In 31 Days to Build a Better Blog (affiliate link)Darren talks about the fact successful bloggers are often bold enough to share their opinions – sometimes strong opinions! I’ve said it time and time again with my consultation clients….if people only wanted the facts they would read the encyclopedia. Readers come to blogs for opinions, […]
Archives for August 2010
Create a “Sneeze” or Hub Article Page – Day 18 of Build a Better Blog in 31 Days
Day 18 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog (affiliate) focuses on creating “sneeze pages” as Darren calls them. I love these. I call them index pages or hub articles because they serve as hubs from which you can drive traffic to several other areas of your site. For example, in the sidebar of […]
Assess How Your Site Appears to a First-Time Reader – Day 17 of Build a Better Blog
I love this idea. I will definitely have someone do this with the redesign of Untrained Housewife next time I connect with a friend offline. The challenge for day 17 of Build a Better Blog in 31 Days (affiliate link) revolves around assessing the user-friendliness of your site through a new visitor’s eyes. Send your […]
Create Blog Posts by Identifying and Solving Readers’ Problems – Day 16
When you solve a problem for a reader they are more likely come back to your blog and/or tell a friend about your helpfulness. Solving problems is a great way to build up your blog traffic and target interested readers. Often for me, this has been writing about my OWN problems that I’ve been researching. […]
Blogging Buddies Rule! Do you Have One Yet? – Day 15
This is the part of blogging that I love – collaboration and communication! Really…it’s fabulous to me to connect with other bloggers, offer them a guest post opportunity, stumble their link, leave a comment or introduce a couple bloggers who might benefit from touching base with eachother. I cannot count the number of times I […]
Update a Key Page on Your Blog – Day 14 of Build a Better Blog
In 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Darren talks about the importance of key pages on your blog and how identifying and updating these pages can be so important. Make a list of the ten most important pages on your blog – perhaps the About Page, the Front Page, etc. Use your stats […]
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