How to get your first 500 blog visitors. As a beginner blogger you know how it feels when you publish a great post but no one visits let alone shares it. Attracting large visitor numbers is what every blogger wants. A blogger friend of mine told me that his wish is to have 500 unique readers per day within the next six months. This is a very ambitious goal that is not easy to reach as most sites will never attract this large audience. In a world of millions of websites, starting a new blog is not news but growing it to getting hundreds or thousands of visitors is. “How I went from 0 to 700,000+ blog visitors” presentation Slides of my presentation are here: Get a domain name and optimize for search engines Search engines can be a valuable driver of traffic in the long run and you should optimize your blog for them (this is called doing SEO).
Create thrilling content Regularly produce valuable content that your target audience wants. You could create a simple blog post, an ebook for example, a case study or a report. How to Blog: Blogging Tips for Beginners. Update: See our more recently published posts on the topic of starting a blog at How to Start a Blog in 5 Easy Steps and how to make money blogging.
Welcome to my How to Blog – Blogging Tips for Beginners Guide. On the page below you’ll find links to a series of how to blog tips that I’ve written with blogging for beginners (and ‘Pre’ Bloggers) in mind. It unpacks the basics of blogging and a lot of the decisions and strategies that you’ll want to consider when setting up and starting a blog. How to Blog – My Ultimate Guide to Blogging for Beginners Since developing this series I’ve produced a book specifically for beginner bloggers. Lastly- if you enjoy these posts and want to keep in touch with ProBlogger – subscribe via our RSS feed. Blogging Tips for Beginners Introductory Posts Blog Design Tips Tips for Writing Content for Blogs Tips on Making Money from Blogs Blog Networks Other Beginner Blogging Tips Want more Blogging Tips for Beginners?
1. How to Craft a Blog Post – 10 Crucial Points to Pause. It hits you like a TON of BRICKS! It’s an idea for that KILLER blog post that is just bound to bring you all the traffic that you’ve ever dreamed of. With the idea fresh in your mind you sit down at your keyboard and BANG it out – desperate to hit publish as quickly as you can for fear that someone else will beat you to the PUNCH! Image by pallotron As SMOKE rises from your keyboard you complete your post, quickly add a title to it and proudly hit PUBLISH! Visions of an avalanche of visitors, incoming links and comments swirl before you. But then… Reality hits you like a SLAP in the face. Ever had that experience? I have – many many times over. Today I want to start a series of posts that will walk you through an alternative workflow for constructing a blog post – one that takes…. time.
Image by Samyra.S If there’s one lesson that I’ve learnt about writing for the web it’s that a key element to writing successful blog posts is that in most cases they take time to CREATE. 4 Post Headlines that are Guaranteed to Get Readers Excited. How to Write Irresistible Blog Intros. 7 Powerful Ways to End Your Next Blog Post. How to Install Google Analytics in WordPress. Knowing how your audience interacts with your website is crucial for your success. The best way to know your audience is through your traffic stats and this is what Google Analytics provide for FREE.
In this article, we will share why Google Analytics is important, and how you can install Google Analytics in your WordPress blog. Why is Google Analytics Important for Bloggers? Google analytics allow you to keep track of: Who visits your site This part of analytics answers what is the geographical location of your audience, which browser did the user use to visit your site and many other important information such as: screen resolution, JavaScript support, Flash support, language and more.
This data is extremely useful, and it can help in numerous ways. What they do when they are on your website You can track where the user is going on your website, how long do they stay on your website, and what is the bounce rate (the percent of users exit your site on the first visit). Video Tutorial. Search Engine Optimization for Blogs – SEO. Ari Paparo Dot Com: Big List of Blog Search Engines. My new theory on blogging is that whenever I can't find a particular piece of information on Google I should just create it myself.
What's the point of all this easy-to-use publishing technology if you don't publish stuff, right? Well, I recently created a new blog, MyLabIsOnFire.com and wanted to find a quick checklist of all the blog and rss search engines so I could submit the site and reap the tons of free traffic which would inevitably result. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a really comprehensive source. The best I found was this page which a) I found somewhat confusing; and b) did not address the ability to submit your blog to the engines. Update: It's really not that confusing. Thus, the Big List of Blog Search Engines. Following are all the blog search engines, directories, and web-based RSS aggregators I could find, along with brief instructions on getting your site listed.
New: Big List of International Blog Search Engines In alphabetic order: UPDATED! NEW! NEW! NEW! Updates: Hi. Introduction to Blogging. Introduction to Blogging Languages: English • Español • Nederlands • 日本語 • 한국어 • ไทย • 中文(简体) • 中文(繁體) • (Add your language) What is a "blog"? "Blog" is an abbreviated version of "weblog," which is a term used to describe web sites that maintain an ongoing chronicle of information. A blog features diary-type commentary and links to articles on other Web sites, usually presented as a list of entries in reverse chronological order. Blogs range from the personal to the political, and can focus on one narrow subject or a whole range of subjects.
Many blogs focus on a particular topic, such as web design, home staging, sports, or mobile technology. Generally speaking (although there are exceptions), blogs tend to have a few things in common: diagram A main content area with articles listed chronologically, newest on top. Some blogs may have additional features beyond these. The Blog Content Content is the raison d'être for any web site. Comments Want an interactive website? Archives Feeds Blogrolls. 10 Essential First Steps When Starting A Wordpress Blog. Having created quite a few blogs, I’d like to think that I have a good system down for those essential first steps, and I hope it can be of use to you too. By following these you’ll get a good head start in the world of blogging and hopefully an influx of traffic to give you the motivation to carry on. If you’ve already started, think of this as a checklist as I’m sure there’s a few you haven’t done yet. 1.
Good Quality Content Is Always The Best Tactic I can’t tell you how sick I am of hearing people announce their blog when it has less than 5 posts on it and/or consists of nothing more than YouTube videos and re-posted pictures with a one-sentence commentary. Make sure you have, at the very least, 10 quality posts, but aim for around 30 ideally. Keep your articles focused, grammatically correct and spell checked. 2. Spend a whole $10 on a unique, short as you can, relevant domain name – even if you’re hosting your blog on a free WordPress.com or Blogger account. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.