Seven Habits of Successfull Bloggers

Seven Habits of Successfull Bloggers

1. They Blog with consistent frequency.

Make up your mind first on how often you will make posts on your blog. If you want to do it twice a day, or once a day, or once every 2 days or just once a week - decide this and then stick to it. Dont post everyday for a few days and then do nothing at all for a week. You will lose whatever repeat “sticky” traffic you could get.

2. Be passionate about your topic

This is a given. You have to be passionate about what you blog. This is the only motivator for you along with the money you could make. The passion will drive you through the dry revenue periods initially. You must read about your niche blogging topic, and keep updated. If you are not passionate about your blog, you will probably not excite your readers.

3. Interact with readers

Allow your readers to post questions directly to you and reach you if needed. Dont alienate youself from them. Many readers may want to get in touch with you and ask you questions. Listen to them, and help them out! Blogging is a two way street. Involve your readers and they will be loyal to you. Build two way relationships!

4. Dont be afraid to link out

If you see and read a good posting or article someplace else, link to it! This may seem contrary to opopular belief and at first it looks like you are channeling traffic away from your site at the risk of getting your readers hooked elsewhere - it actually may work in many cases. By providing valuable links to other stories - you are gianing authority and credibility by showing that you know what is happening around you. Readers will love you for referring them to other stories - and will come back for more stuff if you send them to quality articles in the sea of poor content.

5. Build Your Blog Brand

Whatever you choose to call your blog - make sure you have your own domain name and not a subdomain on say for example yourname.blogspot.com . That just doesnt work in the long run forserious bloggers. Take control of all you can do with free blog softwares like Wordpress and install them on your domain - it takes less than an hour and you can easily contract out someone for as little as $50 to install it. Having your own domain name gives you your unique brand, and allow you to stand out from the crowd.

6. Be a good writer

Communicate your thoughts and ideas in well structured English. Some people take longer than others to express their thoughts. Its ok to have a few typos as its acceptable by blog readers. But dont have too many typos. People are interested in the content. Be clear and to the point - and dont ramble on and on repetitively.

7. Read other blogs in your industry

See what other competing blogs are writing. Read a LOT. Reading is something you must do. Visit websites that are related to your blog topics and get ideas from them - but never copy them word for word. Its ok to summarize another bloggers post in your own words, and saying the same thing in your way.