Where do I get started? What platform should I use? What are some of the best ways to get more traffic, earn more subscribers and generate more business? Well, here’s a comprehensive list from around the web to help you get started on answering some of these questions and more.
If you don’t read through them all today, that’s ok. You can just bookmark this page for later reference. Sound good? Now let’s dig in…
33 Must-Read Tips & Tutorials for Bloggers:
Getting Started:
- Choosing A Blog Platform – via ProBlogger
- Why Start A Blog and 25 Tips to Make It Work – via ConversationAgent
- Top 10 Reasons Why Your Company Should Not Have a Blog – via ConversationAgent
- 3 Things You Should Know Before Starting A Blog – via ConversationAgent
- How To Put Your Small Business on the Web – via Chris Brogan
- How Often Should You Publish? – via Seth Godin
- Do Keywords in Post Titles Really Matter – via Copyblogger
- How To Write an Article in 20 Minutes – via Copyblogger
- 10 Reasons Your Website Sucks (and what to do about it)
How To:
- 5 Ways To Build Your Blogs Voice – via ProBlogger
- How To Write A Blog Post (or how I do it) – via OutSpoken Media
- How To Use Your Blog for Stock Answers – via Chris Brogan
- How To Write Better Blog Posts Today – via Chris Brogan
- How To Find Readers for a Business Blog – via ProBlogger
- Calls To Action: 12 Tips to SNAP Readers out of Passivity – via ProBlogger
- How To Write a Killer “How To” Article That Gets Attention – via Copyblogger
- 7 Ways to Improve Your Writing… Right Now! – via Copyblogger
- 7 Reasons Why Lists Posts Will Always Work – via Copyblogger
Building Traffic & Community:
- How To Get Traffic for Your Blog – via Seth Godin
- 21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic – via SEOmoz
- 9 Ways People Respond to your Content Online – via Lateral Action
- 23 Essential Elements of Shareable Blog Posts – via Chris Brogan
- 13 Tips on How To Have Great Conversations On Your Blog – via ProBlogger
- 25 Ways To Build Your Community – via Chris Brogan
- 13 Gary Vaynerchuck Tips on Building A Profitable Blog – via ProBlogger
- Is Commenting on Blogs a Smart Traffic Strategy? – via Copyblogger
- The Number One Secret of the Great Blogs – via Seth Godin
- How Cornerstone Content Gets You Traffic and Subscribers – via Copyblogger
- 15 Ways To Market Your Blog Effectively
How To Earn More Business from Your Blog:
- 1,000 True Fans – via Kevin Kelly
- How To Use Content To Find Customers – via Copyblogger
- Make the Ask – via Chris Brogan
- What I Told ABC News About Making Money – via Chris Brogan
Over to you…
Which of these posts did you find most useful? What are some tips that you can turn around and implement on your site RIGHT NOW? As always, the comments are yours… 🙂
“Which of these can you implement on your site right now?” How about all of them. LOL. Having said that, thanks for sharing this @Ribeezie. There may be some changes to my blog that I will implement by the time our next homework assignment rolls around. I've had a lot of questions come up and these links will surely help me answer them.
Also, I have been having writers block lately!!! ARG. Any tips or pointers group? Thanks. And glad you are back Ricardo and that your trip was successful.
Now there's a familiar face! Hiya Jaclyn, how are ya?
It was kind of a fun exercise digging through these. Yes I have in fact read through all of them and there's some good insights in each and every single one. I bookmark my articles on delicious here: http://www.delicious.com/ribee…
I'd love to hear your thoughts on which ones in particular you find most helpful and what ideas you implement. As for writer's block, try digging through your Google Reader (that's what I do when I'm feeling stuck). Surely there's an idea or two (or three) in there somewhere.
P.S. Thanks for the welcome back! My back's a bit sore, but I'm taking it easy and writing/relaxing 🙂
I am ALMOST done reading this in its entirety. I read some of the articles in the morning right after I wake up and some before bed.
Tips wise from what I have read so far—I am going to take a look at my side bar and see if it is too cluttered after reading some of the posts.
I also added a Lijit search tool on my blog and submitted it to the Yahoo, Google and Bing.
My Alexa rank is down to 988,412 which is nothing worth bragging about but at least I am under a million AND my blog has only been around since November so I think that is good, right?
I thought it was interesting how Copyblogger advised to spend 20 minutes on a post when I tend to agree with Martyn. If you read through some of the articles you provided, even the experts have blaring typos which means they should SLOW DOWN!
I also never had noticed that Seth Godin does not allow comments until recently either.
I almost think I need two blogs–one for social media simplified and one that is my Jaclyn of All Trades personality. Or better yet, different topics each day may help. Anyhow, GREAT POST!
This is a fantastic list! I especially liked Seth Gordon's “How often should you publish?” blog post. Blog post frequency is something I have been thinking about recently. The frontlist and backlist idea is fascinating.
“How often should I publish?” is definitely a question everyone asks themselves often! Ultimately, I think it's useful to come up with a schedule and then stick to it! Whether that's 2, 3 or 4 times per week. As long as you stick to it, you're good. What you're doing is setting an expectation with your readers. Keeping up with that expectation is the most important thing.
Thanks for the tips Ricardo.
My pleasure!
Great resources! I definitely want to work more on marketing my blog and encouraging comments. It's good to see that I am doing some of the items but there's so much more to do! Off to work!
Holly: I know that you're doing 365 Things To Do Costa Mesa… How about doing interviews with local businesses? Or when you go to a local event, consider doing a video slideshow on Animoto to recap the event…? Each of those two is a great way to engage with your local audience and encourage conversation.
This is a great list Ricardo!
Thanks for taking the time to put this together — I have my weeks reading all lined up : )
Cheers!
My pleasure Mark, glad you find it helpful! Let me know which ones you like best and what new techniques you implement 🙂
Great list. Thanks 🙂
You're very welcome 🙂
Read & liked the headline one. Going to r-e-a-l-l-y try and implement this with my next blog. Did somewhat on todays – http://www.tinyurl.com/botberrycake
Hmmm – question about this one
“Launch Without Comments (and Add Them Later)There’s something sad about a blog with 0 comments on every post. It feels dead, empty and unpopular. Luckily, there’s an easy solution – don’t offer the ability to post comments on the blog and no one will know that you only get 20 uniques a day. Once you’re upwards of 100 RSS subscribers and/or 750 unique visitors per day, you can open up the comments and see light activity. Comments are often how tech-savvy new visitors judge the popularity of a site (and thus, its worth), so play to your strengths and keep your obscurity private.”Agree or disagree? It seems like it would be forever until I have 100 RSS subscribers. and sometimes a comment i the
21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic is a great list to provide. It really hits all the major points of creating and increasing your blog traffic. Number 14, Use a Human Voice, is my favorite point. Blogging isn’t about writing a college essay, its all about connecting and establishing a relationship with your visitors. Thanks for the comprehensive list. Lots of reading ahead tonight.
Re: “Blogging isn’t about writing a college essay, its all about connecting and establishing a relationship with your visitors.”
Amen Mark! I couldn’t have said this better myself. At the end of the day, that’s what people long for. Someone that they can relate to. Someone that can “speak human.” As far as I’m concerned, in blogging and email marketing, it’s totally fair game to write like you speak. Well, unless you cuss a lot, cuz then we gotta work on editing some of that out… 😛
Hope you found some of these helpful!
Nice share thanks a lot!
You’re welcome Daniel!
Great list, my real estate business is busy this week as well as my teaching (not complaining). I will get through this assignment by the end of the week. What I have seen so far is perfect for someone like me (who studies too much)
Heh, well then less studying, more action!
But really, great to hear it’s been a productive week for you Paul. Here’s what I’d do, pick a question from one of the classes your teaching and blog your response. Or write a follow up post that outlines the key takeaways from what you taught in the class. Pretty easy post, eh?
Believe in what you write about. That’s pretty much it.
d(^_^)bhttp://libertyatstake.blogspot.com/”Because the Only Good Progressive is a Failed Progressive”
Excellent post RICARDO.. Thank you.
Awesome round up!
Great post, most of the list are really compelling but one that really caught my attention is The Number One Secret of the Great Blogs – via Seth Godin.
Thanks for sharing!
Amazing write-up! This could aid plenty of people find out more about this particular issue. Are you keen to integrate video clips coupled with these? It would absolutely help out. Your conclusion was spot on and thanks to you; I probably won’t have to describe everything to my pals. I can simply direct them here!