What does blogging mean to you?
If you answered this by saying it simply means to write interesting articles that you intend to share with the world because of your knowledge behind the information you provide your audience then you are probably right.
But how can you not blog and actually improve your blog at the same time?
What I have learned about blogging is probably as much as the next guy who is just as interested about the topic as I am. We all want the same things when it comes to having a successful blog: Results.
So how exactly do you get them? I’m going to share that information with you now by explaining to you exactly what I did yesterday afternoon as a blogger myself. Before I share this with you though, I would like to give you a much simpler answer that behind the scenes adds up to what I’ve done in the first place.
There’s just two things you should do here which are:
- Learn.
- Take action based on what you have learned.
You need to learn everything you can that will bring your blog success (not enough to overload yourself with too much garbage until you decide to give up, however) and then take action based on what you have learned.
That’s it. Two simple steps that will help you succeed with your blog regardless of what you might have learned from any other blog out there. If you understand what I just said though, this is actually the same thing everyone else is saying just in their own way.
What I did most of my afternoon: Discover new blogs and the ones that provided me with useful and interesting content I commented on which started a conversation that I hope will build a close relationship.
This is exactly what I recommend you do as well. When you first start a blog you may not know a whole lot and we all have to start somewhere. I’m also just starting out myself. I readily admit that because it’s the truth. That’s part of the process… Be truthful.
Lies get you nowhere, even in the world of blogging. If you don’t believe me, it’s an ugly little word called SPAM. Everyone hates it and no one will like it if you do this so just tell the truth and be up front about things.
So when you learn something new to the point that you’re just wanting to sit down and start writing, do just that. That’s what I’m doing now. I have read a lot of different articles on FreeBlogHelp.com yesterday afternoon including an article called are you in the top 10% of bloggers who can survive six months? I feel everyone should check this out because it’s solid information you will benefit from if you’re goal is to stay heads up in the crowed months to come.
Although this blog is one more blog out there it’s very informative on a variety of levels and interesting to read at the same time. You should definitely give it a look to see how it could benefit you. I definitely recommend checking out that link if nothing else on that site appeals to you.
You might also be wondering how the heck you can blog about a topic that is already taken and is everywhere on line, without feeling like your blog is never going to get noticed. Well, this is understandable as there are a lot of blogs out there with a lot information to share. So how can you exactly?
There are a number of different ways you can do this and I’m sure you can come up with your own but I found a blog that explains something you can do that just might help give you the first step toward what you’re looking for. How to stand out in a crowded niche is something I believe you definitely will be interested in learning more about if you’re blogging about a topic you see everyone else blogging about and are not sure how to stand out from the crowd. Follow that link above to learn more about how you can blog about your passion and still feel confident in the topic of your choice even if everyone and their buddies are talking about it across the web.
Finally, if you are like most people then you want people to comment on your blog more than anything. After all, that’s the point of having a blog in the first place right? You want to provide content that your readers will enjoy in hope that they will want to share with you what they know and leave you comments. When this happens a conversation will start and hopefully a relationship will follow.
You can find a bazillion different blogs about how to get people to leave comments on your blog. With a bit of research I’ve found a nice little article on this topic that just may surprise you because this article stands out and if it gives you the results you’re looking for it’s proved to be useful. You be the judge, however.
On the same note and taking things in a slightly different direction you have hopefully heard the truth about not being able to make money from your blog just by posting killer articles and expecting people to show up and buy stuff from you. Comments and traffic are no different. You can speed up the process quite a lot though by reading how to get 294 comments with one blog post. After reading this you will hopefully be able to gain some ideas of your own and be able to put them to use for your own blog.
I hope you now see that spending a few hours browsing a few blogs and commenting throughout the articles that popped out at me was a start because I was marketing myself and building conversation with other blogs that held my interest with solid information. After doing this I then was able to write something of my own and have it ready for the next day for my blog.
So what have you done to bring success to your blog without actually posting articles on a regular basis?