http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/forum/getting-traffic-to-your-site Travel Writers Exchange Forum Home » Forum: Getting Traffic to Your Site - Recent Posts en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:44:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/search.php http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/how-to-take-your-travel-blog-to-the-next-level#post-2716 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 06:24:36 +0000 Joel Tillman 2716@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>To build upon Trisha Miller comment: You could always try to do a guest blogger exchange with some other high-profile travel blogs. This basically means that you would write about some topic on their site and they would do the same for yours. It is an easy way to get your name out there and get the right audience interested in your personality/writing style. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/how-to-take-your-travel-blog-to-the-next-level#post-2715 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 06:10:17 +0000 Traveling 2715@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>Answer is allways the same - get more backlinks. (I Know that is not easy) &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif&quot; title=&quot;:)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/how-to-take-your-travel-blog-to-the-next-level#post-2693 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:23:31 +0000 mikehower 2693@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>Hi Kdutile,</p> <p>I am interested in writing a piece about Bogota, Colombia. Could you email me at <a href="mailto:mikehower@gmail.com">mikehower@gmail.com</a> and let me know the submission guidelines?</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Mike </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/how-to-take-your-travel-blog-to-the-next-level#post-2681 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:55:15 +0000 kdutile 2681@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I have a way!<br /> IBTraveler, which is a international publication (part of International Business Times) getting much more hits has a series called recently returned. Submit an original piece that evokes the senses of a place, not guide book style, more of a feature article. Submit your piece to <a href="mailto:k.dutile@ibtimes.com">k.dutile@ibtimes.com</a></p> <p>Well we can't offer monetary payment it will certainly draw more attention to your blog! </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/how-to-take-your-travel-blog-to-the-next-level#post-2660 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:40:30 +0000 traveladdict 2660@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>Link building is a important factor in SEO. <a href="http://www.pureseo.co.nz/blogpost/search-engine-rankings-for-small-businesses-understanding-links" rel="nofollow">http://www.pureseo.co.nz/blogpost/search-engine-rankings-for-small-businesses-understanding-links</a></p> <p>Get your link building strategy implemented today to get higher rankings.</p> <p>Cheers </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/how-to-take-your-travel-blog-to-the-next-level#post-2532 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:44:27 +0000 Trisha Miller 2532@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>Hi Mike</p> <p>I took a quick look at your site - nice job! Good design, plenty of interesting content, and I like your conversational writing style. Your personality definitely comes through.</p> <p>But given that it doesn't appear geared toward attracting traveling consumers, your most likely target audience would be people who simply want to follow your adventures because of your personality, rather than to research information for a trip to place that you write about (please feel free to correct my misimpression if you think I'm off-base).</p> <p>So with that impression in mind, I think the best thing for you to do, aside from ensuring that you post new content on a consistent and somewhat frequent basis, is to get out there in the community of travel bloggers and engage with them in a meaningful way - that means leaving thoughtful comments on their posts, participating in various groups, communities, and forums (such as the Travel Bloggers Group on Facebook) and follow other travel bloggers on Twitter.....</p> <p>The reason that I suggest connecting with other travel bloggers is that many of them are like-minded, in that they love to simply connect with, and read about, other travelers, and on the whole they are a very engaging and supportive group. </p> <p>Another thing you can do to attract more traffic is, of course, to spend time on your SEO - determining what keywords or phrases you want to draw traffic for, and focus on what you can do to improve your search engine results for those words and phrases, but don't sacrifice your writing style to it - after all, your stories are what people will enjoy. There are a lot of websites and guides on SEO but I do think that Andy Hayes' book "<a href="https://www.e-junkie.com/ecom/gb.php?ii=588832&amp;c=ib&amp;aff=72065&amp;cl=69395">Mastery Guides: DIY SEO</a>" is a simple, straightforward, and easy to follow instruction book. </p> <p>Good luck and post back sometime to let me know how it's going &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif&quot; title=&quot;:-)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/how-to-take-your-travel-blog-to-the-next-level#post-2531 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:04:35 +0000 mikehower 2531@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>Hi all,</p> <p>I have been blogging for about 6 months now and I have seen a steady build up of momentum. I am now averaging about 100-150 hits a day, but I wanted to get some advice on how to bump up my traffic to 200-300 hits a day? Any help would be appreciated.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thetallgringo.com/">The Tall Gringo</a></p> <p>Best,</p> <p>Mike </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/what-precautions-can-you-take-to-avoid-inappropriate-twitter-followers#post-2386 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:25:06 +0000 jdaryl 2386@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>Here is the Twitter page on blocking people with the updated #NewTwitter:<br /> <a href="http://support.twitter.com/articles/230550" rel="nofollow">http://support.twitter.com/articles/230550</a></p> <p>With the new version, it has been pretty good at updating instantly for me. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/how-to-re-tag-pictures#post-2301 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:49:42 +0000 Amandah Blackwell 2301@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>Good question. I never thought about re-tagging photos. You could probably just rename it. Go to the 'media' area in WP. There's probably a spot where you can re-tag photos. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/how-to-re-tag-pictures#post-2294 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:29:46 +0000 Maria Staal 2294@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>Dave and Deb talked about re-tagging pictures in a recent post on their site, and I have also read about it in the Suzy case studies, but I am still not entirely sure how to do it. </p> <p>When I uplaod a picture in WP, I can give it a title. It also is given (I think) a file URL.<br /> Is it the title that is picked up by search engines, or do I need to do something with the URL?<br /> For instance one picture URL on my site is: <a href="http://www.mariastaal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/pict-3-12-e1282228234306.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.mariastaal.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/pict-3-12-e1282228234306.jpg</a><br /> Do I/can I change something in the URL or will it then all go wrong? And if I can, what do I do?</p> <p>I have given all my pitcures proper titles now (I often left it blank before), but I would like to know if I can do more with the pictures to get more traffic. </p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>Maria </p>