How To Attract Traffic To Your Blog Using Those 7 Simple Blogging Rules

Many new and not so new bloggers are making some fatal blogging mistakes wondering why their blogs doesn’t attract more traffic.  More time than not it’s because they simply ignore those 7 simple blogging rules.  Let’s see what they are.

1- Blog about on topic only

Nothing could be more confusing for your readers than a blog that talks about anything and everything.  If you want to attract traffic to your blog you need to pick a specific topic and stick to it.  Don’t be fooled into thinking that on topic blog will reduce your choice of ideas to write about; on the contrary, one topic or subject will help you write better, faster and more focused articles that will attract a focused audience.

Look at Ana’s blog for example! The topic is traffic and the blog has generated over two hundred posts in just a short couple of years.  So, rest assured that there is nothing to worry about.  You will be able to write lots and lots of blog post that are focused on one theme and one theme only.

2- Make sure you know your topic well

Learning about your topic by doing a lot of research in order to become an expert at it is essential for successful blogging.  If you do you will be able to write some of the most interesting, educational and even awakening articles you could ever dream of and, readers will flock to your blog.

Once you’ve decided on the topic of your blog, it’s up to you to develop a deep knowledge of your subject.  If you only touch the surface of your topic you will lose traffic over the blogs that will go deeper than you.

Readers are looking for education and knowledge in what interest them.  This is what will attract them to your blog.  Give them such educational material and knowledge and traffic will build up naturally, increasing over time.

3- Write High Quality Content

You ability to write high quality content will basically be equal to the amount of time you are going to put into the research about your own topic.  I have never found any substitute to educating myself about the subjects of my blogs but, reading, reading and reading some more to educate myself.

Your accumulated knowledge will mature into your head and get somehow mixed with your own experience and practice and result in high quality content for your blog.

4- Post Regularly

When you are starting to blog, it’s very important you post regularly.  Readers who will either subscribe to your blog or just come back on a regular basis will rapidly get used to your rhythm of posting.  If you break that rhythm or if you don’t have a regular rhythm of posting, your readers might get tired of your irregularity and stop coming back to your blog all together.

Just take your pick, every day, twice a week, once a week, twice a month… but, try to keep it that way and your readers will keep coming back to your blog and even refer it to others.

5- Learn Basic SEO

Of course you don’t have to be an expert SEO to blog but it’s very important that your blog be found through search engines.  For your blog to show up on search engines, you need to learn some basic SEO tricks that are easy enough to follow and learn.

Some of such basics include learning about keywords and how they affect your online content.  Learning about back-linking and other methods that will bring your blog ranking up on the search engines.

6- Make Sure Your Blog Is Comment Friendly

In many cases, the fact that your blog is comments friendly or not will or won’t attract recurring visitors.  I love a blog that is using comment luv such as this one for example or my own blogs as a matter of fact!

A comment friendly blog is a blog where your readers can not only leave a nice comment or a discussion about YOUR post, but where they can leave a mark about THEIR own blog post as a back-link to their own blog or site.

Blogs that are generous for the readers will most definitely attract traffic to your blog.

7- Acknowledge Your Readers

Last but, not least, you need to acknowledge your readers.  Your readers are people with feelings and when they leave a comment on your blog, you need to acknowledge it by replying to their comment.  Eventually, you should pass by their blog as well to get to know them better and engage more with them.

If you keep ignoring a reader long enough, never interacting with him or her, you will lose them eventually.  On the other hand if you do interact with them they will be loyal to you.

Don’t forget your readers are your blog traffic and such traffic is like potential customers entering your store.  You need to be nice to such customers if you want them to come back and eventually buy from you.

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