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Originally Posted by luke1025
i'm in the third month of keeping my blog, and although i think i've got the formatting and structure of my blog to my liking, i'm still struggling to increase readership. i've posted on various forums, played with sites like blog explosion, and left comments on others blogs, but still i'm only averaging about 50 unique visitors a day.
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That's about average, I think, for a blog that age. For blogs getting 1,000 uniques a day, some portion of that generally comes from StumbleUpon, and those visitors, as a rule, don't stick around or return later.
The number of visitors you get is important, but more important is the percentage that convert to readers.
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Originally Posted by luke1025
my question is, if my content seems decent, how do i get to the next step? or how can i attract more who would enjoy my blog. i post regularily, i'd love to get 1000 visitors per day. any tips for more traffic, something i should know about my blog/situation to improve?
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Try to get a mention on other blogs/websites that cater to the kind of reader you'd like to attract. For blogs, link out to them from a relevant post of your own, and if you get lucky they might return the favor. For websites, contact the owners and suggest something on your blog that their readers might find useful.
Does your analytics program give you information on keywords people use to get to your site? That would also give you some valuable information on what people are looking for.
Jay