In order to have a profitable blog you need to promote that blog properly. Without traffic there is no way you can make money. It is just common sense. You need traffic in order to make money. Not only will advertisers not want to advertise, but you are not going to get affiliate clicks and things of that nature. So, I think it is safe to say that it is absolutely necessary that you learn to drive traffic to your site.

So, today I want to lay out three simple steps you can take in order to help drive traffic to your blogs. These are simple to follow steps and you can start implementing them today. So, if you want to start driving traffic to your blogs, pay attention to the following paragraphs.

1. Search Engine Optimization

It is absolutely necessary that you search engines optimize your blog. The best way to do that is to start with the right platform. WordPress is the only platform to use when it comes to blogging in my opinion. WordPress puts you above the rest to start with. But, there are a couple other tweaks you should make. Like you should make sure you set up your permalinks. This will make your blog links very search engine friendly.

2. Write Articles

Writing articles is a fantastic way to drive traffic to your site. Articles can drive traffic, but they also serve a different purpose. You can use articles to build back links to your site. Google and other search engine companies use back links to determine the quality of a site. So, you want to make sure you have plenty of back links.

3. RSS Submission

Submitting your blog's RSS feed is a fantastic way to drive traffic., doing this can be very time consuming. So, it depends on the type of time you have. If you have time to go to a bunch of sites and submit your RSS feed I would highly suggest doing that. If you do not have the time, there are plenty of tools that are available to help you do this. Actually, I will be talking about one in the very next paragraph.