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The 3 Things That Have Helped My Blog the Most
By SEO Advisor | November 28, 2009
G’Day! David Turnbull here, and over the years I’ve built up a few blogs to relatively popular levels in short periods of time (my biggest blog receiving upwards of 10,000 unique visitors per day when it was online).
For the past 3 months I’ve been working on my blog, Adventures of a Barefoot Geek, where I share my thoughts on life, with a mix between geek and hippie ideas. And while my audience is certainly not massive (around 200 subscribers) there have been a few things I’ve done that has noticeably improved the rate of growth and interaction compared to past projects.
1. Writing with Authority
Too many bloggers are afraid to have an opinion. Their articles become wishy-washy as they try to appeal to everyone and suck up to the “gurus” in their space. I don’t recommend you purposefully try to cause controversy, because that’s a fairly cheap and short-lived tactic, but don’t be afraid to say what you want to say with definitiveness.
If you agree with everyone you agree with no one.
Agreeing with everyone and a lack of definitiveness is a cowardly way of avoid criticism. But the thing is, if you avoid criticism you also avoid praise. No one will care for what you do because you’re just another me-too blogger with nothing original to say.
2. Interacting with Everyone
People tout the wonders of “social media” but rarely take full advantage of it. Reply to all your emails, but don’t stop there:
- Reply to all tweets that mention you (or one of your posts), even if they’re simply retweeting what you’ve said.
- Reply to tweets that don’t even mention you, but are from people who’ve read your blog or reached out to you.
- Reply to all commenters on your blog. They took the time to interact with what you’ve said, it’s the least you can do.
- Visit your commenters blogs and leave your own comments. Most people who leave comments will be bloggers themselves. Join their conversations.
- Email readers. You don’t have to do this with everyone (bonus points if you do though) but reach out to readers via email, thanking them for their support and letting them become apart of the direction of the site.
3. Being Ruthless
About 50% of the posts I write do not end up being published. That’s not because these posts are terrible, or would even necessarily get a bad response. I delete them because they’re not up to my standards.
It’s better to post less than it is to post low quality content regularly.
Ask the following three questions before you post anything to your blog:
- Are you saying anything original?
- Have I written with authority and definitiveness?
- Will my readers get significant value from this post?
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