3 Easy Steps to a Successful Blog

October 18, 2008 in Blogging by Olgi Zenullari

We all want to have successful blogs. Success is different for every single blogger. Someone might be successful if he has 10000 readers, another one might be successful if he earns $1000. But all of us must follow some phases to make the blog a real success.

What Order Am I talking about !?

Im clearly talking about Content , Traffic & Monetization phases. These are the most important phases every blog undergoes and we must pay attention and work hard on each of them. Let me explain them one by one

  • Content
  • We all know unique content is king! Having a daily updated blog with useful information for our readers is much better than having a once per week updated blog with copied articles! I believe writing is a skill that not many of us have it (I think i don’t have it too) but when you write for something you know and you love, you seem like a professional writer to the world due to the information you share with everyone. Let’s take an example of my personal blog here. I have started it on 11 October and I have been writing almost everyday because I have to provide firstly useful content then work for the traffic. Imagine if I would only had 2 posts and start massively advertising my blog, its true that many people would visit my blog but they wouldn’t return back as they would see an empty blog without enough resources.So I strongly recommend you to work firstly hard writing unique content then focus on how to generate traffic for your blog

  • Traffic
  • There are many ways on how to drive traffic on your sites hence its not a problem at all as of course traffic will increase time after time. What really counts is the content at the point where you have started to advertise your site. Make sure you have a well-established blog with useful information which will take your readers at least a week to read all your articles! By having enough content you can generate easier traffic from different sources. For example I was posting on some webmaster forums and whenever someone was asking a question about something I had blogged, I was posting my blog post link and many interested visitors were reading the article. Again I repeat marketing of your blog must be done AFTER you have reached a minimum of 25 unique articles!

  • Monetization
  • We all know that by having unique content and traffic, Monetization is the easiest thing to do. Let’s consider you have a blog with 100 unique articles and more than 500 unique visitors per day. This means your posts are seen more than 500 times a day so adding some Adsense & Affiliate products will generate you some nice income (based on your traffic and content) I’m against monetization when you only have 2-3 articles and you start adding millions of advertisements! Of course you wont earn anything or even if you earn, you wont be satisfied and you will stop posting on your blog!

    So this post will help many bloggers to achieve their goals by following a simple order which I’m quite sure will pay off at the end of the long run. Don’t forget adding firstly unique content , then marketing what you have written and last but not least , making some decent cash!

    Thanks for your time

    Olgi Zenullari

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    How To Build a Loyal Readership for your Blog !?

    October 15, 2008 in Blogging by Olgi Zenullari

    We all know the importance of every single visitor in our blog. There are many sites out there which have 100 uniques per day but those members are not returning anymore, perhaps they found your site once and they don’t remember it anymore. There are some simple steps which you can use to build a loyal readership base which will come day after day to read all your articles

  • Write For The Readers Not For The Money
  • Many bloggers are posting on their blogs for the sake of money or just reviewing other products which I find really odd and boring. This is the proper way to lose many members! Believe me nobody wants “Learn How To Make $1000 in a day” where the truth is YOU are the only one making money by affiliates. So I strongly repeat, write for your readers and make them feel comfortable while they read your articles.

      Its better getting one loyal member than getting one dollar

  • Write What Readers Want To Read
  • Specific blogs in different niches (eg make money online) are sometimes posting senseless articles about health or any other high-paying product. This happens because blog owners love to get money and we all know that reviewing a health product can generate between $50-$100 dollars. I believe readers won’t even care what you have written! If you don’t care about your readers why should they come at you? Why should they read your blog? In order to get many returning visitors, you can either create a page like I did (My Next Blog Post) where I get emails about which topic to blog or you can use any other method

  • Creating Connections with your Reader
  • Another way I have been using to get loyal readers is a good online chain between you and your reader. If you see someone is commenting on almost all your posts, its a good thing to visit his blog , comment on some of his posts and even thank him for reading your blog. In this way your readers will feel pretty good as you are respecting their work and them and this makes all of us happyHope you have found something useful on this post!
    Thanks for your attention
    Olgi Zenullari

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