We’ve already heard of ways to get links to your blog. Now, you’ll read about simple effective tips to finding readers for your blogs. Sure you may have a million of backlinks already but you’re reader meter is still not improving. What’s the point of having lots of websites linking to you if people don’t patronize your blog?
Darren Rowse of problogger.net wrote on the topic of finding readers for your blog. Since I’m in the mood for giving away blogging tips that have helped me further my blogging, here are another set of tips you can also find useful:
Tips to Finding Readers for Your Blog by Problogger Darren Rowse:
1. It takes time. Be patient. Every tree takes awhile to grow.
2. Quality Content and Good Design. Post timely and relevant content always.
3. Link to others . Be generous with your linklove.
4. Comment on others’ blogs. Show other bloggers that you are alive.
5. Interact with Readers. Be friendly. Don’t be a geek.
6. Update frequently. Four entries in 3 months will leave your few readers uninterested.
7. Search engines . Gotta love Google…and well okay, Yahoo, and MSN, and etc.
8. Add a signature to your outgoing email. This always works.
9. Web Rings . Join blog groups and networks that share the same interest as you.
10. Add an RSS feed to your blog . More and more people now trust their feed readers for updates. Why not join the bandwagon?
11. List your site on Portals . Think classified ads.
12. Blog Search Engines and Indexes . Same tip no. 7.
13. Get Involved in others Blog Projects. Volunteer your blog and talents for a cause.
14. Get involved in other web forums . Forums are another area of live discussion. Don’t ignore them. Make friends with the active members.
15. Take all advice with a grain of salt – Be yourself and have fun! . Enough said.
It would be really nice if you can add more descriptions to second step specially to designing. We all are aware importance of Good Quality Content for SEO.