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Saturday, January 4, 2014

Get More Out Of Your Blog With These Tips!

By Sharee Kina


You may have heard that a website is helpful in the promotion of business, but what you may not know is that a blog is often just as useful, if you know how to use it correctly. The article below discusses some of the things that you need to know, in order to use blogging to your advantage.

When you are starting to blog, it is important that you never give up. You are not going to get a lot of readers your first day, and even your first week, and that is okay. Just keep writing what you are passionate about, and the readers will come to you.

Since blogging is on a personal level you should avoid writing formally. You should still write in a professional manner and use proper grammar. Your readers will be able to relate to you more when you are writing to them in a casual way and will continue reading your blogs.

When blogging, you should make sure that you make your RSS feed as obvious as possible. You can not expect other readers to find it if it blends in with all the text in your blog. This is why you should put it in a prominent position on your blog, and try to make use of the orange RSS icon if possible.

Maintain your authenticity. Do not try to act like some kind of know-it-all. Try to appear honest, open, and transparent. Keep this in mind at all times. Blogging is known to be the best way for a person to express their individuality. Reaching for perfection is probably a waste of time, so focus on improving your site instead. If you make a mistake, you make a mistake. The best characteristic you provide to your blog is your unique point of view, so flaunt it!

Have a section of your blog reserved for reader comments and jump in yourself. This allows your blog to maintain more of a community feel, where others are actively participating so that relationships are formed. When people see you acknowledge others, they will revisit your blog to see if you've responded to their comments.

Make your writing and the subjects that you write about tempt your reader. You always want to leave them wanting more, and looking forward to your next post. If you are able to do this 90% of the time, you will have many people coming back to check your blog often.

Refrain from using blog designs that are similar to MySpace. This means using extremely busy designs that have too much content on your screen, too many animated graphics, etc. Having these busy designs makes it extremely difficult for your readers to read your blog. As a result, they'll likely leave.

As you have now learned,there is actually a lot to learn when it comes to blogging. All truly successful bloggers use all of the knowledge they've learned to their advantage. If you hope to be successful, then seek and apply as much knowledge you can when you blog.




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