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By now, you are wondering how in the hell am I going to get around Google Panda? I bet you are also thinking “So much of my traffic is Google based, but it’s becoming harder and harder to get my traffic back to the way it was because Google is butchering my posts, and making them rank less and less.”
Well, here I’ll provide you with a few of the ways I’ve been coping with Google Panda and Penguin. Hmm, are both of them together supposed to be Kung Fu Panda and the Ice Age? Well, I don’t know. LOLOL.
Guest Posting
Yes, you’ve heard me say this numerous times, but I’m getting more and more e-mails for guest posts! You really have to think about it with this one, though. If the exchange is mutually and equally valuable, by all means do it! Don’t post on a site that’s not reputable or at the very least not on the same standards as yours. Likewise, don’t let just anyone post on your site with a crappy article and crappy site, only to leave you in the dust later. Having a good guest post or a good guest contributor keeps people on your site as well as gives you free visitors. Free in the sense of not having to work hard to get them because you post a link back to your site in your guest post! You develop a relationship with other bloggers and site owners knowing they can come to you for great content!
Blog Commenting
It’s a very old tactic, but with the search engines starting to become obsolete for link backs to your site, it’s a must! The more engaged, the more valuable the content, the better chance you have of increasing your viewership! It’s really that simple. Make smart, engaging conversations with a link back to your site, and trust me – your traffic will go up exponentially if you regularly put in the work!
SOCIAL MEDIA
Yes, you’ve heard me say this countless times, but I will repeat it again! Build your own social empire or at the least social community. Don’t just leave it up there to fester in the dust! Engage, review, share, reply, comment; all of that!
YouTube VIDEOS!!!!
If you are going to have a YouTube page, post videos, share related videos, and keep your audience engaged. When they comment on your page for questions, make sure you respond! Put yourself in the video, so the person can see you are a human! That’s one of the most powerful things of YouTube: putting yourself in the content! It’s one thing to have text, but it’s another thing to see your personality, the way you think, the visual aid of expressing your ideas! That’s important especially since over 85% of the world goes on YouTube to look at videos! When you have a visual and sound aid, it makes people more attentive! They are more engaged and interested! Then when you comment, make reply videos to certain questions, it shows you are LISTENING to your audience!
Tweet my Twitter!
Yes, this is where you can really get personal. You can get directly in contact with your people, respond, reply, and direct message! You can get right to your point and then take the dialogue elsewhere if you want to get into deeper conversation! With the power of creating an eye popping title as well as creating hash tags (keywords), you really learn to get your message or send a link to your message out well. When you have a set amount of loyal followers, guess what they do? They retweet, they share, and repost! And take a guess of who sees these retweets; their followers do!
Facebook me!
Facebook is still a powerful tool. Even though there are a lot of changes that have happened in the past year, some of these changes are good for the people that do online business! Well, one thing I must mention is Edge Rank. It’s a very powerful tool if used correctly! For example, if you have great pictures! Use the captions, send the link back to your site! You never know if your story can be at the top or near the top of the news feed for your Facebook Friends! The right picture and the right message can work wonders for you! Fan Pages are also good, you can have a great dialogue between you and your followers!
Tumblr and Pinterest
I don’t need to get too far into these, but if pictures are your thing – do me a favor and get well acquainted with these site. You never know how a reblog or a repin can send your site traffic through the roof. Trust me. It’s happened to me on NUMEROUS OCCASIONS!
I know this a bit long, but I really wanted to help you guys out to diversify your traffic. It really seems like that’s the way the world is working now. Diversifying EVERYTHING! You can’t just to stick to one mantra. If you aren’t great at something, at least be good at a multitude of subjects!
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