Welcome to the Friday addition of Eazy Cheezy. My name is Brian and I am the creator of The New Author. Like all the other guest bloggers I would like to give a big thank you to Brian for the opportunity to share this article with all of you. Today we are going to look a little closer at generating traffic and followers.
The number of blogs that are out there is amazing and it is equally amazing how many do not get read. Then you have those blogs such as Eazy Cheezy. These blogs grow with a steady pace and evolve into something great as they extend their reach and more people join their community. How did they do it? How did the creators of these blogs generate the traffic and reach that many strive for?
I, like many of you, have seen, rather often, a question similar to these in forums or left in comments about generating traffic. Whether you have a blog or thinking about starting one at some point in time you have thought “will people read it? How do I get people to read my posts and follow my blog?” That is the main goal in blogging; to share your thoughts with others about a topic you are passionate about and develop a community of like minded peers.
Sites such as Blog Explosion and Link Referral are good places to expose your blog to first time readers; however, we want to build a community. We want readers to return because they enjoy our articles and enjoy sharing their thoughts with us about those articles. How do we build that community? How do we get readers to come back and read more?
Registering your blog to blog directories and the above sites will generate first time readers and that is the first step. The second step is for you to take. The content you post on your blog is the most important aspect that will draw readers back. What a minute Brian. What about the layout? We need to have a really great layout right? Not necessarily. A nice layout is pleasing to the eyes but the main draw is what you write about and how you write it. I have seen a fair number of blogs that are very simple in layout with a large number of followers because of their content.
So what should we write and how should we write it? Half the battle is already won. You started your blog based on an idea that you are passionate about and you have something to say about that topic. With your subject and topic covered we should focus now on delivery. I am sure many of you have sat through a meeting or lecture where the speaker talked in monotone and had a dry delivery. I think it is safe to say that we were all bored to death. This is not how you want to deliver your content. Be energetic with your writing, engage the reader and be positive. Even if your subject is dark, sad or angry be energetic about it. Make the readers relate to those emotions by pulling them into the article. Give them reason to think about the topic of the article by asking questions of them. Include the readers in the article. Once you give the readers something to relate to and grasp they will come back.
Take for example this site, Eazy Cheezy; Brian delivers tips, information and technology resources that are very helpful to bloggers and people interested in the Internet. What makes this site stand out is how he delivers that information. He is upbeat, energetic and positive. When you read his articles they are fun because you can tell he had fun researching and writing them. With that in mind, go out and have fun with your blog. Add that excitement and energy you feel towards that topic. Engage your readers as peers that enjoy the same subject as you do.
It is my hope that you enjoyed this article as much as I enjoyed writing it. Have a good weekend.
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