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Charles @ MoneyGreenLife said:

One thing you can do is write a super good article. An article you're the proudest of. But also make sure the topic has relevent keywords you want to be optimized for. Then write more articles that's related to the same topic as your super article and create an internal link to it from your new articles. Keep doing it forever and ever. That's what I did for a few of my posts and they're the most trafficked posts now.

Yes, anchor posts are great ways to build traffic and SEO results. I have a few (not enough) anchor posts that consistently draw traffic to the blog.

Also, I can't reiterate enough what the others said about not blogging for the money. It seems that most of the time opportunities present themselves when you're not trying so hard to find them.

MoneyIsTheRoot said:

What bothers me is that my so called "anchor posts" arent even the ones im proudest of.  Hands down I know my very favorite article Ive written so far…very editorial in nature, but also very well thought out, and I thought well written, on scams and snake oil salesmen…and it's one of my least viewed/commented on articles.  Meanwhile I vented about my lackluster experience with a penny auction site one time, and that's one of the big hitters for SE traffic.
 

Sorry another random vent of mine! lol

Vent all you want! Mine aren't the ones I expected (or hoped) would get read either. So what does one do? Change the focus of the blog or just capitalize on those popular posts? I know I ended up writing a few more posts on the same topic (high efficiency washing machines) and they drew a lot of traffic too. But that topic certainly doesn't define my blog… I guess I'm saying I feel your frustration.

Agreed. I did this for a few posts as well and it definitely improves your SEO. I picked my top 10 or ones that I thought would be most helpful and went through this process. My dream would be to do it for all of my posts but I just don't have the time right now. 

Charles @ MoneyGreenLife said:

One thing you can do is write a super good article. An article you're the proudest of. But also make sure the topic has relevent keywords you want to be optimized for. Then write more articles that's related to the same topic as your super article and create an internal link to it from your new articles. Keep doing it forever and ever. That's what I did for a few of my posts and they're the most trafficked posts now.