Technical Tools To Build Traffic
Site description: "Grabbing an audience and keeping them engaged is enhanced by technical
know-how. We’re going to help you get some, including how to use
syndication to your best advantage, and a little DIY search engine
optimization. This is a reprise of what was one of our most popular
sessions at BlogHer Business in March, featuring, once again, Elise Bauer and Vanessa Fox."
The Top 5 Ways to build traffic:
- Link out to other bloggers
- Leave comments on their sites
- Plan and participate in blog events
- Contribute to the community
- Participate in social networks (put your blog in your profile)
Elise also shared a number of site design tips:
- Image size (ideally under 15.5K each)
- Page length and size (try to keep under 100k)
- Font size (must be readable)
- Reduce clutter
- Color backgrounds (avoid for main text, too hard to read)
- Search bars (have them up top where people can see them)
- Categories (categorize your entres)
- Multiple browsers
- Screen resolution
- Broken links (find and fix them)