7 Ingredients Of Magnetic Blog:
We all know that starting a new blog from scratch isn’t an easy task. But those who’s been blogging long enough, will tell you maintaining your posting rate and visitor count is even harder. This is possibly because you’ve limited yourself to a few promotion campaigns and reached your limit.
The most obvious way to get rid of this obstacle is to bring new readers to your blog. Yeah I know some of you will say “Its easier said then done mate” I agree with that, but as I always say little efforts can make lots of difference. So friends here is one more delicious recipe for you and your blog.
Write a Killer title:
A good title alone can encourage a visitor to read your whole article, unless the title drives the audience in, the rest of your words may as well be an exercise in uselessness.
With so many post and link all over the blogsphere a good post title will definitely make readers click and choose your blog post to read, This is especially important with traffic from social bookmarks, such as digg or del.icio.us.
Write unique and original:
I am sorry for reminding this one more time, but Unique content is core element of successful blog. And those who understood this have seen new people crowding their blog in on all directions, through word of mouth, linkage, bookmarks etc.
Comment on Other’s Blogs:
Yes I know I have said this a thousand times on my blog (and trust me you will hear this countless time again), but commenting on Blogs is the simplest way of getting new readers and attention of bloggers in your niche. And while commenting, make sure your are actually adding to the discussion and not simple promoting your self. “Hi mate great post” or “I like it very nice “kind of comments wont make people click through your link, make sure you make your comments count.
Optimize Your Blog For SEO:
You understandably write great content that your readers love but you need search engines (unless you are Darren Rowse who being chased by his psychopathic fans) to get those readers to your blog. With thousands & millions of web pages and blog posts battling to be found on the search engine result pages. It’s very crucial that your post appears on the first (or at least 1st few) page of the search engine results, for the keywords of your choice.
Read more about Search Engine optimization here:
How to make your Blog SEO friendly
Blog post on like blog:
Guest blogging is really a great way to drive targeted new traffic to your blog, as there are so many benefits to gain from it, although a lot of people kind of stay away from it, because they hate the idea of writing content for somebody else, but if you analyze the potential advantages, thing would be a lot different. To make it really big you have to land a post on a really popular blog with few thousand RSS subscriber, but the more popular a blog is, the harder it is to have an article posted. But like every thing its not impossible to happen.
How to ask for guest post:
Introduce yourself. In a few words say who you are, where you blog at and politely ask the blogger if it’s possible for him to have a look at an article you’ve written. That you’d like to be guest posted on his blog.
Popular bloggers get hundreds of guest post request every day, so it’s better not to waste his time with pleasantries. Come to the point in 1st paragraph.
And the most important one
The article you’ve written for guest posting has to be very well written and relevant, not only for it to get accepted, but for it to stand out among the blogger’s readers.
Link Bait:
Link Baiting means to create content that creates buzz about your blog and naturally attract backlinks post, Link Baiting is getting people to talk about you, discussing your post on forums, blogging about it, posting it on del.icio.us/Furl/Digg/Shoutwire and linking to it from their sites. Which results in great spike in daily traffic?
Now that you know the benefits of link baiting, you might think how can you create resources that are link worthy and bait-able? The answer is bellow
4 Link Baiting Ideas That Works Like A Charm
3 More link Baiting Strategies
Just Be Patience:
Building traffic and a popular blog takes times, even though you’ll hit a growth hunch keep on writing great contents and promoting your blog religiously. It’ll eventually pass one way or the other,
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Hi Sunil,
Your last point is the most important to a new blogger. Patience (and perseverance) will pay off. Just keep following the other great points and soon success will be on its way.
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I agree with Barbara that patience may be the most important virtue for the new blogger. I’d probably say the second most important would be to write in a compelling manner, as you described in point about writing unique and original posts. It can take a little while for a blogger to find their voice, but keep writing to figure out their unique blogging style.
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Hey Sunil,
good points… some I *really* need to apply to my own blog…
btw, I came here thru the ProBlogger contest. cheers!
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Great title, and very solid list for bloggers. I’ll third the vote fore patience being the most important.
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I love the title of this article. You are practicing what you preach at #1. Great tips, Sunil.
If I were to add, connecting with your readers and appreciating their participation are just as important, it could probably be the most important if you ask me.
Yan
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Persistence is the quality you got to have if you want to be a blogger. Results and rewards do not come quick and you have to be prepared for fruitless months. Build content and keep pushing, it will pay off – definitely.
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Good info, especially about approaching some to guest blog. Thanks!
That’s an excellent list and well explained. If I could add one more ingredient, it would be “decide whether you are in for the long haul”. This is a variation on your “Just be patient” ingredient. If you decide you are ok with not having fame overnight, you will be able to enjoy the journey more and I believe your readers will thereby enjoy your blog more. A virtuous circle, if you will.
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@ Barbara & Al there are few things every new blogger need to understand before starting his new blog, like Patience, Writing style, building content, and appreciating comments. these are the basics of blogging and those who learn it in early days of their blogging can really do well with it.
@Muhammad Siyabs & Shaun Mclanes Hello and welcome to Blogger’s Lab
@ Yan Yes Appriciating your readers participation is really important and i have wrote few post on comments pleas dig my archive when you have time to read it.
Hi Gilliam, Ava Semerau, & Des Walshs & welcome to Blogger’s Lab
i find that one of the advantages of regularly commenting on other people’s blogs is that they tend to be more loyal readers. as you regularly visit their site, they tend to regularly visit yours as well. so there’s an element of accumulation there.
Great info, Starting up a blog is hard work… I’m still struggling to get a good flow of visitors to come to my site. I’ll have to try changing up the titles of my posts to grab peoples attention.
Good post. I just found your blog and have found a lot of good information here.
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And I’m now applying the tip on commenting on other’s blogs right now.
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I think the Killer Title is one of the best draws. Grab the attention quick, just make sure the rest d the post delivers.
@kouji commenting on blogs is the best way to let other people know about your blog and as you said its the sure fire way to get loyal reader
@Sunil Internal Linking is another key Ingredient of magmatic blog which you have used very well in your post
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“Write unique and original” – How much you think this blog’s content is unique? Just curious to know your take on that.
Great stuff for sure.
@Shanker
thanks for visiting and asking that question.
unfortunately we human cant judge our self like we do to others, so i cant comment on my blog or its contents, maybe you should ask this question to my regular readers, only they can answer it.
yeah but there is one thing about my blog which makes it unique from make money online niche, who have same topic and same paid review, what they have when they visit posh restaurant and blah blah
Very informational blog. I like the strategies discussed in this blog post. I am working on SEO right now. Will check out the post you refer.
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Nice Blog.. Worth visiting it.. It’s useful not only for newbies but also for people like me …
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Killer title is the thing you need. It is the first and foremost thing to catch attention.
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Killer title and regular updates are probably the biggies – plus a reason to stay and read (content)
I would running a contest and giving away attractive prizes. Should be quite an attraction too!
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A Killer title and interesting stories,news can attract lot of blog readers.
The lesson is that your blog content should not look dull and boring.
I agree 100% that commenting on other blogs will help out your own blog. Not only can you add to discussions, but you can also get a backlink to your site for others to find you.
The key is to write really interesting comments instead of the basic, thanks great post type comments. People may label you as a spammer if you simply paste the same comment all over the place.
Anyways, great post!
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How thanks for the help I learned something today
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Writing killer titles will normally make or break a blog. Even if the text is very good and the blog is well indexed, people won’t read the blog if the title doesn’t speak to them.
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Very simple tips for newbies like me. Will definitely try them out. I hope these tips would help me. Thanx a lot for sharing.
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A creative title is a large part of the battle. If the title does not get my attention than many times I will not end up reading it. This can also serve as part of your link bait.
Your first point caught my attention, because the importance of a good title is often overlooked. There’s a lot of information on the web and not nearly enough time to look at it all. I know that for me I basically decide which articles and posts I’m going to read based on their titles.
I’ve been developing a website for a client, which uses a fixed width layout. I know there are arguments against using fixed width layouts, but leave that aside for the moment. It was fixed width.
They also should find some keyword terms they can get ranked well for easy. This way they start to get traffic instead of trying for the top terms and not getting any.
i find that one of the advantages of regularly commenting on other people’s blogs is that they tend to be more loyal readers. as you regularly visit their site, they tend to regularly visit yours as well. so there’s an element of accumulation there.heaven
I have to agree with Amil, it’s good to comment on other peoples blog. That way they at least feel obligated to at least check out your blog. It is a good way to build links.
Thanks – very helpfpful insights, will try to practice (am new …). Btw.: I have just added a Reference List to my economics blog with economic data series, history, bibliographies etc. for students & researchers.
Awsome article! I will be practicing what you are teaching me.
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