It happens to all of us. You put your entire heart and soul into writing the best blog post ever and nobody leaves a single comment. You know people are reading because you can see it in your analytics, so what’s up? Why aren’t they standing in line to…
Go on a Dead Link Hunt
Your mission for today’s 31 Days to Building a Better Blogproject is to go on a dead link hunt. And…
A 2006 study conducted by the Nielsen Norman Groupfound that, in most online communities, 90 percent of users are lurkers who never leave a comment, 9 percent will comment occasionally, and only 1 percent of your readers will comment on a regular basis.…
Catch New Readers Up On The Basics of Your Blog
For today’s 31 Days projectwe’re going to talk about your newest readers and your oldest content –…
You’ve heard the saying, “Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings?” Well, every time the clock ticks another blog enters the blogosphere. Every second of every day another blog is born but don’t worry, there’s plenty of room for everyone. We’ll…
Make a Reader Famous
Everybody likes to be noticed, to be famous, and to be influential among their peers. In fact,…
The thing about blogging is, it doesn’t matter how well you write if the reader doesn’t understand your message. On the other hand, if your writing doesn’t immediately engage your reader he’s not going to stick around. So which comes first, the flowery…
Run a Reader Survey on Your Blog
This is Day 20 in the 31 Days blog projectand today your task is to run a reader survey on your…
We throw around a lot of words like “Quality” and “Useful” when we talk about content, but it all boils down to one thing: Are your readers learning something when they visit your blog? Because if they’re not, why bother? You may think you’re effectively…
Blogging is kinda like a video game. You wander around collecting magical tokens and tools, but unless you spend those tokens and use those tools you never advance to the next level. You’re left to wander that level aimlessly, for the rest of Eternity. If…
