
If your blog isn’t performing the way that it should or the way that you want it to perform, then that means something is holding back your blog from reaching it’s success. Whatever is holding back your blog is going to become the weak spot and if you don’t do something quickly, then your blog [...]

For years, bloggers all over the world have been using the default colon “:” to separate their blog title from their post titles, and Google has never forgiven them for it. You see, Google ignores characters like the colon when determining SEO keywords from the header and title area of your site HTML. So when [...]

Some of you, old-timers, might remember this post, in which I described traffic generation/link building steps I take once I publish a new post. For the rest of you, here’s the link: Traffic Generation Step by Step: So You Published a New Post, Now What? Then Kristi Hines from Kikolani.com asks me to take a [...]

Let me start with an explanation of how this post came about to begin with. “Blog commenting brings traffic.” We all took it and take it for granted. But does it really? I wasn’t too happy with just accepting what everyone said about traffic from blog commenting - what’s the fun in that, right? Thus [...]

We all want traffic - that much is a no brainer, but where we get it from and the methods we employ to actually get it can make or break the growth of your blog. Like a good pasta sauce, a slight tweaking of the ingredients can make a huge difference to the resulting flavor, [...]

As most of you know, I was out of town on a skiing vacation with my family. My husband and my daughter surely had lots of fun… Me? This little vacation made me realize that running your own business is a 24/7 deal and if you don’t do it, it doesn’t get done. Don’t get [...]

This morning we are starting a 12-hour drive back to sunshine from the cold, but beautiful Colorado. 12 hours in the car with a 4-year-old… that should be fun. However, I didn’t want to leave you without an assignment for today - as if you have nothing better to do than to hang out with [...]

This post is a follow-up to Ana’s great piece on diversified traffic generation strategies. As you read that article, you may get overwhelmed with the suggested number of techniques and amount of work. You may wonder, how can you even keep all of that in your head? My answer is you don’t have to. I [...]

Say what? What’s this business about “titles with teeth” and how to write them? Exactly. Admit it. You want to know what on Earth I’m talking about. Trust me - you want titles that bite, that leave an impression. If you don’t, you’re lying. Titles matter. Titles form the hooks that bait us to click [...]

As most of you know, there won’t be a live Sunday Coffee with Ana broadcast today. I know you are very sad. However, I am not letting you off the hook that easily. Everybody is entitled to my opinion and I am going to give it to you on the topic of networking, social engagement, [...]
Blog Comment Traffic Research: Signed, Sealed, and Delivered
by Lisa Drubec · 79 comments
Let me start with an explanation of how this post came about to begin with. “Blog commenting brings traffic.” We all took it and take it for granted. But does it really? I wasn’t too happy with just accepting what everyone said about traffic from blog commenting - what’s the fun in that, right? Thus [...]
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