Many bloggers have started their own blog, steadily built up traffic, but if you write weak, boring bullet points, then you are giving the reader an express invitation to leave.
If you do not want to be like them, but you want to create an attractive, interesting, more visible web blog, today I’m going to highlight some of the best advice that maybe some people have never used or didn’t know before.
Capture Interest – You’ll know you’ve success if your readers raise their eyebrows. But where can I find topics that will get those eyebrows to go up?, scan aiderss.com, and you’ll almost discover what goes on the major social bookmarking Digg and Delicous and what are the post that capture interest from the users.
Find your Topic – Diversifying your content from your competitors can be a danger when you write a blog post, Once identified your prefered topic look what publish other blog regularly to get an idea of what they write for that particular topic.
Establish Prior Email Contact – Don’t try to selling something or promoting your website by sending an email to the blogger, here is where many bloggers wrong. Make them a specific question or simply thank them for their useful website. You can also give a feedback on the site in general in order to suggest something that you think would be beneficial. Adseblog has wrote an interesting post on his site on how installing a feedback script on the blog.
Promote You Site with Social Media – I believe in the value that a social media strategy can bring to any site or business. Digg, Facebook, or Stumbleupon are one of the easiest way to get free traffic to your blog. Recently I’ve wrote an interesting article on how getting an high rank on Digg. While for Stumbleupon lovers, here how getting 1000 unique visitors from your own blog.
Use Alternative Channels – A great way to get visibility is to contact the bloggers on microblogging platforms. This method is not utilized by many people so you will have a blog that will stand out amongst thousands of blog. Here is a collection of micro blogging networks you can use for your website. All of them are similar in features and I wanted include some non-English micro blogging networks as well.
- Jaiku
- Pownce
- Dukudu (German)
- Frazr (French or German)
- Zuosa (Chinese)
Link to them and send them traffic – Put a link to the blogger you are targeting in order to get you traffic and exposure in return. This works particularly well in your blog because you are send them a bit of traffic and let the blogger know that you support their website. Put them on your blogroll if you have one.
