WFMW: Increasing Traffic

1. I started visiting more and more blogs. I visited old friends from HSB and left comments with my new website. I went back more than once. I made new friends around bloggy land as one link led to another and another.

2. I submitted posts or joined 'big draws'. The first one was the Homeschool Open House that Tiany hosted. That brought me a lot of traffic. Other things that I have tried linking up with are WFMW, Memory Lane Monday, Acts of Random Kindness, and Homeschool Carnival. A couple of these memes/carnivals are very well attended and as long as I provide good and useful content, my visitors will stay and look around a bit.

3. I still post occasionally over at HSB. A lot of people are there and they visit blogs randomly. That's a great resource for me.

4. I write about things that interest me. That makes my writing interesting. If my hangnail interests me for some reason, I will write a better post and you will be more likely to read it because my 'heart' is into it.

5. I have contests. People love getting stuff for free or almost free (at least I do), so I host contests for neat items.

6. I review new products and interesting websites. This helps me to pull in traffic that might not otherwise visit my blog.

7. I am generous with linky love. If your website is one I think is neat and I enjoy, I will link to it. The more links a blogger gets, the higher their google ranking will go.

8. I try to share news that I don't see on other blogs I visit. Particularly animal news. We are big animal lovers in our house. My children often bring home non fiction books about animals for us to read. I have learned tons about animals since homeschooling my children and I am always fascinated when new species are found, or species are doing better than previously and I like to share that information.

I hope some of these tips will be helpful to you! Good luck and happy blogging!

That's what works for me! If you have tips you would like to share or if you want to read other great ideas, go check out this weeks Works For Me Wednesday at Rocks in My Dryer!