Tips on Using Your Blog to Its Best Advantage by SEO Guru
- Use to the point Blog Titles: Let the title reflect what you want the post to be about so that people are not trapped into reading something they have no interest in.
- Post Blog frequently so that those who are reading your material don’t lose interest and find another blog. Use tags containing your keywords if you are permitted to do so
- Write long blogs which are keyword centric, however do be sure they make sense. One of the biggest complaints about keyword driven items is that they are too stuffed with keywords and very little other information.
- Include comments to others. Leaving a comment on another blog that interests you is the surest way to bring traffic back to your own.
- Submitting Your Blog to Blog Directories: Most blogs have pings that you can use to send your updates to the feeds. Be sure that you use them and also be certain to submit your blog to the relevant directory for other people. They can’t read it if they can’t find it.
- Participate in conversations on related blogs. Leave comments, make notes of who has visited it and go to visit theirs as well.
- Get 'good' ideas from other blogs Take their ideas and make them your own, using original content from places such as
- Highlight your related blogs, however, don’t overdo this one. Many people are fed up with the grossly overdone sales tactics. Use highlights but use them sparingly.
- Interlink within blogs: if you have another post with the same idea, then link to it so that people stay a bit longer and will read what else your users have to say.
- Highlight key posts and categories in your blogs hotspots
- Series: Make your blogs a series of blogs which will make the user want to return, or want to get your elist newsletter so they can see the next installment)
- Include links to emphasize those things which you are stressing. Have your links open in a second window so the users stay on your site as well
- Write interesting. Discuss what you have to say. Allow for and encourage interaction as opposed to just preaching at people.
- Make friends: find other blogs you like and post a link to them. Ask the blog owner to trade links with you so that each of you gains more traffic from it.
- Put creative graphics up on your site. Make them original where you can. Animation can be used sparingly to draw interest in what you have to say.
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