Friday, December 12, 2008

Newbie Blogging Strategies


Blogging can be a fun, even if you are a newbie. Give your visitors that incomparable content which they are looking for and they'll come back for more of your blogging content. Here are a few blogging strategies for the newbies:

  • Unique Topic and Content: The ideas of the blog should be unique. Do not blog on general topics. There are millions of websites with millions of searches, hence your blog title should be specific.This will also give you less compitition :) But do not make your blog title so specific that you don't get any visitors :( You will have to maintain the balance here and then start. This will give you exposure to you blog site and also give free traffic to your blog. Give good, informative as well as interesting content to the visitors. The visitors are only interested in your blog if you offer incomparable content.No visitor will spend time on stale and boring content. Deliver your messeges in a natural fashion, this will make your post more enjoyable and less like work. Remember making your content entertaining to the visitor will encourage them not only to return back but also refer others to your site.
  • Stick to the Topic: If your blog is about "Trip to Europe", then it should not talk about real estate news in Europe.Should stay strictly to the topic.
  • Quality Vs Quantity: The visitors will only read your blog if you offer unique copy of the content. So the quality is of great significance . In order to get more and more visitors, your blog should be large with lots of keywords. In other words your blog should have high quality content.
  • Maintain Regular Schedule: Post your blog at regular intervals. Perhaps, it may be difficult to maintain on weekly basis, you can schedule your posts once or twice a month. When you stick to the schedule the visitors will return more frequently to your blog.
  • Clear and Simple Content: Your blog is read by large and varied audience, hence keep the content of your blog simple and easy to understand.
  • View and Comment on other Blogs: As a newbie it is good to visit other blogs within your niche. Leaving comments and inserting your link within the signature file on other blogs is a good idea to gain visitors !
  • Respond to your Readers' Comments: This gives you a platform for open communication with your readers. Taking their suggestions into consideration and improving will definitely develop a greater feeling of community amongst readers!
  • Blog Review: Review few best blog within your niche on a scheduled basis.This is one of the best way for a newbie to entice new as well as old readers to your site.
Implement these blogging strategies and soon you will be a Blogging Star!

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