One of the best blogging tips you can get is to pay close attention as to how you treat the blog reader when they are on your site. Blogs are basically set up to cater to visitors who hopefully will turn into subscribers but sometimes we forget this important point. Even though attracting blog traffic is ALWAYS a priority so is how we maintain the site itself. Blog building is an ongoing process that evolves as the site ages and the readers’ preferences change and this is something we need to recognize.
There are however certain guidelines and rules pertaining to your blog that should remain consistent. By adhering to these ‘rules’ you will be giving any blog reader a more enjoyable and rewarding experience while they are on your site.
Let’s review 5 rules to follow and habits to maintain that will allow your blog to offer an enjoyable experience to any and all visitors.
Include an Author Bio
Allow the reader to learn a little something about you the author in the ‘about’ section of your blog. This is an important step in the initial stages of blog building. Tell them why you blog and share with them any information about you that is relative to the blog theme itself. Add a picture if you are comfortable enough or at least some type of caricature.
Avoid Bad Links
When posting links on your blog test them to be sure they work and that they direct your blog reader to the location you intended. An occasional ‘faulty’ link is acceptable but if it becomes a consistent pattern many readers will get frustrated and leave.
Stick to Your Theme
Your blog had an established theme when you launched it and this is the content that has attracted your readers therefore do not wander from it. Be sure that all your posted content is relevant in some form or fashion to your intended theme.
Easy Availability of RSS Button
Make a RSS button readily available for any blog traffic that lands on your site. The best way to do this is to place it in a prominent position towards the top of the page. Making visitors search for it will likely frustrate them resulting in their giving up and leaving the page.
Avoid Clutter
Both in your posts and on the site itself you should avoid going wild with too many links or advertisements. You want your blog to project an image of professionalism and order which is hard to do with too many ‘blinking’ lights, banners, or highlighted links.
The 5 blogging tips we reviewed above are directed at increasing the positive experience the blog reader has when on your site. As vital as attracting blog traffic may be of equal importance is how we treat any visitors when they land on our site. Recognizing that blog building is a long term process will help us evolve with any changes that are reflected by the preferences of our visitors/subscriber. By adhering to the rules and habits reflected in the tips above we will be able to identify any changes that occur and act accordingly. Remembering to be sensitive to the needs of our readers is a good first step towards positioning ourselves to spot these changes in order to maintain a popular blog.
There are many steps to creating a successful travel blog, and some steps are more difficult than others. Personality is key in becoming a successful travel blogger, and your personality needs to come out through your online blog. So, the first step to creating a successful travel blog is to establish your unique persona. There are some ways to give your blog some life, the first way being using your real name on posts, throughout your website, and on social networking sites. This way, your readers are more likely to connect with you and your blog.
After establishing your blog persona, you should make sure it’s easy for readers to contact you by making your contact information easily available throughout your site. It is also helpful to give people different ways to contact you, whether it be through e-mail, Facebook, or Twitter, social networking sites keep people involved in your day. If you plan on being unable to access your computer or the internet for a period of time, let your readers know! You can use the Wordpress plugin WP-ContactForm or an out of office reply on your travel email account… Continue reading
Hitting the actual top of the blogs world involves lots of commitment from you which includes posting consistently, getting your market engaged in your blog, understanding when to express your opinion and being able to market yourself on line.These will be four of the “must do things” in order to obtain acknowledgement in the blogosphere but there are other elements of blogging which any time utilized, should really elevate your on-line brand and enable you to create those much sought after qualified prospects for your main business.We have posted five Multi level markeing blog site strategies which are often not addressed and just simply make sense when you analyze them. It really is about your voice and understand it properly, the belief aspect you’re after with your audience will follow rapidly which indicates prospects and income in your pocket.MLM Web Log Secrets1. Chat directly to your target market. What we indicate by this is your core target audience. Of course you’ll certainly have passing website visitors visiting your weblog however the “bread and butter” would be your mainstay audience. Help make them feel exclusive and while they will… Continue reading
So, how much traffic are you driving to your blog?… Now, in order to have a blog that produces a massive amount of traffic for your business and then turning that traffic into a massive amount of traffic, you need to promote it.
1. Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
In order for the major search engines to know that your blog exists, you need to get it indexed by adding your RSS feed to your search engine accounts.
Install the All in One SEO Pack plugin and use it to add title, description and keywords for your blog, posts and pages.
In your back office, change the permalink settings for your blog posts from the url that includes the number to the one that includes the blog post title.
Where relevant, link your posts to your other blog posts as well as the other sites in your niche.
2. Blog Communities
Submit your blog to good blog communities. Google will index your blog as these communities have good search engine rankings. And you will start getting followers.
3. Blog Directories
Submit your blog to blog directories in the relevant category(ies). This is very powerful, it’s like being listed in the yellow… Continue reading
