TIPS TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL BLOGGER

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There are an almost unlimited number of ways to
increase traffic to your blog, but if you’re stuck
for ideas, here are simple tips to get you started.
Enjoy!
#Content#
1. Write eye-catching headlines.
2. Write excellent content— make a name for blog
as a source of informative, useful, funny,
entertaining, or inspiring articles.
3. Write longer posts— expand on your content,
fill out your blog posts and create truly epic
content.
4. Write shorter posts— follow Seth Godin’s
example with short but sweet posts.
5. Write more often— the more content you can
produce, the better.
#Enhance With Multimedia#
1.Use eye-catching photos and graphics to draw
attention to your posts.
2.Create Pinterest-friendly graphics with text on
top of images to encourage people to pin your
posts.
3. Create an interesting info graphic and share it
with everyone you can think of.
4.Upload videos to YouTube and Vimeo— make
sure a link to your site is in the description and
the video.
5.Produce a podcast and distribute it through
iTunes.
#Be Social#
1.Create a Facebook page for your blog. Use it to
communicate with your readers and post a
notification every time you publish a new blog
article.
2. Tweet all your posts when you publish them.
3.Link to your posts on your Google+ page when
you publish them.
4.Use social media scheduling software like Buffer
to post automatically on social media at the best
times of the day.
5.Link to your old posts periodically from your
social media accounts.
#Guest Posting And Link Building#
1. Guest post on other blogs — try pitching to one
new blog every week.
2.Include a link to your blog in every single online
profile you have.
3.Set up a free blog related to your niche with
supplementary content on Blogger, Live journal,
Type pad etc. and reference back to your main
blog.
4.Invite others to guest post on your blog— they’ll
send traffic your way when they link to the post.
5.List your blog in as many free blog directories as you can
find.
#SEO#
1.Interlink your blog posts— link to old posts from
new ones and edit old posts to link to more
recent ones.
2.Install a related content plug into link each
post to several other related posts.
3.Use keyword research tools to write about the
things that many people are searching for.
4.Install an SEO plugin like All in One SEO Pack or
the Yoast SEO plugin and optimize your site for
search engines.
5.Use relevant keywords in your image file names
and alt tags.
#E-books And Freebies#
1.Run ablog giveaway or competition.
2.Put an opt-in form on your website and send
out a free newsletter.
3.Publish an e-book and sell it or offer it for free
on Amazon Kindle. Make sure your web address is
in the first 10% of the book so it shows up in the
sample.
4.Write an e-book and offer a generous affiliate
commission to encourage others to distribute it
and link to your site.
5.Create a free report and get site visitors to
tweet or post about your site on Facebook to
access it
#Offline Ideas#
1.Include your blog’s URL on your printed
business cards and give them out to everyone
you meet.
2.Attend blogging conferences and networking
events — distribute your business cards!
3.Speak at conferences and special events.
4.Tell yourfriends and familyabout your blog.
#Other Miscellaneous Ideas#
1.Enter blogging competitions— your blog will
usually be promoted on the website hosting the
competition and social media for free.(Like this
contest am competing for)
2.Answer questions on Yahoo! Answers and leave
a link to your website.
3.Ping your blog posts with a tool like Ping-o-
matic.
4.Create a WordPress theme and include a link to
your site in the footer.
5.Choose a beautiful theme for your blog.

Written by temitope Joseph
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