{"id":140047,"date":"2022-03-27T12:18:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T17:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/?p=140047"},"modified":"2024-05-13T20:43:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T01:43:42","slug":"increase-blog-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/increase-blog-traffic\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Proven Ways to Increase Blog Traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Struggling to gain traction on your blog? Consumed tons of \u201cultimate guides\u201d and courses, but traffic didn\u2019t budge?<\/div>\n\n\n\n

A few years ago, we found ourselves in the same predicament. Traffic to our blog had plateaued despite us following \u201cblogging best practices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But today, we get an estimated 250,000 visits per month\u2014and that\u2019s from Google alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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How to increase blog traffic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Here are 15 tried and tested tactics we used to increase our blog traffic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Write about topics people search for<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Make sure you match search intent<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Build an email list<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Reach out to people mentioned in your post<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Boost important posts with internal links<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Build links<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Promote content in communities<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Create shareable images<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. Share your content on Reddit<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Refresh and republish your content<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. Craft click-worthy headlines<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Repurpose content into a Twitter thread<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. Get content included in niche newsletters<\/a><\/li>\n
  14. Publish original research<\/a><\/li>\n
  15. Run ads<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n