Snack break! We noshed on fruit and mimosas sponsored by @KrogerCo
Ok, NOW we’re talking about Growing Your Traffic
This post is a “live blog” of the Growing Your Traffic session at Bloggy Boot Camp Dallas. Please excuse all typos and format issues. We’re live!
Presenters: Tiffany Romero @TiffanyRom, and Francesca Banducci @FranBanducci
1. Be familiar with all the social media platforms. Schedule when/how often to interact with them.
2. Create and editorial calendar.
3. Use Evernote to gather content ideas
4. Guest Post – host guest posts on your site and guest post on other sites
5. Make your posts easy to share. Add social media sharing buttons on your posts. Make sure your social media sharing tools are shortening URLs.
6. Consider your niche. Take the time to categorize your posts into areas that your readers will be interested in.
7. Twitter
- make sure you fill in your bio., location, and upload a photo of YOU.
- Create two accounts – you, and your blog name
- Healthy ratio: 8 conversational tweets, 2 promotional tweets
- Utilize Hashtags
- Use a management platform: tweetdeck, hootsuite, twitterific
- Clear out people that don’t follow you back. You can use friendorfollow.com to see who’s not returning the love.
8. Facebook
- Get Visual – post images with a link to your post in the caption
- Incentivize – reward facebook readers for liking your page
- Find a Group – use it for networking and promotion
9. Pinterest
- Watch your links – make sure your images are named appropriately
- Make your post images pinterest friendly
- Pin the pretty and popular
- Move your seasonal boards to the top during the appropriate season
- Create a quote pin with a quote from your own writing
- Pin on Saturday mornings
This session is being blogged to you live by Fawn Rechkemmer, who blogs at Instead of the Dishes. Special thanks to Petit Jean Meats for sponsoring Fawn’s attendance at Bloggy Boot Camp.
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Thanks for the tips, I’m definitely bookmarking this for future reference!
I’m curious, what’s the reasoning behind Pinning on Saturday mornings?
Hi Nicole! Pinning on Saturday mornings was suggested because there is a lot of traffic on Pinterest at that time.
Cool, I’ll have to give that a try and see if I notice any increase in traffic. Thanks Fawn!