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Unique Content Isn’t Enough to Drive Traffic to Your Blog

By Oussama On June 9, 2009 Under Blogging Tips

This is a Guest Post by Oussama Afellad of  Twitter Tips Center dot Com – Follow him @TwitTipsCenter

If you’re able to write unique content, then everything else will be easy for you, however using your creativity to generate unique content isn’t enough to drive traffic to your blog, many bloggers write unique articles in their blogs but they don’t receive much traffic back. I’m listing below some points and tips which I hope they’ll help you.





Find The Hungry Crowd:
It’s about finding a hot topic for you blog. Blogging about something which few people are interested in won’t help you to receive much traffic to your blog. See what people are interested in nowadays, and write about it.

Understand Your Readers:
The more you know your readers, the more easy you can pick a good topic. Ask yourself why the readers are reading what you’re writing and focus on it.

Give Your Article an Objective:
Meaning the purpose of the article. Your readers should reach some goal after reading your article.

Explode Your Creativity:
Create something that will attract people’s attention and make them do what you want them to do by asking yourself what’s new and unique in this article.

Ask Your Readers What Do They Want:
Take the chance to ask your readers what they would like to read on your blog, it somehow creates a kind of friendship with your readers and they will always give you ideas on what to blog about, which is good.

Learn from Feedback:
If you write something interesting, your readers will definitely leave a feedback for you, either in comments or Twitter… Wherever. Learn from their feedbacks and mix it with your article to produce a high quality content.


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  1. Typhoon

    June 9, 2009
    2:39 am

    Congratulation on your first guest post. Hope to come more soon.

    You have written a really superb article. I agree to all those points you listed. Amongst all Understanding your readers is really important because without happy readers your blog can not run properly.

  2. Twitter Tips

    June 9, 2009
    4:19 am

    Thanks Typhoon, it is my honor to share a couple of tips on your blog! I’ll try to guest post from time to time. Thanks for this opportunity, I hope that I wrote something people would love to read :)

    Twitter Tips’s last blog post..Does Twitter Improve Our Creativity?

  3. Matt from Sacramento Weddings

    June 9, 2009
    10:35 am

    I guess I’m the lone Non-Twitterer among this group. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure its great for bloggers, but my static site does just fine without twittering (or whatever you call it).

    • Typhoon

      June 10, 2009
      4:19 pm

      But Matt this article is not related to Twitter in any way. This is article which tells Why Unique Content Isn’t Enough to Drive Traffic to Your Blog.

      I guess you got confused because this article is written by a Twitter Tips blogger.

      But No Problem. It happens Sometimes :)

  4. Melvin

    June 10, 2009
    10:30 am

    this is so true… Because everything has become saturated rght now that good content is not anymore enough

    Melvin’s last blog post..MMO Blog Monetizer Launch

  5. Long Island Mortgages

    June 10, 2009
    10:34 am

    Great Tips. Sometimes the phrase “Content is King” is misunderstood making others think that as long as they have a good content their traffic will instantly boost.

    • Typhoon

      June 10, 2009
      4:23 pm

      Yup I have seen many blogs which have really good content but there many posts are not having a single comment. Those bloggers really have to think on why this is happening and also take a look on the points carefully included in this article.

  6. Jacksonville Real Estate Agent

    June 10, 2009
    6:10 pm

    Good Tips! I’m always trying to find the balance between keyword rich titles & articles and creating content that people are hungry for. Not easily done!
    Jacksonville Real Estate Agent´s last blog ..Foreclosures in JacksonvilleMy ComLuv Profile

  7. a_usman

    June 10, 2009
    7:33 pm

    “Give Your Article an Objective:
    Meaning the purpose of the article. Your readers should reach some goal after reading your article.”

    This seemed most important for me. Other tips are when you have got enough traffic, but this one is to get the traffic and make the readers loyal to your blog.

    Thanks

  8. George Serradinho

    June 10, 2009
    10:01 pm

    Some nice tips you have listed above. Some times I visit a site and see a great article, BUT it has no comments. Sad but very true, without traffic then you are sort of writing to yourself.
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  9. Thanks for posting, I’ll definitely be subscribing to your blog.

  10. Jeet

    June 11, 2009
    8:32 am

    Choosing the topic wisely also makes sense. An on-topic article often gets good response. I often monitor google trends to find new things that I should be writing about ;-)

  11. DJYano

    June 12, 2009
    9:20 pm

    Hi Typhoon,

    I love reading your blog. Loves the content you’ve provided and some other contributors. Since this is do-follow blog, your blog was added in my do-follow blog list @ my site – http://www.djyano.com/dofollow-blogs/

    It’s under personal blog, if you need to change the title – feel free to contact me.

    Regards,

    DJYaNo
    DJYano´s last blog ..Protect Your Email, Use Temporary Web Email InsteadMy ComLuv Profile

  12. Balaji from GuideToTech

    June 13, 2009
    8:12 am

    That’s an great piece of info mate…
    Thanks
    Balaji @ GuideToTech´s last blog ..FaceBook UserName! Grab it Now!My ComLuv Profile

  13. Alex | Blogussion.com

    June 17, 2009
    1:47 am

    The article hits the nail on the head, content isn’t enough to drive traffic to your blog. It’s enough to get you started.

    Writing unique content is just step one really, whatever happens after that is all on you.
    Alex | Blogussion.com´s last blog ..When Blog Expansions Backfire: The Risks to Know My ComLuv Profile

  14. Tech-Freak Stuff

    June 17, 2009
    5:34 pm

    The Title Appeared so very true to me that I didn’t even bother to read the entire post but just glanced the Headings! I completely agree with you because after writing unique content on my blog for nearly a year, I dint get enough traffic, but once when I started taking proper tips from other Bloggers, I saw immense rise in traffic.

  15. Ubai

    June 19, 2009
    9:28 pm

    “Understand Your Readers” — i agree with you

  16. Margaret Elmendorf

    July 3, 2009
    11:54 pm

    I like the idea of creating a friendship with the readers. I really do need to change the tone of my blogs. And try to make them more informative in some ways. Not just facts but personalities of the animals that I write about. Thanks for these suggestions.
    Margaret Elmendorf´s last blog ..The most faithful dog My ComLuv Profile

  17. rky

    July 7, 2009
    1:40 pm

    agree.
    If you write about particular topic in a blog then there is much better chance for you getting quality visit to your blog.Or if you write about so many topics on a blog and post once a week then you really loss many visitors.
    Yup if you worked well on seo department then it doesn’t matter how many topic you discuss on your blog meant you never loose search engine traffic.

  18. akira07

    July 31, 2009
    11:21 pm

    It’s same with my opinion in other article, that unique content not always make traffic because it’s also depend on many factor.

    Anyway about Find The Hungry Crow point, isn’t people usually do it? And if we only write about something popular, i think other people write about it also.
    Do you mean by create unique content is about “how to write it in another way” ?

    For example when the other create about “Twitter Trend”, you write article about “Phylosopy of Twitter Creator Which Make it become Trend”
    akira07´s last blog ..July Contest Participation My ComLuv Profile

  19. scheng1

    November 16, 2009
    8:22 am

    Actually I find that it’s much better to write for myself, to write to remind and motivate myself. Others can benefit if they need some encouragements
    scheng1´s last blog ..Debt free and financial freedom My ComLuv Profile

  20. Kenzy

    November 16, 2009
    9:58 pm

    now what that matters is not just the content, its if your readers enjoy what you are doing and trusts you.
    make money online´s last blog ..How To Make 200$ In A Day With Google Adsense Without A Website My ComLuv Profile

  21. Calvin from Body Health

    November 22, 2009
    7:09 pm

    These are great tips to drive traffic, understanding your audience is the key, you need to feed your readers information that they want to read, it’s one of the best tips to keep your readers coming back and look for more.

    Oussama, you have a great post here.

    Calvin
    Calvin@Body Health´s last blog ..Bladder Cancer – an early detection can save your life! My ComLuv Profile

  22. Senthil Ramesh

    December 6, 2009
    10:49 pm

    Cool you must be creative enough to make the hungry crowd of readers stick to your blog. Learning from feedback and understanding the readers can help you to give what they need. Comments are the best place for this. I always end with asking suggestions to my readers to improve the article which I can follow atleast in the next article.
    Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..What Does Google Say About These Websites My ComLuv Profile

  23. meka from earning money online

    February 3, 2010
    1:55 am

    Great points. Unique content is good but having and audience to read the content is better. You have gave some good tips in this article.
    meka@earning money online´s last blog ..The Newbie WorkBook – How I Made $446 In a Month Using Free Methods My ComLuv Profile

  24. Steve from trade show rock star

    February 7, 2010
    10:27 am

    Short but great article by Oussama.
    Quality content is critical, but it must also be UNIQUE. And even that is not enough… it must be something that people are interested in (and the more people that are interested in it, the better).
    So in the end you need content that is quality, unique, and of interest to other people!
    Sometimes this is easier said than done though. :)
    steve, trade show rock star

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