Sunday, August 29, 2010

How to increase your blogging success

There are not many rules that are set in stone on how to blog successfully. There are really three elements, or pillars, to blogging success: content, traffic, and, naturally, monetary reward.

However, there also more supporting pillars that you can erect to support the three big pillars of blogging.

If you can demonstrate a willingness to write, and a desire to keep continually improving your writing, you will eventually be successful."

Start writing. You can write anything. You start out bad, but if you keep writing you will get better. If you do get better you have a great chance to be successful. Anything you do often and enjoy you will improve at. So, the act of doing something daily will help you to strike it rich in blogging.

Thus, I have compiled a load of useful and essential tips, steps, habits, elements, factors, guidelines for you to refer and implement. The mentioned "how to" are extremely handy for newbie bloggers and experienced bloggers in their quest to be successful in blogging.

Blogging has proven to be an effective method for businesses to communicate with customers and potential customers online. Blogs offer a great deal of flexibility for the user and increase the visibility and promotional capability of a website. Trends of internet users continue to move towards more interactive websites, including blogs. With thousands of new blogs popping up every day new bloggers need to organize their efforts in order to maximize the results.

By following the steps below you will increase your chances of becoming one of the leading bloggers in your industry. The steps are organized into 3 categories: 1) actions prior to launch, 2) actions at launch, and 3) actions following launch.

Pre-Launch:

1 - Research
2 - Develop Link Bait
3 - Complete the Design
4 - Launch with at Least 3 - 5 Quality Posts
5 - Use Proper Writing Techniques
6 - Host the Blog on Your Own Domain

At Launch:

7 - About Page
8 - Stay On Subject
9 - Include a Lot of Out-Bound Links
10 - Encourage Reader Interaction
11 - Notify Your Business Contacts that You Have a Blog
12 - Write a Press Release
13 - Offer Your Blog in an RSS Feed
14 - Include Buttons to Add Your RSS Feed to RSS Readers
15 - Don’t Place Advertisements on Your Blog

Following Launch:

16 - Follow Up Quickly
17 - Get Listed in Blog Search Engines and Directories
18 - Follow Up on Comments from Readers
19 - Delete Inappropriate Comments
20 - Participate on Other Blogs and Forums
21 - Contact Other Bloggers to Offer Original Content
22 - Social Media Sites
23 - Stay Up-To-Date
24 - Watch Your Stats
25 - Share the Load

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