How I Generated 608 RSS Subscribers For My 2 Weeks Old Tech Blog With No Paid Promotion
As an affiliate marketer for 1 year, I was always interested in getting myself to blog but I didn’t know which niche I should be in. After 3 months later which is June, I finally got inspired and decided to create a technologies blog for all tech, gizmo and gadgets fans out there. During the creation process of the blog, I found that competing with top blogs like Engadget, Gizmodo and Tech Crunch is not easy at all so I might need to get more traffic from social media.
Being an affiliate marketer taught me that if you can’t generate traffic through search engines and pay per click advertising, use Social Media! Social Media is a rising star for traffic generation and the power of it should not be overlooked because by implementing it correctly, you will get a SUPER boost of traffic to your blog.
My Analytics Showing Most of My Traffic Are Referred
To be frank, getting traffic from Social Media sites is never an easy job and it can be tiring especially to get an avalanche of traffic to a boring and uninteresting post. After just 18 posts on my blog, I was able to generate 608 subscribers to my RSS feed and it is quite a amazing number for a new blog. Talking is easy but I am going to show you how.
Make Friends Online
Making friends online is as difficult or sometimes as easy as making pals in the real solid world. Successful business owners will tell you that networking is very important and being sociable will beat your competitors who are unsociable and likes to sulk. The first step to get traffic from social media sites is to make friends on Digg, Stumble Upon, Reddit and of course Facebook. You might tell me, oh it’s big deal making friends but hell wait, “Friends are more likely to read your blog than strangers”! You can’t expect a stranger who doesn’t know you to visit your new blog because they might think that the blog is a virus-infected site and they just can’t be bothered to read a blog. Making friends with them will give them a very superb reason to visit your blog-”To Know You More”!
Create A Superbly Amazing Headline
Let me ask you a simple question, if you were to choose from two blogs which you can only read one, which will you choose? “The Big Scandal of Successful Online Marketers – How They Get Fame and Fortune!” or “5 Reasons Why Online Marketers are Successful”? I’ll bet that the first one will be of utmost interest to your friends and they will visit it because who in the world will want to visit a friend’s blog if the content sucks. Frankly, I don’t! Let say if you are going to blog about how to bypass blocked sites with a proxy or virtual private network, you don’t craft a post title that says, “How To Access Blocked Websites” but “Are Pornography Websites Really Blockable?”. Which title will zap your focus to it immediately? I bet it will be the second one.
Put A Big, When I Mean Big, It’s A Big RSS Subscribe Button!
When you want people to subscribe to your RSS feed. Tell them! You see, when Obama wants people to vote for him, he campaign for it and so do you. Present your intention clearly so that your friends and visitors or even new readers understand that you want them to subscribe to your RSS. Let me share with you something, your theme’s default RSS button is always not enough because they’re small and slash off in a secluded corner.
Create A Facebook Fan Page or Group
Facebook group is a particular favourite of mine. I create a Facebook group for my Shastera Technologies Blog early when my blog became online and I can say I got loads of traffic from it. Every time, I publish a new post, I will post it to my Group wall so that my members and 700 friends can see it. Besides, I also do send a message to all members to the new post and normally the CTR is awesomely great.
Take Action!
It’s enough for me as if you don’t take action, nothing will work even if I tell you everything from the morning to the night. So do remember to take action and reap your rewards!
iYingHang is an online blogger and marketer who blogs at his Technology BlogShastera Dot Com. He is also featured in various newspapers and media in his country Malaysia like this article.
nice one !
i had also started with Techno niche only !
Btw, you have avalanche of Ninja Affiliate plugin fans who can carry you !
Yes 100% right working with a warm audience is so much easier.
I did a simple test on a warm audience for a £39.00 product and from an audience of 1500 I made £7K.
Nice post thank you
Some good information regarding facebook here. It’s always good to know that even if SEO fails, social networking is there.
Post titles can indeed be what determines if someone is to read your article or not. Grabbing attention and interest is vital. I needed this reminder.
Thanks iYingHang
Great information iYingHang.
Headlines! This is smart. I agree that you have to capture people’s attention and then provide them with great content.
My blog could use a boost of traffic. I’m getting great comments but not enough visitors yet. Your feedback would be appreciated.
Hey digimages.ca,
You should try to create some controversial posts and submit it on Digg, Reddit, Facebook and StumbleUpon.
Cheers!
Right! I’m getting more traffics from some social media like Facebook, Twitter, Dig, etc.
Thanks a lot for your sharing :d
I blog on the niche different from you and I also believe that social medias like twitter, facebook, etc. are far more better source of traffic than google if and only if one’s know the better way to monetize social media.
each social media needs different different tactics.
thanks for sharing
Yes you are right and its getting even better, I have been doing this for quite some time …..
Great tips… Nothing happens until you start to build relationships, with readers or with other bloggers.
I guess you really meant BIG button lol
Very true, relationships is what counts, unless of course you’re seeling water in the desert
Join my Facebook group at http://groups.to/mlmminded/ and let’s relate. Happy 4th of July.
Thanks for this great post. It’s always good to be reminded of the importance of snappy headlines.
I especially like the tip about using a big, prominent RSS subscription button. (Now I have to go check all my sites, because I know some of them have buttons that are too small and unobtrusive.)
Facebook is such a great resource. It is just so obvious that sometimes I overlook it. Don’t forget to sign up your blog with the Networked Blogs application there, too.
Thanks again!
I also made facebook fan pages for all my niche blogs. im also using mybloglog.
Yes you are right, a good catchy post title is certainly vital for the success of your article and consequently, for your blog as well.
Thanks for sharing this post.
Wow, fellow Malaysian doing nicely in the blogging world. Well done!
I should follow your advice my friend. In fact, I instantly jumped over my blog and change the size of my RSS button. You can see it there if you want.
Thanks for sharing this one of a kind and realistic information.
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Thanks for this. Very helpful
Absolutely right about headlines. I write about rock and blues and have always found that ‘off the wall’ headlines are like a magnet for readers. Great article.
Thanks for sharing your ideas. The large RSS feed idea is something I’ve not heard before. Your confidence competing with largest players in a niche is very encouraging. Good luck to you.
Glad to be re pinged once in a while on what’s truly important when it comes to social media. Thanks for a brief yet powerful post.