Have Bread? Make Toast! Jimvesting’s Social Commenting Method Explained

18 Mar 2010

Have Bread? Make Toast! Jimvesting’s Social Commenting Method Explained

Author: Jim | Filed under: Traffic Techniques

We all know that traffic is the lifeblood of any successful online venture, but many people simply cannot figure out how to feed their hard work with consistent traffic. This is why today we are going to talk about how you can turn bread into toast using Jimvesting’s Social Commenting Method.

Why Toast is Better Than Bread

One of the best ways that I have found to instantly get a consistent (& growing) flow of traffic to your websites combines two popular means: blog commenting and social media. Most people starting out tend to focus on one or the other, which is absolutely fine… but isn’t taking full advantage of what the internet has to offer.

Bottom Line: If I have a slice of bread and a toaster, I’m not going to sit idly by and just eat the bread… no, no… I’m going to use what I have and make toast, which is inherently superior to bread in every way imaginable.

The Inputs:

Blog Comments (the “bread”)
When you want to make toast, you need a foundation. Much like a slice of bread, going around and dropping comments on blogs that write about similar topics should be a great starting foundation for seeing some traffic reciprocated to your blog. If you’d like to learn more about how to maximize your traffic using blog commenting, check out our post about the subject.

Social Media (the “toaster”)
Once we have our bread in place, we have to heat it up a little to make it taste awesome. I’d say that the social media world of Digg, StumbleUpon, Facebook and Twitter (my favorites for driving fast & lasting traffic) are a lot like a big toaster oven — they heat up content to maximize your probability of getting traffic. Again, we’ve written about the best ways to use social media to your advantage after you post new content.

Now Let’s Make Some Toast!

One of the mistakes I made when I originally started out was thinking that I could only do one or the other: commenting or social media. When I would write a post, I would use Digg and StumbleUpon on my own website… and then try to get some additional traffic by commenting around the blogosphere. This is not the best way to do it, and you need to use social media to your advantage at all times.

Three Steps to a Traffic Surge:

1. Find blogs with recent posts on a similar subject (with few/no comments)
2. Leave a constructive comment with a link back to your website
3. Use StumbleUpon and Digg to pump traffic to their blog!

Naturally, you should always try your best to move traffic with social media (I recommend Twitter and Facebook) to your own blog posts. However, I have found that using your accounts at Digg and StumbleUpon becomes more effective when you are recommending someone else’s content. Therefore, by leaving comments on other blogs in your niche area… you can drive lots of added traffic to your own website (by association) any time you Digg or Stumble their posts.

So what have we done here? We’ve taken something good (blog commenting) and made it better with social media! We’ve turned our boring cold piece of white bread into a fantastically tasty piece of toast. I guarantee you will see a notable uptick in your daily traffic if you start to pump traffic to other blogs that you have commented on, and this traffic will be mostly reoccurring and high-quality which is very nice for SEO.

Bon Appetit!
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