It's not an easy thing to stand out in the sea of blogs these days. What's even more difficult is to consistently increase your blog traffic to ensure you have readership, visibility, and a responsive list. The following list of 35 strategies to increase your blog traffic are meant to help you with that.

They are simple to implement and work great. They've been tested and tested and then tested some more. However, the best way to see if they really work is to use them on your own blog. Without further ado, here's your list of 35 Bite-Sized Tips To Insanely Increase Your Blog Traffic:

1. Create lists.

2. Write a tutorial.

3. Give away your very best content and some.

4. Be current - write about tomorrow today.

5. Don't write about your cats, dogs, boyfriends, kids.

6. Be timeless - write a post that will remain current for years.

7. Write with "everybody is entitled to my opinion" attitude.

8. Write about your kids.

9. Write about other bloggers' best posts.

10. Make your own "best of the best" list.

11. Become an expert in your niche.

12. Break news.

13. Make news.

14. Write short, laconic posts.

15. Do interviews with the "cream of the crop".

16. Use polls, giveaways, and other eye candy.

17. Write long, conclusive posts.

18. Answer your comments.

19. Answer your email.

20. Write about pros and cons of an issue.

21. Write on a controversial topic and close comments.

22. Make readers depend on you by sharing your expertise generously.

23. Write about blogging.

24. Blog about writing.

25. Take an alternate position.

26. Write a post for beginners.

27. Ask experts to make comments on your best posts.

28. Write an advanced post.

29. Encourage your readers to digg, tweet, like, buzz your posts.

30. Write about Google.

31. Write about Twitter.

32. Bookmark all your posts.

33. Interview parties with opposing views.

34. Be undeniably interesting for years.

35. Write stuff people want to read and share.

I hope you enjoyed this wealth of information. If after reading this, you can't increase your blog traffic, you are in deep trouble, my friend.