What Makes Blogging Successful?
Blogging has truly revolutionized the way one experiences the digital age. There is, it seems, no limit to what one can do with the help of blogs. This platform has shaped and exploited an entirely new dimension.
Today Blogging is not only a platform of indulging in interesting debates and discussions but it can also be a steady income stream. Many people feel that they can’t blog as they don’t have writing skills but this isn’t true. I am sure at one stage or other you've kept a diary or a journal of your daily life, well blogging is the same. The exciting thing is that you can start discussions with objectives and lead your readers to where you want them to go. Which means that you can generate an income if you get people interested in reading your blog and following your journeys.
This is, by far, the most path breaking innovation that has entered the blog sphere. The requirements for this are very low. You need not be a scientist who posts revolutionary details about his latest experiment. All you need to do is share your skills or even just your thoughts on different topics that will grab your reader’s attention.
Here are some of the things you can do to make sure that your blogging activities get rewarded by more than just comments and praises:
While writing your blogs you need to keep these few things in mind.This is not only to ensure that you get a steady traffic, but also for the fact that your blog readership can increase so that the ranking of your blog with search engines go higher.Here are a few tips that should see you through this:
· Reader Friendly Content: At all costs keep your content – articles, poems, photographs, videos – reader friendly, that is to say, it should keep more and more readers interested. Your reader must be at the center of you post in a way that your reader must feel that he is gaining something out of reading your post. This is the basic rule in marketing.
· Worthwhile: Never let the reader feel that he has been tricked into reading your post or clicking on your blog link. You are thwarting all your long term chances of that reader coming back to your blog, in which case your blog rankings over the long term are in a dicey position.
·Check for errors: Making grammatical and spelling errors can be a major put off for many readers. They may not visit your blog again simply because the errors that you make are too high. Always proof read your blog. A small typo here and there can be understood, but make sure you don’t make any major errors.
· KISS: Or, Keep It Short and Simple. This is the thumb rule you must follow at all times. Long winding posts tend to get boring. And it may contain nothing that is interesting to the reader. Also no one has the time enough for your blog, no matter how well you write. In fact, your blog will be much more appreciated if you put your thoughts simply and shortly.
· Interesting: Make sure that you hold your reader’s attention by making your posts easy reading. They must not be written in a tone that is tiring to read. Write short sentences and keep them crisp and precise. Always hit the point immediately in the course of your article.
· Link: Keep linking the blogs you read to yours in order to build a network those people will be in turn encouraged to link you. Remember, linking increases rankings.
· Keywords: Using the keywords of your posts frequently increases the search ability of that particular article of yours which in turn leads more people to visit your blog.
· Clear Thoughts: Make sure you put your thought clearly before the readers so that it does not become tedious for them to read.
· Colloquialism: You can write in a friendly tone. Avoid using too many slang words, but otherwise, if your post demands it, you can be colloquial.
· Post Title: A catchy post title or headline is half your business solved. It can glue a reader to your post almost immediately. However, do not put misleading post titles, or you will lose creditability. So, be consistent with your blog content and watch traffic flowing in to your blog!
Making money through blogging is an art in itself, which anyone can learn. The most important part of blogging is to share or educate your reader. In other words, you want to add value. Why? Because once you add value (give something away or share something for free) your reader starts keeping watch on what is coming next. The moment that your articles help someone in their business they become the best form of advertising that you will ever need and that is word of mouth.
Now normally when you get something for free, it’s almost as if you feel obligated to give something back. This is when a blogger has the opportunity to show-case his/her products or services and turn your readers into buyers. There are bloggers who make a huge amount of money and run their blog as an income stream and who basically started off just like you and me. So remember get writing interesting articles with an objective in mind as it is pointless without one.
Ann Marot
P.S.Look out for my next post on How Blogging Can Be Profitable For The Ordinary Individual.
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