Drive traffic and visitors

Before attending this step make sure you have 35 complete articles and you have optimized your blog as I mentioned in the previous chapter.
Then let’s go step by step. Make sure this part will need at least one month to be totally completed.

Make sure all search engines include your site

This is the first step. We don’t need to check out that web pages had been indexed but only that the search engine had accepted your link. After some days (let say 2 week) type your URL for example ‘http://www.howtosuccesswithblogging.blogspot.com’ and click the search button. If the search engine shows no result so you have to submit again your site.
Normally, Blogger automatically submit you to the 3 big search engines (Google, Yahoo and MSN). Don’t care for the other search engines as they are just portals.

Be the first to submit your stories to Digg

Don’t wait until your visitors submit your story and Digg it! Digg your story yourself to encourage the others doing it.

Submit your site to sites like reedit

Plus of Digg there’s other sites, but forward only a small amount of traffic. But they are helpful like Reddit.com and new.ycombinator.com. You can submit your site to those sites

Submit to the majority of blog directories

Don’t forget to submit your blog where you can. (But don’t use paid submission because this won’t make you earn anything).
This is a list of Blog Directory:

http://directory.autismlina.com/
http://www.biggerblogger.com/
http://blogannounce.info/
http://www.blog-directory.org/index.php
http://blog.hotornot.com/
http://www.blogpoint.com/
http://www.blogratingz.com/index.jsp
http://www.blogtoplist.com/
http://www.blogdir.co.uk/
http://www.blogdust.com/blog-directory/
http://www.blogroll.net/
http://www.blogs-collection.com/
http://www.blogsrating.com/
http://directory.blogthat.net/
http://browseblogs.com/
http://www.delightfulblogs.com/
http://www.kookkoo.com/
http://www.quickblogdirectory.com/
http://www.search4blog.com/
http://www.thevital.net/
http://blogs.tomstopsites.com
http://wutzle.com/
http://www.technorati.com/
http://www.bloglines.com/
http://www.blogstreet.com/
http://www.blogwise.com/
http://boingboing.net/
http://www.globeofblogs.com/
http://www.truthlaidbear.com/
http://memigo.com/
http://www.bloghop.com/
http://www.blogarama.com/
http://www.blogsearchengine.com/
http://portal.eatonweb.com/
http://www.blogdigger.com/
http://www.bloogz.com/
http://www.sarthak.net/blogz/
http://www.blogmatrix.com/
http://www.headlinespot.com/
http://www.esperanto.se/kiosk/engindex.html
http://www.crayon.net/
http://www.findory.com/blogs/
http://bulkfeeds.net/
http://www.blogpulse.com/
http://www.blogcatalog.com/
http://www.blogdir.com/
http://www.blurtit.com/
http://www.newstrove.com/
http://www.getblogs.com/
http://geekphilosopher.com/
http://www.wilsdomain.com/blogs/
http://www.yourwebloghere.com/
http://www.blogrankings.com/
http://www.bloghub.com/
http://www.feedmap.net/BlogMap/
http://www.icerocket.com/
http://www.bloggernity.com/
http://www.blogsforsmallbusiness.com
http://www.rateitall.com/
http://www.blogscholar.com/
http://blogoriffic.com/
http://findingblog.com/
http://www.blogtopsites.com/
http://dir.blogflux.com/
http://www.thevital.net/
http://www.5starblogs.com/
http://www.rssmad.com/
http://blogexplosion.com/
http://www.blogion.com/
http://www.bloggeries.com/
http://blogadvance.com/
http://www.blogazoo.com/

This is a very long list; choose only some to send to.

Write post describing your blog at forums

Browse forums or web groups like Google Groups and make posts describing your forum. Try to use attractive titles and content to attract more visitors and make more clicks. But remember not to spam the forums. Try to find forums that accept ads.

Send e-mail to your friends

There’s no site that give e-mails for free, hehe. So you have to search them your self at forums, spaces... Try not to spam but friendly send an e-mail. This will help you also make a good number of visitors.

Use My-Space, Face book and other sites

Those sites receive huge number of visitors (millions per day). Make an account and friends and link your blog to your site page. People browsing your page may redirect to your site.
This will also improve your page rank.

Make at least 100 comments in the right way

Don’t spam when commenting so the blog master won’t delete your comment. Try to find what to say in relation with the post topic. Comment gives you plenty of traffic if they are on good blogs. There are blog that reward their commentator like Jackbook.com.

Write at wikipedia but don’t spam

Wikipedia receive million of visitors daily. But how to get from this one? Ok first do a search or a project and make a long article. Then create an account at Wikipedia. After that, post your search on Wikipedia. Create a link to your original site.
After some weeks Wikipedia will start forwarding traffic.

Hubpages is also useful

After making your blog and publishing your articles, take some of your time to repost them on Hubpages.com. Hubpages isn’t only for traffic but also we’ll share earning with you. So don’t forget to setup your AdSense account on it and activate it.

Make a small e-book

Exactly like I have done.
A small e-book where you write on it your experience about a field. Try to find where to put it, so people can download and read it. Make it in the PDF format, so there’s no problem with different platforms.

Buy a domain name

Domain name can be important, especially if your blog start to grow and make considerable earnings.
People sometimes prefer domain names for sub-domains sites.

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