This Is the Article You Need to Grow Your Website Traffic to 100,000 a Month

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How to Generate Traffic to Your Website

How I Grow My Website Traffic to 100,000 Monthly Page Views

 

I still remember the first few weeks I started my blog.

I kept checking my Google Analytics daily, hoping to see just a handful of new visitor to my blog.

Anybody can relate?

 

Weeks after weeks, I became tired of checking my Analytics and decided to just put in the work, grow my traffic, and engage with my audience…

 

Never did I expect that the efforts would pay off eventually…

After months of not checking my Google Analytics, I was surprised that I finally hit 100,000 monthly page views.

 

This happened after blogging for less than 2 years (I started my blog on August 2015).

 

Are you wondering what I did to reach this number?

In this article, I will share 7 tips that I used to grow my website traffic to 100k monthly page views.

How to Generate Traffic to Your Website

 

1. KNOW YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE

Do you know exactly who your target audience is?

I know it sounds clichƩ, but the more you understand about your target audience, the easier it is to write posts that resonate with your audience.

You know exactly what they are struggling with…

You know what they want to achieve…

You know their dreams…

So you can address their pain points…

Point out their mistakes and educate them…

These are gold mines for your blog post topics.

 

2. USE LOW-COMPETITION KEYWORDS

Whenever I write a post, I always target on a low-competition keyword.

 

How to do this?

 

For example, I would like to write an article about power pumping. Don’t worry if you don’t know about this term, it’s just one popular technique in my niche.

 

First, I would check Google for keyword recommendation.

How to Generate Traffic to Your Website

Sometimes I also look at the ā€˜related keyword search’ that appears once I search on a particular keyword.

How to Generate Traffic to Your Website

 

From here, you already get a handful of keywords that are related to your topic.

 

Next, I would check how competitive the keywords are.

To do this, I recommend you to use a keyword research tool.

I personally use Wealthy Affiliate Keyword Tool (you can use other tools as well, such as Jaaxy or Long Tail Pro).

 

I love this keyword tool because it tells me exactly how much traffic that I can get from a single keyword PLUS the exact competition that I’m facing for that particular keyword.

 

How to Generate Traffic to Your Website

I typically choose a keyword with less than 100 competing pages (some even less than 50), while still having a decent monthly traffic.

 

By choosing a low-competition keyword, my content ranks very easily in Google (I’m talking about first page of Google here).

 

Now, here’s the thing.

Sometimes people are reluctant to use a low-competition keyword because they may attract less traffic.

But, you know what…

Once your content ranks for a particular keyword, it is very easy to rank for similar keywords (even the more competitive ones), and thus you’ll gain a lot more traffic from those keyword searches.

 

As a proof, my power pumping post ranks not only for the keyword I was targeting but also the other 20+ keywords! Here is my Google Search Console screenshot, showing the related keywords which rank very well.

 

Powerful, right!

How to Generate Traffic to Your Website

 

And just to let you know, using this technique alone, I have at least 20 posts listed in the Google’s first page.

 

  • 3. PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR ON-PAGE SEO

Obviously, on-page SEO is a must to help your post ranks in Google faster.

Once you have chosen your keyword, don’t forget to use it in the following places:

  • Post URL
  • SEO title and SEO description (these are the title and description that will show on search engine result page). I use All in One SEO plugin to take care of my SEO stuff, but you can use another plugin such as Yoast.
  • Alt-image text
  • Good to have: headings, beginning and the ending of your post.

 

4. CREATE INFOGRAPHICS

An infographic condenses a lot of information into a short visual summary that is easy to digest.

 

Additionally, infographics are highly shareable across social media platforms.

 

When I created my first infographic, I didn’t ever think that it would be one of my biggest traffic sources.

 

It was ā€˜ugly’, full of text, and weird icons.

 

But 6 months later, my ā€˜super-simple’ infographic has been shared more than 10k times and the post it is linked to is becoming one of the top 5 posts in my blog.

 

So it is a no brainer to create the second one, and more…

 

If you are thinking that you need to be a good designer to create an infographic, fret not.

 

There are so many free infographic templates that you can readily use.

 

I personally love Canva and create my infographics with it.

 

Here are some of my infographics, and the numbers below them are the proof that infographics surely attract traffic.

How to Generate Traffic to Your Website

[Read: How to Make Infographics That Will Repeatedly Boost Your Traffic]

 

 

5. GROW YOUR PINTEREST TRAFFIC

I only started getting serious with Pinterest last year and today Pinterest has contributed to 25% of my traffic.

 

I believe Janice has covered a lot of details on how to gain traffic from Pinterest, but I want to add a few more things that you can implement in your Pinterest strategy:

 

(1) Incorporate keywords into your Pinterest profiles, boards, and pins.

Yes, Pinterest is not just another social media.

Think of it as an image-based search engine.

By inserting relevant keywords to your profile, boards, and pins, you get higher chance to be found by other Pinterest users.

 

For example: my target audience is new moms / expecting moms who plan to breastfeed/pump at work.

 

So I inserted ā€˜breastfeeding’ into my profile name, ā€˜breastfeeding tips’, ā€˜pumping at work’ in my profile description and I also have relevant boards for each of the keywords.

 

You can check out my Pinterest profile here.

 

(2) Use Branded Image.

Rather than creating a new design every time you create a new pin, stick with a template or two.

 

Choose a color theme, font types, and add your brand info (either a logo or URL of your website) to design your pin. Here are a few examples of branded images from my website.

How to Generate Traffic to Your Website

 

Not only it is much faster to create pins this way (you just need to change your image and text overlay), slowly, your audience will easily associate you with your branded image.

 

They recognize you instantly the moment they see your pins. And the longer you produce helpful content for them, the more likely they will repin and share your new content.

Here’s an interesting case study showing how branded image can affect your traffic growth.

 

(3) Pin regularly.

Thanks to Pinterest scheduling programs, I only need to schedule my pins once a week (in less than an hour) and the scheduler will take care of posting my pins at the designated time.

 

Make sure to have a balanced ratio between your own pins and other people’s pin. Too much pinning only from your site will feel like spammy, while too much pinning other people’s content won’t give you traffic growth that you want.

 

If you are new to Pinterest or have not seen a promising growth, I highly recommend you to take Summer Tannhauser’s Pinterest FREE e-course.

 

Not only the course opened up my mind about mistakes I did previously, it offers a solid step by step guide on what you should be doing to gain not only more followers but more traffic from Pinterest.

 

6. OFFER FREEBIES

Who doesn’t love free things?

Convert your readers into email subscribers by offering relevant freebies.

 

And no, a freebie is not always an e-book.

It could be something much simpler.

 

I used to think I needed to create an e-book before collecting email addresses but boy, the thought of needing to create the book cover, lengthy content, and do the formatting made me procrastinate a lot.

 

Until someone told me that a freebie can be simple as a checklist or worksheet, something simple.

 

So I created one simple checklist, put it as a content upgrade for an existing blog post, and that’s when my email list started growing.

How to Generate Traffic to Your Website

After that, I added more freebies. Most of them are simple checklists from existing blog posts, while others are free email courses (also created from existing blog posts).

 

So you see… there’s a lot of repurposing content here. You don’t need to create anything from scratch.

 

Once your freebie is ready, add the opt-in form to relevant blog posts. The alternative, you can use another type of opt-in form (such as pop up, banner, or pop-ups) to invite people to get the freebie.

 

I also revamped my homepage from the typical ā€˜blog roll’ to a static page featuring my most popular freebies.

This encourages the readers to choose relevant freebies based on ā€˜the stage’ they are currently at.

You can see how it looks here.

 

Also, don’t forget to add your freebie screenshot to your social media images.

People love visuals.

 

When they know that they can get something free right from your social media images, they are more likely to visit your post and sign up as a subscriber (see the example on the right-most pin image above).

 

I started growing my subscriber around May last year.

Now, my email list grows in auto-pilot, giving me close to 100 new subscribers every single week.

 

Now you may be thinking, how is this related to growing your traffic?

You know what…

Your email subscribers are your loyal fans.

The fact that they stick with you means that they truly enjoy your content, they love your work.

And that’s why, they will happily promote and share your blog posts, generating a lot more traffic for your blog.

 

Just for your Info, there were times that my posts went viral on Facebook (even when I don’t have a dedicated Facebook page/profile for my blog). So who did that? You guess).

[Read: How to Easily Get New Followers with Optins: an Update]

 

7. USE LONG-FORM CONTENT

Though there’s a lot of debate whether short-form or long-form content is better, my posts are typically beyond 1000 words, while my epic guides are more than 3000 words.

 

And so far, I received positive feedback from my readers because they appreciate the in-depth details that I presented in each post.

 

Here are a few tips to make long-form content more readable:

  • use short paragraphs
  • Insert breaks with headlines, quotes, or images
  • Highlight important points with bold, italic, bullet points / numbered list, or different colors
  • Use a table of content so that they can jump to the part they are more interested with.
  • Break up a lengthy guide into a series of posts

[Read: 9 Tips for Writing Long-Form Content That Will Make You a Better Blogger]

 

RECAP

In summary, here are 7 things you can do to grow your blog traffic up to 100k per month:

  1. Know your target audience
  2. Use low-competition keywords
  3. Pay attention to on-page SEO
  4. Create infographics
  5. Grow your Pinterest traffic
  6. Offer freebies
  7. Use long-form content.

 

Now it’s your time to take action and implement some of these.

But please remember:

No matter which one you want to implement first, you need the very basic foundation, which is creating good quality content.

You need to provide value for your audience.

Your mission is to help them to solve their problems.

When helping others becomes the center of your business, don’t be surprised that you no longer need to desperately search for your audience.

They will find you instead.

 

What is your top traffic generation secret?

Have you been using any of these tips to grow your website traffic?

I personally have not exhausted all traffic generation tips but these are definitely working well for my website.

Which tips work best for you and which one is not?

If you have other traffic generation tips, please share it in the comments so that other bloggers can try them out.

 

Author Bio: Fiftarina helps new moms to prepare for breastfeeding and pumping at work. Visit her website at Living with Low Milk Supply.

 

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  1. Anyaogu Ikechukwu

    Awesome. Thanks for sharing

    I am planning to launch a new eBook. Lets me see how I can get traffic to my blog through that

    • Rina

      Hi Anyaogu. Good luck with your book launch! I hope you can get a lot more traffic with tips mentioned above.

  2. Abdul Muneeb

    Great, Congrats on reaching 100,000+ views.

    Pinterest is one of the best sources for targeted audience, and many people don’t focus on it!

    Thanks for Sharing šŸ™‚

    – Abdul Muneeb

    • Rina

      a lot of people still think that Pinterest is all about cupcakes, recipes and home decor. But in fact, it’s a lot more than that. Travelling, blogging and even pet-related topics can do very well in Pinterest.

      • Anil Agarwal

        Hi buddy great job!

        Increasing your search traffic is never easy especially when you’ve a new site.

        The quickest way to boost search traffic is to get as many links as possible from quality sources.

        Do guest posting, webinars, create infographics, use Quora – do everything that attracts more links to your sites. Search engines give a ton of weightage to the sites with quality links.

        That being said, using long tail keywords can help a lot in the long run.

        Thanks for the share.

  3. Jeanette S. Hall

    I am so dense, I didn’t figure out until near the end what pumping was about. Though you were talking about lifting weights or something like that! Figured you could use a good laugh. Great article though!

  4. Sheeroh

    Thank you for the tips, Rina. I used to scratch my head before, because I couldn’t understand why my competitors were ranking so well on Google. I have begun to see great results from my blog since I started taking SEO more seriously.

    I also agree with you about the need to write long form content. My readers too, now appreciate well-researched articles. Getting that kind of feedback makes it a joy to research and even write more valuable content.

    Thanks again for the awesome post!

    • Rina

      Hi Seeroh, yes SEO is important. And valuable and well-researched content is a must. Soon, you will be regarded as an expert in your topic =)

  5. Ryan Biddulph

    Well done Rina! I have driven some sweet traffic using a few of these strategies. Especially the ones about knowing your target audience and doing keyword research on less competitive combos. Huge fan of driving steady Google traffic without even trying to, as I find readers note how they got me on Google even though I check a few Yoast qualifiers, and pretty much run with things on the SEO side of things.

    • Janice Wald

      Hi Ryan,
      Thanks for commenting on Rina’s article. My goals for the upcoming months are to work on my SEO as well. My IT guy is going to try to speed up my site. I’ve read that may help my SEO.
      Janice

  6. John Marc Ramirez

    Awesome tips about generating traffic for the websites we have. It is vital that traffic has to be generated to see the progress of the growth of a certain website. Thank you so much for sharing this one. šŸ™‚

    • Janice Wald

      Hi John,
      From the looks of your headline about SEO growth and strategy, you seem knowledgeable in this area. I need to be able to find low competition SEO words in a niche populated by people like Neil Patel. Any tips? You’re in my niche. Thanks, and thanks for writing.
      Janice

  7. Boty

    Hello Janice,

    I am struggling with Finding Low Competition keywords in my niche.
    I am a movie blogger and most keywords I like are taken by IMDB and Wikipedia. How do I compete with these giants?

    Will I ever be able to do it?

    • Janice Wald

      Hi Boty,
      Thanks for your question. Frankly, you are preaching to the choir. Popular blogging tips bloggers like Neil Patel are in my niche. That’s who I compete with.
      I have read if we can’t find low competition keywords to match our content, we have to create content to match low competition keywords in our niche. That’s the answer, and that’s what I am in the process of doing.
      Janice

  8. Umesh Gupta

    Great tips about generating traffic for the websites. I will surely try to improve my blog’s traffic.

    • Janice Wald

      Hi Umesh,
      Thanks for writing. I’m glad you liked my guest author’s traffic generation tips. Good luck generating traffic to your blog. Let me know how following her tips work out for you.
      Janice

  9. Shantanu Sinha

    Hello Rina,

    Its good to see you here on Janice’s space šŸ™‚

    Its always a horde to rank first, attract more and more traffic to our blogs. Every one is here for this and sometimes there
    are many who keep on scratching their head and do not know how to do this. This indeed takes time.

    Its always good to know about our audience, what they want, what can help them through our writings?

    Thanks for the share.

    Shantanu

    • Janice Wald

      Hi Shantanu,
      Thanks for commenting. Good to see you.
      It sounds like you found Rina’s “know your target audience” tip valuable. I agree. However, about 5 months ago, I asked my readers what topic they want to see an article about. Only 2 responded and said technology. When I asked which tool, neither replied!
      Janice

  10. Susan Velez

    Hi Rina,

    Great tips for anyone who wants to increase their traffic, which is all bloggers. I can totally relate about constantly checking Google Analytics.

    When I first started my blog I constantly had Google Analytics open in one window while I worked on my other window.

    I have a 27″ monitor so it was easy to have Firefox open while I worked on Chrome. I was constantly looking to see if people were on my site in real time.

    I still check my Analytics but have not done it as much as I used to. Like you, I am focused on really just writing great content based on my readers. I have no doubt if I continue to do this, this will improve with time.

    Congrats on the 100,000 monthly page views in just 2 years. That’s awesome, I have no doubt that you’ll continue to increase your traffic as you keep working on your blog.

    Thanks for sharing these tips, have a great day šŸ™‚

    Susan

    • Janice Wald

      Hi Susan,
      Thanks for commenting on my guest author’s article.
      In regards to what you wrote about checking stats: Did you feel it helped knowing when people were on your site in real time? Did that help you make decisions like what time to publish and what day?
      Thanks,
      Janice

  11. Melinda Mitchell

    Lol, Janice, I was very confused there for a second!! I thought, “Wait!! When did Janice have a baby??? I must have missed something here!”
    wonderful tips, Fitarina, thank you!

  12. Gangadhar Kulkarni

    Hey Rina,

    Valuable tips you shared here to get extensive web traffic through the blog. Your two points “Target your audience” and “Use of long-form content” is the key elements to gain huge web traffic via the blog.

    The overall post is a feast for newbie bloggers who desired to boost their blog’s web traffic effortlessly. Thanks for sharing valuable information with us….!!!

    Regards,
    Gangadhar

    • Janice Wald

      Hi Ganghadar,
      Thanks for writing. I have a question for you about your comment that long form content is valuable. I shoot for 2,000 words and don’t feel my organic traffic (or any traffic) is improved as a result.
      This Sunday, I am publishing a 3,000-word post. It will be interesting to see if that makes a difference in traffic. Thanks for your inspiration.
      Janice

      • Gangadhar Kulkarni

        Hello Janice,

        Nice question……!!!

        Actually, use of long-form content makes your blog informative and build engagement with readers.

        Google has long been spouting the idea that useful content was key to better search rankings. That meant tools, videos, and longer articles that contained more information and solved more queries.

        Regards,
        Gangadhar

  13. Patrick

    Thanks for the in-depth post!! Keyword optimization is imperative to gaining a higher page rank, thus gaining you a lot more traffic to your websites.

  14. Emenike Emmanuel

    Hi Rina,

    Thanks Janice for allowing us share in this awesome guest post.

    Hitting just a great milestone is a nice achievement. This is something I honestly look towards to on a daily basis.

    I will work on my blog to see how I can upgrade on a few things.

    Best regards..

    Emenike

  15. Caitlin Gray

    Hello Janice,

    First of all congrats for getting 100,000 traffic šŸ˜€
    And thanks for sharing an amazing information, I am also new to internet world I always try to search new things. I learnt very important things from here so I will try to get more traffic on my website.

  16. John Mulindi

    This is indeed a comprehensive list of ways to generate traffic to a website. I haven’t used infographics of my site, I think I would give them a try.

  17. Chery Schmidt

    Hello Janice! What a pleasure to meet Rina here today and I must congratulate here on reaching 100,000+ views.That is way cool! I do indeed use a few of her tips here and do agree that it is all about focusing on good quality content, that does indeed provide value for your audience. Yes to solve their problems!!

    I do need to concentrate more time on her last tips, to use longer content! For some reason I get stuck some where between 500-750 words LOL

    Great Share
    Thank You
    Chery :))

  18. Adeel Sami

    Hello, Rina!

    Great seeing your fab. content on Janice’s place!

    I can certainly say every single tip is too outstanding and result-oriented.

    I need to carefully check the Pinterest to up my game.

    So, thank you for the great methods!

    ~ Adeel

  19. Noble Cyril Amaugo

    I definitely relate with the checking of Analytics and Alexa ranking everyday, so touching! Now, I focus on the work and in less than a month, I am seeing a difference

    Thanks for this piece

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