Many new bloggers feel like the smallest needle in the largest haystack – and they are. Every blog starts with nothing – no content, no readers and no future. As blogger, what happens from that point on is what you do.
You have no readers, but then you have no content, so what are they going to read. Content. Create it, and plenty of it. All of the top blogs have pages and pages of content so you have a lot of catching up to do. The key to successful blogging in the early days is to imagine you have an army of readers just waiting for your next post.
Of course, to get those actual readers you need content and that content needs to be both worth reading and optimized for the search engines so that it appears in the search results. You don’t necessarily need to go mad with your optimization. As the site grows, so should you search optimization. Basics such as keyword selection and on page optimization form a good base.
Of page optimization such as social bookmarking and directory submission can make a start on your back links. From there, the more content you have the more back links you will accumulate with a subsequent rise in search engine results placement. The higher you climb, the more visitors you will receive.
The constant addition of content and the delveopment of links both internal and external will see your blog grow from nothing to a powerful voice. All blogs start from nothing – they don’t have to stay that way.
