How To Get More Readers, Engagement And Buyers To Your Blog

  Whether your blog is personal or business related, you sure should have a steady amount of traffic coming in if you want to share your two pence with the world. The blogosphere is a boundless space with newer blogs being added each day. Thus, it can be a real challenge to get your blog to feature at the top of search results. Nevertheless, there are a few simple tips that will drive more readers, engagement and buyers to your blog. We've listed 10 tips you could use.

1. Updating your blog regularly is the key to building a loyal blog audience. The content should be fresh, meaningful and useful. Adding new content will sustain reader's interest and have them coming back for more. Besides, frequent posts will get you a better ranking on search engines.

2. For newly set-up blogs, it helps to start by submitting your blog's URL to major search engines such as Google, Yahoo and Bing. The main purpose of notifying search engines about your new blog is to give them the permission to have their spiders crawl your pages and rank them.

3. The third thing you might like to pay attention to is your writings style. Unlike websites that have a strict and professional appeal, blogs are meant to be more casual and easy-going in their design and style of writing. People prefer a creative and casual style of writing with a funny undertone rather than a preacher like-tone.

4. When building your blog, don't forget to capitalize on the power of images. Colorful images relevant to your post enhance the visual appeal of your blog. At the same time, they also give your readers a better idea of what you are talking about. An image with a catchy caption completes every blog post. You can use free-to-use images available online.

5. You can make your blog search engine friendly by targeting a particular niche. Individuals with personal blogs don't usually stick to a topic and write on almost any subject that appeals to them. However, if your blog is business related, you should optimize it for a particular niche. Build your blog around a specific topic and then choose to branch out.

6. Content alone will not attract traffic; you need to be artistic and creative with the design too. Customize the template to reflect your personal style. It should be artistic and colorful yet not appear too cluttered.

7. When trying to promote your blog in the blogosphere, you should make good use of the blog roll. On your blog, you can add links to other sites and blogs you like. In return, they will share links to your blog in their blog roll. A percentage of their readers will likely click on the link to your blog.

8. Another tip is to comment your way up to the top of search results. Other blogs in the same niche can help you get word out about your blog. You can comment on other's posts and they will do the same on yours. As you build a steady relationship, you might even be allowed to guest post on others blogs. The reason you should team up with other blogs in the same niche is because your target audience is the same.

9. You can also promote your blog on social network sites. You can request others to share your blog further through their social media accounts. In recent times, search engines have started taking into account social media likes and shares and thus, more social media links can boost your search engine rankings. Consider adding an RSS feed button. You can also submit your blog to social bookmarking sites.

10. Keep advertising to a minimum. If you are using a blog for business purposes or to make money online, it sure will use some advertisements. There is nothing bad in it, but don't fill a page with too many adverts; it is distracting and annoying.

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