W5.3 Generating Traffic

21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic Links to an external site., by Randfish, SEOMoz, Jan 17, 2012.

• Target your audience to the ones most likely to share and influence others
• Participate in places where your audience already lives
• Pay attention to SEO
• Always add an illustration
• Use multiple channels of social media
• Pay attention to your analytics

Using Twitter for Link Relationships - Whiteboard Friday Links to an external site., by RuthBurr, SEOMoz, November 2, 2012.

Ten Painless Tactics To Earn Attention On Twitter - Whiteboard Friday Links to an external site., by evolvingSEO, SEOMoz, August 31, 2012.

7 Key Ways to Optimize Facebook Fan Page SEO Links to an external site., by Nathan Lotka, SEOMoz, December 5, 2012.

Going Viral on Pinterest: Driving Big Traffic and Making Pinterest a Real Marketing Solution Links to an external site., by Colby Almond, SEOMoz, March 20, 2012.

The Best and Worst Times to Share on Facebook and Twitter Links to an external site., by Samantha Murphy, Mashable, May 9, 2012.

Kevin Allocca: Why videos go viral Links to an external site.

The transcript of Kevin Allocca's talk is available on the TED site here. Links to an external site. 

Finally, here is an interesting case study about a clever way to increase traffic. Tell a story.

Sesame Street and Grover get Monster Win on Twitter Links to an external site., Mashable, Jan 30, 2013.