When Blogging There Is No Waiting Game

DragonBlogger — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:33:21 +0000

Bloggers have to realize that there is really no “Waiting Game” with blogging, unlike the previous generations where “If you build it, they will come” mentality existed and worked for certain types of companies and services bloggers have to “Go Get” their audience. There is just too much competition in virtually every category and topic on the web, just production quality articles and keyword tagging them alone is not sufficient to get you noticed and drive people to your site by itself.

You must immerse yourself in social media and every blogger is a sales person trying to promote their site and their opinions to the masses. Sign up for every single social network you can find (Digg, StumbleUpon, Mixx, Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, Plurk, FriendFeed, Ping.FM, BlogEngage, HubPages, Zimbio, BlogCatalog and hundreds more). Sign up and create a profile submit at least one or two articles to each social network, make sure your online “handle” is owned by you so your ID always associated on these networks is always your own.

If you are blogging with the intention to earn money from your blogs, you should also invest in your blog and grow its traffic. Very few bloggers are successful without putting some money into their blogs, this mostly should go toward promotion and advertising whether it is running CPC programs on AdWords, or running a campain on PayPerPost or SocialSpark to help get the word out. You want to invest a little bit of time and money into promoting your site and by funding it you are paying for awareness.

Know that your investments are far less than opening your own restaurant or physical business and you only invest what you can afford, but remember above all else. There is no waiting game in blogging, you must actively promote and sell your blog if you really want to get it recognized and successful.

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Engaging Blog Reader Participation

DragonBlogger — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:21:35 +0000

We all know some of the common tips and tactics for encouraging readers who visit your blog to leave a comment or interact in some way. These range from ending your post with a question, to hosting contests that require comments to enter or even implementing a poll in your blog just to have people produce some feedback and participate.

In an age where you are competing with millions of other online content providers you need to have your site stand out in your readers minds, no longer is it enough to just provide quality content, but you must find a way to engage your reader and get them to participate in something. By encouraging and prompting the reader to respond they are more likely to remember your site and come back since instead of just reading an article they actively responded.

It is then the bloggers responsibility not to “overdo” it, don’t spam the user with emails for commenting, or deluge them with thank you’s or requests to come back soon. Some sites implement points or entries for each participation that a user can collect and when they reach a certain number, the user gains some sort of benefit like a free advertising slot, or a free coupon for something.

As a blogger it is imperitive that you search the web and read other blogs, learn about how other bloggers are encouraging their readers to “engage” with the blog, find out what you like and implement something similar. Leave feedback for other bloggers if you think they have done something really unique or interesting, they will appreciate it and you will may also build a contact and a friendship by engaging someone else.

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