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If you’re blog just isn’t cutting it anymore and your marketing plans are failing, there’s only one thing to do - write craploads of content. One post a day, two posts if you’re really crazy. This will in turn skyrocket your readership, and by skyrocket I mean increase it at a slow and steady snails pace.
WHA? WHY?
Think about it - if you write one thousand posts and each attracts an average of one search engine visitor per day, you’ll be getting one thousand visits per day. That’s a hefty sum of readers! Writing consistently is the easiest way to get more visitors because as long as you have content that is being crawled by Google and Yahoo and you take a few steps to optimize it (All-In-One SEO plugin, anyone?), they will come. This is a technique you can fall on when your readership stagnates because this is a pretty assured way to get things going again.
THEN WHAT?
After your traffic numbers are high enough, declare yourself an authority blog in your niche and make people grovel at your feet just for a linkback flaunt this fact to attract even more hits (see: JohnChow.com). Once you get the boulder (metaphorical, of course. Unless you’re Indiana Jones) rolling, just ride with it until you get all the way to the bottom of the mounta- er… I mean… all the way to the top! Yeah, take that, gravity!
By Tom - StandOutBlogger.com on Jun 24, 2008 | Reply
Even if you are marketing your blog I think you should be writing consistently.
I still have to install all in one seo. Just too lazy..
By free ipod touch on Jun 25, 2008 | Reply
Thanks for the suggestions, I’m working on a new blog and am trying to find a way to draw traffic to it. I’ve been so caught up in the seo aspect that I forgot that content is king.
By John D Stewart on Jun 26, 2008 | Reply
I love it!
There aren’t many articles or posts out there which actively encourage the simple method of posting blog content as a means of advertising your blog.
PS Love your writing style, duly bookmarked!
John.
By Max Miroff on Jun 26, 2008 | Reply
@John: Feel free to send me all of your money as well. =D
Seriously, though, I appreciate the feedback.
By Coral Snake on Jun 26, 2008 | Reply
haha i like the line : this will in turn skyrocket your readership, and by skyrocket I mean increase it at a slow and steady snails pace.
, it prob. gave those newbie bloggers out there that little light of hope , and then they read the next line and its like oh …. haha it is good info though , and its true you have to be consistent
By SMUD on Jun 27, 2008 | Reply
I created a meaningful acronym for my blog to reduce my accountability on posting frequency. I think it works quite well.
By Building an Affiliate Marketing Website Step-by-Step on Jun 29, 2008 | Reply
Content rules every facet of the Internet, whether it be websites, blogs, Affiliate Marketing niche sites. In order to be successful you gotta have the great content.
One thing to watch out for though that in the quest for content and making those thousand posts that you don’t lose the quality, and just post for the sake of posting.
By Carnival of Making Money Online on Jul 8, 2008 | Reply
90% of success in blogging is continuing to show up.
Outlive the 2 month average life of a blog and you’ve passed the largest hurdle to success.