Social Media: driving traffic to your blog

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Social Media boosting traffic to your website

Social Media boosting traffic to your website

Social Media is an excellent way to boost the traffic to your website, which should convert to making more money by yourself (provided your blog is monetized). Basically there are two methods of reaching our goal, which is getting users from social media to our blog.

The first: based on the fact, that social media is all about linking and re-linking all kind of content, it fits perfectly to a link-building strategy. This is why you cannot forget about social media when getting more links to your site.

The second method foundation: the crawlers (spiders) - search engine robots - utilize tags exactly the same way as humans: to recognize what the particular article, page or picture is all about. So if plenty of social media users add the same tag to your content, the reputation of the link leading to the content will grow (based on the tag keyword). In other words: the high position in natural search engine results comes from the right keyword. You achieve that by using the right tags.

There are some cardinals mistakes bloggers might make when using social media.

In my opinion the number one mistake is to advertise a product or service too soon. If you do it before you gain the necessary trust, you are ruined. You will be perceived as hypocrite. Expect to be criticized a lot, including being called a liar or a parasite (if not worse).

If I was to give you an advice for social media activity, I would suggest that you should first focus on getting to know the media very well. Try to feel what the particular social portal is all about. Then try your luck at adding meaningful comments. You should focus on writing in a positive tone.

When you get to know the group that is using the portal better, build your profile. It should present who you really are. You should provide reasons why you feel you belong to the group. Once you gain enough trust and credibility, you will be ready to explore the potential market value of the group.

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