My Digital Money

Who says you can’t get traffic without Google? There are plenty of other means to generate traffic to your blog. Today I will discuss about some creative ways to get high quality traffic to your blog quite easily.

Let me tell you that Google is not the only source of traffic online. If you can generate creative ideas, you can always discover a lot of smart methods to get traffic without ever thinking about Google or SEO. Not only you get a lot of traffic ( visitors ), but you get high quality traffic; just as you can expect from Google.

The blog you are reading right now receives around 30% of traffic from Google. Around 70% of traffic comes from different referral sources. But the best part is more than 90% of visitors know and remember the name of this blog ( My Digital Money ). Because they know where they have come; why they have come and what they can expect to get in this blog.

You should always remember that if you want to build a business online, you can’t totally depend on search engine traffic ( which most people actually do ). Every search engine and even the big G update their algorithms hundreds of times within a year. Some are announced publicly and some are not.

Obviously the main purpose is to provide better search results to their users. Unfortunately, their algorithms don’t always guarantee improved ranking even if your site provides value to the users. In my experience, I have seen many high quality sites to be penalized without any logical reason. And once it happens, you can imagine what might happen to your business.  Continue reading…

It is fairly easy to start a blog, but a lot more difficult to make it a successful one. One of the most important tasks involved in doing so is active promotions and marketing. Without effective promotions it’s quite difficult to survive in the long run. I already talked about some powerful methods to make your blog popular.

But today I will discuss about some places where you can promote your blog posts; new or old ones. If you actively utilize the places mentioned below, you will soon realize that your blog is growing. Remember your primary goal is not increasing the number of backlinks coming to your blog, but increasing the number of people who know your blog. You should surely use it.

In five years of my blogging journey, I have built a lot of small niche blogs basically to promote affiliate products. I used hundreds of different methods to reach more people. Some worked and some didn’t. It entirely depends on how you use the platforms. Just because something didn’t work for me doesn’t mean it won’t for you. So here are a few places to start your journey from …

1, Google Plus Profile : A few years ago, Google plus profile links were not very powerful for SEO. But recently Google has started using G plus votes as a powerful ranking signal. It’s also very effective way to reach like-minded people. It’s doesn’t take long to create a Google profile. Once you create it, you are ready to promote your blog posts and let people follow you. Obviously it must be an important part of your marketing strategies.  Continue reading…

It is quite easy to start a blog, but a lot more difficult to make it a successful one. It’s important to write useful articles for your readers. But if there is no one to read your articles, it’s of no use. Actually you will be discouraged after a certain time and quit blogging. It happens to more than 95% of bloggers in this world.

There are so many mistakes that new bloggers make. One of those mistakes is not promoting their blogs effectively. Today I will talk about a few powerful ways to promote your blog. As long as you are new in this field, you should read this article completely so that you don’t make the same mistakes.

The times of SEO tricks have gone. Now if you want to get serious amount of traffic to your blog, you have to work hard. Now it’s not about increasing the number of your backlinks anymore. But it’s time to increase awareness. How many people know about your blog is more important than how many backlinks you have. Here are a few highly effective ways Continue reading…

Blogging is probably one of the most popular money making methods online. Basically blogging started more than 10 years ago in this world.  When it first started, it was just a medium to share your knowledge or whatever you want to share with the world. Now the world of blogging has changed.

You could easily start blogging at any point of time. Slowly blogging become one of the most renowned ways to connect with readers around the world. Gradually, it became a way to make money as well. For a popular blog receiving thousands of visitors every single day, it is not very difficult to earn money. They can make money by showing advertisements or promoting affiliate products online.

However, there are many other ways to generate income from your blog. As time passes, blogging became more and more popular. Nowadays more than 50% of Google search results contain results from blogs only. Because, it is usually thought that blogs provide the most up-to-date information on a particular topic.

Within just around 10 years, blogging has seen huge success as a medium to share ideas and knowledge with the world. Nearly anyone can start blogging at any point of time of their life. Since, it is also a great way to generate enough money, more and more bloggers have emerged in recent years.

But in reality, a blogger can expect to earn good income only if the blog is popular enough to attract huge number of visitors. Unfortunately, most bloggers quit blogging when they realize this harsh reality. Many others continue blogging until they realize it. But, there are still lots of bloggers who passionately do it.

Today I will discuss about some of the key points you need to remember as long as you are serious about it. Hope you will not be so discouraged that you would like to quit blogging. I have been blogging for around 5 years now and I have built several blogs which were quite successful. I sold them on Flippa around 6 months back for some unavoidable reasons.  Continue reading…