Howdy,
Excellent question, and one that does get asked a few times, especially if traffic is feeling a little bit down.
A while ago, I wrote up several different ways to get traffic to your site. So I won’t post the whole article here, as it’s quite big..but I will post a few of the ideas, and a few sentences to give you a little insight.
1. Content is King
The first and foremost thing you should be thinking about is producing unique and valuable content.
Without the content, your potential readers have nothing to read. Simple.
You also want to make sure that you are creating new content on a reasonably regular basis, try to sit down at least once a week, and create an original article or video.
It doesn’t have to be long articles, short 500-word articles, or 5-minute videos can be a great way of providing additional content for more prominent articles.
If you are stuck for articles ideas, or you are unable to get the time to create them. Look at services such as, or both of which can be used to get quality content for your blog.
2. Unique Content
As I said above, you want to ensure you are continually providing high quality, valuable content.
But you also need to ensure it’s unique.
If you are publishing content that is the same as other peoples or even just rewrites of your content, then search engines will start to see it as duplication and begin to ignore it.
Having similar content that all fall around the same topics is beautiful, but don’t just copy word for word someone’s work!
3. Search Engine Optimisation
People throw around the term SEO pretty much everywhere these days.
It’s something you want to focus on.
Once you have created your articles, you will want to ensure that they have been optimized for search engines to find and read.
It is specifically focusing on how easy it is for users to read your content (use short sentences).
The use of alternative text for any images you use.
4. Start Promoting Your Content!
People usually forget that social media is still a massive influence on driving traffic to websites or YouTube channels.
Once you have finished videos or finished writing your excellent article, share it on your social media accounts.
Don’t forget sites such as Pinterest or Instagram!
5. Build Your Email List
One great way of getting more visitors back to your blog is by building an email list.
You have probably seen a few popups giving you a free training course in exchange for an email, or you have been on other sites where they offer you ‘100 Training Tips’ in exchange for an email.
This is to build up the owner’s email list.
They can then let the list know precisely when new articles appear, or unique videos are arriving on their YouTube channel (a bit like the YouTube notification bell).
It’s a free, easy way of getting more traffic back to your site, plus it provides your list with valuable content!
6. Reaching Out To Other Platforms Or Blogs
If you are completely brand new to blogging or YouTube, then you may struggle to be able to do this. Most platforms or blogs want to be able to showcase famous people, but it’s worth a shot!
Find blogs or YouTube channels that are in a similar niche as your own, and offer to write an article for them, or create a collaboration video with them.,
It’s a win-win for both yourself and the blog or channel owner, as it provides them with useful content that may be a slightly different style than their writing or videos, and it allows you to add a link explaining who you are and where you have come from.
Once the other person’s readers or viewers have started to interact, there is a high chance they will filter down into your content and become a new follower!
7. Become A Helpful Member Of Society!
A great way I have found to drive traffic towards my blog is by providing helpful answers to severe, but sometimes easy questions.
Depending on the niche or subject matter that you write or create videos about, there are loads of forums or communities where people may gather.
This method is a very subtle way of driving traffic to your blog, but it can also be laser-focused.
8. Infographic & Press Releases!
A relatively unknown but handy way of getting traffic to your blog is to create press releases or even infographics and then submitting them to press release websites.
Why?
Because these submission services will send press releases to hundreds, if not thousands of different sites, and upload your press release as it’s own webpage or article and then link it back to your website.
Bonus. Article Submission
Another unknown, or not highly used method is that of article submission.
Sites such as Medium allow users to create articles and then link them back to your blog or your YouTube channel.
You can upload articles you already have, ensuring your items will be reached by a wider audience, especially those people who browse through article sites