This is a guest blog post by Dr. Teeth from Blogging Buzz

So you want to make money from your blog, well you are certainly not alone but you are probably finding that to make money, you need traffic and you are also not alone there either. Millions of bloggers want traffic but you need to learn how to get it to your blog and not it let pass you by.

One of the most important things to consider is your content. Your blog content needs to be quality content that is updated regularly. Creating your blog and then leaving it to fade into the background is certainly not going to bring you any traffic. Search engine crawlers are always looking for fresh, quality content. Keywords are important when writing content on your blog and so make sure that you are choosing the right content with the right keywords to attract those crawlers.

Not only will this attract the search engine crawlers to your blog, but it will also encourage your viewers and subscribers to return often to your site, boost your comments and get more referrals to your blog. Your readers want to see dedication to a blog that is regularly updated and is full of quality content.

Next, you need to tag it, make use of the tags on your blog and every time you write a new post remember to use your tags. You can do this manually in your blog or if you are using a platform such as Wordpress then make use of the plug-ins they have available, such as their SimpleTags plug-in. Make sure, that you tag every keyword in your post, by using tags effectively, you will see an increase in quality traffic, very quickly.

As with all things, if you want to make money with your blog and get traffic, you can not just sit back and wait for it to land on your lap, you need to get your blog out there.

Millions of bloggers are writing similar posts and creating similar blogs to yours and so use that to your advantage. Comment on their blog posts and leave a link to your blog, there is a massive community for bloggers and so you need to become a part of that. Not only add your link to other blogs, anywhere and everywhere you possibly can. Whether it is online around various forums or as a signature in your email, also do it offline especially if you have business cards, then add your blog address to them.

Another way to get traffic to your blog and a way that many bloggers are starting to jump on the band wagon with is pinging. Using pinging software such as Ping-O-Matic can benefit your blog no end when it comes to driving traffic to it, pinging is basically sending out a signal to search engines and weblog tracking sites that you have new content on your blog. So, every time you update your blog and add new content, ping it.

There are many other ways to drive traffic to your blog, such as adding your blog to traditional search engines, article directories and social bookmarking sites. Social bookmarking sites such as Digg and StumbleUpon are becoming a popular choice for bloggers to drive traffic to their blog.

You may come across offers and various types of software that can increase your traffic, there are many programs that people are offering bloggers at a cost, with a promise to increase their traffic with automated traffic generators. Though many of them can do this and no doubt work effectively for some bloggers, proceed with caution. There is really no need to be parting with your hard earned cash for a promise of traffic when with a little time and effort you can get your own traffic for free.

Thanks Dr. Teeth for providing this article to Balkhis users. Check out his site Blogging Buzz

Alright Balkhis users, this is the second last day of the contest. June 17th 2008. Tommorrow will be the day that contest ends, so make sure you have done all the clues listed on Balkhis ML Contest Official Post. Also to those email subscribers who have subscribed but have not verified their emails. You will not recieve points until you verify, so check your spam folders for feedburner email. From my last post, alot of people have checked and emailed me and it has been sorted out. If you have issues feel free to contact me.

Having that said, let me go on to explain what Clue #9 is all about. Well you guys know about entrecard right. Yeah it is something like dropping your business card on the wind sheild of every car hoping that you will get one customer. Yup, but in this case you are dropping cards on people’s sites and they visit yours and drop their card on your site. So basically it is like a traffic exchange system. You can earn entrecard credits by selling daily adspace on yoru site and such. But I am not going to ask you to drop cards on my site. BTW: If you want some tips about entrecards, then check out this cool article I wrote about Powerdropping entrecard in 30 minutes.

In this clue I want you guys to write a recommendation for Balkhis and add me to your favorites. Your recommendation can be positive, or negative. Basically what you feel about this site.

Here is how you add the recommendation. (Make sure you are registered at entrecard first)

Visit my Profile Page

Then on the top right hand side click write a recommendation.

And that should do the job.

To add favorites … It is also on the right hand side.

By doing this will get you 4 points in the contest.

Join entrecard if you want more exposure for your site. It is not only for blogs because I see alot of other sites using it also.

Stay updated with the contest. Good luck you all.

A few days back I wrote about Balkhis at Entrecard. Now after 5 days of being at entrecard, I have collected a resource for you. This post will show the results I recieved from entrecard (Increase in traffic), Tips on how to power drop, meaning how to drop 300 cards within 30 minutes. Why everyone should entrecard and more.

First of all let me begin by saying, I am very happy with the 30 minutes – 1 hour I spent on Entrecard. My traffic has increased by 200 unique visitors, and I am seeing a trend that the traffic is increasing even more. My entrecard credits are increasing every day because I am dropping 300 cards every day, and it doesn’t take me more than 30 minutes. The other 30 minutes I spent on spending my entrecard credits by advertising on other sites.

How to drop 300 cards in 30 minutes?

Well first thing you need to do is and then you need to login to your entrecard account. Why do I say firefox because it allows faster tab browsing then internet explorer, and doesnot just shut off on you like Internet explorer would if you try to open too many tabs at once.

The next thing you need to do is find your category. Visit all the sites that are related to your site and bookmark them. So now you are bookmarking 300 sites total. The first time will take you long because you are visiting sites and looking to find the right one. Then the next day it will be less than 30 minutes. Ok so now when you are bookmarking sites, don’t bookmark all of them in just one bookmark folder. Split it in 10 bookmark folders and have 30 in each, so when you go onto do this the next day and after you will just click open all in each folder. Give 1 minute for each site to load, and then begin power dropping. Drop your article in all. Now repeat this same thing with the rest 9 of your bookmark folders. You can begin powerdropping with Balkhis

If your blog is webmaster related, then while I was collecting the list for me I have saved it in an html file. Which contains a link to 300 sites. Just use this page and open each link in multiple tabs if you don’t want the lengthy process.

List of 300 sites by Balkhis Powerdrop Entrecard

For those who don’t know how to do this quickly. Get a mouse if you don’t have one. Hold on to the key Ctrl + T and click on all the links and it will open itself in tabs.

Above are two very fast ways that will take you around 30 minutes or less to drop 300 cards every day. (The time will vary if you are on a slower internet connection)

Don’t forget when you drop at Balkhis, I will follow and drop on yours. I try to follow each drop. (So start by dropping at Balkhis).

Why should everyone use Entrecard?

Entrecard increases traffic as I mentioned above because the traffic of Balkhis has increased by 200 uniques every day from entrecard. Entrecard is an unique opportunity for branding your business logo. I don’t know why people use default cards when they can just upload their site’s logo. You can use entrecard to advertise your site on other sites in your niche. By advertising daily, you don’t realize how much you are saving because you might spend 200 entrecards and advertise on about 11 sites. Thats less than 30 minutes of work if you look at the technique above. Also it is great for bloggers who want to advertise on sites like Balkhis, or Problogger, they can use entrecard credits and advertise. If your logo appears on Balkhis or other huge blogs like Problogger then you will get alot of branding for your company.

Advertise on Balkhis using Entrecard

Also Entrecard have a shop that will allow users to buy bunch of other products for entrecard credits. I believe that entrecard credits will become a future currency of Blogosphere, so everyone should join it.

Entrecard, the new generation of Business Cards has been used by many of the professional bloggers, but I kind of stayed away for a bit. You can call it my lazyness and lack of interest. I was talking to one of my close friend on instant messenger, and the topic came up. I decided that I should just sign up. After signing up, I started dropping my card on all of my favorite blogs that are using the feature. I also put the codes on Balkhis. Today is the first day, I have had over 100 cards dropped at my site, and 5 ad purchases. Pretty darn sweet.

Well here is the deal, you drop cards on mine, and I will follow (will try to keep up with everyone). The button is located on the sidebar, right above the alexa button, and one more reason you should leave a card for me is I am surfing with an Alexa Toolbar on. So it will effect your alexa.

Why should bloggers use this feature? It increases your traffic enormously. Another thing it does, is brand your logo. I see so many people using the default style cards. People come on. Brand your logo so you can your brand out there on your business cards. Not your business card companies brand.

Unexpectedly, The price for Balkhis ad is at 32 ecredit. Which means your ad will show on my page for one day. There is a 4 day wait right now. Get in the line before you have to wait for more than that !

http://entrecard.com/details/32551

Above is my entrecard profile link. Get entrecard now for those who are interested in increasing your traffic.

I love the Dot Com life style. I work when I want to. I don’t have to go to a certain place to work. Just work from my apartment on my bed. Many people are like dude how do you make money. How do you get enough fun.

Well check what Balkhis as a site got me.

I bought an electric guitar and an amp from a part of my blog income. Isn’t that sweet. The only problem is I don’t know any cords except for 3 . But I will learn no worries. This helps me in two ways. When I have nothing to write about, and I am running out of ideas, I play the guitar. And when I am frustrated, I just put the volume on high and start doing a really angry solo (which means I just hit random strings) lol.

I got this a couple days ago, and finally since I have decided that I am not going to return it because I like it. Therefore I am posting it here. Maybe one day when I get good enough, I will put one of my videos on youtube

Don’t just do business with all your income. You need to give yourself some self-encouragement also.