How to Get More Traffic to Your Blog

At some point, each and every blogger faces the same issue. It’s the bane of our existence and the great quandary causing us to scratch our heads.

The blog traffic jam. That sudden halt of visitors to your site that has you wondering, “What did I do wrong?”

It may happen at the beginning, middle, or end of a blog, but it’s inevitable. At some point, we all go through this.

If you’re just getting started or have been blogging for a while, you’ve faced this nemesis. And you’ve asked yourself,

How do I get out of this? How do I get more traffic to my site?

To help answer that question, I came up with a simple list. But before that, let’s talk about motives…

Check your motives at the door

So, you have a blog, but want more traffic? First, check your motives:

• Is it help people, be a resource, and make a difference?
• Or to make you famous?

If the latter, quit blogging right now. If you’re blogging for self-serving reasons, then that may be the main inhibitor to your blog’s growth. Because here’s the truth:

People want you to talk about them, not you.

It’s okay to write about personal experiences and share what you’ve learned from a first-hand perspective, but be careful of making yourself into some kind of blog rock star.

Instead, aim to be a resource and to help to others. The irony is that if you do that, you’ll end up becoming a star.