EP135: Blogging To Drive Traffic (And Build SEO) For Your Creative Business

Whether you sell paintings or photography sessions, hand poured candles or graphic design services, getting traffic to your website or even your Etsy shop is probably one of the biggest challenges you face.  No traffic, no sales! Enter the world of blogging...One thing professional bloggers know how to do is drive traffic - their income is directly tied to their website traffic!  So let's take a tip from them and examine how blogging can really help you boost your website traffic, build brand awareness and visibility, establish you as an authority in your niche and develop customer and client relationships.Did you know you can now directly support the podcast and help us keep creating great content you want to listen to? And get access to exclusive bonus content? You can help here.This episode is brought to you by Fine Lime Designs IllustrationsThis episode is for those who...struggle to bring traffic to their websitestruggle with hard sellingare looking for ways to build customer/client trustwant to decrease their dependence on running social media adsare looking for ways to establish themselves as an expert or authority in their fieldwant to build brand awareness and increase their visibilitywant additional ways to reinforce their brand valueswould like to save some time through repurposing content For a summary of this episode and all the links mentioned please visit:Episode 135: Blogging to Build Traffic & SEO For Your Creative BusinessYou can find Melissa at finelimedesigns.com, finelimeillustrations.com or on Instagram @mhchipmunk.You can connect with the podcast  on:Instagram at @andshelookedup Facebook YouTube Tik Tok at @AndSheLookedUpFor a list of all available episodes, please visit:And She Looked Up Creative Hour PodcastEach week The And She Looked Up Podcast sits down with inspiring Canadian women who create for a living. We talk about their creative journeys and their best business tips, as well as the creative and business mindset issues all creative entrepreneurs struggle with. This podcast is for Canadian artists, makers and creators who want to find a way to make a living doing what they love. Your host, Melissa Hartfiel (@finelimedesigns), left a 20 year career in corporate retail and has been happily self-employed as a working creative since 2010. She's a graphic designer, writer and illustrator as well as the co-founder of a multi-six figure a year business in the digital content space. She resides just outside of Vancouver, BC.