Getting the readers, where to start?

Traffic IS going to be the lifeblood of your blog.
Without readers it is hopeless and a waste of time
and energy, without readers you will NEVER
earn from your blog.. that much IS obvious.

So.. getting traffic to a new blog.. how?

There are several ways of going about it all with
varying degrees of effort, time and work.

Oh yes, did you just think they will turn up?

Afraid not.. there is work involved as with anything
you do, the results are down to the effort and work
put into it... but...

Don't let that discourage you, after all you are in for
real aren't you?
For the long run?

You want to get the hard work up and done so you
can benefit from it some time from now.. a steady
income takes some work to get going, once going it
will snowball.. THAT is the power of the web.

It will come down to automation, which we will cover
but it will be after you get the basics, after all you
want to do it right don't you?

Ok.. lets move on... traffic..starting the trickle..

Here are a few starters for you to utilise:
sig = your signature line, i.e

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• make blog post into articles with sig
  
• send a sig in all your private emails
• use your sig in forums on your topic
• post in comments on other blogs of topic
  
• email owners of newsletters you read

Lets take one at a time..

Making your blog post as articles with sig at the
bottom with a note saying that others may use
your article on their sites as long as they leave
your sig in the article.

Articles can become very viral and with the ease of
posting your article without having to write a thing,
similar topic related blog owners, newsletter writers
are going to take advantage of your work.

Sending your sig in all your private emails will get
your friends and contacts looking to see just what you
are up to, if they like it it is fair to say they may even
spread the word about it.

Contribute to forums that are based on your topic but
do not just dive in posting links, that is seriously bad
and damaging, contribute first, make a few post, help
others, answer anything you can, somewhere along the
line you will get the opportunity to "subtly" post your
link within the post, but do give a good contribution
first.
Then you can post the link in your sig on the forums.
If it is a good blog with alot of relevant info you are
sure to get some fans.. :o)

Posting in the comments on related blogs can be
a great start within the "blogosphere" as it is often
called.
You will get the chance to use your link in the post,
it is often your name that becomes the link.. take note.
This can be great because you are sure to get at least
the owner of the blog looking at your blog.. ;o)

Email the writers of the relevant newsletters you read
telling them how much you like their newsletter, website,
blog or whatever they have.
Giving them some credit for a good job is sure to make
them happy, and if your sig is already in the email, they
are bound to check it out, after all you praised them.

Take time to implement these tactics over the next few
weeks of your blogging adventure.. but do keep posting
to your blog at a regular rate, if it is every 2 days, try to
stick to that, as your readers will become familiar to your
blogging schedule.

Build relationships with those in your niche / topic.

Keep the ball rolling and you will see fairly rapid results.
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