If you want to make a few bucks from all the hard work you are putting into your blog then consider adding a Paypal donate button to your Blogger Blogspot blog. Adding a donation button will encourage all those happy readers to say a big thank you for helping them out. Not everyone will donate but you will get the odd generous soul who will willingly donate some chump change to shout you a coffee.
In this tutorial we will be adding a gadget to the Blogger sidebar but we won't be changing the template. Skill level is rated easy.
1. Get yourself a Paypal account if you don't already have one
2. Login to your Paypal account
3. Click on the Merchant Services tab
4. Choose Donations from the list of key features displayed in the right sidebar of the PayPal Website Payments Standard Option (first of 3 payment solutions)
5. From the Paypal Create a Payment Button screen choose Donation from the dropdown menu at Step 1. if it is not already selected.
6. Stick with the default button unless you wish to customize it
7. Choose your currency depending on your needs and location
8. Choose Donors enter their own contribution amount radio button unless you want to have a set amount
9. Ensure the Secure Merchant ID radio button is selected. This will prevent spammers getting hold of your email address
10. At Step 2 it is worth saving your button
11. At Step 3 Customize your checkout page by allowing donors to write a short comment by selecting the Yes radio button to special instructions to seller
12. Select the No radio button for Customer's Shipping Address
13. Select the Create Button button
14. Once Paypal creates the donate button code copy it by right clicking your mouse and choosing copy
15. Logout of Paypal
16. Login to Blogger if you are not already logged in
17. Go to Layout > Page Elements
18. Click on the Add a Gadget link in the sidebar
19. Choose HTML/Javascript widget from the list provided
20. Paste the button code into the Content box of the dialog box that appears by placing the mouse inside the box and right clicking the mouse and then paste
21. Select a title like "Buy Me a Beer!" or whatever you would like
22. Click on the Save button
23. Drag and drop your new donation gadget into the spot you want it to appear in
24. Click the Save button to ensure your changes are saved
25. Click View Blog to see your new donate button in the sidebar of your Blogger blog
26. Click on your new donate button and you will be taken to the Paypal Checkout screen
This tutorial has walked you through all the steps needed to add a Paypal donate button to your Blogger Blogspot blog.
Check my sidebar for a live example :) and take the opportunity to make a little donation ...
Blogging is simply putting your content on a different platform. It is not just a diary, a gimmick or cheap party trick. Thought they certainly didn’t start out that way, blogs are incredibly useful content management systems when set up properly.
If you are marketing on the web and you don’t have a blog, you will always be beaten down by your competition. You cannot get ahead by using the tools of Web 2.0 without a blog, period.
Beyond a shadow of a doubt, blog content management systems are the darling of the search engines today, especially Google, the #1 search engine on the web. A blog platform allows you to do things no one else in your market can do with shopping cart and static sites.
Using the platform I use (on many websites I have) to publish online means you don’t just have a web site, you have a search engine magnet and an interactive community builder that will drive targeted, willing-to-buy visitors to your site. Read on to get up to speed on absolutely the most effective (free) blogging platform you should be on, along with the tools you must use to make that platform perform and drive traffic. Wordpress
To be an authority you need to run content on a platform that allows for everything Web 2.0 marketing strategies offer us. We don’t recommend you send all this traffic to anything less than a site that allows you to live up to Web 2.0 customer expectations.
If people find your content on a hip, relevant, interactive, widget-ized Web 2.0 site and they come to your flat, lifeless, hosted blog at some weak blog platform or some other piece of junk, your credibility and their stay on your site are both going to be short lived!
“But Matt Cutts uses Blogger.com!” Uh yeah, he’s freakin’ Matt Cutts!
Matt could publish on a roll of toilet paper and get more traffic than us mere mortals! To be able to run the widgets, plugins and do the SEO work you need to do while improving your traffic flow and user experience, such as using the MyBlogLog.com widget, for example, you need a robust and powerful content management system.
But it goes way beyond that. Way beyond.
You need to be able to plug into the open source communities’ ability to create a widget or plugin on demand that will enhance your marketing, conversion, and readership.
Wordpress has more plugins available from third party programmers and more people who program plugins than for any other system out there (there aren’t but a handful of blog systems you can even program plugins or custom “widgets” for anyway.)
This is why I use Wordpress as the base of our authority site publishing system at 99% of my websites. Though we’ve done more than anyone else on the planet to tweak Wordpress capabilities and turn it into what we call “Wordpress Master” with Post and Rank™ technology, the Wordpress base allows us to do what no other blogging CMS would.
Therefore, if you are going to do all the work involved with plugging into Web 2.0 and harnessing the traffic-driving, ranking-raising power of social marketing, we believe it is a shame to waste time on anything other than the best, even if you have to port your content into Wordpress from another blog platform you currently use.
It would be very much worth the trouble.
Now, to take it a step further, it would be a shame to use Wordpress “out of the box” and some free plugins and only get so far with your promotion efforts. There is a “glass ceiling” over what you can accomplish with Wordpress out of the box and free plugins.
(The ceiling is higher than any other, but it is still there and you are going to knock your head against it eventually after using the tactics in this blog to promote your site!)
Finally, do not get pulled into another blogging system because of its fans. They are just loyal fans of the system they publish on. They have no idea, nor the technical ability to know, how much better Wordpress is if they haven’t used it. We have tested Wordpress against all other blogging platforms and WP just annihilates them all in the engines.
(Of course we know how to use WP to the Nth degree, so we often beat other Wordpress sites with the same topic focus just because we know how to tune it to rock the engines.)
“How does a website become the Coca Cola of its niche?”
From here to the end of this guide you are going to be presented with tips, resources and tactics that only a relatively tiny handful of underground marketers know anything about.
And an even smaller handful who are experts at it.
Quick Start
Follow these easy steps to launch a site fast, or get more traffic to a live site (Wordpress preferred) right away.
Note: If the tips below don’t make sense to you yet, you probably need to go to the next section and read about blogging and Wordpress first, then come back here when you have your blog set up.
Remember the case study above from one of my friend’s sites?
We have below the exact steps he took to get fast results for his new blog – very fast results.
The tips below can be found at SEOFeed.com.
Tips For Making A Web 2.0 Blog Post – CRITICAL!
I wanted to spell out how to create and market a blog post with a Web 2.0 twist. There are, of course, several different ways to market your latest blog post. Below I have outlined a step-by-step strategy for marketing your latest blog post using Web 2.0 sites.
1. Your ping list has to be in order. Check out the recommended ping list if you don’t have a ping list you are happy using. The first part of marketing your post starts with your ping list. Plain and simple. You can also list your blog or website in RSS directories, here is a good list: 42 RSS Directories to list your blog.
2. You must tag your post. Simple Tags is a required plugin for Wordpress blogs. (Wordpress 2.2+ has tagging but the general consensus is that it “sucks”) Simple Tags will allow you to categorize content based on a tagging engine. Without a doubt, Simple Tags is one of the most powerful Wordpress plugins. Each time you make a post add your keywords as tags at the bottom of your post as well as to your Wordpress pages.
3. Tag Technorati throughout your post. For example, this post is about Web 2.0 and blog posts. Using this approach will keep your posts at or near the top of the list at Technorati. There’s a really killer plugin called Tagalize-It that makes tagging throughout your posts really simple.
4. Your post is pinged and tagged properly. Now what? Time to syndicate your post and generate some immediate traffic. Some clarification is necessary here. Web 2.0 sites normally have 2 types of functions. Either they act as bookmarking sites like Del.icio.us or they act as story submission sites like Digg where users vote on the quality of story.
Make sure that when you sign up for accounts at places like StumbleUpon.com or Propeller.com, you look for the buttons they give you to put on your browser so you can easily submit content from your site and elsewhere without logging in to each site manually.
You can go to SocialMarker.com to make syndication easier ;-) ...
“Anyone who masters the tactics in this blog will become a force to reckon with. In any niche!”
- Mystery Money Man
The Importance of Authority on the Web … In the beginning, it wasn’t that hard to become an authority site. Of course, people weren’t monetizing their sites in any significant way in the early years either. Once the word got out that someone (whoever it was) was making money with their site, the massive gold rush began that continues today.
But there is one fact that is as true today as it was in the beginning: most people are lazy and unwilling to work to achieve great things with a real online business. Which is to your advantage.
And the most honest, upstanding, even church-going people in the real world will turn into cheating, conniving, cut throat black hat marketers and scam artists online if they think they will get away with it.
Though they wouldn’t mug someone in the real world, if they read a sales letter that essentially sold information on how to pick pocket every visitor to their site (and they thought they wouldn’t be caught) more people than you might think would do it without hesitation.
The first thing people seem to be attracted to online is the least cost, least work “business opportunities” that get hundreds of thousands of people hooked in each year to this day.
(Again, this is to your advantage!)
This is despite the fact that you cannot find mention of a single successful person who made themselves into a well-known, respected authority in any niche (online or off) without a single original thought or idea of their own.
And most importantly, without work and risk being involved.
This guide is not for those lazy people or cheaters. It is a road map for people who are willing to make their online business their central focus, and not something they are going to work on “here and there” when they are in the mood.
The many people behind this guide are not dummies. If there were a way to create buzz, search engine rankings, and traffic and money to the degree that we do with our system without work and without ripping anyone off, we’d be doing it.
Authority site owners are people who have sacrificed something to be where they are today.
Time, money, sleep, social life, or whatever.
Not a single successful website has ever been created by someone who didn’t work every day to make it successful.
BUT… Some Articles in this Blog Do Show You How To Work Much Smarter…
…it doesn’t get you off the hook entirely, but it will make your life easier for sure.
You are on a quest for intel.
You’ve made up your mind that you will build a presence that will dominate your niche. Now all that stands between you and your goals is work and good intel.
This blog contains the intel that will help you build an authority web presence and even help you get 100-200-300+ visitors per day in a matter of days depending on how you work it and what your niche is.
And from there it will take you to the maximum amount of attention you can possibly get in your niche, whether its 1000 visitors a day or 100,000+.
Please do yourself a huge favor and commit to reading this blog thoroughly. I promise you are going to see results from what you apply, so don’t get distracted by the shiny objects in your email inbox!
I gave a friend of mine a tiny fraction of the resources/tips of this blog to launch a brand new site and start generating traffic from exactly ZERO visits and no search rankings. He started getting targeted visitors within hours.
His second day, from nothing, he got 42 unique visitors. His third day he was ranking in the top 10 in Google for great keywords people were actually searching with (not dead keywords, but top tier two-word phrases)!
The things I showed my friend are in this blog plus a helluva lot more!
All that potential is really here for you. Thank the person who alerted you to this blog. And don’t forget, at least one of your competitors is probably reading it too ;-)
1) Personality! Make sure your blog has some as you’ll want to engage your reads and make them relate to you or the character you create. By having a likable personality when writing it will be more interesting that a dull and boring blog. You can engage the reader through competitions, questions/asking for comments and by just writing about interesting stories, techniques and ideas.
2) Make It Sticky – Your blog should have people coming back to it and reading it againand again. Make sure you include RSS reader buttons so visitors can subscribe to the feed. Also opt-in newsletters that offer more than just updates are a good idea but the number one way to get people to come back is to offer excellent likable content. 3) Maximise Your Blogs Revenue – By making sure your blog earns every penny it can it will mean less work creating new blogs to increase your revenue. Since the beginning of this blog, there’s been a few new ways to maximise your revenue and I’ll be sharing them inside… So you’ll be able to turn your existing blogs revenue into much more.
4) Don’t Give Up – I get emails every week from people ready to quit because of various reasons including… They can’t set their blog up, Google dropped their PageRank, Earnings are slumping and even because they’re earning too much and work is piling up. There will be hard times on your journey but you must not give up. I’ve come close to giving up many times but always remember that I shouldn’t because for every bad day I’ll have 20 good days where I’ll be amazed at how much money is been made and how much fun it all is. Stick to it and you’ll have success.
5) Don’t let your blog die. Flip it instead – I’ve seen huge differences in blogs that are kept updated and offers that don’t get new posts. You don’t have to post every day or even every week but make sure you don’t just set them up and forget about them because they will die off and lose traffic… If you are having problems managing all you blogs. Keep your best ones and sell the others. You should always be looking to sell some of your blogs for the right amount as this will increase your income and wealth.
Almost 4 years since I started blogging, it seems like a lifetime has gone by with all the changes in the blogging world over the last few years. I totally overhauled my entire system and business model which will be revealed in this blog but again in the last 18 months some big changes have happened.
However… I haven’t had to completely change my system like before… It’s just needed some additions, fine tuning and unproductive techniques stripping away. This is what you’re about to read… My million dollar blueprint that has been tested and tweaked for the last 18 months.
First, here’s the 3 big changes I’ve seen in the couple of years that if you’ve missed you need to know about in order to maximise your blogs potential. 1)Blog Advertising is becoming big business … Blog advertising is set to become one of the largest forms of advertising on the web only surpassed by PayPerClick marketing. This is amazing news for bloggers like us as small companies through to large corporations will be throwing money into the blogging world and it’s yours for the taking. Blogging is set to keep the rate of growth it’s seeing and as a student of this blog system you’ll be perfectly positioned to make money from blog advertising as well as using blogs for affiliate marketing.
2) Free Blogs Are Dead … Using blogging services like Blogger or the free WordPress.com version won’t make you the big money and other serious bloggers are seeing. It’s crucial that you actually own your blog including the domain name and are in control of it by having your own hosting rather than free hosting and a sub-domain like Blogger provides. Now if you have started a free blog you’ll be able to follow along and take that blog and turn it into a money making blog using this system. Now you may be asking to yourself - Why are you using a blogger blog though ??? Simple, just to give you some tips :-) ... this is not my main blog and it's sure not my main income stream ...
3) Adsense is not the only option you have to monetize your blog. You can make money online through CPA, PPC, Affiliate Marketing ... make sure to be creative and diversify the way you make money online ... that's the best key :-)
Print magazines make money by selling advertising. The larger their circulation, the more influence they exert over people, and the demographics of their readers dictate how much money they make.
Blogs are essentially the same. The more traffic (circulation) you have, the type and quality of that traffic (reader demographics) and the influence you have over your audience, determines your profitability.
This is why bloggers are obsessed with building traffic. It really doesn’t matter how you make money – it might be a contextual ad program like Google AdSense, affiliate marketing or direct ad sales – the more raw readers you have, generally, the more money you can make. Quality of traffic plays an important part too. If you have a strong influence over your readers, when you ask them to do something, such as recommending they buy a product you promote as an affiliate, more of them will do so.
If you break down the process of blog monetization, the following events occur:
1. A person (blogger) creates a web destination point (blog) that people want to visit, possibly on a repeat basis, because of the value it offers. Initially they find the blog by following a link from another blog or website, through a referral from friends or colleagues, or they come across the blog when it appears in the results of a search-engine query.
2. A proportion of that audience is funneled on to other sites that “pay” to buy the traffic. Payment might be in the form of a per-click fee, a monthly rate, an affiliate commission, or profit on a product or service sale.
The blogger works to attract attention and then sells that attention to advertisers for a fee or uses the attention to profit from their own product and/or service sales. The key variable here is “attention”. Attention is traffic, influence and the potential to make money from blogging.
So how does a blogger attract attention?
Two Key Ingredients For Attracting Attention
The first part of creating attention (traffic) to a blog, is the age-old advice you will have read over and over again if you study successful blogging:
“Write good content”
So yes, the foundation of a great blog is good content. Where people go wrong is deciding what good content is, given their goals (usually the error is made when determining exactly what the goals are and what strategies will be used to meet the goals) and assuming that just good content is enough.
The other key ingredient is marketing.
Did I mention that all professional bloggers need to have business skills? Yep, that’s right, marketing – the fine art of attracting attention and THE key component for successful business – is a paramount ingredient for successful blogging. It’s through marketing that people find your good content.
I’ll discuss how to market a blog in a moment, but first we have to make sure you avoid the first error I mentioned – not having a strategy in place for producing the right type of good content given your goals.
Why Do You Blog?
I bet right now if I asked you why you are reading this report you would say you want to know how to earn a full-time income from blogging and improve your lifestyle. Those two things are outcomes of effective blogging, not the reason why you blog.
We want to make money from our blog, so we have to consider profit and the possibility of monetizing our audience. However if you spent all your time attempting to make money from your blog you would end up with no traffic, and no traffic means no money.
No one wants to read a blog that is made up of nothing but advertisements, paid reviews and affiliate promotions. They want to read a blog that enhances their lives.
Your primary motivation when producing content is to focus on enhancing the lives of your readers. After reading your blog they should feel good. That’s a somewhat simplified way of thinking about what makes good content, but at it’s core, that’s all there is to it.
Focus on helping, educating and entertaining through your words and you will have the building blocks – your pillars – for a successful blog.
The strategic part comes in when you consider the type of reader your good content should attract. If you produce good content, but your topics are all over the place, you won’t have enough topic congruency – a niche focus – and consequently will turn people away.
Your goal is to make a very small segment of the population very happy with your great content, focused on a niche topic.
Everyone has a different opinion of how to explain what a blog is. I like to explain what a blog is by contrasting it to a “normal” website, since essentially a blog is a website (so there you go, that’s all a blog really is – a website).
Blogs are websites with a few very key differences, namely:
1. Articles are listed in chronological order with the newest article at the top
This is a very consistent element of every blog I have ever come across. Articles are listed with a title followed by the body content, starting at the top of the page with the most recently published article followed by the next most recent, and so on. This format is a legacy of the “journaling” aspect of blogging. The term blog is derived from “weblog” which essentially means online diary or journal. Diaries have entries made by date and that is how blog posts work too.
An important point to make, despite the journalistic style history, is that blogs today are not all diaries and are not only about the personal lives of the authors. Some blogs still are the thoughts of one author – my blog is, but I don’t talk about my cat or what I had for breakfast. I stay on my chosen topics, Make Money Online, Affiliate Marketing, SEO, CPA, Internet Marketing, Wordpress, blogging tips, and people who are interested in those topics come to read my blog. Blogs today can be about any subject, written by one or many authors and certainly are not all personal diaries. Personal reflection, opinion and tone all have a place in blogs, but that doesn’t affect the breadth or scope of topics covered.
2. It’s easy to add new content
Normal websites have one chronic problem that kept everyday people from creating one – they are just too technical. Even with sophisticated content management systems, website creation was out of the reach of your average web surfer.
Blogs changed things. They provide a content publishing system so easy to use that the average net surfer, with some practice, can become a blogger and publish content to the World Wide Web. When content publishing became as easy as writing email, the barriers to entry were lowered enough for it to go mainstream and we now have a world filled with millions of blogs.
3. Content is updated frequently
Another major problem that plagues traditional websites is their static nature. Most websites never change and you always come back to the same pages with the same content. The reason for this is point two above – it is too hard for the average person to add content to a website.
Sure, many popular sites were updated frequently before blogs came along, but they have the backing of large organizations with technical staff and writers, or are managed by people who understand things like HTML, FTP and web servers. Most people do not speak this language and until blogs became available it was hard for the average person to publish their ideas online.
Blogs lower the barriers to publishing enough so the average person can do it. As a result the Web is inundated with content producers (bloggers) writing and publishing articles on a regular basis, sometimes multiple articles per day. Websites have never been as dynamic as today’s blogs.
A spin-off effect has been the rise of blogs in search engines. Search engines like Google reward sites that publish valuable content on a consistent basis. Blogs, by their nature, do this (assuming motivated bloggers are running them) and so rise high in search engine rankings.
As a result of blogs “stealing” top search engine rankings, they receive even more attention, capturing the focus of Internet marketers and business owners as they look to blogs as potential marketing tools for their products and services.
4. Blogs allow people to leave comments
A significant evolution when comparing a traditional website to a blog is the addition of the comments function. Each article published to a blog has an input box to allow any person from the public to leave a comment on that article.
This enhancement turned websites from one-way broadcasting devices, to two-way communication tools. Readers can directly communicate with the author of the content, carry on the conversation started by the article and essentially turn a blog into a community. This last point is more powerful than you think, and here’s why…
5. People “trust” blogs more than normal websites because blogging is a conversation
If you combine all the elements above – the personal journal style of writing, the ease of adding content leading to frequent updates, and the ability to interact with your readers - you have a formula for a very natural communication tool.
Blogs, by their nature, are considered trusted sources of information. They foster a more human relationship and, as evidenced in countless blogs today, some bloggers are perceived as respected experts, whether they are or not, purely on the back of their successful blogs.
This final point is the most significant, yet subtle element that distinguishes blogs from normal websites. If people trust the words written on a blog, if people come to like and identify with the person writing the blog, you have all the elements necessary to create a popular community focused on the creative output of just one person.
This is why any person with a passion, a hobby, or a skill, and enough motivation to produce content on a particular topic, can build an audience, keep people coming back and ultimately, monetize that traffic, establishing the potential for professional blogging.
Much of what I just explained won’t be new to some people, but it lays the groundwork for the rest of this report. If the concept of “blog” is still a bit blurry for you, head online, find some blogs and seek examples of the five points I listed above so you understand the opportunity that exists.
You can start with my blog, Make Money Online Tips, and then explore my blogroll and links to other blogs. Now we know what makes blogs different, the next step is to understand how we can make money from them. As I mentioned at the start of this report, it’s important to realize the strategy before implementing the tactics. Later I will review the tactics – the methods of making money from your blog that are available to you today and what I currently use – but first you need to know the strategy behind making money from blogging.
It’s actually more important to understand the strategy behind profitable blogging than the different ways you can get paid. Tactics and techniques for making money are always changing and new options open up on a daily basis. However, the fundamentals of why you make the money do not change, so make sure you pay particular attention to this next section.
Best Related Posts Plugin and Widget for Blogger - Learn How to Show Similar Articles Bellow Blog Posts
A relatively easy method of increasing page views on your blog is to add a list of related posts below each article or displaying them in the SideBar. Now there is a Related Post Plugin for WordPress but there is no such one officially available for Blogger. So here is the Solution. This offers readers a ready-made reading list of other articles on your blog, which are of a similar theme or subject matter.
Installing Related Posts for Blogger Widget for your BlogSpot Blog - Installation Option 1 - Add Related Posts Widget to Sidebar
Step 1. Click the button below
Step 2. Move the new sidebar widget to a position you like
The new sidebar widget will be created at top of your sidebar, you may want to move it a better place. Remember to save. Tip: You actually can drag this sidebar widget and drop onto after Blog Posts widget, then this widget will show up after comments.
Step 3. Go to one of your blog post
You have to see it in action in single post, you will not see the Related Posts list in your home page of your blog. Just randomly choose one of your blog post.
Option 2 - Add Related Posts just below your Post Content
Step 1. Go to Layout/Edit HTML/Edit Template
Step 2. BACKUP your template! Do not skip this!
Step 3. Check Expand Widget Templates, then Find a block like:
P.S - In other to be able to insert the code in this post, I needed to replace (<) with (&It) and insert a space after the <>
Depending Upon whether you install the Related Post Blogger widget in the Sidebar or Below the Post, you can also make customizations according to your Need by looking Below.
Enjoy ;-) !!!
Customizing Related Posts Widget Plugin’s Title & Number of Posts (Optional)
By default, if your blogs are written in English, you should be more likely having no need to customize the widget title. However, if your blog is not a normal blog or not in English. For example, it's a food/cuisine/etc or written in Japanese. You could set the title to Related Recipes or 関連記事 (translated by Google Translate).
Here is how you can do that: Change the original code:
< src="'http://www.google.com/jsapi'"> < type="text/javascript"> ndow.brps_options = { "title": " <>Hey! Check out my other related posts! < /h2>" "max_results": 5 } < /script> < src="'http://brps.appspot.com/brps.js'" type="'text/javascript'/">
Notice that we have a new < script > block. You can also use HTML in it, you may need to as shown above since normal Blogger widgets use < h2 > as title. If you don't use, the widget may look different.
"max_results": 5 = Number of Related Posts you Want to Show
Why Should you Install the “Related Posts Widget for Blogger” ?
- More Click Through Ratio (CTR) for your Pages - More CTR = More Adsense Impressions. - Gives Readers easy Navigation (about what to read next ) - Makes your Posts Sticky
In this post I will write about 10 blogging tips for becoming a better blog writer.
If you are keeping a blog for your niche market site, you probably know that you have to post regular and relevant content.
You can’t just throw anything up there and expect to be credible and successful. Here are a few helpful tips to remember when you are posting content to your blog:
1. Think about what the reader is looking for.
By now you know your target audience (or you should) and you need to be providing them with the information that they are looking for. 2. Avoid typos, grammatical errors, and misspellings.
Proofread and edit with a fine-tooth comb. These errors make your writing look unprofessional and sloppy.
3. Use links frequently.
Liberal sprinkling of links into your articles and posts gives your readers even more information. Remember that internal links are good for your SEO. Don’t worry about endorsing those other sites—if you are a true authority in your site you shouldn’t be threatened by your visitors getting information elsewhere, you’ll have the best information but be supplementing with the extra links. This is a great strategy for you to network your blog and build your links, too.
4. Don’t carry on endlessly.
Keep your posts short and stick to the point. By doing this, visitors are more likely to return to your site. Nobody takes the time to read pages and pages of content on the Internet, people want short-and-sweet information.
5. Keywords are important.
Using keywords correctly keeps the search engines happy, increasing your page rankings. Too many keywords will make your blog look spammy, though. Find the balance, use them as frequently as possible, just keep a natural flow.
6. Hook your readers with the headline.
Catchy headlines will get your readers to at least scan your post. Make sure the headline gives a little information about the post and makes people want to read it.
7. Keep your writing style conversational.
Don’t get too technical. Think of your readers as your friends, and write accordingly, in a conversational style.
8. Posting regularly can be time consuming.
If you don’t have time to write your own original, useful, and valuable post, share an article that someone else wrote, perhaps a video clip that fits your niche, or a book review. Linking to other people’s information and blog sites, I repeat, is very good for your site.
9. It’s perfectly okay for a blog posting to be based on your opinion. The thing about blogs is, readers know they are written by real people—it’s supposed to be your opinion, advice, or some communication from a person, not a company.
10. Use bullet points or numbered lists.
This makes your post easy to scan, and since you are including links (see item number 3 on this list) people can get more information on exactly what they need by clicking the links they need. It’s not hard to keep your blog going regularly and to keep it interesting. These tips are just a few of the simple ways to keep your readers coming back for more. Read More......
Wondering just how you can rock your reader’s world?
Here are a few ways that seem to really bring back the visitors. Remember, it’s not getting traffic to your site just once, it’s the repeat visitors that make the difference.
You need to really crack the code of how to get visitors coming back time and time again, and sticking around when they do visit, if you want your site to go places. It's also interesting to improve your affiliate marketing skills. 1. Ask questions at the end of each of your posts.
This technique makes your readers more interested because everyone loves to offer their opinion. And, if someone does post a comment or answer your question, they are very likely to check back to see if you responded to them or if anyone else posted about their comment. So, it should also go without saying that you should always respond when someone leaves a comment on your site. You are building a valuable network of fellow bloggers.
2. Invite readers to subscribe to your RSS feed.
Interested readers will want to know when you have a new post for them to check out. After each post, include a statement that says something to the effect of, “If you like this, then subscribe to my RSS feed for regular updates.”
3. See #2, and use a RSS Feed button on your site.
Okay, this seems really simple, but if you don’t have an RSS Feed button, then get one immediately so that those readers who are drawn in by the #2 tip have something to use!
4. Make sure that you have a “Related Posts” plug-in on your site.
If your site has this valuable plug-in, then readers will instantly see titles of other related posts that may be of interest to them. This makes the average page-per-visit higher, visitors will be very likely to check out other posts if they are staring them in the face.
5. Start a contest among your readers.
This is simple, ask your readers to enter a contest for the “best” strategy to (fill in the blank). You can offer introductory services, e-books, membership, links, or even just some sort of blog award (people love ANY prize or recognition). This will get readers coming back to check out the competition and see how they are ranking. Ask readers to vote on the best blog site submitted to the contest and watch your traffic skyrocket.
6. Make yourself very accessible.
Answer questions promptly, thoughtfully, and thoroughly. Remember, the key to online marketing often lies in the social marketing and social media aspects—so be social!! Don’t make readers wonder if you received their question or comment. Address them personally each and every time, or as much as possible. Even in this computer-dominated age, people still need that human touch.
7. Lastly, make your posts relevant and interesting.
You will quickly lose readers, and eliminate return traffic if you are boring, overly aggressive, too technical, repetitive, or irrelevant. Keep your readers in mind when you are posting, and they will keep you in mind when they are surfing for information. Follow these 7 simple tips and make your blog more “sticky.” Stick in people’s minds and they will keep returning to check out what you have to say! Read More......
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