Thread: 10 Top blogging tips of 2009

Hi Friends,
Following are top 10 blogging tips of 2009.

Blogging Tip ##1: Post Regularly. Readers will be more likely to follow your blog if you have a regular posting schedule. Post weekly, post bi-monthly, post monthly — it doesn’t matter what it is (although it should be at least once a week in my opinion) — but stick to a schedule.

Blogging Tip ##2: Use Plugins. Plugins like relevant posts, “most popular posts” and “recent posts” make your blog more sticky because they encourage readers to hang around longer. The longer a visitor is on your blog, the better chance you have of converting them into a customer. And that, remember, is the goal when you’re in business..

Blogging Tip ##3: Post from Experience. I like first-hand information. In fact, many web surfers are looking for this type of info. It’s no coincidence that “how to” information is the number one selling product on the web. Most of it comes from first-hand information.

So use case studies, write in the first person (eg, use “I”), tell your readers how you solved a particular problem, etc. I sell a lot of ebooks by doing just this. It lets readers know that you know what you’re talking about; hence, you become an authority voice in your niche.

Blogging Tip ##4: Niche It. Speaking of niche – clearly define who your audience is and speak to them – and only them – directly. You will get ancillary customers/clients/readers as a matter of course. BUT, you should always blog with your core audience in mind.

Blogging Tip #5: Comment on Other Popular Blogs in Your Niche. Make relevant posts on other authority blogs in your niche. The key word here is r-e-l-e-v-a-n-t.

Blogging Tip #6: Write Well. Make your post long, make it short, make it mid-length, but by all means, write well. This cannot be taken for granted. I don’t care how salient your post is, if it’s poorly written, you will not be taken seriously. In fact, you can even damage your online reputation.

It’s probably no coincidence that the alphabet and sentence construction are among the first things we learn in school. It’s the foundation of communication — so don’t waste it; use it.

Blogging Tip #7: Market Your Blog. Don’t post it and forget it. This is your chance to use sexy marketing like social networking. Market your posts on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc.

Remember, once you start with social networking though, you have to engage with those communities. So when you start to incorporate social networking into your blog marketing, do it with this in mind.

Blogging Tip #8: Use a Clean Design. A blog doesn’t have to have all the latest gadgets to be effective. A simple, clean design – with good content – will compete with the flashiest design every time. Simplicity rocks!

Blogging Tip #9: Personalize Your Blog. Inject some personality. Let YOU come through!

Blogging Tip #10: Don’t Give Up. Blogging is tedious, boring, monotonous and downright draining at times. Once you’ve blogged for a while, there will be days when you just want to chuck it in favor of something more exciting.

But keep this in mind: in many cases success is not gained by the most talented, the most brilliant, or the most beautiful. All of these things help. But, success comes to those who simply “stick with it!”

Keep these blogging tips in mind as you head into the New Year and happy blogging in 2009. i hope you liked my tips.

good tips.If you want your blog popular and famous,it's really hard work.You should devote
yourself to it.Patience is very important in this course.Also you're eligible to choose the
way you want to promote-paid or unpaid method.

Also you should add that you should spread the voice about your blog in soccial networking groups, pages, friends, without spamming.

Nice tips. This will serves as a good guidelines, especially to the newbie. BTW following that tips, needs patience and hard work. And never stop until you've seen a good result.

Good tips!

Posting regularly with unique and useful contents will definitely increase your blog's popularity

Originally Posted by povidiu

Also you should add that you should spread the voice about your blog in soccial networking groups, pages, friends, without spamming.

I think he did that.

These are realy some very usefull tips.

I find your tip ten to be one of the most helpful. When blogging the first while is getting established and it is very easy to give up when first starting out, but if you stick it out usually the blog will start paying off.

nice post! thank you!

Hey, I found this list to be a bit of the usual normal kinda stuff. Thanks but this is really good for beginners. Not to say I'm a professional, it's just the kind of stuff I see preached on every forum.

thx mate, it was realy helpful:mellow-f:

Wonderful tips you have given about blogging and I will use some them for sure ( already using some of them)

Actually, it does not really cater to hard selling which is sometime very intricate to perform. An online marketing expert must be very precise in conveying quality marketing blogs. Poor content is just a waste of time and will never get good criticism. This is basically the reason why affiliate marketers are also careful in distributing quality contents and correct blogs to their readers. You must know what you readers want. It is actually the key to making accurate blogs. Your subjects must be what your readers need. They way you send your opinions on your blogs will confirm your proficiency on the subjects you are writing.

Thanks fro sharing. I consider that the most important point is to write from your own experience. I think it's very important when a person shares his or her point of view on the problem. In such a way such people can enrich each other.

I am a regular blogger. You have posted good topics. It is beneficial to every blogger. I think blogging is a good way to increase traffic to our website.

Very nice summary. Especially like the tip of finding a niche. It is just so incredibly important these days, as everyone is flooding the major markets.

A good example of this is teeth whitening products and teeth whitening review sites, even in blog form there are tons of these sites out there making it hard to compete.

When you will do the same work on daily basis, you will become master of it.
Very helpful tips for new blogger like me. Anyway thanks.

load of blogging stuffs here, thanks for the tips.

amazing tips, I'll take the advice! =)

thank you my friend for sharing this information

I think you wrapped it up pretty well. I will add: be patient. I just had a blog take off that was getting 30 views a day on and it jumped to over 500 uniques and 1500 pageviews in a weekend and it is holding steady with a lot of people linking to it now.

Although the title suggest that they are blogging tips for 2009, they are still applicable in years to come, with only some slight variations.