Today we will discuss about you you can bring your old posts to life and drive traffic to old post.
How to Promote Your old blog posts : eAskme |
The tips we discuss here today, never overdo them and use them only on those posts that still have importance. Target search engine in your blog posts to get organic traffic which is best for old blog posts.
There are two types of post one is time sensitive who are relevant for only short period of time, other is evergreen post that are always relevant. When you selecting an old post to promote then always choose evergreen post.
How to promote old blog posts for more traffic:
This is one effective trick to drive traffic to your old post. I usually schedule my old post on Twitter and specially those post which are already tweeted 100 of times, with time such post get more tweets and you keep getting traffic and comments on such posts. You can use WordPress plugin like Tweet old post.
Facebook:
By sharing your old post with audience is the best way to drive traffic to your old post. This strategy is an evergreen strategy which works always. Share old and new both posts on facebook page. Choose an optimum post frequency.Internal-linking
Internal linking is one of the best ways to optimize your old post, where you link old post with new post using anchor text which is also good for search engines. relevant interlinking help you get more traffic, reduce bounce rate and increse average time on site. Do internal linking in all of your posts.It`s like making a chain of all links of your site. In Owrdpress you can use SEO smart link for auto linking.
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