Friday, October 26, 2012

How to Have a Great Start with Your Blog

By Irving Roefaro


If you start your blog with a strong foundation, it will be much easier to make fast progress with it later on. There are a few simple things you can do, which we'll be talking about below, that will help you lay a strong foundation for your new blog.

You Have to Impress Your Visitors Quickly: The very first impression that people get when they visit your blog is of the utmost importance. You only have a few seconds to connect with your audience and let them know what your blog is all about, because if your blog isn't able to do this people will click away before really checking out your site. By impressing the early visitors to your blog, you have a chance to see some rapid growth, as these people can share the link with their friends and traffic can quickly build this way. If you can create some early momentum for your blog, this will simplify your task of building it up later on. If you want visitors to recommend your blog, you have to make sure that you make your blog attractive and full of relevant content from your very first post; that's why it's so important to focus on quality and giving your blog a professional appearance right from the start, as this is what will cause people to bookmark and share it.

Your blog has to be able to give people help or information that's not readily available elsewhere. Give people as much individualized attention as possible, and respond promptly to any questions or comments. This way your blog can be a refreshing alternative for your visitors, a place where they can feel that their individual needs are acknowledged. Set Up Face-to-Face Meeting with Other Bloggers: You shouldn't confine your networking efforts solely to the digital world but try to take it offline as well. If you've got some bloggers living in your locality or close by then, you should get in touch with them and see if you can meet in person. You will benefit from using this approach later on because it is a very efficient way of creating a relationship with other people online. If there are a larger number of you living in the same area, then you can put together a larger meeting where everyone can get to know everyone else. It's all about growing your network so that you've got more people to partner with when the time comes. Besides this, doing this activity will also help you foster an exchange of ideas and get more useful tips from each other that will help you grow your blog.

Comments Can Be Invaluable: You have to watch the comments section of your blog closely because they can provide a lot of value. Through the comments you will be able to gain a good understanding of how your readers think and exactly what they want so you can offer them excellent value. But apart from this, there could be a lot of people that post irrelevant comments which have to be removed on time. If you let too many of these comments through without removing them, your blog's reputation will suffer. In order to maintain the decorum of your blog and give your readers a better experience, always monitor your blog for such comments.

There are certain areas of blogging that need to be stressed upon right from the start because unless and until you build a solid foundation for your blog, there's absolutely no way you will find long term success. The more effort you put into it now, the more it will pay you back in the future.




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