7 Topics and Lessons That Send Me The Most Traffic

7 Lessons From 50 Blog Posts That Send Me The Most Traffic

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People ask me… “How do I get so much traffic to my websites… so easily?”

It’s really quite straight forward. Create the best content possible. That’s what people want.

People go to websites because they want something. It could be to buy something, to learn something, to be entertained by something, or any number of things. The better you are at giving people what they want, the more traffic you will get.

I don’t spend much time working on getting Facebook likes and getting top search engine rankings because it’s quite often the bi-product of great content.

Below I have outlined what you can learn from the 50 articles that send IncomeDiary the most traffic.
1. The articles that get the most traffic are lists… Shock!

Out of my 50 top articles, 35 start with a number. When I write, I write in a way, I would like to read. Being dyslexic, I like to summarize things, make it easy on myself to consume information. That’s why I think I do such a good job with lists.

Here’s 4 examples of top lists:

    30 Most Influential People In Blogger
    10 Christmas Gifts For Photographers
    20 Health Experts To Follow on Facebook
    10 Reasons Why It Rocks To Be a Young Entrepreneur

Here’s some examples of my favorite top list titles.
2. Mentioning famous people gets you traffic

9 out of 10 of our top articles mention people in some way.

Think about it this way:

If I wrote an article called: 10 Things Usain Bolt Does To Run Faster

I don’t need Bolt’s permission to write about him, but I get all of the benefits of having his name associated with mine and what it represents about what is written.

Usain is the fastest runner in the world. That means these tips must be the best tips in the world.

If I write about how to run faster, no one will want to listen.
3. Linking out can increase the time someone spends on your website

4 out of the top 5 articles on this website link out to over a dozen other websites. These articles also had noticeably longer visitor times.

Don’t be scared to link out and show some love. If you recommend something or someone and your reader likes where you sent them, then they will end up trusting you more.
4. The title can make or break an article

Something that is made really obvious when I look at my top 50 blog posts is… the title can really make or break an article.

If you are stuck trying to come up with a title of a post, go to the supermarket and look at the magazines. Modify titles of articles to make them relevant to something you want to write about.
5. Motivation beats inspiration and instruction

8 out of the top 10 articles on IncomeDiary are motivational. Here’s the breakdown for the top 50 articles:

    Motivational: 24
    Tutorials: 17
    Inspirational: 9
    Reviews: 0
    News: 0
    Interviews: 0

Motivational, is the type of posts that make you take action and start working.

Tutorials, are articles showing you how to do something. These can often be monetized well by recommending products required to do what you instruct in the tutorial.

Inspirational, is the type of post that gives you ideas.

Reviews, we review products and mention them in our customer autoresponders.

News, often something I would shy away from because it’s not evergreen (always relevant) content. If it gives me a positive ROI, then I will publish them.

It seems people value motivation higher than anything else. It’s not often lacking the skills that holds us back, it’s our work rate. Motivational posts help us focus more on our goals.

Although Reviews and News are not featured in the top 50 posts, they are still a relevant part of my blogging strategy. I just prioritize.

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6. Have a content plan

I’m a systems guy. I like to follow a blueprint when I’m doing something because it’s tried and tested, proven to give the best results. I have a doc called Contest Strategy which I send to writers to make sure they have every required to do the best job possible. The better job they can do, the more traffic I get, the more traffic I get, the more money I make. This is some of the information I provide for everyone who writes for us:

    Image sizes
    About the author/Gravatar
    Blog post template
    Post publish time & date
    Post title review
    Post titles swipe copy
    PSD graphic files which writers can edit

7. Articles are worth paying for

A large percent of articles published on IncomeDiary are paid for.

One of the highest performing posts on IncomeDiary was published last year and has so far received 9,883 visitors in the last 30 days & 106,338 visitors in the last year. I paid $120 for that article.

I published a post in 2011 that cost me $100. In 2015 it makes me over $1000 a month.

The easiest way in my experience to get people to write for you is to ask. If asking fails, offer them money. We put together a training video on how we pay people to write our posts.

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In this screen shot, you can see that the article is now getting more traffic weekly then it did in it’s first week. I have done nothing to it since the day it was published. None of us are SEO experts. All we focus on is great content and let the universe do the rest of the work 😉

To Conclude:

To write posts that drive lots of traffic, make sure to:

    Write it in a list form, number it.
    Mention people your readers will know, it will draw them in.
    Link out to other websites.
    Write the perfect name for your article. This should be thought about.
    Motivate your reader.
    Keep to a plan & implement.

What type of blog posts are sending you the most traffic right now?

SEO TIP TO GET ORGANIC GOOGLE TRAFFIC FROM USA Visitors

7 SEO tips to get organic Google traffic from USA visitors and American blogs

In getting the best out of Google AdSense and any affiliate program, savvy probloggers and webmasters knows that organic visitors and traffic from USA through Google search , UK and Canada gives a high CTR ( meaning that clicks from them offers a high conversion rate because they are high paying regions according to Google Adwords), as compared to places like India, Nigeria, Pakistan, malaysia e.t.c.

USA, UK and Canada are high paying regions because most advertisers and businessman pay fat money to advertise on Google Adwords. The same concept applies even to affiliate marketing strategies.

Case Studies

Site A

Site A receives a million visitors per month with 25% of the traffic sources from USA, and the rest 75% from Asia and Africa. Site A makes just 2000USD in Adsense revenue and 476USD from affiliate sales per month.

Site B

Site B receives 400,000 visitors a month with 90% of the traffic sources from USA (75% US, 10%-UK and 5%-Canada). Now, site B makes 3,450USD Adsense revenue and 453USD from affiliate sales per month.

In conclusion, the two case studies above clearly show the importance of getting organic Google traffic from USA and UK.

Please, find below the explained seven proven strategies on how to get traffic from USA, the tips shows you hidden tricks to get targeted search traffic from the United states visitors.

    Strategy 1 – Use Google Webmaster tools with USA Gmail Address

I have a blogger account (opened a Gmail account using US IP address) and have been using the account for more than four years. Now, I discovered that traffic to about 90% of the contents is from USA (with no major backlinking strategy-please note, it’s not for this blog address).

Google has complex algorithm But I have come to understand that Google targets and set up their flagship Adwords campaign tool based on geographical locations and hence determine the amount that advertiser pays.

The idea is to open a USA based Gmail account. During the account sign up, chose United states as your country/location. However, by default, the location can be automatically set by Google itself to your original location, all you have to do is to convert your IP address to that of the state.

After achieving this, use the Gmail account to open a Google webmaster account and have your website or blog verified.

Recommend: What is Google Webmaster and how to verify your website

After this, the next step is to set the geographical location to USA; to do that, follow the following guidelines:

    Open up a Gmail account or a straight forward webmaster account at: (https://www.google.com/webmasters/)
    After being verified, login and go to your dashboard, look towards the right hand side and locate the gear icon (settings), click on it and select ‘site settings’.
    On the settings page, go to ‘Geographic target’ and from here, you can scroll down to pick United States

Now to strategy 2!!

    Strategy 2 – Configure your Bing webmaster Settings

Since our goal is to make sure that bulk of your Google web traffic is from USA, it is also important to verify your blog/website in Bing and adjust the settings to target the state. It’s like using a double edged sword to win a battle.

Ready?, following the below guidelines

    Sign into your Bing webmaster account
    On your dashboard, under ‘configure my site’, select ‘Geo-targeting’
    Chose domain and towards the right side, scroll down and select ‘United States’

With these new settings, Bing will configure search traffic that are coming to your website to be those from USA.

    Strategy 3 – Study your Analytics Account and implement the following

With the use of Google Analytics, look and search for the particular post or article that gives you the main traffic. At the same time, look for the post or article whose source is majorly from America.

When you get the particular post or article, then, write and publish more articles that is focused and related to that particular topic.

To do this, follow the below guidelines:

    Open your Google analytics account (if you have Google Webmaster account, then you should have an analytics account)
    Once opened, go to your dashboard and under ‘standard reports’, locate ‘ Geo’ and from here, click on ‘ Location’
    On the location page, scroll down and you will see lists of countries from which your traffic is coming from.

Please, note the number of visits that is coming from USA

    Go back to the same left hand side and locate ‘ acquisition’, click on it and chose ‘all traffic’
    On the top of the page as seen in the image below, click on ‘source’ and ‘keyword’
    Please, note down the various keyboard and their corresponding number of visits.
    Now, beside ‘ keyword’ look towards the right and locate ‘ others’ . Click on ‘visitors’ and then chose ‘country/location. Note down the results
    Now, sit down and analyze the result and from here, you can know which topic is coming from USA, Canada or Europe.

Then write more about topics related to that. For example, if how to increase Google traffic using images is a topic on your blog/website and this same topic is bringing you lots of traffic from USA, then it makes sense to write more content around this niche.

    Strategy 4 – Use Google Places,Bing Places and US/UK Citation sources

People are generally familiar with the use of Google Adwords; however, for a proactive target of US search traffic/American web visitors , it is important to place your blog and website on Google places and other local search engines.

This works perfectly well going by numerous success stories of people that have made use of Google places. To get lots of US traffic and if you have the budget (very little amount anyway), you can try using this service.

There are two types of account, the free and premium; you can try the free account to actually test and determine your conversion analysis.

Sign up for Google places, and read their success stories

The use of Bing places for business is another sure way of getting American visitors. You can configure a targeted local area you want from the US.

To get started, check: https://www.bingplaces.com/

Citation sources are important credible tools to Google. A wonderful list was compiled by an author at search engine land and I will honestly want you to make use of the listings and submit your blog/website there. They are legit and won’t affect your site negatively. If you really want bulk of your visitors and traffic to be from US and UK, make sure of the list and submit your site immediately.



    Strategy 5 – Use US Local listings and US/American Classified Sites

This strategy is a sure way of helping you receive more traffic from USA. It works very well if your business is into sales, services, manufacturing e.t.c.

I was able to just get a credible New York site listing which can be effectively used if you are trying to get visitors from New York ( or a more targeted areas or cities in New York).



A wonderful post at MOZ for better understanding can be seen through the link below:



American Classified Sites

This strategy is often overlooked and highly underrated. There are numerous free US classified sites that you can simply add your website or blogs to. And, if you are also looking for US backlinks, there is a great avenue and opportunity.

You can start with the likes of craigslist e.t.c. The following are compiled lists that can be used to your advantage and they are purely American classifieds.

    http://www.pennlive.com/placead/
    http://www.freeadstime.com/
    http://www.mlive.com/placead/

More lists can be accessed at : http://blog.daype.com/tips/top-us-classifieds-websites.html

    Strategy 6 – Host your Website or Blog on a US server

This is an important strategy and it should have been the first point. Top leading websites with lots of US traffic all have their servers stationed and located in the US (prove me wrong).

You can also have your blog hosted on US, UK and Canada server, and you are sure to receive traffic from this sites.

The primary advantage to this is the fact that each server in any country has a specific country IP ( Internet Protocol) and as such, if you host your site on their server, then you are making it easier to get much more traffic from USA, Canada and even more of Europe. Google understand this IP protocol and they take it into consideration.

The following are summary of webhost that are hosted and based in USA: Synthesis ( I highly recommend this webhost, I’m using it; but note it is a little bit expensive, but good for people that values their business), Bluehost ( good for medium website owners and bew bloggers, easy and cheap to get started), GoDaddy, 1and1 e.t.c.

You can use the following tool to determine the location of a particular server hosting a particular blog/website: https://www.woorank.com/

(if you know more, kindly share it in the comment section)

    Strategy 7 – Get credible backlinks from US sources

Backlinks is the blood running in the veins of blogs and websites that makes them receive life from Google and other search engines. The source of your backlinks is an essential factor that determines the type of visitors to your blog, either the ones coming from the search engines, referral traffic e.t.c.

So, how can you build backlinks from US based blogs?

    The first step is to determine where they are hosted (explained this in strategy 6).
    The second step is to build Google friendly backlinks from forum profiles ( make sure they are hosted in US and focused on US or the web generally)
    In addition, you can get backlinks from country specific sites/domains e.g. bloggingconsult.us
    Join Bulletin Boards and Communities ( US) and become engaging with the community
    Try and make sure that your followers on twitter, Google+ are mostly from the United States.

Why you are getting lots of traffic from India, Malaysia, Pakistan and not US, Canada or UK

black hat guys from indiaWhen Google disabled the accounts of most bloggers and website publishers from India, the global online community was angry. One thing remains true and that is ‘India, Pakistan and some other African/Asian countries are into shady practices on online spamming’.

The black hat guys from these regions create bulk automated junk links to various sites including theirs.

If you make a mistake of accepting spammy comments from these people or giving them a link on your blog, you will get lots of crazy torrents of traffic from these regions. These link spammers run tools that scrape the internet.

So, the best way is to remain legit, practice white backlink strategies and follow the outline methods above.

NOTE: My online friends from India, Nigeria, Africa, Pakistan,Asia; please don’t be annoyed with me for this stated facts.