Here is a few tips and tricks I have picked up along the way that you may find useful to improve your blog.
- Advertising. I recently did an article about blog advertising. Read it. Forums, Reddit and Facebook are great places to get more people to show up.
- Keep Your Ads out of people's way. Sites such as Infolinks and more provide an out of the way link that only interested users will use. Placing thousands of ads may sound like a good idea but it keeps people from wanting to come back. People visit blogs for information not ads.
- Themes. Lets face it, the stock blog templates are boring. However you can find some great free ones to give your blog some attitude at btemplates.com or by using google. These templates vary in columns and more and can be easily uploaded to your blog.
- Content. Make it interesting and make it easy to read. Spelling errors, huge sentences and flashy pictures can get in the way of people reading your blog posts. Keep it clean.
- Keep your blog up-to-date. Try to post a new article every day. This tells people that your still their and are still keeping the site up. This is easiest to do if you set aside a small amount of your day (say 15-30 minutes) to post on your blog. Try to keep this time similar every day as you will find it easier that way.
- Check out the help sites. Their are hundreds of "How to blog" sites that explain everything in this article and more. These sites will give you the advantage you are looking for over the blog next to yours.
- Look at other succesful blogs. Look at the featured Blog of Note. These sites are choosen for a reason! Try to mimic what they do and you will see results.
- A domain name helps make your site/blog look more legit. Not saying that it isn't.
Here is a list of blogs that I recommend looking at:
- Rorschach Redemption - A blog about what he enjoys. Notice how he interacts with his users. You should try to do this too.
- Tech 'n Things - This blog has a focus. It shows you how to do what you don't know how to do.
- ¡Viva Suciô! - This is an original blog that twists your reality into something not entirly unlike a pink chicken.
Here are two sites you may want to use for tips and tricks in the blogging world:
- Blogger Tips and Tricks
- Blogger Tutorials
