Measure Your Blog’s Success

Do you wonder sometimes if your blog/site is making any progress? It takes time to build traffic and in the beginning, it can feel like no one is paying any attention. If that’s where you’re at – take heart, it gets better! If you’ve been at it awhile, but still feel like you’re kinda flyin’ blind, then it’s time to start measuring your progress.

DIY SEO: Step 6 – Commenting

Commenting is one of the easiest ways to drive traffic to your site. Assuming you’ve got great content waiting for your visitors when they get there, it’s also a great way to initiate conversations and build community in your target market. You can use commenting to get the attention of and build relationships with other bloggers which might turn into JV partnerships down the road. And of course, allowing comments on your own blog gives your visitors, customers and referrals a way to connect with you and give you feedback about your content, products and services.

Give Extra Link Love by Using the CommentLuv Plug-in

As we discussed, link love is a term used to describe linking to someone else’s site or blog. When you do this, you are potentially sending traffic their way, hence the ‘love’ part of the term – we all love traffic. Just like in real life, the best way to get love is to give [...]