Building a Successful Blog
Here are some things that folks like Seth Godin, Steve Pavlina and Ted Demopoulos think are important:
1. Register the domain name for your blog.
2. Put your domain name at the top. The name of you blog and the address for your blog should match!
3. Share of yourself. Chat with your readers like they are friends. Let your blog readers get to know you.
4. Post often. People can get into the habit of doing something daily or hourly very easily. It is much more difficult to get into a weekly or monthly habit. Post at least daily so your blog readers can get into a daily habit of reading what you have to say.
5. Don’t worry about giving away secrets to your techniques. It’s simply not possible to accidently give away too much in the text of my blog. I can type words all day long how describing how to do something… it will still be better to bring me in as a consultant or service provider. No one knows my content better than you do.
6. Get a subcribe link up on your blog (like the one in the side bar of my home page). Some people will want to follow your blog, but won’t remember to look for it later. Give them a way to allow you to subscribe NOW. This will dramatically increase your number of repeat visitors over time. In fact, why don’t you select the subscribe button on the right side bar of the home page now?