Step 21 to getting to 100,000 visitors and beyond: Write offline articles.
Three to five times a year, I write a financial article for a publication that has 7.2 million weekly readers. At the end of each piece, they refer the readers to Free Money Finance. Now it doesn't drive as much traffic as you'd think, but I do get a good spike every time one of those articles hits. That's why I encourage you, if you have the ability and desire, to write articles for offline publications as a way to drive traffic to your blog.
Now many of you haven't been a part-time freelance writer like I have for eight years, so you may not have the skill or connections to write for a very big publication. That's ok -- do what I did. Start small, keep at it, and slowly write for larger and larger publications. Yes, it will take time, but you'll generate traffic for your blog, plus make some money along the way! ;-)
If you want more information on becoming a freelance writer, there are two resources I recommend:
- Writer's Digest -- The leading magazine for writers. It's full of helpful hints every month. See if your library gets it and read all the back issues you can.
- Writer's Market -- Annual publication that lists a vast number of publications, the stories they are looking for, how much they pay, who the main contact is, etc. The book also has several "how to" articles that will help get you started.
Beileve it or not, there's a publication (or several) for almost every topic. So no matter what your blog covers, it's likely that there's a publication that deals with the same issue. If you have the skill and desire, you can write for publication and drive traffic to your blog.
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