Five Ways To Develop Reader Relationships
With almost one million blogs being posted on the Internet every twenty four hours, it might difficult if not impossible for you to get noticed and have your blog read by a loyal audience. So it stands to reason that what you need to do is start some kind of relationship with your readers since you’ll want them to comment and link to your blog. Here are five ways that you can accomplish this goal.
Be Constant
Loyal readers need you to be reliable. That means that you need to turn out informative unique content on a consistent basis. Being steady and turning out fresh content on a regular basis is one of the most important aspects to developing reader relationships. Those all important backlinks are generated through people who are in interested enough to come back to your site often.
Write About Unique Things
Look for topics that are of interest to readers and not just the ones that have been overdone. If you can’t find a topic that no one has covered before you might want to combine a few different ideas to form a new one that will draw a mix of readers. This is a great way to build an audience that covers a broader spectrum.
Try A Different Angle
Remember that even the most crowded niche has a place for a new perspective. It doesn’t matter whether you’re covering a very popular topic that already has many blogs working it, you can capture a new audience by looking for an angle that hasn’t been done. Take a look at the way that more established blogs are covering a certain topic and then look for a fresh way of presenting the subject.
Work On Your Writing Style
If you’ve got a refined style you will get people to notice the blog that you’re writing. The best way to do just that is simple. Writing is a craft that demands practice. When you write everyday you’ll find you develop your own voice inevitably. Although there is a lot of advice out there on how to write well, once you’ve got the grammar aspect you should work on writing on a conversational style that speaks to the readers rather than at them.
Create A Unique Blog Design
On the Internet, the vehicle that you use to launch your blog is important and that means you need to have a striking blog design. Remember here there are many blog designs that are cluttered and distract the reader from what the content is actually trying to get across to the readers. With a simple straightforward design the readers will see that you want them to concentrate on the words that you write rather than the package that they come in. Take a look at the most popular search engines especially Goggle. The experts agree that the minimalist design is part of their success.
Following these steps will ensure that the blog you create will garner readers that will follow your writing.
Written by Rob Starr from Rob StarrPosted on September 27th, 2009 and filed under Promote your blog
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Well written and great tips!
I try to follow each 5 of them and after almost 5 years of blogging, I’ve found my style and have a great deal of regular readers.
Agree to your advices, I might like to add that to stick to your theme is important and also quality to quantity. I never post for the sake of posting and rather wait until I have something significantly to say.
Thanks for always sharing your experience and knowledge – I learn a lot from you!
I just went to have a look at your blog…You’ve got another reader here. Great stuff.
Your writing makes it, plain and simple. I think blog design is a little overrated. You need your blog to be easy to navigate, and not be completely hideous. That’s really all that’s required.
Couldn’t agree more.
And don’t forget – never be afraid to stand up and sing your own song. Don’t copy others – embrace your own unique identity no matter how scary that idea might be.
Copies are always inferior to the original.
Right..Arriving at your own voice is one of the biggest rewards in writing.
I have been working on a blog, but haven’t had great success. I think your ideas will be really helpful! Thank you!
Have a great day!
Shannon
http://www.scentsy.com/shannonwilliams
Hi Shannon.
I’ve done a lot of work for Internet businesses like yours. If you want to contact me through my website, I’d be happy to share a few ideas.
Rob, excellent points! I’ve come to realize lately that my blog isn’t just a chance to speak, but to listen and to create a two-way conversation by being as creative and engaging as possible when I write. Thanks for the challenge!
Everyone uncovers their own voice the more they write. The more you uncover that voice, the more you’ve got to say.
Agree with you. I already done that and built my relationship with my reader and we become a good friend now. Visiting each other and commenting each other. Thanks for sharing
I have a blog on online movies .But i was unsuccessful to get much traffic.But your information and tips will defiantly helpful for me.Keep posting.