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How To Double Your Traffic Through Discussions

Erwin Tan — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:16:09 +0000

Every website/blog owners are always looking for ways to get traffic everytime. Anyone can easily drive loads of traffic instantly but most of them are by paying a fee(Pay-per-click).

While there are people paying to get traffic, not all of us are able or want to spend money without thinking of the budget. But on the good side, there are actually many ways to drive traffic without a cost too(Free!).

Let me share with you one method that doubled my traffic instantly without a fee.

This method will work well only if you put in some time and effort. If you couldn’t, then I advise you not to read on.

The method that I’m teaching you is by commenting on blog posts that are :

1. Research

In order to get the most and targetted traffic to your website/blog, firstly you must find blogs that are related to your niche. Secondly, these blogs must have a good amount of traffic/readers reading it.

To do that, I use Google Blog Search – http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en

It’s one of the more reliable service that I’ve used so far, and the plus point is that it’s totally free!

2. Be Choosy

After you have found some blogs that are related to yours, now it’s time to dive in and get the most out from them. But in order to do that, you must make sure the blog posts that you are going to comment on are the “latest” if not “the most commented” ones.

3. Commenting Approach

While many have spam the comment areas in popular blogs, that doesn’t mean they got their way through.. Most of these spam ended up blocked and blacklisted.

Below is a list of characteristics you should look into when you comment on blogs:

Real Identity
Your Primary Email (Only Seen By The Blog Owner)
Friendly Salutation
Don’t Spam
Helpful Comments Relating To Blog Posts
Your Own Blog Posts Url (*Optional* – Unless this url is fully related to the post you are commenting on)
Be Friendly
No Criticism (Save it to yourself even if the posts isn’t up to your standard – Don’t be a public enemy)

Below is an example of how I would comment and you should follow:

Hey “Blog Owner”

This is a really good post regarding parrot training.

Although you suggested controlling their diet during training period, I did fairly well without starving them but instead adding in tasty treats to blend in their cravings during training.

Some of the treats I use:

Honey Fruitbars

Fruits (Especially berries)

Corn

I do have a post regarding how I train my parrots while using the treats I mentioned effectively, hope it can be of any use to your readers. http://www.erwintan.com/parrottraining101

Cheers,

Erwin Tan

4. Repeat The Process

Now move on to more relevant blog posts and give some helpful comments. If your comments are helpful, readers may willingly flock to your site.

Why is that so? Well, most of the commented posts are usually good and interesting posts that might have been Digged or Retweet over and over again, driving loads of readers to it and there is always a huge possiblity that they will go to yours after reading your helpful comment.

And let’s not forget the blog owners may even blog/linkback/blogroll your site thus bringing your site/blog traffic/making it viral/helping you build your brand as well.

Hope that this post could help you get more targetted readers to your blog – especially those who are just starting out. Do leave a comment below and share with us how you tweak your commenting style.

Thanks!

Update Your Wordpress To Version 2.8

Erwin Tan — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:21:47 +0000

The latest Wordpress 2.8 comes with some awesome functions.

Play and watch the video below.. Go ahead and update now..

How To Choose A Topic For Your Blog Post

Erwin Tan — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:10:45 +0000

photo credit: Paul Worthington

Everytime when we sit down and blog, the most challenging issues will be what topic shall we blog about to make the best out of it.

Choosing a good topic is like having a good headstart in race. Once you have a good headstart, there will be no stopping and most likely to win the race. Thus having a good topic to start with, it will establish your main niche/branding in your blog and attract targetted readers easily.

I’ve come up with some ideas on how you can choose a topic for your blog posts:

Get ideas from hot selling magazines
Think of problems you are facing and write a “how-to” post to help your readers
Be creative – Your readers not only want to read about your successes but they also want to read about how you did it and the ups & downs in it
Ask your readers – Setup a poll asking them what they wish to read
Read up your old posts and derive ideas from them
Check out other blogs and see what popular posts topics are
Pictures – Sometimes you can find a nice picture and related a good topic with it
Don’t post just for the sake of posting – A killer
Be unique – Don’t fully copy other blogs ideas and go with it, add some twists with your unique style

A blog post with no good topic is as good as not having good content with a good topic.

Treasure Everything We Have Now

Erwin Tan — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:54:33 +0000

Hi guys…

All of you must be wondering what happened to me after I disappeared suddenly without posting here since last october. Now that I’m back.. I shall reveal a little of my case.

I was busy writing a book and had little time to come online actually. Coping with little sleep and nasty stress, nobody can believe my next sentence.

I lost both my grandpas in in 3 weeks.

On the day my paternal grandpa was awarded into hospital for breathing difficulty, we received news about the death of my maternal grandpa(He was on a trip to China to supervise the building of a school for the needy, glad that his last wish came true, the construction of the school was finished but if only he could see it.)

While we were busy with my maternal grandpa’s funeral, my paternal grandpa was fighting bravely for his life in hospital. His sufferings were finally removed after his brave fight for more than 2 weeks.

I miss both my grandpas alot especially my paternal grandpa whom I stayed with. Miss his presence and the times when we enjoyed every live soccer matches on TV. I still couldn’t believe that I lost both of them without saying goodbyes and telling them how much I love and care for them.

13th January-It happen to be my birthday today, but here I am sobbing away while typing this post. If only I could turn back time, I would have spent more time and attention to them.

P.S.
Please treasure whatever you have now so that you won’t feel regretful like what I’m feeling now.

I’m slowly finding motivation and momentum to pick myself up from this tragic, I hope I can gain all your support by posting your comments below.

Thank you so much.

Recovery Sale! You Don’t Wanna Miss It!

G=Giant Information Provider

Erwin Tan — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:58:53 +0000

Ever since Google was founded, they became so popular and many internet users have since switched from their usual search engines to Google.

But today I’m not gonna talk about how popular Google is or how they became so big but to reveal how I solve most of my problems. You will be surprised by the results if you haven’t been using Google to search informations on.. You must be living in the ancient times.

Everytime when I came upon so issues no matter big or small, I will consult my lovely Google search bar. Without fail, Google always present me great informations in split seconds(Unless you are still using dial-up connections).

So how do I do it?

I just merely type it these key phrases everytime, as if I’m asking a question.

How can I change XXX
Way to make XXXX XXXX
The best way to XXX X XXXXX

Just play around with the words, you could actually dig out great stuffs and informations out from the net. And it’s FREE! I know you like freebies! Me too!

Example: I searched “How to make money online”

Result: 271,000,000 pages for that!

Hope you found your answers today! Have fun!

What Is Search Engine Optimization