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Market Your BlogGood writing alone will not pay off. So Market Your Blog
We have noted that blogging is adjudged as "citizens' journalism" Popularity of your post will be governed by two important elements. The first element is that a powerful blog should have good blog content. But it is proved that good writing or content alone will not make your post powerful. The other element is that it should have effective and efficient marketing. This post will concentrate only on the second element. Effective Methods
What do you mean by effective blog marketing? We have a huge list of effective methods. This posting will cover some of the most common methods.
1). Search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEO is mostly recommended by every one. Use powerful keywords. It is a vital process through which your blog will made more friendly to search engines. Popular search engines will take your blog to the target audience.
2). Social networking tools. You may bookmark your blog to popular sites like Digg and StumbleUpon. It is an extremely popular method to market your blog. As a result your blog will be most popular and successful.
3). Your Comments about other blogs. Make it a habit to visit other blogs and leave your comments about the blogs. This will give you a good exposure to other blogs. Simultaneouly you are indirectly inviting the authors of visited blogs and make them to comment your blogs. Thus you are adding significance to your blog.
Blog Design Why blogging is adjudged as "citizens' journalism"? Simply because the blog should follow journalistic approach. What is expected in a journalistic approach? Two important elements. The first element is that a powerful blog should have good blog content. The other element is that it should have effective and efficient marketing. This post will concentrate only on the first element. The other element will be covered in part - 2Blog Content: Make it Powerful What do you mean by good blog content? Good blog content is:
Whenever your audience access any one of your articles or posts, he should develop an urge to read the same. You can achieve these qualities by fulfilling the following requirements:
1) Title of post or article: Your blog title should represent your blog content clearly. It should communicate what exactly the post is about.
2) Opening sentence / paragraph: The opening sentence should grab the attention of audience and hook your audiences into your blog.
3) An intriguing question: The opening sentence can be question. People call this as twitter. Answering the question will result in a blog.
4) Keep the topic current and timely
5) How to provide confidence? Your post or article should act as an ambassador for the views expressed. It should promote confidence and understanding. It should meet out the common goal,
6) Explain with a story: Any hard-to-understand concepts can be explained with a story.
7) Target audience: Check whether the post or article is precisely relevant to your target audience. If the blog content is not audience oriented it will not reach to its target.
8) Format: Format your post or article with adequate paragraphs. Have a paragraph for each concept or point. Each concept should have sub-title. Decorate your post or article with adequate graphics or picture. Leave adequate white space between lines. Mark page numbers, section numbers, and have serial number and title for each picture and / or table. Highlight important lines or passages to show their importance.
9) Spelling and Grammar: Take utmost care to employ correct spelling and grammar. Make the blog content submitted to search engine optimization
