Find popular posts that have a combination of high view numbers and followers.<\/strong><\/p>\nI cannot stress how important this is.<\/p>\n
During my first Quora writing attempt I just answered questions as they popped up in my newsfeed.<\/p>\n
After learning more about Quora, I started to seek out the hidden diamonds of threads. Nothing too popular or dated (which can cause a question to become locked from future edits), but relevant enough to catch a spark and grow.<\/p>\n
The particular thread I joined for my mini viral post had 130,000 views<\/strong> and 84<\/strong> followers<\/strong>, just to give you an idea.<\/p>\nSo, what are some other tips for driving blog referral traffic from Quora?<\/p>\n
\n- Answer relevant questions<\/strong>: If you want to drive\u00a0quality traffic that doesn't just bounce, answer Quora questions that are related to your niche. I only answer questions related to passive income, WordPress, investing, or SEO.<\/li>\n
- Provide value:\u00a0<\/strong>Don't just shamelessly plug your blog. Answer the question that is being asked, go in-depth, and link your website or other resources where appropriate.<\/li>\n
- Use images:\u00a0<\/strong>Quora is deceptively visual in nature. When you're skimming through dozens of answers in a feed, an eye-catching image can go a long way in making you stop.<\/li>\n
- Don't be selfish:\u00a0<\/strong>I like to up-vote other answers, even if they are in a thread I have answered. If you up-vote answers, people may stumble across your profile and return the favor as well. Plus, sometimes people just have incredible answers!<\/li>\n
- Optimize your profile page:\u00a0<\/strong>Speaking of profiles, be sure to use your profile page on Quora to promote your blog and writing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Here's an example of my Quora profile page:<\/p>\n
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It it personalized, but also serves as a way to display WebMonkey to my readers and highlight some of my interests and best articles.<\/p>\n
In some sense, you can think of Quora as your miniature blog.<\/p>\n
That isn't actually my photo (I just like using that stock image dude everywhere I go), but you get the idea.<\/p>\n
Just be sure to provide value to readers, remain genuine, work smart, and you should see the results.<\/p>\n
Reddit Marketing for Blogs:<\/strong><\/h2>\nI've been a long time lurker on various subreddits such as r\/Beermoney, r\/Blogging, and r\/passiveincome.<\/p>\n
Now that I'm blogging, I've started contributing to r\/Beermoney and r\/Blogging whenever I can answer someone's question or provide a bit of insight.<\/p>\n
The key to Reddit is to\u00a0not overly self promote.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nReddit is a great community in this regard. You can find great information, seek advice, and the goon who spams his own content typically gets down-voted into oblivion.<\/p>\n
Over the last few weeks I've been answering questions on Reddit and participating in communities.<\/p>\n
However, I also decided to share my February blog recap on r\/Blogging.<\/p>\n
The post received\u00a0674 views\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a019 up-votes,<\/strong>\u00a0as well as some great discussion.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In the post I shared some lessons I had learned from blogging, including how to use the sky scraping technique and rank well on Google using SEO best practices.<\/p>\n
All-in-all, Reddit accounted for 57 sessions<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>in March.<\/p>\nWhile this isn't close to the amount of traffic Google or Quora are driving, the users still seem interested in my content and enjoy reading, which is ultimately what I care about.<\/p>\n
The bounce rate for my Reddit referral traffic is also\u00a047.37%<\/strong>, which is awersome!<\/p>\nAdditionally, by being more active on Reddit I've also secured both my guest posting opportunities and learned countless blogging tips, tricks, and useful tools.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, I highly recommend putting some time into Reddit if you are a blogger.<\/p>\n
Just be sure to:<\/p>\n
\n- Provide value to the communities you join and follow Reddit etiquette.<\/li>\n
- Don't overly self-promote. Often times, you will be asked to link to your content anyway.<\/li>\n
- Don't be afraid to ask your own questions.<\/li>\n
- Go above and beyond. If you help someone on Reddit, you might just have earned a fellow friend and blog reader for life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Goals and Plans for Next Month:<\/strong><\/h2>\nI'm looking to continue growing WebMonkey and plan to really make some strides in April.<\/p>\n
Goals:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Publish 6 posts.<\/li>\n
- Generate 6,500 page views.<\/li>\n
- Reach 20 email subscribers (currently at 11).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Plans:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Write a “how to stat a blog” or “how to do keyword research” post that is actually useful.<\/li>\n
- Complete the Etsy case study (this got pushed back from February).<\/li>\n
- Improve the landing page speed of WebMonkey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
That's all for this month!<\/p>\n
Thanks so much for reading! If you want to stay up to date with WebMonkey as posts are released, be sure to subscribe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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