Content Marketing : 10 Best Tips for the beginner.

1. Ride the Proven Topics in Your Niche 

There is one little secret to ensure your post triggers the interest of your audience. You can quickly research what are the most shared blog posts in your niche via using Buzz Sumo for example. Just enter a topic, like “blogging” and you’ll get the most shared content related to blogging. You can then reverse engineer that, to make sure your own blog post aligns with your audience interest.

2. Leverage the HVC Guides (High Value Content) Strategy

The key to gaining significant amounts of traffic is EPIC content. Nowadays it’s not enough to write good content. You need to write exceptional content that is too good for people not to share it. Think about ultimate guides that provide tons of value to your audience. Some very good examples include the guides of Neil Patel, published at QuickSprout Or Brian Dean’s Google 200 Ranking Factors.

3. Capitalize on the Optimal Post Length in Your Niche

Run a little research and you’ll notice that in most cases, the first positions in Google are held by long articles that present a topic in great detail. The long 1,000 – 2,000 words articles tend to perform better than the rest. This varies by niche, so it’s a good idea to double check the above in your specific market. If you run a keyword report in Buzz Sumo, you’ll get the average number of shares by content length. Clearly, articles that are +1,000 words long get shared the most in this niche. You do need to pay attention not to go overboard, as people’s time is limited. But helpful, in-depth content tends to bring in more traffic.

4. Link to Influential Blogs So They Link Back

This is a no-brainer. Influential blogs are packed with great content that serves your audience well. As an added benefit, some of the blogs you link to will also return the favor. Win-win!

5. Your Blog Headlines Appeal is Paramount

Headlines play a key role in driving traffic to your blog post. Think about it. In order to have someone read your post, you first need to convince that person to click on the link. And this is largely determined by how good the headline is. There are certain types of headlines that are proven to work. This is the reason you see them applied over and over again. And it’s not a bad idea to consider using them yourself.
Here are a few examples:

• 10 ways to Do_________In ______Days
• How to Achieve _______ Whithout______
• Top 10________Tools

6. Keep Paragraphs Short

I think no need to explain this point because this point is Self-explanatory.

7. Use a Variety of Media Formats

Your audience will highly appreciate if you use multiple media formats in your posts. It’s easier to get your message across, you usually get more social media shares and Google likes this as well.

8. Submit Your Blog to Link Roundups

Are you using this traffic technique yet? If not, you’re missing out. So what are these link roundups, also referred to as “link hopes”?
Almost in every market there are bloggers who curate their favorite content from around the web. Then they publish a collection of the posts they like, usually weekly or monthly.

When you write a particularly good post, find the best link round-ups in your market and suggest your post to be included.

Here’s how to go about it:

Type in Google the following search queries:

“Link Roundup” + keyword (eg. “link roundup blogging”)

“Weekly Link Roundup” + keyword
You can find even more link roundups are you perform the same searches in Google+ and Twitter Search.

9. Submit Your Site to Content Aggregators

Content aggregators are sites that group together the best content on the web. Some top choices are
AllTop.com, Affpost.com,  AffDaily.com and AffBuzz.com.

10. Tap into the Huge Audience of Flipboard

This is a less known traffic source. With Flipboard you can build your personal online magazine. But its power lays in its huge audience. You can drive serious traffic if you put in some work.