much, some people may have forgotten about it. Your updates will allow people to remember your blog and be curious about what your blog post is about.
Have strong headlines. The headline of your blog post will be the deciding factor of whether or not someone clicks on the link and visits your blog. Here are some good ways to give your blog posts stronger, attention grabbing headlines.
Connect with others. When you connect with others, many of those people will decide to visit your blog. The more connections you have, the more visitors you are going to get.
Make sure your blog has good SEO. If your blog has good SEO, you will be able to get more traffic from search engines. The better your SEO, the more traffic you are going to get. The search engines are not as reliable as social media, but when some spikes in traffic are a result of good SEO. When you improve your blog’s SEO, you won’t get a dramatic short-term change. The long-term results are what will allow you to see what making small changes can do for your blog.
Have a targeted following. Targeted followers are the people who are interested in the niche that you write about. By having these kinds of followers, you will ensure more traffic.
Write powerful blog posts. The blog posts that go above the call of duty are the blog posts that get more recognition.
Don’t give in. The reason most bloggers don’t get to see the spike in traffic is because they give up too early. In order to get the motivation that will allow you to continue (and eventually see the spike in traffic), you need to look at this picture.

Do you have any tactics that you have used to get a spike in traffic that I didn’t mention? If so, please share with us your tactics below.

You Gotta Be Pin It To Win It

January 16, 2014 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

Pinterest has the potential to dramatically increase your traffic. However, there are some people who use their other social networks more than Pinterest. It’s easier to work with a social network account that already has 1,000 followers than it is to create a Pinterest account and get it to 1,000 followers. There are also some people with over 100,000 followers on other social network accounts, and Pinterest is not the focus.

In order to get the best results from Pinterest, you gotta be pin it to win it. Like all social networks, There are many tips to get more followers, and by implementing those tactics, you will see results. By implementing tactics to increase followers for any social network, you will see results.

Pinterest is different in some ways compared to other social networks, but in other ways, Pinterest is the same. People don’t stick with Pinterest because they see it as a different playing field with different rules to become successful. However, many of the rules are the same such as the rule about following back.

When I decided to stick with Pinterest, I went from getting no traffic from Pinterest to getting a significant amount of people coming from Pinterest to my blog. In order to get the results you want, you need to be pin it to win it.

How To Find Out Who Bought Fake Followers

January 15, 2014 by Marc Guberti 34 Comments

There are a bunch of people on Twitter who have thousands of fake followers. Some of them have a few thousand followers, others have tens of thousands of followers, and there are the select few who have hundreds of thousands of followers. However, not all of those people have a lot of real followers.

In order to identify who has real followers and who bought fake followers, you can use TwitterAudit. TwitterAudit is a Twitter tool that allows you to see the percentage of real and fake followers someone has. If the percentage of fake followers is alarmingly high, that person most likely bought some fake followers. If the percentage of fake followers is low, that person probably did not buy fake followers.

Influential users on Twitter happen to have thousands of followers. Some people cheat the system by buying fake followers and making themselves look really good. TwitterAudit will allow you to see who has the real followers and who doesn’t.

TwitterAudit isn’t just a tool for our pleasure (if you are curious about who’s buying followers and who’s earning them). TwitterAudit can reveal new things about brands and influencers that can help your Twitter strategy.

#1: Real Influence VS Fake Influence

One account with over 100,000 Twitter followers tweeted one of my tweets. The tweet was retweeted and liked dozens of time. Naturally, I should see a noticeable increase in traffic.

The main word there is “naturally.” These followers weren’t real. This knowledge allowed me understand why the tweet didn’t result in additional traction to my blog. It wasn’t because my blog post was bad. The account neither had real followers nor real engagement.

#2: Who To Follow

I want to follow successful people in my niche. That way, I get to expand my knowledge in the right areas. Seeing someone with fake followers makes me question their success. You only need fake followers if you want to make yourself look more successful than you really are.

#3: Audience Growth

Follow for follow only works to a certain degree. If you follow fake accounts, they probably won’t follow you back. Even if they follow you back (fake accounts are trying harder to look like real ones), those are followers who you don’t want.

Don’t even think about those Follow 4 Follow accounts. You’ll get an extra follower, but that follower won’t care about what you tweet. These followers just want to make themselves look good by having a lot of real (but non-targeted) followers.

Here’s where TwitterAudit fits into the equation. Find influencers and brands in your niche with real, engaged followers. These followers are targeted followers since they are following brands in your niche and engaging with their tweets.

You follow these accounts and then they’ll follow you back.

I always use TwitterAudit to test the validity of an account before I start following that account’s followers. Any account in the 80% real followers threshold is fine with me.

In Conclusion

TwitterAudit isn’t just a cool tool you can use to catch the fakers and figure out who hasn’t been bluffing. You can integrate TwitterAudit in your strategy by determining who are the real influencers and where your targeted audience resides.

TwitterAudit won’t take much time in your Twitter strategy. It may just take 5-10 minutes of your time each month. However, if you are serious about growing on Twitter, these 5-10 minutes can easily save you from months of heartache.

What are your thoughts about TwitterAudit? Sound off in the comments section below.

6 Ways To Think Of More Blog Posts To Write

January 15, 2014 by Marc Guberti 6 Comments

Every writer experiences writer’s block, and when it comes, writing blog posts can prove to be a challenge. Thinking about different things to write about also becomes more challenging. Here are 6 ways to think of more blog posts to write so when writer’s block comes, you can get out of it faster.

Read books about your niche. You’ll be able to learn more about your niche and think of more things to write about at the same time!
Watch videos about your niche. One sentence in the video can turn into your next blog post.
Take a break from writing. We all need them, but don’t go overboard with the break either.
Write the things you think of on sticky notes. This will ensure that when you come up with a good blog post, you will remember that idea.
Look at your older blog posts. By looking at your older blog posts, you can identify some of the topics that you vaguely talked about or learned more about. Those can turn into your new blog posts.
Create a series of blog posts. If you have a really good idea, write a Part 1, Part 2, and continue the series for as long as you like.

5 Ways To Spice Up Your Business Plan (Part 2)

January 14, 2014 by Marc Guberti Leave a Comment

What if you had a business plan that would give you the optimal impact, and you would be able to accomplish that business plan quickly? There is a way to do that, and in this blog post, I am going to share with you 5 ways to spice up your business plan so you can do that.

You need to identify your interests and commitments. The interests are the things that you’re okay with doing, but when the going gets tough, the interests get dropped. The commitments are the things that you stick with even when the going gets tough. By identifying the interests and commitments, you will be able to identify your priorities (the commitments).
Take strategic breaks. During some of your breaks, you can read books, watch videos, and read blog posts about your niche. This will allow you to learn more about your niche which will have an impact on your knowledge and how you write about your niche.
Give yourself bigger goals with deadlines. By giving yourself big goals with deadlines, you will establish when that goal needs to be finished. This will create the sense of urgency that will allow you to accomplish those goals.
Identify what has worked and optimize it. If Twitter contributed to 50% of your blog’s traffic, optimize your Twitter account so it can have an even greater impact on your blog.
Keep it small and simple. When I say keep a business plan small and simple, that means you should have 3-5 goals that you focus on. Those goals should be big goals that require a lot of work to accomplish. Don’t give yourself 10 goals that require a lot of work to accomplish. Give yourself 3-5 goals that will result in the greatest impact once they get accomplished.

If you enjoyed reading this blog post, here’s Part 1.

How To Write An Effective Twitter Bio

January 14, 2014 by Marc Guberti 6 Comments

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Twitter is known for its simplicity, and one of the reasons Twitter is simple is because everyone gets a 160 character limit for their bio. Although a 160 character bio can be finished in a matter of minutes (or a minute), the art of perfecting the bio is not as easy as it sounds. These are some of the ways that you can perfect your Twitter bio.

The first thing you have to do is tell your followers your credentials. When people decide whether or not to follow you, they want to know your expertise. Are you an expert at business or fitness? If you’re an expert on fitness, the business guru isn’t going to follow you unless the business guru is into fitness. If there are people looking to get in shape, they will follow you to get more tips and advice.

The next thing you have to do in your bio is say something meaningful, clever, or funny. Humor is a powerful tool in getting more followers. Who doesn’t want to hear a good joke? If you tweet humorous tweets, make your bio humorous. You can also be clever be doing something no one thought of, or you can say something meaningful such as a powerful message. When people look at your bio will already have an idea of what your tweets are about before they look through your timeline.

Another thing to do with your bio is to avoid using big sentences. If you use big sentences, that will take up a lot of characters. If you put in that big sentence, and you want to say something else in your bio as well, you might reach the 160 character limit. If you want to talk about your hobbies or accomplishments, make a list of them with commas. Using those commas will save characters and time. Make your sentences shorter so that you can give your followers more information about who you are.

What many people overlook when they finish their bio is proofreading it. Some of the things on your bio might be different from what they are now. I used to talk about sports, and now I talk about my business. When I started talking about business, I took a look at my bio and realized it needed to be changed. Your bio could be good now, but you should always see if you can add additional information or if some information is outdated.

That’s how you write a Twitter bio that will give people a reason to follow you. Your bio has the power to tell people why they should follow you in 160 characters or less.