If you're trying to earn a living from blogging, you already know that getting good traffic to your blog is one of the most challenge aspects of blogging.
Here are a few practical tips you can use to increase the flow of visitors to your blog.
One method for gaining blog traffic is by harnessing the power of social networking.
Go out and create a Facebook and Twitter page for your blog.
This not only gives you a chance to spread your blog content virally throughout the internet, but it also lets you connect more personally with your readers.
Another way to let your readers spread the word about your blog is through bookmarking sites like Reddit, Delicious, Digg and StumbleUpon.
Add links to your blog posts that allows your readers to bookmark what they've read if they like it.
Then you have loyal followers recommending you to their own loyal followers! Blogs are social spaces and you can use this to your advantage.
Find other blogs in your niche and become involved by leaving relevant and interesting comments on posts you find informative.
You could also offer other bloggers in your niche to write guest posts for them.
This will not only expose them to you and your blog, but it puts you in front of a whole new audience that might come through to your blog to see what else you have to say.
Finally, my favorite form of traffic generation is called article marketing.
That involves writing concise articles pertaining to your topic for article directories such as this one (EzineArticles).
By doing this, you give future readers a taste of your writing and what you have to offer.