How to grow your blog traffic (at least what worked for me)

Movies Silently

Greetings! I have been active on WordPress for 6 months so I thought that now would be a good time to talk about traffic.

First, a little background. My site actually started in 2009 but I started the migration to WordPress in 2012. Life interfered and I did not return to the migration until January of 2013– spurred on by the imminent expiration of my contract with my former host. When I was self-hosted, my traffic was stagnant but I decided that when I launched on WordPress, I would do it in style! Aggressively court traffic, is what I mean.

Here are the most effective methods for me. Keep in mind, though, that I blog about a fairly niche film topic (silent movies) and different methods work for different blogs. I do hope you find some of these techniques useful. Also, some of my techniques are WordPress-centric. What can I…

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3 thoughts on “How to grow your blog traffic (at least what worked for me)”

  1. Very useful information for a new blogger and ammeteur writer but fervent language lover, thank you! Very well written, I look forward to your next post (on whatever!)

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