Ana Hoffman registered the domain for Traffic Generation Cafe on June 08, 2010. Just 1.5 years later, her Alexa ranking is 8,764 (that means she gets a whole lot of visitors to her site). Impressive, right? I kind of thought that someone who has figured out the secrets to getting millions of page views would want to keep those secrets to herself.
I was wrong.
In this interview Ana shares the precise tactics she has used to bring enormous amounts of traffic to her website. We even broke those tactics down into actionable steps, so that anyone who watches the video can replicate them.
Watch this interview to learn:
- the trick that makes Twitter users WANT to come to your site
- a method of Tweeting that beats the system
- how a few Facebook fans can be leveraged for higher traffic than 130,000 Twitter followers
- the one thing you aren’t doing (but should be) for solid email list retention
- why your niche blog isn’t getting traffic, and how to fix it
- how to skyrocket your conversions
Thanks so much for watching, and I hope you enjoy the show.
Can you do me a favour? I’d love your feedback on this interview. Length. Topic. Style.
So, leave a comment, even if just to let me know you are alive. :- )
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Michael
Update: Mark (a viewer) prepared and shared his notes on this interview. Cool! Check them out here: http://interestingwebs.blogspot.com/2012/01/increase-website-traffic-tips-from-best.html
Wow, never knew my teeth were so white… LOL
It was such a pleasure, Michael; this was the first interview I ever spilled so much for.
You have a way of asking great questions!
Thanks again for sharing your strategies Ana.
Now I’m going to implement them to make sure everyone else can watch this interview too!
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Michael
P.S: It’s funny, your comment was marked as spam – maybe “white teeth” is a trigger?
Hello,
Exceptional interview, thoroughly enjoyed it; the content was great!
I’ve only just discovered Ana ( with One ‘A’ ), and I have to say she managed to create an instant rapport with me as I’m sure she does with her other subscribers, it’s so rare these days to come across someone genuinely honest and transparent.
Oh, and by the way – brilliant interview, well done. (Have I already said that?)
Regards,
Michael
PS. I have subscribed to your blog.
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Pretty impressive! This is indeed one of the best blogger interview I’ve ever seen. Thanks for your “secrets” and for getting ‘em rollin’ Ana
Cheers to that!
Thanks for watching Argie and good luck implementing Ana’s tactics!
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Michael
P.S: sorry this took awhile to approve – was marked as spam
Ana, what a value packed interview! You took about an hour in my working evening, and gal, I am stunned with the tips you shared here transparently.
No doubt you’ve become an authority so soon. I’ve been following you closely since I knew you
To me you are an authority blogger from whom I can learn and an unbeatable friend!
VALUE PACKED is a good way to describe it. I was impressed with how good of an interviewee Ana is!
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Michael
Hi, as requested, just wanted to let you know I´m alive
And of course been listening to your interview with Ana, very informative and inspiring. Thanks to both of you.
Thanks Asa – that makes three of us ;- )
Glad you enjoyed the show – definitely lot’s of actionable tips!
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Michael
Hi Michael,
I can attest to the power of a blog commenting tribe. Ana accepted me into her tribe about a year ago and my blog has been getting so much more traffic ever since.
My alexa is now about 150,000 global and a PR of 4. All thanks to the tribe and the quality people involved in it. Ana really knows how to get traffic.
Thanks for sharing this interview Michael, very informative.
Ian
My pleasure Ian, thanks for watching.
Checked out your blog. Looks like the tribe really jump started a lively community too!
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Michael
Awesome! This was a fantastic interview. I cracked up when Ana mentioned G+ because that is exactly how I found this.
Anywho – I am totally motivated. I have been contemplating how to utilize Linkedin for 2012 and Ana gave me the perfect idea: a group for my tribe.
So I literally just launched a group for content generation firm owners like myself that I sent out to my circle of influence. Hopefully people will join up and be proactive to boost our traffic all around.
Good times!
My only critique of the interview is the sound mixing. Ana was a lot louder than you Michael so I found myself changing the volume a lot on my end. Not a huge deal but you asked for feedback
Alright! I bet Ana would agree that there is nothing better for traffic generation than taking action – so all the best wishes for your LinkedIn group Amie!
Thanks for the feedback re: sound. I’ll fix that in future interviews.
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Michael
Why is it that people’s voices (when you finally hear them) don’t seem to mesh with their photographs?
(All the great info in you video, and this is what my brain gets amazed by!)
Happy Holidays!
It’s funny right? Sometimes I’ll meet new friends in China that were raised here, but studied somewhere like… Australia. They’ve learned English via imitation, so the accents are pretty strong. Fascinating. Just another example of voices not matching expectations.
Happy holidays!
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Michael
Ana’s blog totally rocks! Thanks so much for posting this….it always helps to hear how she has done so well to make us all more motivated.
I think her main thing is that she is REAL with her listeners and truly cares about them. That means a lot in this day and time.
Scott
Thanks Scott! Caring is how I would describe Ana tool – like when she talked about how she personally welcomes all new email subscribers.
I think part of what made this interview so good is that it’s inspiration blended with actionable tactics.
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Michael
I have been following Ana for a few months and she has given me so many tips to assist in my venture. She, Andy Bailey, and others such as Danny Iny of Firepole Marketing are some of the most genuine people that I have come across online. And like others who commented before me, I am going to find an auction tribe out there somewhere.
Thanks so much for putting this interview together. It is awesome how two people on opposite sides of the world can create a video article and get it posted in no time. Excellent work, well done!
Genuine and TRANSPARENT – both Ana and Danny were generous in sharing their strategies in our interviews.
I love comments like this – thanks for watching!
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Michael
Hi Ana & Michael,
I really enjoyed this interview and learned so much as I often do from the wisdom of Ana.
Thanks for sharing!
I will also check out your other interviews as well. So much to learn in the blogging world and so little time to do it.
Hey Justin – thanks for watching.
No doubt there is a tonne of content out there already, re: winning at blogging. For me, these interviews are in a really easily digestible and actionable format. I hope they resonate with others as well.
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Michael
Interview with Ana is really helpful. I have learn some new things which will try to use on my blog.
One little problem is that interview length more than a hour, so I make notes
of this interview and share in my post : Increase website traffic – tips from the best.
Of course I linked back on original interview.
Hi Mark – I can’t access your blog from here… thanks for sharing your notes! I know the interviews are long – but we wouldn’t do a topic like traffic generation justice in 30 minutes (or less).
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Michael
Yes it is true, interview is great.
Hope my brief summary is complentary with your article.
Very complementary – if you do any more I’ll be happy to link to them too.
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Michael
There’s probably good content here, but I don’t have time to listen to audio. Reading is so much faster, and I can scan to sections that interest me. Transcription services are cheap, and 85% of audio/video out there is not respectful of people’s time.
You might enjoy Mark’s notes.
Link in post.
:- )
Great interview! I’ve learned so much.
I think the biggest takeaway for me is to focus on ONE Call to Action per page.
Studies after studies have shown that people’s brain get paralyzed when presented with too many choices and options…the end result is that no action is taken.
By limiting the # of choices, it makes it easier for people to do something without the stress of thinking too much.
Thanks Peter! Along with Ana’s subscriber retention strategy this was one of the key lessons for me too. It’s a difficult mental barrier to overcome though, ie. It sure would be nice to have comments, shares and signups from everyone!
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Michael
It seems that the greatest obstacle to success in attracting traffic is when the things that you are passionate about and expert in are very different from what is “in demand” on the ‘Net.
It seems that the main obstacle to success in attracting traffic is when the things you are passionate about and expert in are much different from what is “in demand” on the ‘Net.
I know, right? If you don’t love it… then it’s hard to find the motivation to continue. And if the market for what you love is too small… then it’s hard to find the motivation to continue.
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Michael
What a great interview! This is the first one I’ve watched since finding your site, Michael. I’m excited to see what other info-packed videos you’ve got here!
Thanks Sahil – this was a popular interview… and traffic generation is a pretty good topic to start with :- )
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Michael
Thank you Michael for bringing us this fabulous interview with Ana Hoffman!
And Ana, thank you for your amazing tactics and strategies you shared so freely, generously and spontaneously, as you always do. (I’ve been following your info for about 2-3 months now).
It was just really interesting to see it here in this interview video format. Ana, you should do more video.
Ana, I loved the tactics you shared, and your insights coming forward so freely and honestly, based on your own experiences.
I just tried the personal email response to a new subscriber via autoreponder notification. And will try the others too…
Thanks again heaps!
And thanks Michael for this wonderful Interview Series you’ve been doing…
Keep up your great work!
Thanks Kathy! It’s comments like this that keep me going.
Interviewing Ana was alot of fun and I’d be happy to have her back any time.
Good luck with the tactics :- )
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Michael
Ana’s tactic of following those of whom you are following is great advice. If you want to twist this concept a bit, then you can use one of Google’s tools:
https://www.google.com/adplanner/planning/site_profile?pli=1#siteDetails
Basically, you can plug in a domain name, and it’ll give you a huge breakdown of that site. So you can find out what are the main sources of traffic for a specific blog in your niche, then explore those sources to find out their sources of traffic. By applying the same type of concept as Ana talked about, you can find out what sites could be extremely useful for building your own brand recognition.
If that’s Ana’s read picture than besides a pro blogger, she is also very beautiful
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thank For Nice Interview Really Motivated..Looking Forward For ur more Interviews thanks..
Thanks dude.
No more interviews planned, but I recommend you watch these (in no particular order): 1) Derek Halpern, 2) Ramit Sethi, 3) David Cain.
Best wishes.
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M
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I think this video had changed me a lot, It had helped me to know some facts which I was not knowing. Nice and useful video for bloggers. I had watched it twice.
And Ana hoffman is sweet and have good smile.
Thank you for the lovely post.
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Thanks man – best wishes for your writing.
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M