In case you missed it, I submitted a tip to Darren Rowse’s Problogger.net, which became part of his series called “reader quick tips” which he published over the last few weeks of November.

The quick tip was called Don’t Be An Insular Blogger, where I outlined that it is important to always interact with the rest of the blogosphere when blogging if you want to attract incoming links and traffic - and of course make friends of other bloggers too.

Here it is in entirety:

I’ve noticed lately my blog is not growing as rapidly as it did about a year ago. While my posting frequency has dropped a little I don’t think that’s the main reason for the reduction in traffic growth.

I believe the culprit is insular blogging. Insular blogging is when you sit and post content to your blog never linking to or talking about other bloggers, blogs or websites. You need to interact with the blogosphere and other people online in order to grow your traffic rapidly.

You can have success as an insular blogger if what you write is compelling enough that people spread the word. You need exceptional talent to pull this off at a rapid growth pace. Most bloggers can’t do it. They need help, they need to share traffic with other bloggers.

My blog tip is to take action by getting out there and meeting other bloggers via your blog. Link to other blogs, review other blogs, email bloggers, do content exchanges, write an e-book with another blogger and join in with the discussion started by other bloggers. Good luck!

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One of the most popular podcasts I ever did was with Darren Rowse from ProBlogger.net, where we sat down and had a half hour chat about a few things, mostly related to blogging and plenty of discussion on how to get traffic. It’s a few months old now and some of you may have already heard it but I know many people on my blog traffic tips newsletter won’t have, so here is a chance to check it out and have a listen for yourself.

You can download the podcast from this post -

Building Blog Traffic Discussion With Darren Rowse

If you like this podcast let me know and I may just have a few more related to blog traffic for you

Yaro Starak
Blog Traffic King

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As many of you will be aware since you came from the link in the last few days, Darren Rowse from Problogger.net published a blog post - How to Find Traffic for a New Blog - which linked to my last article - How To Launch A Brand New Blog.

Darren and I are good friends and we met through blogging a few months ago (close to a year now I’d say). Darren features in a few sections of the Blog Traffic School course and in one particular area, the relationship building section, I’ve recounted the story of how Darren and I first met. It’s an important story because it really demonstrates the power of relationship networking - when bloggers work together to increase exposure for their blogs. I can’t republish the whole class here because that would be giving away too much - plus it’s over 3000 words for just that class!

The last few days since Darren’s post have once again illustrated the power of relationship building for blog traffic. Darren sent through over 700 unique visitors in two days and this would not have happened if Darren and I did not have some form of relationship.

Besides the raw traffic influx from Problogger, the following additional beneficial events occurred:

I had over 60 new sign-ups to my Blog Traffic Tips Newsletter in 48 hours and they are still continuing to come in.

A bunch of other bloggers joined in on the conversation, including -

• How I got 120 Visitors to a Brand New Blog on Day One - Jamdo provided an argument against my claim that blogs start day one with no traffic and offered some tips to generate an audience on your blog’s day of birth.
• Yaro Starak’s Blogging Mantras - Asian Business published a flattering article (thanks!) with possibly the most links to my previous articles I’ve ever seen - it’s like a mini-review of my online life!
• Building Traffic, Building Clients, Building Income - Be Your Own Boss wrote quite an extensive article in response to points Darren made in his article and my points but with a slant towards starting a new business (not just a blog).

Plus there were sixteen (…and counting) comments that came through on my post plus quite a few were made on some of the older posts in this blog.

Unpredictable Traffic Techniques

It’s important to note that my article sat online for quite a few days before Darren found it and it sparked enough interest in him to produce an article of his own and link to this blog. It may never have happened at all and I was surprised when it did (I love waking up to all those emails from comments, newsletter sign-ups and people saying hello - and yes I’m still getting through them all now - I will get back to you I promise!). The run off effect is completely unpredictable. That’s the beauty of blogging and why building your blog traffic is so up and down. You never know what’s going to happen next.

That being said, there are certainly some proactive things you can do to enhance your chance of triggering an event like this and keep it growing. I’ve covered some techniques in more detail in the course, but just for example posting an article like this after the fact encourages further discussion and helps keep the traffic flowing. I send some traffic to the blogs who took the time to contribute to the conversation as a way to return the favor, expand communication channels and build relationships.

Remember you have to be in the conversation to benefit from the traffic reading the conversation.

Yaro Starak
Blog Traffic King

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