 How To Build A Successful Blog, Helping you grow you knowledge, income and asset! |
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| Ben Pei |
 Apr 13 2009, 08:12 AM
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QUOTE(Hillary @ Apr 13 2009, 08:07 AM)  Well said there. So where do you usually find your contents? I believe this is something everyone likes to know?  From daily happenings! From any weird ideas you come up with. From questions or comments that your readers post. Should have more than enough..
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| Allan Young |
 Jun 17 2009, 03:28 PM
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Blogs can be a very marketable and very profitable tool if used correctly. Profiting from blogs is just a matter of grabbing the attention of an audience and not doing any actual salesmen selling. In this article you will learn the 13 most essential steps to successful blogging.
Find A Good Niche
A niche is a targeted product, service, or topic. You should first decide on a product, service, or topic which interest you. Choose an area which you can enthusiastically write about on a daily basis. You can use keyword research services to find popular searched topics.
Update Regularly
Updating our blog regularly not only keeps our blog more interesting to readers, but it also gives our blog fresh content on a day to day making it more appealing to search engines. To keep our blog traffic and retain our visitors interest it is a must to update our blog regularly . Until we have a steady audience we should try to update our blog everyday with at least 3 or more daily entries. Give yourself work hours and treat your blog as a job, if you don't update your blog for days or weeks we'll lose visitors.
Get Traffic
There are numerous ways to build traffic. Paid advertising, free advertising, viral marketing, search engine marketing, RSS/XML feeds, and word-of-mouth. We should always use our blog URL address in the signature of our email, forum discussions, message boards, or any other communication media. We should submit our blog URL address to search engines and blog directories. We should submit our RSS/XML URL feed to blog ping services like Technorati, Ping-O-Matic, and Blogdigger.
Track our Blog
We can tack our blogs traffic using a simple free page counter like StatCounter.com or Active Meter . Install (copy/paste) the code into the html of our blog template and start tracking our visitors. See how others are finding our blog and if through search engines then which keywords are being used to find your blog. If constantly our blog is being found by 1 or more keywords then focus our blog around those keywords to make it even more powerful. When writing entry titles and entries use the keywords as often as possible while keeping the blog legible and interesting.
Multiple blogs
Having Multiple blog accounts is like having a publication in different newspapers. This enables us to attract more visitors and this also increases the chance that 1 of our blogs will be in the search engine results for our focused keywords.
Keep it Short & Simple
We do not want our blog entries to become hours of reading. Visitors like to easily find information and skim through our entries. It is good to be detailed and provide useful information, but do not include useless information or run away sentences that veer away from our topic. Stay keyword-focused.
Put A Picture
Try to include non-advertising graphics, pictures, photos, and art in our blog entries. Not too much. Once a week is fine. Graphics can sometimes bring our blog to life. Don't overshadow our content with graphics, but displaying graphics can add a bit of spice to the blog. Make sure they fit our entry topic. .
Put your Personality
Try to include personal experiences which relates to the topic of our blog entry. Stay away from the business style of writing. Write with a more personal style and use first-person narratives.
Make Money
Once our blog has gained some real momentum and our blog traffic is increasing then it is time to start thinking about turning our traffic into profit. We can use contextual advertising, like Google Adsense or Chitika. Join Pay per post programs and a lot more
Following these blogging techniques should make our blogging experience much more rewarding. There is no guarantee that our blog will become popular , but the effort should at least put you one step closer. Growing popularity on the web is not an overnight experience, but through time, dedication, and persistence we will be rewarded with all the royalties of blogging.
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| billythekid98 |
Jun 19 2009, 06:38 AM
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Thanks Alan, for this useful advice. My blog is gaining momentum but is in a very competitive arena. Sometimes I just feel like banging my head against a brick wall. I know with patience and perserverance i will get the website rankings I desire.
thanks again
QUOTE(Allan Young @ Jun 17 2009, 10:28 PM)
Blogs can be a very marketable and very profitable tool if used correctly. Profiting from blogs is just a matter of grabbing the attention of an audience and not doing any actual salesmen selling. In this article you will learn the 13 most essential steps to successful blogging.
Find A Good Niche
A niche is a targeted product, service, or topic. You should first decide on a product, service, or topic which interest you. Choose an area which you can enthusiastically write about on a daily basis. You can use keyword research services to find popular searched topics.
Update Regularly
Updating our blog regularly not only keeps our blog more interesting to readers, but it also gives our blog fresh content on a day to day making it more appealing to search engines. To keep our blog traffic and retain our visitors interest it is a must to update our blog regularly . Until we have a steady audience we should try to update our blog everyday with at least 3 or more daily entries. Give yourself work hours and treat your blog as a job, if you don't update your blog for days or weeks we'll lose visitors.
Get Traffic
There are numerous ways to build traffic. Paid advertising, free advertising, viral marketing, search engine marketing, RSS/XML feeds, and word-of-mouth. We should always use our blog URL address in the signature of our email, forum discussions, message boards, or any other communication media. We should submit our blog URL address to search engines and blog directories. We should submit our RSS/XML URL feed to blog ping services like Technorati, Ping-O-Matic, and Blogdigger.
Track our Blog
We can tack our blogs traffic using a simple free page counter like StatCounter.com or Active Meter . Install (copy/paste) the code into the html of our blog template and start tracking our visitors. See how others are finding our blog and if through search engines then which keywords are being used to find your blog. If constantly our blog is being found by 1 or more keywords then focus our blog around those keywords to make it even more powerful. When writing entry titles and entries use the keywords as often as possible while keeping the blog legible and interesting.
Multiple blogs
Having Multiple blog accounts is like having a publication in different newspapers. This enables us to attract more visitors and this also increases the chance that 1 of our blogs will be in the search engine results for our focused keywords.
Keep it Short & Simple
We do not want our blog entries to become hours of reading. Visitors like to easily find information and skim through our entries. It is good to be detailed and provide useful information, but do not include useless information or run away sentences that veer away from our topic. Stay keyword-focused.
Put A Picture
Try to include non-advertising graphics, pictures, photos, and art in our blog entries. Not too much. Once a week is fine. Graphics can sometimes bring our blog to life. Don't overshadow our content with graphics, but displaying graphics can add a bit of spice to the blog. Make sure they fit our entry topic. .
Put your Personality
Try to include personal experiences which relates to the topic of our blog entry. Stay away from the business style of writing. Write with a more personal style and use first-person narratives.
Make Money
Once our blog has gained some real momentum and our blog traffic is increasing then it is time to start thinking about turning our traffic into profit. We can use contextual advertising, like Google Adsense or Chitika. Join Pay per post programs and a lot more
Following these blogging techniques should make our blogging experience much more rewarding. There is no guarantee that our blog will become popular , but the effort should at least put you one step closer. Growing popularity on the web is not an overnight experience, but through time, dedication, and persistence we will be rewarded with all the royalties of blogging.
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| pauldavid |
Jun 25 2009, 06:16 PM
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By looking at so many blogs, there are many lessons to be learned about blogging, particularly corporate blogging.
Leaving Comments
Blogs, even corporate ones, are personal. Bloggers put a lot of effort into their blogs, and many put their own personality into them. Most bloggers will be happy to correspond with you if you would like to talk about their blog. However, you must approach them in a personal manner, otherwise it could appear that you are just spamming them or attempting to get links to your own blog.
Leaving comments is part of the foundation for starting a blog community. Generally, there is a link below each post allowing someone to fill out a comment form. In the form, you can fill out your name, email address, website address, and comment. Comments are fundamental for all blogs for several reasons:
You can get discussions going on a blog post.
It makes it easier for customers to directly comment on what is being discussed in the post.
There is a field in the form that allows you to fill out your website address. This shows other people that you, too, have a blog, and people are likely to click on the link to hear what you have to say.
Trackbacks
Trackbacks are also important. You can find a trackback link down at the bottom of a post, usually next to the permalink and comments link.
Trackbacking is a system that notifies a blogger that another blog has written an article about one of their blog posts. For instance, if you decide you wish to write a post about someone else's blog article, you would use a trackback. If you were writing a trackback article, you would go to original article and search for their article's trackback URL. You would then insert that trackback URL into your own blog management system trackback notification system. When the new article is saved with the trackback URL, a notification to the original blog will cause that blog's management system to insert a link to your post to appear on the other next to the original article. The blogger will also receive a notification usually by e-mail that someone blogged about their blog, and sent a trackback.
Some blogging systems do not support trackbacks, but most do. If your blog software does not support trackbacks, either have your developer implement a trackback function, or use a manual trackback. You can do a manual trackback here: http://www.forret.com/tools/trackback.asp
It is a great way to see what kinds of other blog posts your posts have inspired. Trackbacks are also an excellent way to start a community, find blogs to read, and get people to read your blog. They are often looked at differently than comments, and they have certain advantages over leaving comments. They are a non-intrusive way of letting a blogger know you are interested in what they have to say. You can interact and acknowledge interesting blog posts this way. Using trackbacks can be highly beneficial for the traffic you see on your blog.
Tags
Tags make it easy to navigate a blog and find what you're looking for. Tags are category names and people can select keywords for their posts. Usually you will see keyword names on the side navigation of a blog. If you click on one of the keywords, it will show you all of the blogs that are categorized under one of those "tags".
For example, a company writes posts that are usually about the following topics: customer service, product development, or industry news. If someone finds their blog and wants to read all of the articles about product development, tags will make this very easy.
Tagging is recommended, especially if you write about a variety of different things.
Mistakes Bloggers Make
While there are many terrific blogs around, there are also common but easily fixable, mistakes that bloggers tend to make.
Not linking to other blogs. Always have a blogroll. If someone were interested in reading your blog, they would likely be interested in reading the other blogs you like to read. Blogging is all about community. Linking to other blogs also sends a positive message to customers because it shows that you are involved in the community.
Not having an email link or contact page. Sometimes readers might want to contact you, but not leave a comment on your blog. If you are worried about getting your email address spammed, a simple contact page can prevent that. Otherwise, you can write your email address in this form: name at domain dot com. This will prevent spam bots from finding your email address.
While most bloggers give an easy and accessible way to either contact them via email or leave a comment, I noticed that some blogs do not allow the readers to leave comments. This sends a bad message to customers, because it seems like the company does not want to hear from their customers. More than anything else, blogs are communication tools. If a blog is used only to share information but does not allow communication between the company and its customers, its success and popularity will suffer. Many blogs without a comment feature have low page rankings and likely have less returning visitors.
Not having an RSS feed. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and it is a way for people to read a blog without always actually visiting the blog. They can view the entries through websites such as bloglines.com and feedster.com. RSS feeds are extremely important, because most people will read your blog via RSS feeds. You are more likely to pick up regular readers if you have an RSS feed.
Not updating often enough. The more often you update, the more popular your blog will be. Many blog readers like to read their favorite blogs on a daily basis. If you do not blog regularly, you run the risk of losing readers.
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| JWynn57 |
Sep 24 2009, 06:04 PM
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QUOTE(Ben Pei @ Apr 13 2009, 02:03 AM) Firstly, we have to identify the question in the question itself. That is, what makes a blog successful? To me, as of many others, interaction/communication is in the first place. Secondly, your ability to influence your readers and last but not least, monetizing it. With these 3 points in mind, one can work out a plan to build up a successful blog without side tracking and have something to focus on. Here are some tips that I would like to share:
1. Content is king. This phrase has been repeated for n number of times but how many realize its importance? People go to blog to learn, keep themselves updated of your daily living or they may simply just want to know your point of view on certain topics. Unique content is what I call the pillar behind a successful blog. Don't just be a news reporter, your blog readers want to have a gist of your personal opinion. 2. Pleasant Looking Blog Theme. Trust me, your outlook is really important. Don't judge a book by its cover is no longer valid here. Imagine you have a black background with blood red fonts and your topic is about nursing or healthcare, will it convert well? Take time to work on your blog theme and look around what others are offering and it should give you some good idea. 3. Follow A Constant Blogging Schedule. Whether you intend to blog everyday, once a week or once every fortnight, follow it faithfully. Build confidence in your readers that they know they will read something new whenever they check back at a certain time. If you update everyday and all of sudden you update once a week, you will notice yourself losing traffic, badly. 4. Reply To Your Readers' Comments. This is what I call interaction and communication. If they have a question, answer them and I am pretty sure they will be happy about it and check back more often. If they offer their compliments, return by saying thanks! That's how we work in real life too, isn't it? 5. Visit Blogs Of Your Related Niche DAILY. Know thyself, know thy competitors. Get in touch with what bloggers around you are talking about so that you will be updated with any news. If they have MyBlogLog widget installed, they may notice a new face and they will most likely click on it and check out who is reading their blog. I do click on the little pictures that shows on MyBlogLog widget whenever I notice a new visitor and I would probably read their blog as well. You just gained yourself some traffic and if they like your content, they would probably throw a link to your blog since its a good practice to show link love these days. What a win-win situation. 6. Provide More ‘How-To’ Solutions Than Asking ‘How-To’. By asking how to, you have just put yourself a level lower than many others because you just declared there are things you don’t know! By providing how to, readers see you as an expert of the field and you will just build up your name from there. No matter where your level of experience is, what results you have gotten so far, I strongly suggest you do some proper research and draft out more ‘How-To’ tutorials on your blog. Spend more time doing it rather than just learning how to do it. Experience and result will follow suite… 7. Double Check Your Entries. Make sure you have no spelling errors or any sort that confuses your readers. This is a total taboo if you are looking to brand yourself as an expert in your niche. Why would any expert make such mistakes?
8. Get Testimonials. If you have been of any help to anyone, request for a testimonial from them tactfully. Just let them know you will be placing it on your blog and it in turns give their names more exposure as well. Testimonials is a really good way of branding yourself because it shows greater sense of reliability. Try to include a photo, name and website to prove that it is a legit testimonial. 9. Guest Post For Other Blogs. Nobody will request for a guest post from you if they think that you are unable to provided reliable contents. Therefore, when readers see that you have been invited as a guest Blogsblogger for certain blogs, it shows that your content is much sought after and you have gained some credibility in this field. 10. Last but not least, BRAND YOURSELF! I hope you guys like my tips here and all the best to every blogger out there! Wow, You really know your stuff great post!! I like the emphasis on brand yourself!
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| instaforextrader (Scammer) |
Oct 7 2009, 05:13 PM
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QUOTE(JWynn57 @ Sep 24 2009, 06:04 PM)
Wow, You really know your stuff great post!! I like the emphasis on brand yourself!
Nice thing , i saved ur blog on my computer:) il be checking it between time and time:)
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