I've compiled this list which I gather from a few blogs of successful bloggers which talked about how they achieve their status now.The list is long,but I just took the more important one and share it with all of you here.Hope we can learn from it and apply it to our blog.
- Good domain name.Choose your domain name wisely.Make your domain name one that is easy to remember,relevant to your blog topic and if possible have the certain targeted keyword that are related to your topic.
- Regular posting.We always see this advice,yet there are certain bloggers who doesn't seem to understand the importance of posting regularly,consistently.Write 3 or 4 post and schedule it to appear on your blog if you have to go some where for a certain period of time.
- Forum signatures.This is why bloggers are encourage to join forums,other than getting your blog expose by having your blog links in your signature,it will also help with your search engine optimization,but be sure you are an active member and always lend your thoughts and helping other forum members.
- Link trading.One of the popular things among bloggers,but make sure you trade links with blogs that are relevant,then it will help with your SEO.Linking with bad blogs,or blogs that are link farms can do damage to your blogs,so choose your link trade partner wisely.
- Social bookmarking sites.Submit your blog to social bookmarking sites to help it gain popularity.You can submit it to Digg,del.icio.us and mixx.
- Comments.Another popular advice,even though it is one of the oldest way in helping to make your blog popular.Give good comments,and other bloggers will notice you,but if you spam other bloggers comments,or give simple comments like "Good article",it won't do you or your blog any good.
- Replying your mails.When you have come to a certain level of blogging,you will start receiving mails from your readers,commenting about your blog,giving ideas or just about anything,take some time to reply it.This shows that you care and value their thoughts,their feelings,and you make them feel welcome,and that they are part of your blog.Remember,your readers are the one that help make your blog popular.
- Logo.It is good to create your own logo for your blog,a trademark that is easy to remember,when people look at it,they will immediately associate it with your blog.This will give your blog an extra edge over other blogs.
- Font and background colour.Choose the right font and background colour if your blog is not a personal blog,make it look professional.Even if you have a personal blog,you don't want to turn people off by choosing some colourful fonts and background colours that didn't match.
- Image.Adding image to your content can certainly help make your blog look more attractive and interesting,but remember to choose the right image that is relevant to your post and your blog.
- Join blogging communities.The most popular one that I know and that I join is Blog Catalog and MyBlogLog.By joining can certainly help expose you and your blog to other bloggers in the communities.
- Pinging services.Use pinging services like Google Blog Search,Technorati and ping-o-matic to help expose your blog.If you use feedburner FeedFlare,it will automatically ping certain social bookmarking sites each time you make a new post to your blog.
- RSS.Allow readers to subscribe to your blog by providing this service.Let the readers choose to subscribe through readers or emails.It is surprising that awareness about RSS feeds is still lacking among bloggers,and even if they do,they seldom educate their readers about its benefit.
- Advertisement.Don't put too many ads on your blog,this will turn readers away,because it seems like you are more concern in getting ads revenue rather than having quality contents.Most common bloggers mistake is thinking that by putting as many ads possible,and putting it all on top of their blogs will help them earn money.Write good content,attract as many readers as possible,then you will earn some decent income from ads on your blogs.When your blog is popular,it will become hot property,advertisers will offer to put ads on your blog,and you can charge monthly fees for a spot,which one would you prefer?
Have you done all there is to make your blog popular?Or do you have any other method that maybe I didn't mention?Leave a comment so we can share.
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