The good news is you don’t have to give up because you can drive traffic to your website using these three little known ways:

1. Don’t Upload Great Content

You have probably heard people telling you that you should keep uploading great content to your blog, you will start getting traffic. Forget all that. What you need to upload is the right content.

Here’s the thing, if you upload great content, you’re only spinning your wheels and going nowhere. People only read content that is beneficial to them.

How do you know if it’s the right content? For starters, it is actionable. People love content they can use to solve their problems.

If they realize that your content is actionable, they will be coming to your website to look for information they can use to solve their problems.

2. Promote Your Content Like A Madman

Do you have social media accounts? Use those accounts to promote your content. Before you promote your content on social media, make sure it’s the right platform for your type of content.

If you own a food blog, for instance, your content is likely to do better on Instagram and Facebook than on LinkedIn.

Once you have identified which platform works best for your website, you should promote it as much as you can without appearing like a spammer.

If, for example you have put together a list post, you should tweet about it as much as every hour. Rather than tweeting about the same thing, you can tweet your subtitles.

Don’t forget to add social media buttons below and above your content to make it easier for people to share your content.

You can also include paid advertising on your social media accounts so that your content is noticed by more people.

You can find a good guide to promoting your content at the Quick Sprout site here – http://www.quicksprout.com/the-advanced-guide-to-content-marketing-chapter-9/

3. Get Your Content Noticed By Industry Influencers

Find out who the main influencers in your industry are and how you can get in touch with them. Next, think of a topic that you would like them to weigh in.

The fact that they are influencers means they have a huge following and they are considered industry experts.

Most influencers will take their time to address any issues where people want their expert opinion. Quote their answers in your blog post.

Once your post goes live, give all the influencers who weighed in a heads up and request them to share it with their followers. There’s a high chance that most of them, if not all, will share it.