Quite often when people start up blogs they just dive right in and start posting content without giving much thought to planning out their blogs.
While this is fine and it is good to take action, oftentimes you can end up running out of ideas and feeling a little bit lost about where you are taking your blog, so it's good to have a plan in place so that you know what you should be doing at every step of building your blog.
Here are 4 tips to help you build a blog worth reading; Tip #1: Create a blogging schedule Decide how often you are going to blog and on which days you want to post your content.
Then brainstorm a list of topics that you want to cover on your blog.
Fill out your outlook calendar with the topics of your posts for the next six months.
You might want to keep all posts in one month within a certain theme, or build a series of posts that cover different parts of a larger topic.
Research what your target readership is asking about and build a list of posts which answer those questions.
You can find out what they are looking for on forums or by checking Yahoo answers for questions on your niche.
Once you have planned out your schedule you can start writing, you can build up a stock pile of posts and schedule them in WordPress to auto post on the dates/days you want them to go out on.
By getting your content together in advance you will never feel under pressure or rushed when writing your posts and therefore the quality of your content will be better.
Tip #2: Post awesome content There are millions of blogs out there on just about every topic you can imagine, so with all this competition how can you makes sure that you build a readership to your blog? Quite simply by posting awesome content, make it clear in your mind that you are there to really help your readership and focus on giving them exactly what they want.
Post really useful high quality content that gives them value or helps them achieve their goals and you will build a strong following.
Also people like to get to know you so don't be afraid of putting a bit of your personality into your posts, it will make them more interesting and more enjoyable to read.
Write your posts as if you were talking to a friend.
Tip #3: Post on topic Make each post cover just one topic and stick to the point.
Our readers don't want to waste time on irrelevant content and will soon get bored and look elsewhere if you constantly ramble on or hop between topics.
This is why it is so good to have a blogging schedule because you can deliver your content in an organised manner which will help keep your readers coming back to see what's next.
Tip #4: Post often The quickest way to kill a blog is to stop posting for any amount of time.
People who sign up to your RSS feed or who visit your blog regularly will come to expect new content and if you post 2-3 times a week then they will likely return 2-3 times a week.
This helps you in two ways - 1.
Google loves fresh content so it will help you to build your rank in the search engines.
And 2.
The more often people come back to your blog you increase the amount of times they are exposed to your adverts and affiliate links resulting in more commissions for you.