Comments on: Here’s My Five Top Tips For Building Your Blog’s Readership –What Are Yours?

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By: Goozik

Goozik — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:02:36 +0000

A real key is offering multiple ways to navigate the blog.

Many people I know that aren’t as tech savvy but still like to read things online simply use the search box on blogs and sites everywhere they go.

While I prefer myself to use the archive. Depending on the blog size, sometimes I will start at the very beginning of a blog and read to the most recent, other times I will do it backwards and read the most recent stuff and work my way back to the blog start until I run out of time or tired of reading.

But then some of my online friends just like to use the “tag clouds” and the “tags sections”(aka categories/labels/topics) to navigate through a blog.

I wouldn’t say any of navigation techniques can be ignored because they all are versatile and allows the readers to do it their way.

In a recent article I wrote about things every blog must have, I made this a key point in the article. I just summed it up here for this comment.
The article is found here….
http://tinyurl.com/Article-BlogsMustHave

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:22:16 +0000

@Anne, actually no one has discussed tags and categories. To be honest I need to think about this. Search engines like Google and Technorati search for the key words within Title first then body of text. Tags, categories? Maybe. Google has been so haywire lately who really knows how it searches now.

@April WOW how did I miss consistently in my top list? Looks like Ken will have to pipe up and say whether he agrees or disagrees with more than !.

Consistency is really hard. If you want to build readership quickly then you are more likely to achieve this with a high blogging frequency. But increased blogging frequencey = decreased commenting. I’m less convinced nowdays that you lose readers when you blog less.

My thoughts on blogging consistently? Work out how many a days/month work for you. If it helps note those dates on a calendar with rough ideas on what you might blog about. But be flexible to change. Just because someone has written about it doesn’t mean your readers have read about it.

By: April Hayman

April Hayman — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:28:13 +0000

Hi Sue! I really enjoy reading your blog posts since they always make me think about my own practices. Anyway, I would add blogging consistently. If a reader likes what you’ve got to say, he or she will keep coming back on a regular basis. A blogger may manage to drive readers away by waiting too long between blog posts.

That being said, I fail miserably at this particular tip for building readership. I am a busy super mom with a writing habit (can’t wait for NaNoWriMo!) and a full time job. But I think the biggest obstacle is “what do I write about today that someone else hasn’t already discussed so I don’t sound like a broken record?”

I not only want my posts to be “fresh” but also contribute to the body of knowledge in my profession. A tall order to be sure.

Your thoughts on blogging consistently?

By: Anne Mirtschin

Anne Mirtschin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:21:31 +0000

Another way of accumulating readership is with the appropriate use of categories and tags. (Please forgive me if someone else has already said this, but my scroll bar is being silly tonight). Once established, search engines will drive quite a bit of traffic to your blog and if posts are tagged correctly, the tags will enable others to find you. I find using the words “….in education” after the topic certainly helps to find a post as well.
Responding to people’s comments is strongly recommeded. If people take the time to add a comment, return to their blog and add one back. Some great connections can be made this way.

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:38:14 +0000

@Gail P, yeah Ken’s got me. I can’t think of a comeback comment that is shorter than that. If only I had thought of the ? or ! before him!

By: Gail P

Gail P — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:04:30 +0000

@Ken Allan,
Now that is the one, the shortest, the all time briefest reply!