Drive More traffic to Your Blog

Today is my birthday! Being my birthday, I thought I share some personal insights, thoughts, opinions on how to grow and retain your readers.

Earlier I mentioned Being honest and Open with your readers, having good content and knowing your audience to utilizing social media platforms. What are the real tricks or trade secrets? There are no secrets just common sense and decency.

This morning I ran across an article that was shared to me through my Google Plus, once I got done reading that article I reshared it so that others that are connected to me can read it as well. There is a sentence within that article that is one of the keys to unlock growth, “Remember that you won’t get ahead by being selfish. Share other people’s post and let them know. They will be more likely to share yours“.

This is very true and is what I do on a daily basis, I tweet, Google and Facebook share many of your posts so that others can read those awesome posts. Those that use Twitter know this for a fact.  I have shared Wallace’s work via Facebook. What else can we do? One thing that comes to mind is using Facebook like most of us do to promote our blog but also to send out birthday wishes if you happen to be connected. This reminds of certain companies that used to send out birthday wishes to their clients. It builds that relationship. In business; we learn that it easier to gain new people but much harder to retain those that want to leave. I have seen it first hand, it is like biting the hand that fed you mentality. Granted some companies is not worth your time for some of the practices and or deceptions they use, but we are not them.

We could use Facebook Groups to plug our Blogs so that it can be seen by many. I did the legwork in researching this, so it will be up to you to use these tools.

1. WordPress Warriors
   https://www.facebook.com/groups/wordpressworriers/
   DESCRIPTION
   This group is for all Minded Bloggers who are using WordPress platform for Blogging

2. Blogging Paradise
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Bloggingparadise/
Rules:
>> Only blog posts links are allowed.
>> Commercial links are not allowed.
>> Post only 1 link in 24 hours.
>> Adult content NOT allowed.
>> Only English Content Allowed.

Note: Members will be banned if they caught breaking the rules

3. Blog Promotion
https://www.facebook.com/groups/BlogPromotion/
DESCRIPTION
Promote Your Blog
No limit
4. Share Your Posts
https://www.facebook.com/groups/shareyourposts/
DESCRIPTION
Share Your Any Post..
Warning – Don’t Promote
Get Facebook like , Subscriber
Twitter Follower etc.
Thnaks
Note : Please add your friends to to support each other
5. All About WordPress
https://www.facebook.com/groups/AllAboutWP/
Welcome to All About WordPress
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Hi all! This group is dedicated to encouraging discussion of WordPress related topics. Here are the rules for this group.
1. No self link promotion except on Wednesdays.
2. WordPress related topics ONLY!***
3. Be courteous to each other.
4. No selling anything! (including promo deals for other places regardless if it is WordPress)
5. If you are not sure it is suppose to be here, don’t post it. Not sure? Ask.
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Notes:
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All About WordPress is hosted by Nile Flores of http://blondish.net
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Our Co- Moderators: Kimberly J Castleberry Karl Peschel Syed Waseem Abbas Sionann Garcia Bhuvanesh Kumar Ivica Delic
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Reasons Why Your Member Request Wasn’t Approved for All About WordPress – http://on.fb.me/1owhPqd
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Wednesdays are ?#?WordPressWednesday? … this is the ONLY day of the week you can do self link promotions. —>>>The links are still required to be to WordPress related articles (blog posts or WordPress memes.) <<<—–
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*** Topics that are allowed: Blog Tips, SEO Tips, Web Design Tips, Website resources, as long as they are in relation to WordPress. Reference –http://on.fb.me/1G1t8yG
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Giveaways MUST go through Nile Flores before being permitted to post… and they can only be posted on Wednesdays to keep consistent with our rules.
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Those who self link promote on any other day will only get 1 chance before being removed from the group. (Unless it is blatant. We go through these on a case per case basis.)
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Off topic (anything not WordPress related) will be removed at the discretion of the moderators.
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We hope not to sound rude, but please read your question before submitting. We understand some of our members don’t use English as a primary language, but if you want help, we need to understand what it is that you need help with. Please make sure to give details so we can answer your question as promptly as possible. smile emoticon
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DISCLAIMER: This list can be updated at any time. (Last Modified- May 28, 2015)
6. Blogers and Guest Bloggers
https://www.facebook.com/groups/guestblogers/
DESCRIPTION
This group is very much open unlike as named closed, it is just only closed in the sense that we want bloggers, guest posters, freelancers and other internet related workers here. On the other hand, it occurs that this group is OPEN to any of your suggestions in relation to this and those which are not SPAM, thanks and you are calmly welcome to Blogers and Guest Bloggers

Right now I would like to say, thank you to those that wished me a happy birthday via Facebook so that they can be recognized here as well.

Kait King
https://kaitkingthewriter.wordpress.com/

Annette Rochelle Aben
https://annetterochelleaben.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/angel-messages-october-13-2015/

DeBorah Le Raconteur
http://dancingpalmtrees.com/

Jan Drabik Geden
http://youbetchcanmakethis.com/

I will give Amit a poet from https://amitpoetry.wordpress.com/ a thank you for wishing me a happy birthday.