Tuesday, June 5, 2012

What a Newbie Blogger Should Understand

By Mai Carson


Although blogging on its own does not sound very complicated, you may have some concerns if you are new to the popular online activity. But if you check out this article, you should be able to manage a thriving blog that cashes in on the success of your niche.

When you are composing the content for your blog you need to ensure that you write for the people who read it not the spiders of the search engines. Thinking about SEO is great but don't ever forget that your human readers are who you need to please. This means that you need to work hard to please both the humans reading your content and the search engines. Lots of bloggers forget that one of the most important parts of SEO is writing to please readers, which automatically raises your search engine rankings. Just make sure you give your readers the quality they are looking for, and make the content stand out; the search engines are trying to help real people find real content - so by doing this, you're actually helping the search engines find and rank good content that is relevant and connects with the target readers.

Formulate a blogging strategy and stay with it. Readers will look up to you as a professional so prepare to make consistent updates to your blog. You also need to divide your time with one component writing a set amount of articles and the other component dedicated to marketing and other activities. Good bloggers make schedules for themselves to ensure a consistent flow of quality updates. Doing so will keep all your posts in check because you know you are spending your allocated time on post creation. Most of the successful bloggers have a firm schedule in place, and they ensure that it is followed strictly. As time goes by, you can become a little lenient in your approach because your readers will start trusting your brand, and won't stop reading even if there are a few ups and downs.

To be in line with other blogs, your blog must have social media elements. Search engine traffic is simply not enough these days as social networking sites are widely used now so be sure to invest some efforts in those areas. Adding a Twitter button should be just as crucial to making a Facebook page so you reach out to both communities. You can have a much wider reach if you take social networking more seriously.

Building a strong foundation for your blog and providing your readers with the most value possible will allow you to make a good impression, even as a new blogger.




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