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Ways to increase blog traffic:
1. Target Your Content to an Audience Likely to Share
2. Participate in the Communities Where Your Audience Already Gathers
3. Make Your Blog's Content SEO-Friendly
4. Use Twitter, Facebook and Google+ to Share Your Posts & Find New Connections
5. Install Analytics and Pay Attention to the Results
6. Add Graphics, Photos and Illustrations (with link-back licensing)
7. Conduct Keyword Research While Writing Your Posts
8. Frequently Reference Your Own Posts and Those of Others
9. Participate in Social Sharing Communities Like Reddit + StumbleUpon
10. Guest Blog (and Accept the Guest Posts of Others)
11. Incorporate Great Design Into Your Site
12. Interact on Other Blogs' Comments
13. Participate in Q+A Sites
14. Enable Subscriptions via Feed + Email (and track them!)
15. Attend and Host Events
16. Use Your Email Connections (and Signature) to Promote Your Blog
17. Survey Your Readers
18. Add Value to a Popular Conversation
19. Aggregate the Best of Your Niche
20. Connect Your Web Profiles and Content to Your Blog
21. Uncover the Links of Your Fellow Bloggers (and Nab 'em!)
22. Be Consistent in Promoting Your Blog
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