[ad]In theory, blogging is not difficult to do. You only have to write posts on a regular basis and include necessary advertising or links in order to be called a blogger. However, if you want to do more than write a few posts every week and your goal is to make a decent profit, you must understand how to create blog posts that will capture the interest of readers, keep them coming back for more and encourage them to click on the links that will ultimately be your payout.
1. Choose a niche that matches your writing ability and knowledge experience or be prepared to hire a professional blogger who can do it for you.
2. Incorporate multiple media in your blog and blog posts. Images, photos, screenshots, video, charts, graphs or software that can be manipulated by the reader are great for giving your blog an edge over those that use only one medium: writing.
3. Keep your blog posts relatively short and easy on the eyes. Two to six hundred words is the norm for most blogs. Separate paragraphs into blocks of text, creating plenty of white space to make for easier reading as well.
4. Unless your blog is scientific or very technical, make the posts easy to digest for anyone with an 8th grade education. Th
atís right! Studies have shown that the majority of online readers have a junior high reading level. You donít have to ìdumb it downî, just be clear, simple and concise and avoid using verbiage that inspires a ìhuh?î
5. Get personal. Write in first person as though speaking directly to the reader. Talk about things that inspire you and inject some of your personality into your posts. Think ìpersonableî and ìfriendlyî.
6. Unless you are absolutely crazy about a product, donít express extreme enthusiasm. Be honest in your reviews and critiques. This will not only instill a sense of trust between yourself and your readers, it will keep readers coming back to purchase more of the products you DO recommend highly because after trying something you like, they find you that you are trustworthy.
7. Keep your blog fresh. Outdated information will have people running for the hills whereas content that is current and trendy will make them want to stick around. Update your blog at least twice a week ñ more if possible.
8. Do not overwhelm the pages with huge banners and flashing animations when adding advertising to your blog. A few smaller banners scattered here and there along with text links should be enough to get some clicks.
Remember:
Your blog is not the place for the high-pressure sales pitch but a place to discuss relevant information that pertains to your niche and encourage readers to delve deeper into what you have to offer.
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Nice tips here. They’re all pretty relevant but getting personal is very important in my book.
If a blogger can’t connect with his audience, then they’re just like everyone else out there.
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@Gabe: True, the ability of the blogger to write for his audience, and to touch his audience is very very important. Not writing for search engines.
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Yay! This article post is great! It helps me find new updates and the proper way to grab visitor’s attention as well. Thanks for sharing your informative and helpful post
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This is really useful tips not just for newbies but should be followed by all bloggers. Thanks
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In regards to niche blogging I think it’s necessary that you know a lot about your niche otherwise you will get lost in the hundreds of others who have the same niche. If you do choose a popular niche then be prepared to outdo your competitors, by writing better easily understood articles, perhaps writing more often, and more importantly by interacting with your commentators.
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@Sire: True, in niche blogging you need OR the experience or knowledge to blog about it, or you need to be able to blog about your trip to knowledge. For instance, blog about learning to ski or something alike. It will attract a different public, but both can work I believe.
I do agree with the first tip, which is to write based on our expertise. I try to do that on my blog, write something that has been my every day job, not sure if the result is good, but always try to be better.
You have listed some very useful tips. I especially like the section on niche blogging, and how you have to write about something that matches your writing ability and experience. If one doesn’t really have a passion for what they are writing for and is knowledgeable then it will come through.
One more thing I would add to this list is interaction. It is important to interact with your readers. So this may involve responding to their posts or always posing a question at the end of a a post to encourage comments.
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Very helpful tips. Very friendly and encouraging, too. I definitely agree with Planetweb about interaction. It is a true gauge of how one writer affects his readers. This way, mutual relationships grow into good writer-reader discourse. Thanks for sharing this.
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@Lita: True, a blog is a community, and that is what makes your blog worthwile or not.
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