Steps to Successful Blogging

If you use blogs correctly it can be profitable tool. Profitable tool refers to grabbing the attention of an audience by not doing salesmen selling. Today in this article we will learn some few steps to successful blogging.

1. Where to start?

The very first point you should begin the blog with a free blog hosting service such as Blogger or Journal Home. Starting with the free blog you can have the knowledge of blogging without having the knowledge of scripts, hosting and coding. It allows us to focus on the content but not on the maintenance of blog. The best benefit of using free blog hosting service is if your blog doesn’t get popular you do not lose any money. The great thing is if your blog gets popular you can upgrade your blog service such as domain name and self-hosting.

Also See: Getting Started: WordPress Complete Guide for Beginners

2. Niche

Basically a niche is a targeted topic. The primary thing is you need to decide the topic which interest you. Choose the area carefully and start the blog on daily basis. You can use keyword research services like Google Zeitgeist or Yahoo! Buzz Index to find popular searched topics. Anything can be considered as a niche as long as it reaches to the audience.

3. Update Daily

This step is must and this is not a suggestion. Updating your blog daily not only keeps the readers active but it gives the fresh content on day to day and making it more appealing to the search engines. Not updating the blog on an occasional holidays or one day here and there is understandable by others but not publishing days at a time is unacceptable will be result in unsuccessful blog. Give yourself as a homework daily and treat your blog as a part time job. If you don’t go to job you lose money same applies here if you don’t update you lose visitors.

4. Traffic

There is no such secret to earn from the blog, you must have traffic to make some profit from the blog. There are many ways to build traffic like Advertising, Search Engine Marketing, RSS/XML Feed, Newsletters etc. Try to make habit of making blog URL in the signature of your email, forums, messages or any other communication media. Share your blog with family, friends, co-workers etc.

5. Track Your Blog

Tracking your blog is not a big deal. Just install StatCounter or ActiveMeter on your blog or link your blog with Google Analytics. Many visitors do not comment on the blog but they will be active daily. It’s better to use the service which gives you advance traffic analysis, such as keyword tracking information, referral information etc.

6. Listen To Your Audience

When using the page counter you should see how others are finding your blog and if through search engine then which keywords helped them to reach up to your blog. If your blog have been found with one or more keywords then focus on your blog around those keywords. And moreover try to listen the audience means reply all the comments in a polite way whatever be the comment just reply them in a professional manner. Listen to everyone.