Blogging has probably been the most fun web marketing activity I've undertaken in my online business. I love to write, & reach out to my web-site visitors with new information, news, reports, opinions, or articles that I've created that expose a little of my personality & give my readers something they need to hear. Not only is it fun, but it's free, profitable, & generates hoards of traffic to your site, provided that you make quality posts with quality content & know how to market your blog. there's nice ways & bad ways to blog, so here are a few essential things to keep in mind when making your blog posts:
First you've to write something that people will be interested in reading, & reading regularly. Posting your articles to your blog is the best way to get quality content on your blog, but it's also nice to write about your own personal experiences & opinions. Your articles should be at least 500 words, & your personal comments can be shorter, but still containing quality content. You don't need to post one fantastic article packed with content, you need to post plenty of, & try to make a blog post every day, every other day, or even weekly so that your readers know that your blog is fresh & updated regularly. The first few months that your blog is launched are critical months when you need to attract a readership & give them that they bookmark your site to come back to it frequently. Giving your blog a domain name that's easy for them to remember & represents your content with nice keywords is also a nice idea.
two time you've a blog, you need to expose it to the right audience. A nice way to do this is by making comments on other people's blogs whose content is related to your content. If you randomly post comments all over the place on blogs unrelated to what your site is about, then you won't generate the kind of traffic you require. Stick to your niche, & you will get readers from that niche wanting to click on your blog link at the end of your comments. It's also a nice idea to encourage people to make comments on your blog posts, & to reply to these comments to keep a conversation going. The more comments that are left on your blog, the more other people visiting your blog will realize you've something important & valuable to say, & they will need to read it to find out what all the buzz is about.
There's another thing you can do with your original articles to gain exposure to your blog, & that is submitting them to a blog carnival. This means submitting them to a site that features & summarizes maybe 5 quality articles on a specific topic. Other blogs will link back to this carnival host, giving you more quality traffic. Also, when you make a blog post, you can link to other people's blog articles, which leaves an entry on their post to your post. It may attract other bloggers to you, who may in turn link back to your posts. A nice article directory to submit your articles to maybe two times a week is Ezine Articles.
i've also joined a blog traffic exchange to get traffic to my blog, but you can also submit your blog to different blog directory sites, such as Blog Top Sites. This site allows you to add a small bit of HTML code to your blog so it can be rated in a particular category & will help get you more traffic & better ratings. If you remember to not only generate quality content for your blogs, but also market your blog effectively by commenting, linking, & submitting regularly to the right places, you will be on your way to having a popular & well-visited blog!
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