Remarkablogger

I want to tell you about my next event, which is all about growing blog traffic.

Because if there’s one thing bloggers want more than anything in the world, it’s traffic. Traffic is like a drug. It doesn’t matter how much you get, it’s never enough and you always want more. The law of diminishing returns sets in. Traffic levels that used to make your heart leap in your chest now make you yawn. And if they dip down below whatever level is unacceptable to you, you get angry and frustrated, and you worry it’ll never climb back up.

And if you’re trying to make money from your blog, more traffic means more money.

I kept my last seminar small, exclusive, and, let’s be honest, not that cheap. (SEO is a high-value arena. There are technical aspects of SEO and there is definitely a mystique about it… which the attendees of my seminar had dispelled for them).

But I want to take a different approach with the Growing Blog Traffic Live Teleseminar.

• Instead of allowing only 12 people to attend, I’m going to allow 50 (if it sells out at 50, I can’t say at this point if will extend it or not).
• Instead of charging $127, I’m only going to charge $67 (100% money-back satisfaction guarantee, of course).
• Instead of holding it on a weeknight, I’m going to hold it on a Saturday afternoon (Oct. 18 at 3pm Eastern).
• Instead of using a survey, I’m going to do some reconnaissance on this the “messy” way: with blog comments! (on this post)
• I’m telling you what the price is before I even tell you what’s in it… because a big part of what’s going to be in it will be decided by your questions and needs.

What’s in the Seminar?

Now, there are a lot of traffic programs out there that claim to give you the voodoo secrets to magically sending a tsunami of blog traffic your way. Some of them are fantastic, and some are crap. Some are mind-blowingly expensive, most are too cheap to feel like they’re worth anything. Most of them are going to tell you the same things.

Mine will tell you some of those things, too, because there is such a thing as the basics. And that’s fine, because many of you are so new to this that you need the basics in a big way.

However, I’ve been doing my own traffic experiments, and I have stuff for you in the traffic department that’s different from the other guys.

In addition to your questions answered, here are several key take-aways you’ll receive in this seminar:

• Beyond commenting: two words that make all the difference
• One of the least-known and underutilized secrets to blog traffic
• The one thing that’s really stopping you from getting the traffic you want

There is going so much cool stuff in this seminar, it’s going to make you want to start putting these tips and methods to work right away. Attendees from my WordPress SEO seminar said that they learned an incredible amount–Growing Blog Traffic will be just as informative.

3 Bloggers will earn “Traffic Scholarships”

In order to get questions, feedback, and to make this an example-in-action of blog traffic generation, I’m holding a competition. Here’s the deal:

The top 3 traffic referrers to this post get into the event at no charge.

It’s like a “traffic scholarship.” I’m going to check my analytics for the top referrers for this post the day before the seminar.

The Trackback URL for this post is: http://michaelmartine.com/2008/10/01/blog-traffic-seminar/

The top 3 will get free spots in the seminar (their fee will be refunded) and their blog URLs will be specifically mentioned and the bloggers congratulated during the seminar. If a blogger wishes to, the traffic scholarship may be given to another person (just email me the details).

Register now and ask your questions in the comments below!

Remarkablogger Blog Traffic Seminar: October 18 at 3pm - 5pm Eastern.

Where: Anywhere you have a phone–it’s a teleseminar. Registrants will be sent a phone number and an access number to call in.

How to register: Enter your blog URL in the box below and click the Buy Now button

Enter Your Blog URL (for the contest):

P.S. - Don’t forget to come back here and leave questions in the comments below! If someone else asks the same question you have, please “vote” for it by telling me you have the same question. If you don’t want to leave a comment here, you can always email me: michaelmartine@gmail.com. Just put “traffic seminar question” in the subject line.

P.P.S. - For those of you gunning for the “traffic scholarship”, get busy sending in that traffic! Let’s see what you can do!

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Note: this post was edited on 10/5 to tighten up the wording and add more information.