1. Create link clusters within your blog
A link cluster is a group of links that you can point at a post or
page to improve its search engine ranking. Let’s say you have a post
that’s ranked for ‘stupid business ideas’. Edit 10 of your other posts
to create links (using ‘stupid business ideas’ as the anchor text) to
the ‘stupid business ideas’ post and you will surely move up in Google
for that keyword. This process can be implemented in about 10 minutes and can be used for any keyword your site ranks for or is trying to rank for.
2. Rework HTML title tags of trafficked posts
By watching your stats, you can often identify posts that get search
traffic from a keyword, even though the keyword isn’t listed in the HTML
title of the post. By editing your posts’ HTML titles to add the
keywords they cover, you can strengthen the rankings and therefore the
traffic that the post generates. You can easily make a difference with
this method in less than 20 minutes. This method combines very well with #1.
3. Invite your readers to connect with you on Twiiter and Facebook
You can never ever have too many friends on SU and Facebook. Inviting
existing readers to find you on these services with a post should take
less than 20 minutes.
4. Save your best posts for the best times of the week
Writing a home-run post on a Saturday afternoon will probably happen
from time to time. However, does your blog have good traffic on
Saturdays? Analyzing your blog’s stats to determine when it naturally
has the most traffic can get more eyes on a great post, which will
translate to more social votes and more links. If you have created the
post of your life, wait for a good day to publish – it will cost you
about 1 minute on a later date to put it up.
5. Edit your post one more time
How can you improve your title? How can you improve your first paragraph? Small details in your post, especially in the beginning of your post,
can make an enormous difference in its ability to draw social traffic
and links. You can definitely improve your title, first paragraph,
formatting, and grammar within 30 minutes.
