10 Blogging Tips For Successful Blogging
By Elena Konkina
Millions of people are blogging today, but lots of them are simply "surviving"
instead of having fun and earning money by blogging. I have put together
10 tips that will help you run your blog, get more readers and achieve
higher rankings!
1. Write about something that you are personally passionate about. This
is the only way to keep your blog engaging, fun, and full of fresh content.
Unless you are running a corporate blog, write about people that you met
today, a book that you are going to read tomorrow - you got the idea.
Write that entertain you without a specific number of subscribers that
you want to achieve. Your motivation for blogging should be beyond that
fact.
2. Running contest to get subscribers is not a way to get
loyal readers. The only way to build a quality traffic is by providing
a steady stream of content for at least a couple of years. You can spend
hundreds of dollars for prizes in exchange for subscribing to your RSS
or email, but your "winners" will leave your blog as soon as you give
away the prizes. So, there are not shortcuts here.
3. You should make a list of things that you want to blog
about. Open these categories and add one more to cover everything that
goes beyond your main categories. For example, the Wagg.it blog is about
blog promotion and blog promotion tips. But I am dining out and meeting
very interesting people every week, so I decided to add 2 more categories:
Living in SF and Digital Business World.
4. Use Flickr and Picnik accounts for easy blogging. These
two will make your blogging possible in just one click. You take a picture
(in my case with 3G iPhone), send it to your Flickr account and editing
it by using "Picnik" option. Then you can add some text and publish your
new blog post without even leaving Flickr!
5. Open an account on Entrecard.com. There are many complaints
that traffic from this site is "bounced" and people don't spend more than
3 seconds on a blog, but it is a good and yet free way to let bloggers
find your blog. While some bloggers just "drop" cards, other bloggers
stop by and read and after a while you will notice that the number of
your readers have increased!
6. If you have at least one blog, it makes perfect sense
to set up one more blog. You learn everything and get necessary skills
and experience with your first blog, and your every other blog is as easy
as 1-2-3. For example, one of my new blogs is just a week old, but I didn't
spent much time on it since I knew how to do it.
7. Add your blog's URL to your favorite "social" accounts,
such as Digg, Wagg, Propeller etc
8. Add your blog's URL to the most trafficked forums and
your traffic will dramatically increase in case you follow basic rules:
ask questions, share your expertise and never get involved in conflict
situations.
9. Bookmark your blog posts! I wouldn't recommend bookmarking
every blog posts, but if you think that you wrote something valuable that
might be interesting for people, go ahead and bookmark it! For saving
your time and efforts, use the Wagg.it SEO services.
10. Offer advertising space on your blog and paid reviews
in order to monetize your blog. Mention that you have different ad options
in "About Us" or "Contact Us" sections as well.
Elena Konkina
http://www.WAGG.it/blog/
http://www.optibizz.com
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