how to increase traffic to your blog? 1) be an expert. in something. be able to back it up with education, experience and detailed expertise. 2) write often. new content generates traffic and visits all by itself. 3) allow easy participation in what youve written. comments, checking on comments, replying to replies keeps people coming back. 4) be a helpful and supportive part of an internet micro-community. get outside of your own blog once in awhile. plan on visiting other blogs and forums and communities of people looking for answers to their questions and answer them. write an article for someone else once in awhile (yes for free). have them write one for you too (of course you pay them something, that's simply professional). 5) advertise your blog. yes. everyone “pays” for traffic. its not a failure of any kind. its simply advertising. budget some amount every three months and do the same type of marketing you'd do for a product: mailers, magazine and newspaper, online. 6) provide an actual pay-for product or solution. even if nobody buys it, the product or solution for sale (and its price) legitimizes your expertise and your blog.

there you go. be fruitful. multiply.