Blogging Your Way to Success

I’ve been playing with affiliate marketing the last month and was a bit surprised with the amount of traffic I was able to drive using a blog.

Below is how I set the blog up.

1. I used wordpress.

2. I placed this tag into the header for the SEO part of the site

<title><?php the_title(); ?></title>
<meta name="description" content="<?php the_title(); ?>"/>
<meta name="keywords" content="<?php the_title(); ?>"/>

3. I increased the ping list

1470.net/api/ping
a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b
api.feedster.com/ping
api.feedster.com/ping.php
api.moreover.com/ping
api.moreover.com/rpc2
api.my.yahoo.com/rpc2
api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping
bblog.com/ping.php
bitacoles.net/ping.php
bitacoras.net/ping
blog.goo.ne.jp/xmlrpc
blogdb.jp/xmlrpc
blogdigger.com/rpc2
blogmatcher.com/u.php
blogoole.com/ping/
blogoon.net/ping/
blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogupdates
blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1
blogsdominicanos.com/ping/
blogsearch.google.com/ping/rpc2
blogshares.com/rpc.php
blogsnow.com/ping
blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
bulkfeeds.net/rpc
coreblog.org/ping/
holycowdude.com/rpc/ping/
http://1470.net/api/ping
http://api.feedster.com/ping
http://api.feedster.comping
http://api.moreover.com/ping
http://api.moreover.com/rpc2
http://api.my.yahoo.com
http://api.my.yahoo.com/ping
http://api.my.yahoo.com/rpc2
http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping
http://api.my.yahoo.comping
http://bblog.comping.php
http://bitacoras.net/ping
http://blog.goo.ne.jp
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/xmlrpc
http://blogbot.dk
http://blogbot.dk/io/xml-rpc.php
http://blogdb.jp
http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc
http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc/
http://blogmatcher.com
http://blogmatcher.com/u.php
http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/rpc2
http://bulkfeeds.net
http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc
http://coreblog.org/ping/
http://coreblog.orgping/
http://mod-pubsub.org
http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt
http://ping.amagle.com/
http://ping.bitacoras.com
http://ping.blo.gs
http://ping.blo.gs/
http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/
http://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc/
http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpc
http://ping.exblog.jp/xmlrpc
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://ping.myblog.jp
http://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
http://ping.weblogs.se/
http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc
http://rcs.datashed.net
http://rcs.datashed.net/rpc2
http://rcs.datashed.net/rpc2/
http://rpc.blogrolling.com
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
http://rpc.pingomatic.com
http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://rpc.technorati.comping
http://rpc.weblogs.com
http://rpc.weblogs.com/rpc2
http://thingamablog.sourceforge.net/ping.php
http://thingamablog.sourceforge.netping.php
http://topicexchange.com
http://topicexchange.com/rpc2
http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php
http://www.a2b.cc
http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b
http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php
http://www.bitacoles.netping.php
http://www.blogdigger.com
http://www.blogdigger.com/rpc2
http://www.blogoole.com/ping/
http://www.blogoon.net/ping/
http://www.blogpeople.net
http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogupdates
http://www.blogroots.com
http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1
http://www.blogshares.com
http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php
http://www.blogsnow.com/ping
http://www.blogsnow.comping
http://www.blogstreet.com
http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
http://www.lasermemory.com
http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/
http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php
http://www.mod-pubsub.org/ping.php
http://www.mod-pubsub.orgping.php
http://www.newsisfree.com
http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php
http://www.popdex.com
http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php
http://www.snipsnap.org
http://www.snipsnap.org/rpc2
http://www.weblogues.com
http://www.weblogues.com/rpc/
http://xmlrpc.blogg.de
http://xmlrpc.blogg.de/
http://xping.pubsub.com/ping
http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/
http://xping.pubsub.comping/
imblogs.net/ping/
lasermemory.com/lsrpc/
mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt
mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php
newsisfree.com/rpccloud
newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php
ping.amagle.com/
ping.bitacoras.com
ping.blo.gs/
ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/
ping.blogmura.jp/rpc/
ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpc
ping.exblog.jp/xmlrpc
ping.feedburner.com
ping.myblog.jp
ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php
ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
ping.weblogs.se/
pinger.blogflux.com/rpc/
pingoat.com/goat/rpc2
pingqueue.com/rpc/
popdex.com/addsite.php
rcs.datashed.net/rpc2/
rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/rpc2
rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
rpc.pingomatic.com/
rpc.tailrank.com/feedburner/rpc2
rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
rpc.weblogs.com/rpc2
rpc.wpkeys.com/
snipsnap.org/rpc2
topicexchange.com/rpc2
trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php
weblogues.com/rpc/
xmlrpc.blogg.de
xmlrpc.blogg.de/
xping.pubsub.com/ping/
zhuaxia.com/rpc/server.php

4. I used a plug-in called Evermore so it only shows a small piece of the post on the home page. I then set the blog to show ten posts per page.

5. I used a plug-in called Gregarious that allows a site visitor to book mark the site in the social media network.

6. I used /%postname%/ to show the name of the post as the url.

7. I grabbed content off free article sites and started posting onto the site for content.

Now I needed to get traffic to the blog so here is what I started doing for traffic.

1. I started leaving comments on ten blogs per day.

2. I started submitting the blog to online blog directory sites.

3. I’ll start using blogxchange.com to get some traffic to the site.

4. I will start this coming week to post product reviews on the site.

5. I will start posting on other forums in the same industry this coming week.

6. I will bookmark the site through the social bookmarking sites.

7. I will be using RSS feeds starting this week for content for the blog.

8. I will start doing link exchanges and use sites like: Link Market - Free Link Exchange, Link Swap and Link Trade Directory. And GotLinks.com Free Link Exchange Service.

9. I will use sites like www.blogexplosion.com to drive more traffic to the blog.

10. Last but not least is CONTENT and I‘ll be adding articles everyday to the site from free article sites.

The blog was getting really good traffic but very little was going to the affiliate site. So I increased the size of the header and made it look like an entrance page. I am sure that there are those that will jump up and down and yell foul. But I am currently driving a ton of traffic to my affiliate site as well as making good money off it.

Now if I could only find about 10 more affiliates that are worth working with.