Create a Contest and Generate Link Love
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 7:48Bloggers often create contests on their site because they know it will bring in new subscribers and readers. If done well, a contest can bring in hundreds of new visitors and increase your website traffic.
When you create a contest, offer participants numerous ways to enter. The more ways they have to enter, the more likely you are to have to qualified entries. Some popular ways for people to enter your contest include:
Signing up for RSS Feeds
Subscribe to the newsletter
Blog about the contest with a link back
Post the contest on other social networks with links back
You can also list your contest on any of the many contest sites online. Many bloggers go in search of new contests that they can post on their site. Your contest and link will drive traffic to your site through readers searching for contests to enter.
Those who choose to blog about your contest or to promote it on social network sites will include your contest and blog link in their posts and communications with others.
Many bloggers hold a contest every month and sometimes every week in order to keep traffic coming to their site.
