Article will be divided into four short parts:

What works for me?

What doesn’t work for me?

What should work for me in the future?

Your recommendations about social network sites

Let’s start with it:

What works for me?

Below there are the most important social networks which drive traffic to my blog.

Triberr.com

At this moment it’s the best social network (in my opinion it’s not a tool, but exactly SOCIAL NETWORK). There are a lot of bloggers, internet marketers, SEO and social media specialists which share their content (blog posts) on Twitter, Facebook and other social platforms. I spend about 15- 20 minutes a day to check what’s interesting and what I want to share with my followers.

You may be interested in reading: How to Use Triberr – Best Social Network for Bloggers?

Twitter

I get most traffic (except direct traffic and organic traffic from Google) from Twitter. Unfortunately visitors bounce rate is the highest and time spent by them on my website is almost the shortest…

You may be interested in reading: How to Use Twitter?

Facebook

Traffic from Facebook is very interesting. Amount of visitors from Facebook isn’t impressive (in last 30 days it was 148 visitors from Facebook), but average time which they spend on my site is the longest (6 minutes 17 seconds)

You may be interested in reading: How to Get More Likes on Facebook?

Bloggers.com

Bloggers.com is a network of bloggers. You can get a lot of traffic from this source but you must be active on this platform. Especially when you will be one of three bloggers of the day (when I was featured I got 52 direct visits from this site only in two days) you can get some related traffic. What’s more, bounce rate is the smallest…

StumbleUpon

StumbleUpon also drive some traffic to my blog. But this traffic, IMHO, is not very good – visitors spend about 0 minutes and 6 seconds on my site on average and it’s about 63 times less than visitors from bloggers.com

There are also some “sharing” services which I didn’t try at all, but they sent some traffic to my site and I want to mention them below:

http://inbound.org/

http://hootsuite.com/

http://www.scoop.it/

http://paper.li/

BizSugar

Some of my articles got many votes on this community and it’s driving traffic to NoPassiveIncome. There are some popular bloggers using this site and I definetely suggest you to try it.

This article is hot on BizSugar, see here.

What doesn’t work for me?

I don’t want to describe why it doesn’t work for me. Maybe it’s a problem of topics on my blog, maybe I don’t know how to use it. In any case – I tried following sites without effect for my site. Maybe you have other experience? If yes you can share it in comments at the end of this post.

Reddit

I got some traffic from this site. But it’s not so easy and in most cases they prefer videos, pictures or topics not related with blogging…

LinkReferral

I spent some time on visiting and even reviewing some sites they recommend. Unfortunately without any result… What’s more, I don’t want to link directly to this site because there are some links (a few, but there are) which neighborhood may be treated as bad…

Pinterest

Pinterest is only one site from this list which I want to give another chance. But at this moment I get only few visits a month from it…

What should work for me in the future?

In this year I plan to check how following social networks work (for traffic purpose). But you can connect with me even now (if you want of course )

Slideshare

I plan to be really active here. My goal is to create at least five presentations till the end of this year. So you can connect with me on Slideshare to see my results

LinkedIn

I suppose links from LinkedIn are good not only for SEO purposes, but also for direct traffic and social proof. So don’t hesitate and connect with me on LinkedIn too.

Google+

I started to connect with some of my friends on G+ but unfortunately Google banned my personal account. I don’t know why and I’m still waiting for reconsideration. But you can connect with my website on Google+

You Tube

The last one network I plan to check this year is You Tube. At this moment I don’t know how I will find some time for creating videos, but I know that I must.

What is your recommendation about social network sites?

Okey, now it’s your turn. What works for you and what doesn’t work for you?

And what do you think about following social networks:

Blogengage

and

NetworkedBlogs

Please share your social network experience in comments below.

In the last two months I read more than 200 articles and blog posts about SEO and traffic. I make a little compilation from them and in this post I collected most important tips (and links) about traffic and SEO which I found on blogosphere.

This article is divided into two parts.

The first one is about 35 Traffic and SEO tips – it’s my compilation of SEO and traffic tips

The second part is a base for it – it includes links to almost 40 great articles from bloggers.

Part I

Traffic & SEO Tips

1. Define Who Is Your Reader

2. Plan Your Traffic and SEO

3. Follow Your Plan

4. Use Keyword Research Tools (like Google Keyword Tool or Market Samurai)

5. Use SEO Tools for Analyzing Your Competition (Alexa, SEMRush, Majestic SEO)

6. Use Analytical Tools to Monitor your Site

7. Optimize Your Website (Onsite Optimization)

8. Use Proper Keywords on Your Site

9. Avoid Keyword Stuffing

10. Use Internal Linking

11. Don’t Overoptimize Your Website

12. Don’t Overuse Black Hat SEO Methods

13. Don’t Rely on One Source of Traffic

14. Write for Your Readers, Not for Google

15. Prepare Great Content for Your Readers

16. Mix Content on Your Website

17. Get a Lot of Quality Links to Your Site

18. Try to Get Various Types of Links

19. Don’t Get Thousands Links too Quickly

20. Don’t Link to Bad Neighbourhood from Your Site

21. Remove Links from Bad Neighbourhood

22. Make Social Media Your Friend (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, G+)

23. Add Shares Buttons to Social Media

24. Make Relationships with Bloggers

25. Make Comments on Other Blogs

26. Write Articles for Other Websites

27. Accept Guest Posts on Your Blog

28. Go Viral (Click to Tweet!)

29. Start Building Your Email List Today

30. Participate in Social Networks (Bloggers.com, Tribber)

31. Think Broad, Concentrate on Details

32. Be Up to Date with Trends and News in Your Niche

33. Update Your Site Frequently

34. Be Consistent in Your Actions

35. Don’t Give Up – Building Traffic Needs Time

Part II

SEO Resources (Articles Written by Other Bloggers)

 (in alphabetical order)

Jason Acidre @ kaiserthesage.com

SEO Strategies and Inbound Marketing Best Practices for 2012

21 Advanced Link Building Strategies

Link Building in 2012: Scalable Link Building

A Link Development Strategy for Large Websites

Viral Content Ideas for Boring Industries

Anti-Penguin Link Building Plan

Jeff Bullas @ jeffbullas.com

50 Ways To Optimize Your Blog

50 Social Media Marketing Tips and Tactics

Kristjan @ detailedsuccess.com

Detailed Guide To Backlinking Success For Niche Websites

Pat Flynn @ smartpassiveincome.com

THE Backlinking Strategy That Works

Casey Henry @ seomoz.org

What Makes a Link Worthy Post – Part 1

What Makes a Link Worthy Post – Part 2

Kristi Hines @ kikolani.com

40 Advanced and Alternative Search Engines

Natural Link Building 101

Search Engine Marketing vs. Social Media Marketing: The Showdown

Ana Hoffman @ trafficgenerationcafe.com

My Favorite Bite-Sized Web Traffic Tips: Reader’s Digest Version

The Highly Profitable Traffic Strategy You Aren’t Using Yet

Jennifer Horowitz @ ecombuffet.com

Farmers, Pandas, Penguins Oh My!

Chadrack Irobogo @ webincomejournal.com

Google Panda And Penguin Updates: What You Should Know To Stay Ahead Of The Game!

Jeevan Jacob John @blognetworking101.com

Why Commenting and Social Media Suck As Traffic Sources

Ankush Kohli @ emarketinguide.com

Mobile Website SEO Tips & Guide

Chris Madej @ NoPassiveIncome.com

8 Helpful Tips, How To Promote Your Blog

20 SEO Tips for Beginner Bloggers

Google Penguin Attacked – 50 Types of Links to Strengthen Your Website

Admin @ micrositemasters.com

Penguin Analysis: SEO Isn’t Dead, But You Need to Act Smarter (And 5 Easy Ways to Do So!)

Nick @ nickstraffictricks.com

How To Build Back Links Super Fast

Massive DoFollow Blog List Directory

How To Build Backlinks – Fast & Easy Strategies To Build Backlinks

How To Rank #1 In Google

Francisco Perez (ditesco) @ iblogzone.com

Best SEO Plugins For WordPress 2012 (part 1)

Best SEO Plugins For WordPress 2012 (part 2)

Daniel Scocco @ dailyblogtips.com

Blog Project: 30 Traffic Generation Tips

Amit Shaw @ itechcode.com

List of CommentLuv Enabled Blogs for 2012

Best Tips to Raise Traffic For Your Website

Jane Sheeba @ probloggingsuccess.com

Traffic Generation Formula: Is Blog Commenting And Social Media Out?

Viral Marketing: Generate High Potential Viral Blog Traffic

Gregory Smith @ rxseo.net

Link Building Secrets – Post Panda and Penguin

Matt Smith @ onlineincometeacher.com

15 Great Off-Page SEO Techniques

And what do you think about it? What are your tips & tricks to get a lot of traffic? Or maybe I forgot about your post or article and you must be here?

All related links in comments are welcome.