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So, you have a blog. You’re pretty sure you know everything about getting traffic to it, right? I’ll admit, I thought I was–until I read this article. It’s an insightful piece with useful tips on how to get traffic to your blog written by Denise Wakeman and Patsi Krakoff on eZineArticles.com. Here are a few of the steps, check out the full list here.

• Set up a feed on MyYahoo.com so your site gets regularly spidered by the Yahoo search engine (see tutorial on http://www.biztipsblog.com)
• Read and comment on other blogs that are in your target niche. Don’t write things like “nice blog” or “great post.” Write intelligent, useful comments with a link to your blog.
• Submit your blog to blog directories. The most comprehensive list of directories is on this site: http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55/
• Put a link to your blog on every page of your website
• Include a link to your blog as a standard part of all outgoing correspondence such as autoresponder sequences, sales letters, reports, white papers, etc.
• Print your blog URL on your business cards, brochures and flyers.
• Write articles to post around the web in article directories. Include a link to your blog in the author info box (See example in our signature below).
• Make a commitment to blog everyday. 10 minutes a day can help increase your traffic as new content attracts search engine spiders. Put it on your calendar as a task every day at the same time.