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Many people will tell you how to get search engine bots into your blog. There are a lot of guides which will help you to make the blog bot friendly. But did you create your blog for a bot in the first place? Don’t you want to attract some readers to your blog? Why not? If you need to make a successful blog, you need good loyal readers. You need to learn how to manage the relationship between your blog and the reader. Its like crm for bloggers.
First, make a good design…
First of all, grab the eye of your reader. Many people trust well designed and well-organized sites. They pause even to admire the design. So, make sure you have a nice clean design which can attract the visitors. make your you have a nice clean design which can attract the visitors. Make it clear and easy to use.
Don’t use too many ads…
Don’t get too greedy. Money will come to you if you win the heart of your visitors. People don’t like websites with loads of ads. Plan well and place your ads in places where your readers can see. But not in a way which will obstruct the main content. People don’t like that. So, be careful.
Don’t focus too much on Search Engine Optimization rubbish… Focus on Quality Content…
Stop doing too much SEO. Now even Google will punish you if you add too much SEO. Just relax and focus on providing quality content. Don’t forget that we want real humans to come to us, even through search engines. So, make unique quality content which can convert your visitor into a loyal reader. Remember those words… A visitor into a loyal reader!
Keep the speed…
This is something that most of you ignore. Now, most of the people don’t have time. They are in a race to live. So, if your site is taking too much time to load. Most probably, your readers will find an alternative. They can’t wait. That’s why we put a lot of money to make things faster in our sites. Make sure your reader can get what he wants in a flash.
Frequently update your blog…
Write frequently. Maintain a pattern. If you can’t write everyday, keep a pattern. Write one day and skip the other… Make sure you follow a predictable posting pattern so that your returning readers know exactly when to come back. Don’t let them leave just because you haven’t updated your blog.
Run some surveys and ask “What you want?”…
It’s a really good idea to run frequent surveys on your blog and ask the reader what they want. We did it several times and got really good results. You can give what they want if you ask them. So, go ahead and prepare a small survey. You’ll be able to learn what people think about your blog.
Only 6 tips… Yes, it’s not complete. Now I’m going to let you complete the post. If you have more tips like this… (You might have even better tips… More useful ones…) post them as comments and we’ll update the post with your own tips. (Tip : See what I just did… That’s the 7th tip!)
