{"id":20427,"date":"2021-02-23T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T18:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/blog\/?p=20427"},"modified":"2023-10-10T02:12:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T09:12:33","slug":"increase-website-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/increase-website-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get\u00a0250,000+ Visits\u00a0(My Best Growth Hacks)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-inline-notice uagb-inline_notice__outer-wrap uagb-inline_notice__align-left uagb-block-b4425ba1\"><h4 class=\"uagb-notice-title\">Summary<\/h4><div class=\"uagb-notice-text\"><p>Growth is a key element for your business. The thing is, it&#8217;s not very easily achieved, but absolutely possible and this article talks about just that!<\/p><p>The firs thing you need to focus on the quality traffic so it converts. It&#8217;s not only about the numbers, it&#8217;s about the correct numbers. There are many free tools that can help you measure the analytics. Pay attention to things like targeting long-tail keywords, posting the best content ever written on the target keywords, improving your CTR, doing content layering, repurposing your content for other social media profiles, working on lowering the bounce rate and increasing the time-on-site, offering your site in other languages, practicing guest blogging, allowing other people to guest post on your site. Other things you can do are steal the best content from the competitors in your industry, steal your competitor&#8217;s traffic sources, refresh and update your content on a regular basis, build backlinks and dominate organic search, make sure your visitors don&#8217;t have technical difficulties, offer different types of content, etc.\u00a0<\/p><p>When it comes to social media strategies, you need to take other steps like automating your social media posts. In the article you can read Linkedin, Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook hacks to increase traffic. Don&#8217;t leave out Reddit\/Steemit. If you have a younger audience, Tik-tok and Snapchat are also very relevant.<\/p><p>A tool that will help you with promoting social shares is QuuuPromote. Continue reading to discover relevant techniques for all of these points.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My first 3 years blogging were awful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was due to the fact that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>I blogged inconsistently.&nbsp;<\/li><li>My articles were not amazing.<\/li><li>My traffic was lackluster.<\/li><li>No one knew me or my site.&nbsp;<\/li><li>And my sales and AdSense revenue were close to 0.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/how-my-traffic-has-evolved-over-time-1024x214.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/how-my-traffic-has-evolved-over-time-1024x214.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/how-my-traffic-has-evolved-over-time-768x160.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/how-my-traffic-has-evolved-over-time-1536x321.png 1536w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/how-my-traffic-has-evolved-over-time-770x161.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/how-my-traffic-has-evolved-over-time-385x80.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/how-my-traffic-has-evolved-over-time-1540x322.png 1540w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/how-my-traffic-has-evolved-over-time-20x4.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/how-my-traffic-has-evolved-over-time-600x125.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/how-my-traffic-has-evolved-over-time.png 1820w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But now on my 7th year blogging, everything has changed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>I now own <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/guest-post-sites\/\">9 blogs<\/a> that I update almost daily.&nbsp;<\/li><li>My articles rank on the first few spots for highly trafficked keywords.<\/li><li>My traffic on <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\">alejandrorioja.com<\/a> alone is close to ~250,000 per month.&nbsp;<\/li><li>My tactics and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/john-white\/how-this-ucla-grad-plans-to-become-the-president-of-bolivia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my story<\/a> have been covered by Forbes, Mashable, Inc, and 100+ other blogs and news sites.<\/li><li>And my ad revenue is picking up fast.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Today, I\u2019ll share with you my <strong>best tips to increase your traffic <\/strong>so that you too can get thousands of readers and leads per month.&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ll also share the system I have to blog effortlessly every day. (hint: I will show you where to hire your next writer and Growth Project Manager)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-thb-accent-color has-text-color\">This is a big post, I recommend you bookmark it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-thb-accent-color has-text-color\">Take your time reading it, and work through the several tactics over several days and weeks (and possibly quarters).&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Related: Are you an ecommerce business? Read <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/create-million-dollar-ecommerce-business\/\"><em>how I made $1M+ in sales<\/em><\/a><em> with <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fluxchargers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Flux Chargers<\/em><\/a><em> so you can do it too.&nbsp;<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s get to it ?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I divided this guide into 3 main blocks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>SEO and Content Marketing (released now!)<\/li><li>Social Media Marketing (released now!)<\/li><li>SEM and Paid Marketing (I&#8217;ll release it if this post gets 50,000 reads or 1000 shares)&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Btw, I listed all the tactics by ease of implementation and highest payout, i.e. the best tactics that you should do first are listed at the top of each block.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you consider yourself an experienced marketer and want to find more advanced techniques lookout for the fire emoji ?on the tactics.&nbsp;<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s first cover\u2026<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why growth is key for your business&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/growth-spur-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/growth-spur-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/growth-spur-scaled-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/growth-spur-scaled-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/growth-spur-scaled-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/growth-spur-scaled-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/growth-spur-scaled-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/growth-spur-scaled-385x257.jpg 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/growth-spur-scaled-1540x1027.jpg 1540w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/growth-spur-scaled-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With so many things to focus on when running a business (improving your product, doing customer support, hiring) sometimes increasing website traffic <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/seo-tips\/\">via SEO<\/a> or SEM might not be top of mind for you.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019d like to argue that Growth should be very top of mind because it allows you to see the real demand for your product, test out ideas quickly, get more engaged users and <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/how-to-build-profitable-business\/\">increase your business revenue<\/a>.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While there are many areas of growth, in this guide I\u2019ll mostly focus on <strong>getting more traffic<\/strong>.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, not all traffic is made equal&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You should focus on more QUALITY traffic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, getting more traffic volume is useful but if that traffic isn\u2019t converting (signing up for your product, purchasing your service, clicking on your affiliate links), it won\u2019t do you much good.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even worse, if you buy traffic bots you are just doing yourself a disservice.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/increase-alexa-rank\/\">having a lower Alexa rank<\/a>, the true benefit of having <strong>higher quality traffic<\/strong> is getting more people that can help you test different experiments that will eventually lead you to more sign ups and conversions.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several A\/B tests are made possible with high quality traffic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>content\/layout tests (button colors, shapes, page layout, no sidebar)<\/li><li>Value proposition (which features to talk about first, what gets people excited)<\/li><li>Pricing (i.e. charge $99\/mo or go for freemium)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that we are clear that we want the cleanest traffic for our data dashboards, let\u2019s explore how to increase those Google Analytics numbers:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a great video that shares a few of the tactics I discussed (keep reading to find many more)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Increase Website Traffic by 250k+ Visits\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/edqE5B_FUhc?feature=oembed&showinfo=0&rel=0&modestbranding=1&iv_load_policy=3&playsinline=1&enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can\u2019t improve what you can\u2019t measure, so the first step is set up some if not all of the following tools so that you can have a baseline of your stats:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Free tools you should set up to measure your analytics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>(Must have) <a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.google.com\/analytics\/web\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Analytics<\/a> to measure your site stats<\/li><li>(Must have) <a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Search Console<\/a> to see your organic performance<\/li><li>(optional) <a href=\"https:\/\/datastudio.google.com\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Data Studio<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/bigquery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Query<\/a> to run data analysis or create better dashboards<\/li><li>(optional) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hotjar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hotjar<\/a> to see how people are interacting with your site<\/li><li>(optional) <a href=\"https:\/\/mixpanel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mixpanel<\/a> to better visualize your funnels (there\u2019s a free trial)&nbsp;<\/li><li>(optional) <a href=\"https:\/\/buffer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buffer<\/a> to measure how your socials are doing<\/li><li>(optional) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optimizely.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Optimizely<\/a> to A\/B test your site<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Alright, now that you are all set up, let\u2019s start with my favorite channel to get more website traffic..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-traffic-with-seo-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-traffic-with-seo-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-traffic-with-seo-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-traffic-with-seo-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-traffic-with-seo-20x11.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-traffic-with-seo-385x217.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-traffic-with-seo-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-traffic-with-seo.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A) How to use SEO to drive free traffic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>SEO (or <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/what-is-seo\/\">Search Engine Optimization<\/a>) is one of my favorite ways to <strong>increase site traffic<\/strong>.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like it a lot because anyone can get started on it by simply writing.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It doesn\u2019t require any significant monetary investments like Google Ads other than your time, so a small blogger can start getting traffic even with a $0 budget.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>The best part about SEO is that, unlike SEM, it is sustainable and much more of a long-term play.&nbsp;<br><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>With SEM (Search Engine Marketing) the moment you stop paying for ads, your traffic goes to 0.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With SEO, you can reliably drive traffic every single month.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s an effort that pays for much longer (assuming you keep your articles updated),&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another great thing about SEO is that <strong>your efforts compound over time.<\/strong>&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writing a few articles help you increase your domain authority and that in turn brings you more traffic.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, a blog post you wrote last month can be driving 1000 visits, and this month\u2019s blog post can drive another 500, helping you increase your monthly visitors very quickly.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ok, so now that I made a case for SEO&#8230;.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s explore the actual tactics to rank and get more traffic.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f57d27;color:#121211\">You can also download my free Ebook on How to Get 250,000+ Visits by signing up here! <br><br> [email-download-link namefield=&#8221;YES&#8221; id=&#8221;6&#8243;] <\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1.&nbsp; Target long tail keywords<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Long tail keywords are keywords with decent traffic volume (say 1000+) and relatively low difficulty (KD <20). (<a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/keyword-difficulty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what is keyword difficulty?<\/a>)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/long-tail-keyword-chart.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/long-tail-keyword-chart.png 800w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/long-tail-keyword-chart-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/long-tail-keyword-chart-770x578.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/long-tail-keyword-chart-20x15.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/long-tail-keyword-chart-385x289.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/long-tail-keyword-chart-600x450.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are just getting started, you should target long tail keywords because your blog won\u2019t have the necessary authority to compete with the established players.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also notice how the conversion rate is much higher for long-tail searches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s say you just started an e-commerce site selling merch, specifically T-shirts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of trying to rank for \u201cT-shirts\u201d which is a hard keyword..<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-t-shirts-1024x481.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-t-shirts-1024x481.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-t-shirts-768x360.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-t-shirts-1536x721.png 1536w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-t-shirts-320x150.png 320w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-t-shirts-770x361.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-t-shirts-20x9.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-t-shirts-640x300.png 640w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-t-shirts-385x181.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-t-shirts-1540x723.png 1540w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-t-shirts-600x282.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-t-shirts.png 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;you can aim for \u201cvintage T-shirts\u201d which has a 12,000 search volume and a difficulty of 7. (Difficulty goes from 0-100).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-vintage-t-shirts-1024x480.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-vintage-t-shirts-1024x480.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-vintage-t-shirts-768x360.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-vintage-t-shirts-1536x719.png 1536w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-vintage-t-shirts-320x150.png 320w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-vintage-t-shirts-770x361.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-vintage-t-shirts-20x9.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-vintage-t-shirts-640x300.png 640w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-vintage-t-shirts-385x180.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-vintage-t-shirts-1540x721.png 1540w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-vintage-t-shirts-600x281.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kd-vintage-t-shirts.png 1580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll be much more likely to rank and might even get better conversions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wondering where I got the keyword difficulty?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t worry, later in this post I\u2019ll show you <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/keyword-research\/\">how to do great keyword research<\/a> for your business and find all the keyword metrics you need. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>?You can find long tail keywords using:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/longtailpro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Long Tail Pro<\/a><\/li><li>Or any <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/seo-tools\/\">SEO tool I covered here<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>? Related: Curious about what the highest paying keywords in the world are? Check <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/high-cpc-adsense-keywords\/\"><em>this list<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Post the best content ever written on your target keyword(s)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m not talking about good, neither great, but <strong>THE BEST CONTENT<\/strong> ever written for any particular keyword you intend to rank.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While it\u2019s easier to push 500-1000 words of content, trust me going above and beyond with 2000-3000 word guides will really pay off.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A study done by SerpIQ confirms this<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"912\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/seo-content-length-2020.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/seo-content-length-2020.jpeg 912w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/seo-content-length-2020-768x473.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/seo-content-length-2020-770x474.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/seo-content-length-2020-385x237.jpeg 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/seo-content-length-2020-20x12.jpeg 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/seo-content-length-2020-600x370.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 912px) 100vw, 912px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s why you won\u2019t find any article on my site that isn\u2019t detailed and thorough.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you came to this article, you wanted to learn exactly <strong>how to grow your traffic<\/strong>. I plan to give you that and more. This 7500+ word guide is proof of that.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>? To write the best content ever written on any keyword:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Google search your target keyword<\/li><li>Read the top 5-10 articles that appear<\/li><li>Take note of the style of sites that appear on the first page (are they listicles, infographics, long articles or short sales pages?)<\/li><li>Summarize and transcribe the best tips of each into a new blog post on your site and make sure you go in-depth (make sure you copy the style of post from step #3)<\/li><li>Make the article better and longer by adding new information, including media such as images and links to Youtube videos (note that you don\u2019t necessarily need to produce the YT videos yourself, you can link to others!)&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep in mind that you should also have a healthy keyword density. If you want to learn more about ideal keyword density check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.textbroker.com\/wdfidf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WDF*IDF<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to publish 50+ articles per month, instead of 1-2 <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>?If you want to scale this process, <a href=\"https:\/\/freeeup.com\/?a=f0bb0490-6114-41f3-9a93-baedc7e73772\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hire writers on Freeeup<\/a> and follow the guide my friend Nick Jordan wrote on turning <a href=\"https:\/\/contentdistribution.com\/seo-content-writer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">any writer into an SEO writer effortlessly<\/a>.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Summarizing Nick\u2019s article: He hires writers and instead of giving each writer specific guidelines for each article, he created a very straightforward checklist that ensures the best success. Here\u2019s his formula for articles:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He requests each writer to get at least:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>3 sets of bullets<\/li><li>3 lists<\/li><li>2 tables<\/li><li>8+ h2s<\/li><li>5+ internal links<\/li><li>5+ external links<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This seems to be working really well. If you want to outsource your content to Nick\u2019s content company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/riojaalejandro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">let me know<\/a> and I\u2019ll get you a friend\u2019s discount. Note he works mostly with B2B companies.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Improve your CTR (Click Through Rate)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see here, my site gets over 85% of its traffic from Search Engines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/top-channels.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20477\" width=\"376\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/top-channels.png 698w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/top-channels-20x14.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/top-channels-385x264.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/top-channels-600x411.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And a lot of that comes from several experiments and learnings I\u2019ve gotten from trying to optimize my CTR.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/organic-results-ctr-1024x378.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/organic-results-ctr-1024x378.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/organic-results-ctr-768x284.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/organic-results-ctr-770x284.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/organic-results-ctr-385x142.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/organic-results-ctr-20x7.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/organic-results-ctr-600x222.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/organic-results-ctr.png 1278w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your CTR is directly influenced by your meta title and description.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here are some serious data-driven guidelines to improve your CTR (data from this <a href=\"https:\/\/backlinko.com\/google-ctr-stats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a>):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol><li><strong>Include your keyword in the title and description (ideally towards the start)<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Add a meta description to increase CTR by 5.8%<\/li><li>Add a question to your meta title to increase CTR by 14%&nbsp;<\/li><li>Add emotion to increase CTR by 7%&nbsp;<\/li><li>Add other words, such as: \u201cHow to\u201d, \u201cChecklist\u201d, \u201c2020\u201d, \u201ccomplete\u201d, \u201c7 tips to..\u201d<\/li><li>My favorite: add emojis!&nbsp;<\/li><li>Keep your meta title between 15-40 characters to increase CTR by 8.6%. Note that Google only cares about pixel length and the max allowed length is 555 pixels (~60 chars). [Note than a \u201cQ\u201d takes more pixel space than an \u201ci\u201d]. You can test your pixel length <a href=\"https:\/\/www.portent.com\/serp-preview-tool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>? Here\u2019s a step-by-step exercise to improve your CTR by modifying your meta titles and description:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/improve-CTR-1024x669.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20442\" width=\"517\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/improve-CTR-1024x669.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/improve-CTR-768x502.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/improve-CTR-770x503.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/improve-CTR-20x13.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/improve-CTR-385x252.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/improve-CTR-600x392.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/improve-CTR.png 1450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Search your keyword and see what titles people are using. Try to come up with a better title than them. For instance, if you see people writing \u201c20 gifts for grandma\u201d, try \u201c25 gifts for grandma\u201d<br><\/li><li>When applicable, add the year or season to your post \u201c25 gifts for grandma this christmas\u201d<br><\/li><li>Add emotion \u201c25 christmas gifts for grandma that will melt her heart\u201d<br><\/li><li>Add emojis \u201c?25 christmas gifts for grandma that will melt her heart \u201d<br><\/li><li>Write a great meta description \u201cBecome your grandma\u2019s favorite grandson by picking one of these adorable christmas gifts. Options for all budgets\u201d&nbsp;<br><\/li><li>Booom!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, your slugs (i.e. \/christmas-gifts on abc.com<em>\/christmas-gifts<\/em>) should follow these guidelines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Make it short and use your keyword (abc.com\/your-keyword)<\/li><li>Use lowercase, even for acronyms (use \/what-is-yolo and not \/what-is-YOLO)<\/li><li>Use dashes instead of underscores (use \/simple-recipes and not \/simple_recipes)<\/li><li>Don\u2019t use whitespaces (use \/seo-guide and not \/seo%20%guide)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>? Another way to find really good meta titles is to look into the paid Adwords ads copy and find inspiration there. You can use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spyfu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spyfu<\/a> to look at what your competitors are using or just google your keyword and see the paid results.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"963\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/spyfu-1024x963.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/spyfu-1024x963.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/spyfu-768x722.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/spyfu-80x75.png 80w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/spyfu-770x724.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/spyfu-160x150.png 160w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/spyfu-20x19.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/spyfu-385x362.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/spyfu-600x564.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/spyfu.png 1070w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This works well because most of Google\u2019s business is based on Ad revenue (like <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/how-does-facebook-make-money\/\">Facebook\u2019s<\/a>) and they optimize the ads they show based on relevancy and quality, and since they mostly make money from people clicking on ads, they will surely show the ads that have great clicks.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>? Also, as <a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/seo-featured-snippets-leads-big-gains-236212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a> study on Search Engine Land shows, you can also improve your CTR by 400%+ if you <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/seo-tips\/#How_to_Win_The_Featured_Snippet\">win the featured snippet<\/a>. (more on that later)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/featured-snippet-1024x641.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/featured-snippet-1024x641.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/featured-snippet-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/featured-snippet-770x482.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/featured-snippet-20x13.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/featured-snippet-385x241.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/featured-snippet-600x375.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/featured-snippet.png 1346w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>??Need to improve your metas and CTR at scale? Use tools like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rankscience.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rankscience<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/odn.distilled.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DistilledODN<\/a> to run A\/B tests of your metas and measure your performance. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Don\u2019t just blog about keywords. Blog about \u201ctopics\u201d.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Any good blog post will rank for multiple keywords.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Usually those keywords will be clustered around a certain topic.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SEO-Topic-Clusters-Pillar.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SEO-Topic-Clusters-Pillar.png 800w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SEO-Topic-Clusters-Pillar-768x355.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SEO-Topic-Clusters-Pillar-770x356.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SEO-Topic-Clusters-Pillar-20x9.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SEO-Topic-Clusters-Pillar-385x178.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/SEO-Topic-Clusters-Pillar-600x278.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What you don\u2019t want to do is pick only one keyword and miss out on similar keywords.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, let\u2019s say your kw research lead you to the following 5 keywords:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>?{cutest dogs, most beautiful dogs, toys for dogs, small dog toys, best dog breeds} ?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While you could attempt to write 5 different posts to target each keyword separately you will be better off by writing 3 articles with the following keywords in them because the keywords are so similar<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. {cutest dogs, most beautiful dogs}&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. {toys for dogs, small dog toys}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. {best dog breeds}<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is called keyword clustering.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a nutshell, the pairing logic works as follows:&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/keyword-clustering-hard-clustering-1200x490-1-1024x418.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/keyword-clustering-hard-clustering-1200x490-1-1024x418.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/keyword-clustering-hard-clustering-1200x490-1-768x314.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/keyword-clustering-hard-clustering-1200x490-1-770x314.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/keyword-clustering-hard-clustering-1200x490-1-20x8.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/keyword-clustering-hard-clustering-1200x490-1-385x157.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/keyword-clustering-hard-clustering-1200x490-1-600x245.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/keyword-clustering-hard-clustering-1200x490-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If two or more keywords share similar URLs on their google searches (let\u2019s say at least 3 sites on the first 10 results), we group those keywords and consider them \u201csimilar\u201d.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you find similar keywords, you can type them on Ahrefs and go to their parent topic.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>?Here\u2019s a longer guide that explains <a href=\"https:\/\/alexwright.net\/blog\/seo\/keyword-clustering-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to cluster your keywords<\/a>.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you got a list of a bunch of keywords you are looking to target, you can also use a tool like <a href=\"https:\/\/spyserp.com\/keyword-grouping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpySERP<\/a> to cluster your topics.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a bunch of content clusters you can start planning your content roadmap and&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Do Content Layering (aka middle-of-the-funnel content)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Content layering is very simple yet very powerful.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Content-Layering-1024x663.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Content-Layering-1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Content-Layering-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Content-Layering-1536x994.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Content-Layering-770x498.jpg 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Content-Layering-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Content-Layering-385x249.jpg 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Content-Layering-1540x996.jpg 1540w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Content-Layering-600x388.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Content-Layering.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It involves creating content that generates links, ranks well and layers directly on top of your key product\/service landing page.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s say you sell domain names and hosting.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While your \u201cRegister A Domain\u201d landing page might not be able to compete with the GoDaddys and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/track\/aleriojablue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bluehosts<\/a> of the world given their insane DA (Domain Authority) and Adwords budget, you can still make a huge revenue improvement if you create content one step above that page in the buying process.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, you can create articles such as \u201chow to find the right domain name\u201d or \u201chow to buy a domain\u201d, which will get you people who are very close to registering a domain.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/content-layering-1024x720.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/content-layering-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/content-layering-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/content-layering-320x225.png 320w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/content-layering-770x542.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/content-layering-640x450.png 640w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/content-layering-20x14.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/content-layering-385x271.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/content-layering-600x422.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/content-layering.png 1214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then in that slightly-easier-to-rank-article, you can include links to your landing page, thereby driving significant highly targeted traffic.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Content layering helps because:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>You rank for easier keywords with high intent, and potentially earn backlinks, thereby increasing your authority<\/li><li>It builds brand awareness and might improve your CTR as people will recognize your articles\/brand next time they do a search<\/li><li>You can build your product into those pages, helping you close more business. (For instance in the case of Hostinger, they can add a domain name checker tool on that blog post)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This technique works great for <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/set-up-ecommerce-store\/\">new ecommerce businesses<\/a>, SaaS solutions and anyone else selling products where people might have specific questions right before purchasing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. Repurpose your content for Medium and Linkedin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This one is super easy and has a great effort\/reward ratio. Can be outsourced easily.&nbsp;<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All there\u2019s here is essentially mildly rewriting your post and publishing it to Medium and Linkedin.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given that those 2 sites have really strong Domain Authority it is not uncommon for me to see that some of my posts do better on the SERPs. (Search Engine Result Pages)&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance my blog post on <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/get-facebook-verified\/\">getting verified on Facebook<\/a> that I repurposed for Linkedin has close to 180k views.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/repurpose-on-Linkedin-1024x194.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/repurpose-on-Linkedin-1024x194.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/repurpose-on-Linkedin-768x146.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/repurpose-on-Linkedin-770x146.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/repurpose-on-Linkedin-385x73.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/repurpose-on-Linkedin-20x4.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/repurpose-on-Linkedin-600x114.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/repurpose-on-Linkedin.png 1318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On both platforms, what you can do is share 50-70% of the tips of your original article and then invite the readers to continue reading on your site.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can add a sentence like \u201cTo read the last 3 tips, check the original article published on my site [link]\u201d or &#8220;for the latest version of this article, check this link&#8221;. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here are some pro tips for Medium<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Use <a href=\"https:\/\/help.medium.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/214550207-Import-a-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medium\u2019s import tool<\/a> to import each blog post to Medium and automatically set the right canonical tag.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The steps to import an article to Medium are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Click on your profile picture in the top-right corner of the page and click Stories.<\/li><li>Click Import a story.<\/li><li>Paste the URL of the story you&#8217;d like to import into the field and click Import.<\/li><li>Click See your story.<\/li><li>Edit your post and click Publish to publish it on your profile. (Note that some of the anchor links usually are broken so you will need to go back and fix them)&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also sign up for Medium\u2019s Partner Program and earn some decent revenue from the reads on your article.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medium-publication-1024x763.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medium-publication-1024x763.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medium-publication-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medium-publication-1536x1145.png 1536w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medium-publication-770x574.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medium-publication-20x15.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medium-publication-385x287.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medium-publication-1540x1148.png 1540w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medium-publication-600x447.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/medium-publication.png 1736w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Curious how I do it? Check our my SEO & Marketing publication on Medium.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here are some pro tips for Linkedin articles<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>On Linkedin encourage people to connect with you and drop a comment\/like at the end of your articles.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The benefit of this is that every time someone engages with your article, their entire network sees it on their News Feed, bringing you amazing 2nd and 3rd degree views you couldn\u2019t otherwise get.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is how I announced this post a few days ago&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1005\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/linkedin-status-post-1005x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/linkedin-status-post-1005x1024.png 1005w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/linkedin-status-post-768x783.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/linkedin-status-post-770x785.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/linkedin-status-post-20x20.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/linkedin-status-post-385x392.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/linkedin-status-post-600x612.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/linkedin-status-post.png 1040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This got me ~12k views instead of my average of ~300 views. (a 40x improvement)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, you can tweet your LInkedin article to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LinkedIneditors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@LinkedinEditors<\/a> with a compelling description so that you get featured on Linkedin Pulse and potentially reach millions of views as your article will be promoted to a large audience.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>? Need other Linkedin content hacks? Check <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/how-to-boost-your-chances-of-going-viral-on-linkedin_b_59a8090ae4b096fd8876c0c9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my Linkedin viral guide<\/a> on Huffington Post and this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/john-white\/how-to-get-your-blog-featured-on-linkedin-from-a-l.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guide to get featured on Linkedin Pulse<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. Lower your bounce rate and increase time-on-site using \u201cOpen Loops\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bounce rate<\/strong> is the percentage of visitors that visit one page and leave your site, rather than continuing visiting other pages.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Time on site <\/strong>essentially tracks how much time someone has spent browsing your website.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These 2 metrics are important to Google because they indicate whether or not the content you produced is helping the users.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publishing insanely good content will make your bounce rate lower and your Google rankings higher.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To lower your bounce rate, you can:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Hook your readers from the beginning (<em>\u201cMy first 3 years blogging were awful\u201d<\/em>)<\/li><li>Make your site responsive and fast (more on that later)<\/li><li>Have a great site design that invites people to click around more (you can buy a beautiful website theme on <a href=\"http:\/\/1.envato.market\/c\/1984821\/298927\/4662\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Envato<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To improve your time on site:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Publish great relevant content<\/li><li>Write longer articles<\/li><li>Use Open Loops (read below)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Let&#8217;s talk about to Open Loops<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I know you are wondering what <strong>Open Loops<\/strong> are, so let me explain.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Open Loops are things (ideas, stories) that are left incomplete that your brain is rushing to finish or close.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Netflix does this really well by showing you a climactic moment right at the end of an episode so that you are hooked to watch the next.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can do the same on your site.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance notice how on this post, I try to not only hook you from the beginning with a promise <em>\u201cI\u2019ll share with you my <\/em><strong><em>best tips to increase your traffic <\/em><\/strong><em>so that you too can get thousands of readers and leads per month\u201d<\/em> but also throughout the post I have connectors between each tip such as <em>\u201cthat leads me to my next point..\u201d<\/em> or <em>\u201cas you\u2019ll see later&#8230;\u201d<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Something else to keep your visitors longer on your site is to actually write compelling, long form articles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/how-write-amazing-seo-articles-7-step-checklist-alejandro-rioja\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here\u2019s how to write the best 2000+ word post<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li><li>If you are new to writing, I recommend reading some of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyblogger.com\/classic-copywriting-books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">these books<\/a>. (My favorite is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegaryhalbertletter.com\/Boron\/BoronLetterCh1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boron Letters<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Last great hack I\u2019ve been using is loading my next article when someone hits the end of a post.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This infinite loading keeps people on my site longer and bouncing less (which gives great <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/easily-rank-on-google\/\">SEO signals<\/a> to Google) and also makes it more likely that they will share my article or close as a lead.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/auto-load-next-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">autoload next post WP plugin<\/a> for that.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. Offer your site in other languages&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve translated some of my most popular posts to over 12 languages including Spanish, Portuguese, French, Mandarin, Hindi, Arabic.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On any given month, my translated posts drive about 10-15k visitors to my site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"888\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/translate-your-site.png\" alt=\"translate your site\" class=\"wp-image-20437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/translate-your-site.png 590w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/translate-your-site-385x579.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/translate-your-site-20x30.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is because it\u2019s so much easier to rank in anything other than English given the lesser competition (do keep in mind that ad revenue might also be smaller in other languages).&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you were to translate your site to the top 12 economic languages, you will be able to reach 90% of all internet users (or 1.3B people).&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know you are curious to know which languages those are, so here you go.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top 12 internet languages (alphabetically)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Arabic \/ \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 (ar)\u200e<\/li><li>Chinese \/ \u4e2d\u6587 (zh_CN)\u200e<\/li><li>English \/ English (en_US)\u200e<\/li><li>French \/ Fran\u00e7ais (fr_CA)\u200e<\/li><li>German \/ Deutsch (de_DE)\u200e<\/li><li>Hindi \/ &#8220;\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0940 (hi_IN)\u200e<\/li><li>Italian \/ Italiano (it_IT)\u200e<\/li><li>Japanese \/ \u65e5\u672c\u8a9e (ja_JP)\u200e<\/li><li>Korean \/ \ud55c\uad6d\uc5b4 (ko_KR)\u200e<\/li><li>Portuguese \/ Portugu\u00eas (pt_BR)\u200e<\/li><li>Russian \/ \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 (ru_RU)\u200e<\/li><li>Spanish \/ Espa\u00f1ol (es_ES)\u200e<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are implementing this, I recommend creating separate folders such as abc.com\/es\/ and making sure you learn about the correct <a href=\"https:\/\/moz.com\/learn\/seo\/hreflang-tag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hreflang<\/a> implementation.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are just a content\/affiliate blogger like me and have limited budget, I suggest using <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/polylang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polylang<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/lingotek-translation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lingotek<\/a> to get free machine translations of your posts. They are not perfect but they work well. Lingotek offers a connection to <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/pricing\/details\/cognitive-services\/translator-text-api\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft Azure translation API<\/a>, which I like.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a bigger company, you\u2019ll probably be better off hiring actual professional translators.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9. Guest Blog in other highly trafficked sites to build backlinks and get referral traffic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Akin to getting a shoutout on a big Instagram account (like the one for my site Mentioned <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/futuresharksmedia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@futuresharksmedia<\/a>), blogging on large sites will not only drive some decent traffic but will also earn you a quality backlink.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance an article I wrote on the Huffington Post: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/how-to-find-a-niche-ways-to-determine-if-your-niche_b_58e3d03ee4b09deecf0e1aa7?guccounter=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Find Your Niche<\/a>\u201d is driving a few hundred referral visits each month to my blog.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t know where to start guesting? Try my <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/guest-post-sites\/\">list of best guest post sites<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-thb-accent-color has-text-color\">Want to learn about my system to build 100s of links of DR60+ in just weeks? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/riojaalejandro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DM me<\/a> if your budget per link is $200+. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t want to write a new post, here\u2019s a list of sites that allow you to republish your article<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Entrepreneur<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Huffington Post<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Next Web<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/lifehacker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lifehacker<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Verge<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>? Here\u2019s how you can <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/contact-bloggers\/\">slide into the DMs of editors at Forbes, Mashable<\/a> and pitch your blog post idea.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10. Allow other people to guest post on your site<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Future-Sharks-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25595\" width=\"466\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Future-Sharks-logo.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Future-Sharks-logo.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Future-Sharks-logo.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Future-Sharks-logo.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Future-Sharks-logo.png 300w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Future-Sharks-logo.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Future-Sharks-logo.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to know how I was able to grow one of my sites (<a href=\"http:\/\/futuresharks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Future Sharks<\/a>) to 50k visitors per month in less than a year?&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It happened when I realized that I was the bottleneck to creating content.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I then decided to allow people to contribute to my site, thereby making it a contributor site and now there are over 1000 articles published on the page.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Related: Want to sign up to contribute to FS? Here\u2019s <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/futuresharks.com\/contribute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>the link<\/em><\/a><em>. While at it, also sign up to <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/soinfluential.com\/contribute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>contribute to SoInfluential<\/em><\/a><em> and <a href=\"http:\/\/authoritydaily.com\/subscription\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Authority Daily<\/a> (or any of my <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/guest-post-sites\/\">other sites<\/a>)<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few things you need to keep in mind if you are allowing people to contribute:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Only allow topics related to your niche<\/li><li>No one should be allowed to post any spammy links&nbsp;<\/li><li>You should try to link internally to other related posts&nbsp;<\/li><li>You should conduct a content audit every so often&nbsp;<\/li><li>The content should be at a minimum of 1000 words<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The easiest way to get started is to add a link that says \u201cContribute here\u201d on your site menu. Then have people email you or message you with their topic pitch.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another way is to selectively reply to the countless of emails you are probably already receiving from content agencies or white hat link builders and see if their quality is any good.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last one is to sign up for websites that allow you to offer (paid) guest posting on your site, such as<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>My favorite \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/rankz\/\">Rankz.io<\/a> <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/accessily.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accessily<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nobs.link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No BS<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/adsy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adsy<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This way you can also start monetizing your sites!<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">11. Steal the best content from your competitors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to Ahrefs and type a competitor in my case, let\u2019s say Siege Media.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/competitor-pages-1024x416.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/competitor-pages-1024x416.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/competitor-pages-768x312.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/competitor-pages-1536x624.png 1536w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/competitor-pages-2048x831.png 2048w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/competitor-pages-770x313.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/competitor-pages-20x8.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/competitor-pages-385x156.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/competitor-pages-1540x625.png 1540w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/competitor-pages-600x244.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then you can go to their organic keywords. By default it will be sorted by traffic. Add those keywords to your list. (and run the keyword clustering idea from tip #4 above)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also go to their Top Pages and see which pages are generating the most traffic, then analyze the keywords to those pages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/find-competitor-pages-1024x178.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/find-competitor-pages-1024x178.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/find-competitor-pages-768x133.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/find-competitor-pages-1536x267.png 1536w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/find-competitor-pages-770x134.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/find-competitor-pages-385x67.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/find-competitor-pages-1540x267.png 1540w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/find-competitor-pages-20x3.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/find-competitor-pages-600x104.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/find-competitor-pages.png 1578w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>That\u2019s just a teaser. Want to know more about finding keywords? Here\u2019s the complete guide to <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/keyword-research\/\"><em>keyword research<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">12. Steal your competitor\u2019s traffic sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.similarweb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Similar Web<\/a> to find out where your competitor is getting traffic from.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/similar-web-traffic-1024x763.png\" alt=\"similar-web-traffic\" class=\"wp-image-20433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/similar-web-traffic-1024x763.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/similar-web-traffic-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/similar-web-traffic-770x573.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/similar-web-traffic-20x15.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/similar-web-traffic-385x287.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/similar-web-traffic-600x447.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/similar-web-traffic.png 1324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, I see that Backlinko (one of my competitors) is getting a ton of traffic from BlackHatWorld and Ahrefs. I can start publishing my articles on BHW and aim to do a collab post on the Ahrefs blog.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can\u2019t think of a competitor? Go to the competing domains on the left hand side of Ahrefs and see the keywords unique to your competitors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/competing-domains-1024x592.png\" alt=\"competing domains\" class=\"wp-image-20434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/competing-domains-1024x592.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/competing-domains-768x444.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/competing-domains-770x445.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/competing-domains-385x223.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/competing-domains-20x12.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/competing-domains-600x347.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/competing-domains.png 1518w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">13. Refresh and update your content regularly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a blog post that\u2019s not doing well despite you having poured hours into it?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s time for a refresh.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a full-time blogger, you shouldn\u2019t have any blog posts that you haven\u2019t updated in the last 12-18 months. Given how fast things change, even something you wrote 6 months ago might need a refresh.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m constantly going back and updating my best content every 3-6 months, adding new strategies, removing ones that no longer work and adding new info.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, one of my best posts is <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/invite-friends-like-page-event-facebook-script\/\">a script to invite all your friends to like your page on Facebook<\/a>.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook is constantly changing its layout and functionality so I need to keep it up-to-date as much as possible.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use <a href=\"https:\/\/answerthepublic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Answer The Public<\/a> (free) or <a href=\"https:\/\/app.buzzsumo.com\/discover\/questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buzzsumo\u2019s Question Analyzer<\/a> (paid) to find [new] questions that people are asking about your keywords.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-website-traffic-answers-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"increase website traffic answers\" class=\"wp-image-20445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-website-traffic-answers-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-website-traffic-answers-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-website-traffic-answers-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-website-traffic-answers-770x770.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-website-traffic-answers-20x20.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-website-traffic-answers-385x385.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-website-traffic-answers-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-website-traffic-answers-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-website-traffic-answers-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/increase-website-traffic-answers.png 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, when I was writing this post, I typed \u201cincrease web traffic\u201d into Answer The Public and found some keywords that I hadn\u2019t thought of such as \u201c<em>for free, bot, strategies, etc<\/em>\u201d. I decided to add a few of those into this post.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly you can add the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-last-modified-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Last Modified WordPress plugin<\/a> to show your visitors when your post was last refreshed so they know they are reading an updated version.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">14. Build Backlinks and dominate organic search<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Backlinks<\/strong> are links from other sites to yours.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google\u2019s algorithm looks at over 200 factors to decide how to rank your site.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Content is #1. Backlinks are #2. (<a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/rankbrain\/\">Rankbrain<\/a> is #3)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Backlinks are a vote of confidence of other sites to yours, and are a key ranking factor.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Need a quick estimate of how many backlinks you need to rank in the top 10? Use the <strong>keyword search functionality on Ahrefs to find out<\/strong>.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you know how many links you need, you can build backlinks by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Guest posting on other sites<\/li><li>Making such an amazing or novel post that people naturally link to it<\/li><li>Inter-linking your blog post with other posts you\u2019ve written in the past<\/li><li>Using <a href=\"https:\/\/citationlabs.com\/tools\/link-prospector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkProspector<\/a> (here\u2019s also a guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/link-prospecting\/\">how to do Link Prospecting<\/a>)<\/li><li>Reaching out to whoever is linking to your competitors and asking for a guest post (Type your competitor\u2019s url into Ahrefs and go to backlinks overview to see who is linking to them)<\/li><li>Distributing your content through <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/rankz\/\">Rankz<\/a> and using <a href=\"https:\/\/authorityland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Authority Land<\/a> to do it at scale. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to build an easy backlink? Comment on this post with your site and a friendly message \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Link Building Strategies on Steroids: How to Get Backlinks FAST!\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BjT-QOqsjz4?feature=oembed&showinfo=0&rel=0&modestbranding=1&iv_load_policy=3&playsinline=1&enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">15. Don\u2019t lose your visitors due to technical difficulties<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This includes making sure your site loads fast.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few things you can do:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Use a CDN (content delivery network). I like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cloudflare<\/a>.<\/li><li>Use browser caching. For WordPress, I like <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-fastest-cache\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WP Fastest cache<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Minify your CSS\/JS (use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minifier.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this<\/a> tool)<\/li><li>Implement AMP (you can use the official <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMP Plugin<\/a>)<\/li><li>Make sure your site is mobile-first<\/li><li>Make sure Google is crawling your site correctly (check for any errors on <a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Search Console<\/a>)<\/li><li>Implement HTTPS (SSL). You can do it for free using <a href=\"https:\/\/letsencrypt.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Let\u2019s Encrypt<\/a> (not compatible with Godaddy)<\/li><li>Optimize your images before uploading them to your site using <a href=\"https:\/\/imageoptim.com\/mac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ImageOptim<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>?Don\u2019t have time to speed up your site or are not technically-savvy? Go on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiverr.com\/s2\/13c3fcaa55\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fiverr<\/a> and search for \u201cwebsite speed\u201d or \u201cwordpress speed\u201d and hire someone. You can use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiverr.com\/s2\/13c3fcaa55\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this link<\/a> to get 20% off.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you already getting 10,000 views and showing ads? Sign up for <a href=\"http:\/\/ezoic.com?tap_a=6182-5778c2&tap_s=553361-8ff2ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ezoic<\/a> and not only increase your ad revenue but also speed up your site with their Site Accelerator.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to find out if Google is indexing your non-https urls?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/non-https-sites-1024x417.png\" alt=\"non https sites\" class=\"wp-image-20444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/non-https-sites-1024x417.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/non-https-sites-768x313.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/non-https-sites-770x314.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/non-https-sites-20x8.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/non-https-sites-385x157.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/non-https-sites-600x244.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/non-https-sites.png 1218w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can search <strong>site:example.com -inurl:https <\/strong>and find out if Google\u2019s index is showing them. You can then remove those pages or enforce https on them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to find other technical issues? Use Screaming Frog. Here\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9l8UdV3gQk4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">great tutorial<\/a> on how to use that tool.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">16. Make different types of content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t just stick to plain old blog posts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Try infographics which will earn you shares, videos, ebooks and more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"4773\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/siege-better-content.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/siege-better-content.png 800w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/siege-better-content-768x4582.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/siege-better-content-770x4594.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/siege-better-content-385x2297.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/siege-better-content-20x119.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/siege-better-content-600x3580.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siegemedia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Siege<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEO section wrap-up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>SEO is a great way to drive traffic to your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite what you might have been led to believe, SEO is pretty straightforward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You just need great content and backlinks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have no budget for ads, get writing blog posts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to learn more about SEO, read these guides:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/what-is-seo\/\">What is SEO<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/white-hat-seo-techniques\/\">How to do SEO for beginners<\/a> (highly recommended)<\/li><li>? <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/seo-tips\/\">SEO for PROs<\/a> (highly recommended)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/on-page-seo\/\">How to do On-Page SEO<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/off-page-seo\/\">How to do Off-Page SEO<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s jump to the social media hacks below to see how status updates can help you drive traffic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/how-to-increase-website-traffic-with-social-media-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/how-to-increase-website-traffic-with-social-media-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/how-to-increase-website-traffic-with-social-media-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/how-to-increase-website-traffic-with-social-media-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/how-to-increase-website-traffic-with-social-media-20x11.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/how-to-increase-website-traffic-with-social-media-385x217.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/how-to-increase-website-traffic-with-social-media-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/how-to-increase-website-traffic-with-social-media.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">B) Social Media Marketing Techniques to Increase Your Traffic&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Big shocker here but yes, you need to promote your site and articles on all the platforms.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For higher engagement with your posts, make sure your update is not just the article link but a few teasers of what people can expect in the post, so that they click.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, I teased this post by making it password protected and got over 5k views on my status (compared to an average of 300 views).&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">17. How to automate your social media posts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Need to do everything at scale? Use <a href=\"https:\/\/ifttt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IFTTT<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/zapier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zapier<\/a> to automatically post to your social accounts whenever you publish a new post.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/freeeup.com\/?a=f0bb0490-6114-41f3-9a93-baedc7e73772\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hire a VA on Freeeup<\/a> or use tools like <a href=\"https:\/\/sproutsocial.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SproutSocial<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/buffer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buffer<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/hootsuite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hootsuite<\/a> to schedule your content sharing.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly, if you don\u2019t have much content to promote but still want to have a robust content calendar, you can sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/quuu.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quuu<\/a> and have curated articles shared with your network.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember to always include a small ask at the end of your status post such as \u201clike it if you found Y technique useful\u201d or \u201cshare this with a friend that could benefit from X tip\u201d or \u201ccomment which recipe you will be cooking this weekend\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also add social sharing buttons to your blog. They will make people share your content much more often.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Btw, while we are here&#8230; mind sharing this post? It would mean a lot to me if you did. Tag me so I get happy \ud83d\ude42&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Post at the best times to get more social engagement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some general guidelines as to when to post on each platform.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"7559\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/best-time-to-post-on-social-media-infographic.png\" alt=\"best-time-to-post-on-social-media-infographic\" class=\"wp-image-20441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/best-time-to-post-on-social-media-infographic.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/best-time-to-post-on-social-media-infographic-768x7539.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/best-time-to-post-on-social-media-infographic-385x3780.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/best-time-to-post-on-social-media-infographic-20x196.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/best-time-to-post-on-social-media-infographic-600x5890.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, and by the way, feel free to share your article more than once.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a high chance most of your followers didn\u2019t click on it or see it the first time you shared it.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you use SproutSocial, they have this feature called ViralPost that will attempt to post at the times that they have determined will get you the most engagement.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alright, time for the growth hacks on each platform&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">18. Linkedin growth hacks to increase traffic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For the best exposure, make sure you connect with as many people in your niche as possible prior to promoting your articles.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also if you only publish high quality statuses people will start noticing, so don\u2019t let your quality standards drop. For instance, my friend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/onlyhamza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamza Khawaja<\/a>, has created a brand for himself of being the go-to person for college students seeking internship tips on Linkedin.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the guidelines for the best reach on a Linkedin post:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Share 1-2 tips from your article and leave a few tips out that require people to go to your page.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Space your status one line at the time so that people scroll and spend more time reading it.&nbsp;<\/li><li>For the best reach, do not include the link in your post but rather include in it the first comment.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Ask people to comment something or tag a friend that can benefit from your post. Even better, ask them to use a particular hashtag like \u201c#traffic\u201d so that you start trending. This helps growth hack your exposure as every time someone comments on your post, that post gets promoted to their followers.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to connect with me? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alerioja\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Send me a connection request<\/a> and tell me you found me on this article!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">19. Instagram growth hacks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have more than 10k followers, do a swipe up story where you tease your article and encourage people to read more.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instagram pods are key here. A pod is essentially a group chat where everyone agrees to like, comment, share each others posts as soon as they are live. Many people build them on <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telegram<\/a>.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The easiest way to get started is to get a handful of friends and create your own pod.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ideally everyone in the pod has a similar amount of followers so that no one feels like their are getting a bad deal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your engagement is high in the first few minutes, Instagram might promote you to the Explore page where you will reach people who don\u2019t already follow you.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agorapulse.com\/social-media-lab\/30-hashtags-on-instagram-posts-yes-or-no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> done by Agora Pulse on IG hashtags, showed that you should use all 30 hashtags if you want to increase your engagement. And yeah, you should put them in the post, rather than the first comment.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Btw, you can automate your IG and Pinterest growth with a bot called <a href=\"https:\/\/jarvee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jarvee<\/a>.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pro tip: Learn how to <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/how-to-get-verified-on-instagram\/\"><em>get verified on IG<\/em><\/a><em> and <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/get-facebook-verified\/\"><em>verified on FB<\/em><\/a><em> to increase the reach of your posts and legitimacy.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">20. Drive traffic through Pinterest pins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I grew one of my clients\u2019 Pinterest to over 12k monthly viewers, all automated.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I used Jarvee for this.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I found some related boards and re-pinned their most pinned content. Since the content was already validated (people liked it), I knew my boards will also be enjoyed by other users.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can add your url to say 15% of all pins driving more traffic to your page for free.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pro tip: Here\u2019s a script to <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/how-to-mass-follow-on-pinterest-scripts\/\">get more followers on Pinterest<\/a>.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t want to use a bot, you can find services on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiverr.com\/s2\/13c3fcaa55\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fiverr<\/a> that will grow your Pinterest up to a 1M monthly views, just search for \u201cpinterest\u201d.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">21. Good ol\u2019 Facebook posting for website traffic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook pages are no longer that useful given the terrible organic reach. (I\u2019ll cover FB paid strategies further down)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2 things I see working well these days are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Having a public personal profile (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/riojaalejandro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u2019s mine<\/a>) and befriending people in your niche who will enjoy your content<\/li><li>Having a private group that people need to request to Join (e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/stackgrowth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stacking Growth<\/a>) where you only admit people who are interested in your content.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In both of those cases, you want to curate an audience of readers and potential buyers that will engage with your posts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">22. Don\u2019t forget about Reddit \/ Steemit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also post on relevant subreddits or Steemit to get your post some serious new traffic.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find relevant subreddits, just head to Reddit.com and type a keyword such as \u201cvegan\u201d. You can then see different communities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/subreddits-1024x443.png\" alt=\"subreddits\" class=\"wp-image-20446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/subreddits-1024x443.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/subreddits-768x332.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/subreddits-1536x665.png 1536w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/subreddits-770x333.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/subreddits-20x9.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/subreddits-385x167.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/subreddits-1540x666.png 1540w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/subreddits-600x260.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/subreddits.png 1978w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Join a few, build up good karma by commenting without a link.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, then post an original guide on reddit for instance \u201chow to make jackfruit tacos\u201d and then at the bottom link to your jackfruit article.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t have time to build up all that Karma? Hire someone on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiverr.com\/s2\/13c3fcaa55\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fiverr<\/a> with high karma to post for you for $5.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use the plugin <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/steempress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steempress<\/a> to automatically post to Steemit.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">23. Leverage Snapchat\/Tiktok if you are trying to reach a younger audience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/get-snapchat-followers-make-money\/\">how I got thousands of followers on Snap<\/a> and do the same for your business.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t know much about TikTok other than the fact that\u2019s blowing up. You should aim to be there now and establish your influence.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can copy some of the best vines or Tik Tok\u2019s most viewed videos, remix them, add your own personal touch, and post them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">24. Use a \u201csharewall\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I totally just made up this word but it\u2019s essentially a paywall that requires someone to share your post to access the content.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can lock certain parts of your blog post and only allow people to read them if they share your post. Here are a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hubspot.com\/website\/best-content-locker-wordpress-plugins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">few plugins<\/a> you can use to lock your content.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can put an ebook behind this \u201csharewall\u201d or a very valuable tip.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Warning: don\u2019t lock up too much of your content or you will start missing out on your SEO optimization.&nbsp;<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Click to Tweet<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>People are lazy and don\u2019t want to spend time thinking which one-liner from your post will make them sound smart on Twitter.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do the work for them and have a few key tips ready to be tweeted with a click.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can do this using <a href=\"http:\/\/clicktotweet.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ClickToTweet.com<\/a>.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">25. Use QuuuPromote to blow your social shares out of the water ?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"743\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-1.png\" alt=\"quuu promote results\" class=\"wp-image-20657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-1.png 743w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-1-20x16.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-1-385x305.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-1-600x476.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quuupromote.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QuuuPromote<\/a> shows your content to people who are looking to share curated articles to their network.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you start a promo, your article will be circulated around various people who are looking to share articles on their selected niches.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my opinion, it\u2019s worth trying a test out for $40 and see how the shares improve.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a few days, I&#8217;ve gotten 50-150 shares. Not too shabby, although the click rate is quite low. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(I can only hope those are real accounts)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">D) Other Growth Channels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are a brick and mortar store or provide local services, use Google My Business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you can sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google My Business<\/a>.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pro tip here is to have an Offer running at all times. Businesses with offers get more views and the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/business\/answer\/7662907?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offers appear near the top of the Business Profile on Google Search and Maps<\/a>.\u201d&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"882\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-my-business.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-my-business.png 882w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-my-business-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-my-business-770x440.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-my-business-20x11.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-my-business-385x220.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-my-business-600x343.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For example a dating coach in Austin could list him or herself on Google My Business and set the service area to +20 miles.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People who are located in ATX and are searching for \u201cdating coach\u201d will likely come across this coach and visit his or her website.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The offer should be compelling enough for people to then close. An applicable offer here could be \u201cfree 15 min phone consultation\u201d or \u201cfree date outfit audit\u201d. Think of something that will make your prospects be interested in your business over the rest.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You should also aim to have as close to 5 stars as possible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Also use Yelp to drive traffic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly to your Google business page, you should aim to have your profile as complete as possible.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In certain niches, running promotions on Yelp tend to pay off. Some good ones are lawyers, tax attorneys, dentists, and others.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get more 5-stars on Yelp, Google and  Trustpilot:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>If you are a restaurant, offer a free dessert or boba for any review (while you shouldn\u2019t directly ask for 5 stars, people will tend to review you highly anyway)<\/li><li>You can also email previous customers and ask for a review<\/li><li>Include links to review your business on your website and social posts<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use Quora to drive super qualified leads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are an SEO tool, you should be answering Quora questions such as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/seo-tools\/\">What are the best SEO tools<\/a> out there?\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of answering and building your personal brand, you will also earn great referral traffic.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pro tip: You can even find super easy keywords to rank by using Ahrefs to find all the keywords that quora.com is ranking for.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then you can find some of the juiciest keywords you could ever dream of.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Quora isn\u2019t a targeted site, you will likely outrank it with your niche site.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hijack the news and be the first to cover a topic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a great strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/everipedia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Everipedia<\/a> used. During their first years, they aimed to write articles faster than Wikipedia or any other news site when a major event or personality emerged.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/trends.google.com\/trends\/trendingsearches\/realtime?geo=US&category=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">use Google trends<\/a> to find some interesting breakout stories.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-trends-1024x480.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-trends-1024x480.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-trends-768x360.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-trends-1536x719.png 1536w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-trends-2048x959.png 2048w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-trends-320x150.png 320w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-trends-770x361.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-trends-20x9.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-trends-640x300.png 640w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-trends-385x180.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-trends-1540x721.png 1540w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/google-trends-600x281.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance on Nov 2, 2019 the US was looking at several UFC fights. You can also use the category dropdown to filter based on your niche. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not always useful but sometimes you can find a very good never seen before topic that you can cover.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use Google Analytics to analyze where your traffic is coming from&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Head to Google Analytics and click on <a href=\"https:\/\/analytics.google.com\/analytics\/web\/#\/report\/acquisition-channels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acquisition > All Traffic > Channels<\/a>.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you will be able to see which channels are driving traffic to your site (Organic Search, Direct, Referral, Social, Other).&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here you have a choice, either double down on your best channels or improve the ones that you\u2019ve been neglecting.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, I can see that I\u2019m driving the most traffic through organic search which means my <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/seo-tips\/\">SEO tips<\/a> work.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, on the other hand, I haven\u2019t done much promotion on social media, so I should start sharing there more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Analyze your competitors and steal their content strategies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>See a blog doing something interesting? You should definitely study their tactics.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, the other day I saw <a href=\"https:\/\/databox.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Databox<\/a> interviewing tons of thought leaders and creating a big listicle article. This is a great idea because every thought leader will share that article and drive tons of new website traffic. Not only that but also people will tend to link back to their site, getting them a ton of links.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You bet I\u2019ll be doing the same with my <a href=\"http:\/\/soinfluential.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">So Influential<\/a> blog.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Build and leverage your email list<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On several of my sites, returning traffic is key.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a good plugin to build an <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/email-posts-to-subscribers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">automated email notification every time you post an article<\/a> (or every Sunday, etc).&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another benefit of a list is that you will have some warm leads to sell your course or program to.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best tools for this are Mailchimp, Braze, Marketo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chatbots<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Another great tip is to build a Facebook chatbot and broadcast your articles there. I suggest using <a href=\"https:\/\/manychat.pxf.io\/3xWVK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manychat<\/a> for this.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The benefit of a chatbot is that they have a 70%+ open rate and a 15%+ CTR. (insane!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Web push subscribers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Notify your subscribers when a new post is up via Chrome notifications.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two tools that will help you accomplish that are <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribers.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pushalert.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PushAlert<\/a>.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Be on YouTube ?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another great way to drive traffic to your site is to post content on Youtube.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to see which keywords on Google Searches are showing Youtube videos on the results page, here\u2019s how you can do that.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head on to Ahrefs and use the keyword filters to \u201cinclude = video\u201d.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn other Youtube traffic tips.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do targeted outreach and email your blog post out&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Find bloggers using <a href=\"https:\/\/authorityspy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AuthoritySpy<\/a> and send them a link to your post sharing with you thought it would be useful to them.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As long as you don\u2019t come off as spammy and your article is super valuable to them, I don\u2019t see why anyone will get mad.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use PR<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This ties back into growing your personal brand.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Need a mention quickly? Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpareporter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HARO<\/a> and help reporters fill in the expert info they need to publish their articles today.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are other tricks to <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/pr-marketing\/\">get press for your company<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Need a PR agency recommendation? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/riojaalejandro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DM me<\/a> if your budget is $5k+. I know just the right firm.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>? Want to grow your brand and be featured on <a href=\"http:\/\/futuresharks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Future Sharks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soinfluential.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">So Influential<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/authoritydaily.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Authority Daily<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/cryptotim.es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CryptoTimes<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/riojaalejandro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DM me<\/a> and we will make it happen. (Ask me about the bundle pricing).<br><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The beauty of a site like Future Sharks is that it\u2019s super easy to get on and it usually provides a springboard for the rest of your PR. (i.e. many people got their first press article on FS and then eventually went on to Forbes).&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only that, but getting on FutureShark\u2019s homepage also gives you a ton of exposure to more than 50,000 readers.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find out about the <a href=\"https:\/\/futuresharks.com\/subscription\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pricing<\/a> here.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Write amazing headlines to draw the reader in.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Even the best blog post will go unread if you fail to spike the interest of the reader. Also juicy headlines will get you more social shares, thereby driving more traffic.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some <a href=\"https:\/\/getcodeless.com\/buzzfeed-headline-tricks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">great hacks to reverse engineers the best Buzzfeed headlines<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leverage influencers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes a tweet from a respected leader in an industry is all you need to go viral.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Need to find the best influencers? Head to <a href=\"http:\/\/soinfluential.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoInfluential<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grow your brand<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, each month I\u2019m able to drive about 1000 people who search for my name \u201cAlejandro Rioja\u201d to my site.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/branded-queries-1024x249.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/branded-queries-1024x249.png 1024w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/branded-queries-768x186.png 768w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/branded-queries-770x187.png 770w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/branded-queries-385x93.png 385w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/branded-queries-20x5.png 20w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/branded-queries-600x146.png 600w, https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/branded-queries.png 1368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a company or an individual, you should be aiming to capture brand equity so that your prospective clients are searching you by your name.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can do this by getting quoted on other sites, being consistent with your publishing, and going on TV shows, speaking gigs and podcasts.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A benefit of podcasts is that you can also get a backlink to your site.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Same thing with speaking gigs. <a href=\"https:\/\/ontraport.com\/blog\/brand-building\/alejandro-rioja\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">When I spoke at Ontraport\u2019s Ontrapalooza event<\/a>, I was able to get several mentions and traffic to my site.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Need to get your product to catch on like fire? Use Viral Loops<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Viral Loops will incentivize the user to share, tweet, or refer a friend to earn a higher spot in line.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is great for giveaways, limited time sneakers, conferences, etc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alright time to close this post off. Here are the tools I swear by.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Services and tools you need to use to grow your website business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol><li><a href=\"https:\/\/freeeup.com\/?a=f0bb0490-6114-41f3-9a93-baedc7e73772\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freeeup<\/a> (absolutely amazing when it comes to finding ghost writers)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiverr.com\/s2\/13c3fcaa55\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fiverr<\/a> (get your social media posts, infographics, emails, videos)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/recommends\/canva\">Canva<\/a> (easily design your own blog covers and graphics)<\/li><li>One or more of these <a href=\"https:\/\/alejandrorioja.com\/seo-tools\/\">SEO tools<\/a>, my favorites being:<ol><li>Google Analytics (essential)<\/li><li>Google Search Console (essential)<\/li><li>Ahrefs or SEMRush (pick one)<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>If you need paid growth<ol><li>Facebook Ads Manager (tutorial coming soon!)<\/li><li>Google Adwords (let me know if you want a tutorial in the comments)<\/li><li>Your particular niche lead generator (for example, if you are in <a href=\"http:\/\/theinsurancenerd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the insurance niche<\/a>, buy ads on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nerdwallet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nerdwallet<\/a>)<\/li><li>Taboola, Outbrain<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Traffic is a matter of consistency, and a few growth hacks here and there.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember, keep at it, and you will see your traffic increase over time.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The more content, the more potential shares and the more your traffic will compound.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The techniques shared here work best when you combine a lot of them at the same time.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Would love if you dropped a comment telling me which one of these strategies you plan on implementing next. 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