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The problems faced by a blogger seem to be in this position according to Gaman’s post.

1. Traffic is probably the biggest problem every website is facing.
2. Next will be monetizing the site.
3. Next is idea to write.
4. Motivation is next..
5. Then it’s about having “no time”.

I will only touch on the topic of Traffic as the biggest problem in this post.

Comparison of Generating Traffic in the past Vs today
I remember in the past before 2001, it is almost difficult to generate traffic for your site… It seems like having the top position in Yahoo is very important and yet not achievable at all. Now when Google comes in, big players have to fight with the small players for the placing of top search results! Everybody is now on par when it comes to searching for relevancy!

Generating Traffic from Alternate Sites
Moreover, with the introduction of Web 2.0, many social websites, blogs and forums start to link one another bringing the traffic flowing everywhere! Everybody simply loves to link! Either they link for money, or they link for that extra leverage of knowledge and time! It is now that it so much easier to generate traffic for your website than ever…

Generating Traffic from Internet Advertising
And if you can’t squeeze yourself inside Web 2.0, why not just attract traffic through advertising? Internet advertising is now more effective than TV advertising and it is so much faster and inexpensive!

Generating Traffic from Physical Advertising
You might print name cards of yourself with your own domain name there. People would love to go take a look at it after you had a good connection with them outside. You might also put effective advertising through radio, newspapers and TV, depending on your targeted audience where they are mostly in… The rich and wealthy families usually read business newspapers and hence you might want to place an ad in that newspaper for a better exposure.

Generating Traffic from Word-Of-Mouth
Let your friends know of your site! They would love to spread it out for you when you provided an assistance for them to start with… Email some good contents from your sites to your friends and let them know of your site for more, and encourage them to spread amongst their friends. Well, you definitely have a group of friends who like to forward interesting emails, right?

It’s all about marketing
Well, if you want to do business, you have to do marketing! Jay Abraham emphasizes so much about marketing that it can actually bring any business to the next level. If you want to make money for your site, you got to have that marketing plan in your mind or on paper…

Conclusion
Well, the biggest problem of traffic is only because these people aren’t that lucky enough to generate it, and they don’t have the skill to do marketing to generate them either… All we need is a very good idea that spreads the word… And it is going to be powerful!