Forget 100 Tips. These 3 Tips Will Generate You the Traffic

I've tried everything to increase my visitors. I actively submitted the articles to directories and rss aggregator sites. Unfortunately, I didn't generate much traffic from it. Not even close to 100 visits daily.

On 09 April, I wrote an article "Najib Under Siege?" and have it posted to one of the most popular political blog in Malaysia. What happened next totally amazed me. It received overwhelming response from the readers and as the direct result; thousands of people flooded this blog.

I was surprised with the stat – 882,806 hits with 16,126 views and 8,738 unique visitors, equivalent to 3.55GB of bandwidth from that article alone. Additionally, I tracked another 6 links pointing to my internal page. That was a success if I am allowed to say it. In fact, most bloggers dream come true scenario. As a bonus, people started stumbling to one of my article; "Flame Commenter - To Deal or Not to Deal", leading to even more traffic.

What is the key? CATCHY HEADLINE. Hey, I’m not going to claim myself an expert just because of the stat says so. I just want to express that catchy headlines really play it roles in attracting visitors.

Before you started to 're-branding' your articles, please read a little bit more. Most webmasters quoted, content is king and I am one of those who agree. Catchy headlines are additional flavor to it. The hardest part is generating the traffic. Many of us rely on directories, StumbleUpon, Technorati, Reddit, Del.icio.us etc for it. Trust me, I already did and it doesn't help me much.

I often read elsewhere that a catchy headline is a must to attract readers. Catchy headlines will remain as headlines if no one knows it, especially if your blog is not so popular. I took another step to promote my article. What I did was have it posted in popular, high-demanding blogs. I request for permission to publish my article should the niche fits. Luckily it did.

The article focus on Malaysia politics thus I have it posted to related blogs. It was not going to be successful if I post it at automotive blogs. Isn't it self-explanatory? Thus, as of this case study, I can summarize it as follows:

1) Write a fair and catchy and headline
2) Submit it to directories and rss aggregator sites
3) Try as hard as possible to have your article posted in popular blogs

I'm definitely sure that you will achieve greater results with these tips. Just make sure your bandwidth able to cope with it. ;)