So you’ve published your first blog post, but you have noticed that you aren’t getting any visitors?  Think links!

In order to receive visitors to your new blog, you are going to require links, and lots of them.  For blogs which have only recently been established, this proves rather difficult.

Why is it difficult to acquire visitors?

1. New blogs are often bland and lack a sense of interactivity or community.  Have you ever noticed how a blog undergoes immense change within the first couple of months?  Understanding what does/doesn’t work on your blog is not a one-month process.
2. With the few visitors that you do receive, they will find it difficult to form an opinion on a blog that has only a few posts.  Let’s not forget that opinions are formed over time; although, first impressions do count.
3. That brings us smoothly into our third point - return visitors.  These sorts of visitors are the ones who will contribute the most to your blog either in terms of links, interactivity, or money.  If your blog is established, return visitors will comprise a large percentage of the visitors to your blog.
4. A lack of incoming links will undermine your blogs reach.  Referring sites and search engines are very pivotal in increasing the number of visitors to your site. Search engines will determine your site’s placement based on the number of links that point to your site. Around 62% of the visitors to BlogaPro are from search engines.

Don’t become disheartened

Blogging is a commitment. It’s easy to throw in the towel after a couple of weeks but don’t become disheartened.

Sites grow in popularity gradually.  My last blog wasn’t reaching 100 visitors on a daily basis until about 6 months after its inception when it suddenly sky rocketed in popularity.

If you publish content on a regular basis and shown enthusiasm for your niche, the number of visitors to your site will increase.

Stick in there…