Last updated on October 21st, 2023
Have you started a blog? If not, you might be interested to read one of my posts “How to start a blog: Easy guide to create your first blog”
If you have not started a blog because you think that it is very challenging. What I am going to share with you now might be shocking to you. The true fact is, that starting a blog is the easiest part of your blogging journey. That is what I have learned in these few months of blogging.
What! Starting a blog is the easiest part.
Yes, it is! In life, there are things we can be in of control and things that are not controllable. Starting a blog is within your control. You decided from the beginning what theme, font, colour and topics to use and write about on your blog. Since all things that are new, you just need to spend the time to learn it and master it. Your blog will be what you wanted it to be. All within your control.
Now, if starting a blog is the easiest, what is the most difficult part?
When I started this blog, what I wanted to achieve in my first year was that my audience-to-be would find my posts of value to them and hopefully they will share it with their friends whom they think will benefit from it too.
Slowly my page views will increase over time and I can move on to my next step. But planning is one thing, it might not go as I planned. If you think that as long as you have posted some posts on your blog, people will just magically find your blog and read your posts. The cold hard truth is, that is not how it works.
In my very first post, nobody read it as there is no visitor to my blog. If you are a new blogger, I believe you can understand what I am saying right now. This is the part that we, as a blogger, have no control over Our Blog Traffic.
How Many Blogs Are There Now?
Do you know how many blogs there are right now? Tumblr shared in their posts that their cumulative total blogs from May 2011 to January 2018 are close to 392 million blog accounts. Their total number of posts from May 2011 to January 2018 is 154.1 billion posts. This is just one site, how about the rest: Bluehost, Shopify, etc? It’s huge!
With this information on hand, how will you react? You can either feel intimidated and never start a blog or you will feel excited as there must be something in blogging that makes everyone want to be part of it.
So, the question now is “What is the secret to driving massive traffic to your new blog”?
The secret of driving massive traffic to your new blog is not really a secret after all. I should say is an “open secret”. The way I see it is more on “How are you going to master the skill of driving traffic to your new blog with all these shared secrets”?
There are a few ways to drive traffic to your new blog. Here I will share with you 2 key methods I have learned and still learning to drive traffic to my new blog.
The First Key to driving massive traffic to your blog is Writing Great Content:
I personally believe this is the most important of them all. Great content is the key but what is great content? In my opinion, great content is something that your audience will find useful to them or it solves one of the problems they are facing.
The problem right now for me as a new blogger is I don’t even know who my audience is. Thus, I blog about my own personal blogging experience: What problem I am facing while blogging and how I solved it. I shared the resources that I used on my blog as I felt that my audience-to-be might be interested too. That is why I welcome comments. If any of my posts have added value to you, do leave a comment to let me know. If it did not add any value, let me know too, so that I can improve.
One thing I have to make myself clear is that having great content does not guarantee traffic to your new blog immediately. The reason is, that with so many blogs out there, it will be kind of difficult to find your new blog.
So, What is the reason for writing great content?
The reason is when you start to promote your blog, if your audience-to-be finds it valuable to them and like what they read, they will continue to visit your blog. If your content does not add value, it will just be a one-time visitor. Moreover, Google loves blogs that produce great content but waiting for Google to rank is going to take time. No matter what the reasons, I strongly believe writing great content is the key to successful blogging.
Note: If by any chance you are like me, still learning how to produce “great content”. Please do not stress over it even if any of your posts is not “great” enough for you. Blogging is a journey, you will learn how to as long as you keep writing. Do not give up ya!
Promoting is the second key to driving massive traffic to your new blog?
You can either use the money to pay for your website traffic or use a free method to drive traffic. For me, I love the FREE method.
Have you heard of social media? I bet you have! That is why I said earlier that the secret is not a secret after all. I believe all social media can and will bring you massive traffic to your new blog if you know how to and also how long it takes to see the result. With so many social media which one will you start with?
Even though I have a Facebook account, an Instagram account, a Twitter account, and a Pinterest account. I decided this year I will only concentrate on Pinterest to build my blog traffic because what I have read is that you will see the result faster.
If you have yet to convert your Pinterest account to a business account, I would advise you to convert it now. As with a business account, you will be able to view your Pinterest analytics. By the way, it’s FREE to convert.
My Pinterest Account
This is what my Pinterest analytics looked like when I first started:
This is what my Pinterest Analytics looks like now. Consider this is in my second month.
As you can see, I am now driving traffic to my blog using Pinterest. It is not massive yet but in time it will. Do you have any idea what are the possibilities?
Look at all the posts bloggers are sharing regarding using Pinterest to grow their blog traffic.
- Grew my blog’s traffic by 800%
- How we increased Pinterest traffic to our blog by over 1500%
That means I am only scratching the surface. I still have a lot to learn. My target is to bring my new blog page view to 10k using Pinterest.
Initially, in order to learn this Pinterest strategy, I visited a few blogs and read about what they shared. If I did not fully understand, I would visit another blog.
But I find that I am spending too much time hopping from one blog to another. Thus, to better use of my time to master this strategy systematically, I decided to invest in a Pinterest course where all the information I needed was already there.
The thing about Pinterest is it is forever changing and updating. If I purchased the course now will it be outdated in 6 or one
I searched around and found this course that promised me that “I buy once and never have to buy again”. That means every time the book is updated, I’ll get the update for free. SWEET!
Pinterest Ninja
Pinterest Ninja covers the whole aspect of Pinterest. Do check it out if you want to grow your blog with Pinterest.
I still have a lot to learn about Pinterest. This method will be my main focus this year or even next year. See how it goes.
Focus on one social media and be great at it before you add another to your list. This is what I tell myself every day.
This is what I have learned and done right now to drive traffic to my new blog.
